Choose ElevenReader if…
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Offline listening on the phone (Ultra: 150 hours of downloads a month).
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A very large voice catalogue, including celebrity narrators and custom voices.
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A large catalogue of premium audiobooks for Ultra members.
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Native Android app available today.
Choose Book2Speech if…
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Any book, not just the bestsellers that got an audiobook: fewer than 1 in 100 books ever does.
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Unlimited free listening in English with Standard voices, no trial clock.
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A real audiobook file to keep: M4B with chapters and cover, or MP3. One is included on the Free plan.
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Built for whole books: the book’s own chapters, a start past the front matter, page clutter left out of PDFs.
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265 narrators in 42 languages, and 70,000 free classics ready to play.
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Paid plans from $4.99 a month.
Switching takes a minute
Your books are files you own. Drop the same DRM-free EPUB, PDF or Word file into Book2Speech, pick a narrator and carry on listening. Nothing to migrate.
Prices in USD from the vendor pricing page on 2026-10-07 ($11/month, or $99/year = $8.25/month).
Pricing page: “audio files can’t be exported from the app”; the vendor FAQ says export is only on the ElevenLabs web platform, so in-app export is marked no.
App Store listing says uploads of “PDF, doc, ePub, or article link” and “other text files, docs”; DOCX and TXT are not named explicitly and are shown as not verified.
Skipping headers, footers and filler text (“Smart file imports”) is an Ultra feature.
Questions people ask
Is Book2Speech a good ElevenReader alternative for books?
If you mostly listen to books, yes: it keeps the chapters, skips the front matter, lets you download an M4B or MP3, and English listening with Standard voices is free and unlimited.
Is Book2Speech cheaper than ElevenReader?
Book2Speech starts free and its paid plans start at $4.99 a month. ElevenReader: Ultra $11/month or $99/year (unlimited text to audio, 150 hours of offline downloads a month); the US App Store also lists Plus at $10/month and 10/20-hour packs.
Is Book2Speech free?
Yes: unlimited Standard voices in English and 10 minutes of Premium voices, one book of your own and one audiobook download, plus 70,000 free classics.