Minutes, not months
ReadLoud charges for the audio it generates and nothing else. No monthly fee, no yearly commitment, no feature tiers. Every pack unlocks every voice and every feature.
Taste
$9
60 minutes · $0.15/min
An hour of listening. A few long articles, or one short book chapter.
Regular
Most popular$36
300 minutes · $0.12/min
Five hours. A month of articles for an occasional listener.
Binge
$99
1,000 minutes · $0.10/min
Over sixteen hours. A whole book, or a season of long reads.
ReadLoud is in open beta: packs are added to your account at no charge while we finish checkout. No card needed.
What the money buys
| If you listen to | That is about | On ReadLoud | Speechify Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two long articles a week | 3 hours a month | $18 to $22 a month, only in months you listen | $139 a year |
| One article a day | 6 hours a month | $36 a month with the Regular pack | $139 a year |
| A book a month | 10 hours a month | $60 a month with the Binge pack | $139 a year |
| A few articles a year | 2 hours a year | $9, once | $139 a year |
Heavy daily listeners are better off with a subscription somewhere else, and we say so. Everyone else has been paying for hours they never used. Full comparison with Speechify.
Pricing questions
- What exactly is a minute?
- Sixty seconds of newly generated audio at normal speed. A 1,500-word article is roughly ten minutes. Listening at 2x uses the same credit as at 1x because the audio is the same length.
- Do minutes expire?
- No. Buy a pack today and use it next year.
- What is free?
- One minute with no account, so you can hear the voices on your own text. Creating a free account adds 20 minutes. There are no ads and no upsell inside the reader.
- Is replaying free?
- Yes. Once a passage has been generated in a voice it is cached with your document. Rewind, re-read, or open the document next month: no credit is used. Switching to a different voice generates new audio, which is charged.
- Are all voices the same price?
- Yes. Fast, Studio, Gemini 3.1 and Narrator all cost one minute per minute. Precise word sync is included.
- Can I get a refund?
- If something did not work, write to hello@readloud.app and we will put the minutes back.
- Is there a team or education plan?
- Not yet. If you need one, email us; enough requests will make it happen.