Choose Speechify if…
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Reads web pages, email and any on-screen text through browser extensions and the Mac app, not just book files.
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A much larger voice catalogue on the paid plan: 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages.
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Faster top listening speed on Premium (up to 900 words a minute).
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Scan & Listen for printed pages, plus Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive imports on Premium.
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.
Pricing shown in USD on 2026-10-07 from the vendor pricing page; the US App Store lists different in-app prices (Premium Monthly $11.99 or $24.99, Premium Annual $139.99–$159.99).
Upload formats verified from Speechify’s own upload guide: DOC, DOCX, PDF and EPUB. TXT and MOBI were not listed on any fetched page.
MP3 download and offline listening are Premium features (“Offline MP3 Download” on the vendor’s Free vs Premium page). Word-for-word highlighting is from the App Store description.
Pronunciation editing, chapter splitting and a sleep timer were not confirmed on a fetched vendor page; a Windows app was not named on the fetched pages.
Questions people ask
Is Book2Speech a good Speechify 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 Speechify?
Book2Speech starts free and its paid plans start at $4.99 a month. Speechify: Premium $29/month (monthly billing); yearly billing advertised at 60% off. Premium includes at least 150,000 words a month (1,000,000 a month through 2026).
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.