What each week held
Withheld: something was read in 1 week of the last 12. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
What it declares
- text-to-speech reading of documents/PDFs/articles
- 200+ natural AI voices
- adjustable playback speed (up to 4.5x)
- offline listening
- OCR scanning
- AI voice cloning
- AI dubbing / voice changer
- multi-language support (20-60+ languages)
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
- surprise renewal price increases
- free trial requiring payment info upfront
- unclear billing/cancellation flow
- monthly billing costing far more than annual
Themes people raised in public. A complaint is somebody’s opinion, not a measurement of the product.
Everything on record
5 observed claims. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
At least one documented case shows a Speechify subscription renewal price increasing significantly (from $100 to $395, a 295% increase) without clear advance notice, and the free trial requires payment information upfront with risk of unexpected post-trial charges.
Billing/renewal transparency is a recurring buyer concern affecting trust in the free-trial and auto-renewal flow.
checkthat.ai/brands/speechify/pricing - PRODUCTFACTSep 30, 2026
Speechify's voice cloning API changed its consent-capture flow: the prior method of passing a consent form field with the speaker's fullName and email as a JSON string is deprecated and will be switched off on a date to be announced in the changelog, though existing cloned voices are unaffected.
Affects developers integrating the voice cloning API who need to migrate their consent workflow before the cutover.
docs.speechify.ai/docs/features/voice-cloning - PRODUCTCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Speechify offers a separate developer-facing API product (SpeechifyAI) for text-to-speech and instant voice cloning, where voice cloning has no additional per-clone price or synthesis premium beyond standard usage.
Relevant to developers/adjacent products evaluating API-based voice cloning costs.
speechify.ai/voice-cloning - PRICINGCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Speechify Studio (voiceover, dubbing, voice cloning) is priced separately from Premium, with a Starter tier around $19/user/month and a Creator tier around $49/user/month, and Audiobooks is sold as its own subscription around $9.99–$14.99/month.
Establishes that voice-cloning/creator tools sit in a distinct, higher-priced product line from the core reading app.
costbench.com/software/ai-voice-tools/speechify/ - PRICINGCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Speechify's consumer pricing is structured as a Free tier (10 basic voices, up to ~1.5x speed) and a Premium tier at $139/year (~$11.58/mo) or $29/month billed monthly, unlocking 200+ voices, 5x speed, offline downloads, and priority support.
Sets the baseline price point buyers compare against for TTS reading apps.
fish.audio/vs/pricing/speechify/
A record of what Forge read in public about Speechify — its own pages and what people wrote about it. Nothing here is a test of the product, a ranking or a score, and Forge has no relationship with this company.