The @Voice alternative that does not stop when the screen locks

No ads, and a natural voice that keeps going

@Voice has been quietly doing this for years, it is free, and its developer has clearly stuck with it. It reads using whatever text-to-speech engine your phone already has, which is why it tends to sound like your phone. PhonoLeaf brings its own modern neural voice, so there is nothing to source or configure, no ads in the way, and playback that keeps going when the screen locks.

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Keeps reading with the screen locked
Remembers your exact place
Works offline in a tunnel or on a plane
Natural voices made on your phone
0.5× to 2× reading speed
Sleep timer for bedtime chapters
Follow-along highlighting
Your Google Drive or a phone folder
English and French
Listening stats and a yearly Wrapped
Friends only with your code
No account to invent
Keeps reading with the screen locked
Remembers your exact place
Works offline in a tunnel or on a plane
Natural voices made on your phone
0.5× to 2× reading speed
Sleep timer for bedtime chapters
Follow-along highlighting
Your Google Drive or a phone folder
English and French
Listening stats and a yearly Wrapped
Friends only with your code
No account to invent

Side by side

The differences that actually change your day, rather than every line on both feature lists.

Feature	PhonoLeaf	@Voice
Voice	Natural on-device neural voice, built in	Your phone's built-in text-to-speech voice by default*
Platforms	Android and iPhone	Android only*
Price	$2.99/mo or $19.99/yr	Free with ads, or $15 one-time Premium*

*As published by the developer on hyperionics.com and Google Play, September 2026, where the app is listed as "@Voice: Text to Speech Reader". Advanced users can install third-party TTS engines, including neural ones, into it, but that means sourcing and configuring a voice engine yourself. PhonoLeaf's neural voice works out of the box.

Where PhonoLeaf is the better choice

If any of these are true, PhonoLeaf is built for you:

You want a natural voice without sourcing and configuring a speech engine first
You would rather not listen around ads
You want playback that survives the screen locking and the phone going in a pocket
You are on an iPhone, or want the same app on both phones you own
You want a library with real covers and your place kept per book

Questions people actually ask

Does PhonoLeaf sound more natural than @Voice?

PhonoLeaf uses a natural neural voice generated on your device, rather than the phone's built-in system voice that @Voice uses by default. Third-party engines can be added to @Voice, but you have to source and configure them yourself.

Is PhonoLeaf private?

Yes. Your ebooks are read aloud entirely on your device. PhonoLeaf has no backend that receives or stores your book content, and your files travel straight from your Google Drive to your device.

What platforms does PhonoLeaf run on?

Android and iPhone, from Google Play and the App Store.

How much does PhonoLeaf cost?

PhonoLeaf is $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year, with a free 7-day trial. There is also a one-time Founding Member option at $49.99, limited to the first 500 buyers.

Seven days, and a voice that does not stop

Nothing to upload, nothing to convert, and no card needed to start.

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"@Voice Aloud Reader" is a trademark of its respective owner. PhonoLeaf is not affiliated with or endorsed by it; this page is an independent comparison, and the figures above are our reading of their published information rather than theirs.