Checked on 6 October 2026
Aura vs NaturalReader
Looking for a NaturalReader alternative? Aura reads your documents aloud with speech made on your phone. No speech server, no account, and it works offline after one download. Here is how it compares with NaturalReader.
Why choose Aura
- Aura makes every voice on your phone. NaturalReader’s Plus and Pro voices come from Microsoft Azure, Google Gemini and OpenAI.
- Your documents stay in Aura’s private storage on your phone. NaturalReader’s privacy policy says it keeps your documents for up to two years unless you delete them.
- You can buy Aura Pro once, with no subscription. NaturalReader paid plans are by month or by year.
Side by side
| Topic | Aura | NaturalReader |
|---|---|---|
| What happens to your text | Stays in the app’s private storage on your phone. | Its privacy policy says it keeps your documents for up to two years unless you delete them, and does not use them to train AI. |
| Where the speech is made | On your phone, for every voice. | Free voices are your device’s built-in voices. Plus and Pro voices come from Microsoft Azure, Google Gemini and OpenAI. |
| Offline listening | Yes, after you download a voice. Downloads do not expire. | You can download MP3 files on paid plans. Its website also names an offline mode in the mobile apps. |
| Account needed | No. | Not needed to start: its app page says you can use it without an account. An account syncs your library. |
| Price | Free to download. The free version has ads and a listening limit. Aura Pro removes both. Pay by month, by year, or once for lifetime; the app shows the price before you pay. | Free plan with daily limits. Its help center lists paid plans from $13.90 a month or $79 a year, up to $25.90 a month or $159 a year; app store prices can differ. |
| Save as audio | Yes, as an M4A file. | Yes, as MP3 on paid plans. |
| What it can read | PDFs with real text, EPUB, DOCX, TXT, pasted text, web links, Wikipedia, photos of print. | PDF, DOC and DOCX, PPT, RTF, TXT, EPUB, images, cloud drives and a camera scanner. |
| Voices and languages | 38 voices. 10 speak 31 languages each; 28 are English voices. | Over 200 voices in over 90 languages on its website. Its Google Play listing says over 1,000 voices. |
| Platforms | Android and iPhone. | Web, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension. |
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Try Aura
Aura is free to download on Android and iPhone. Some features need Aura Pro; the app shows what is included and the price before you pay.
