Crikk
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveReads PDFs, images, and text aloud in natural voices, with highlighting synced to playback.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $14/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free: 10,000 characters a month (1,200 per file without signup, 3,000 with a free account). Pro is /month billed monthly or once for a lifetime deal, with unlimited standard-voice characters, 1 million pro-voice characters a month, and API access (2 million characters) on the monthly plan; a dedicated API plan is /month. The homepage still shows /month and in-app prices differ ( monthly, .99 yearly on the US App Store).
Use tool ↗About Crikk
Crikk turns pasted text, PDFs and photographed pages into spoken audio for people who would rather listen than read, while commuting, exercising or studying a language. It offers 317 standard voices across 91 languages plus a set of pro voices, plays back at up to 4x speed and highlights each word as it is spoken. Short texts can be converted without an account, a free account adds 10,000 characters a month, and Pro removes the cap on standard voices and adds API access. It runs on the web and as iOS and Android apps, which are published under the name Monster Incorporation Inc.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free with 10,000 characters/month, Pro /month billed monthly or lifetime, monthly Pro includes 2M API characters, dedicated API plan /month (15 October 2026)crikk.com ↗
- Homepage pricing teaser still shows '/month' next to a free plan of 10,000 characters a month; speeds up to 4x (15 October 2026)crikk.com ↗
- Terms of Service name the operator as Crikk Inc.; the about page lists VoiceKiller Speech Inc., Newark, Delaware as the contact address (15 October 2026)crikk.com ↗
- App Store seller is Monster Incorporation Inc., with in-app plans at monthly, .99 yearly and .99 lifetime (15 October 2026)apps.apple.com ↗
Is Crikk legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 3, 2010 (16 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Porkbun LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 31, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Crikk Inc.Our research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Crikk
Crikk is a straightforward pick for anyone who wants to listen to PDFs, articles, or photographed pages rather than read them, and the synced word-highlighting genuinely helps with following along. The free tier is real but capped tightly enough at 10,000 characters that regular readers will hit the paywall fast.
Pros
- Reads PDFs and camera-captured images, not just pasted text
- Word-level highlighting syncs to audio playback for follow-along reading
- Playback speed goes up to 4x for fast review
- 317 standard voices across 91 languages, usable without signing up
- Monthly Pro includes API access with 2 million characters a month
Cons
- Free tier's 10,000-character monthly cap is easy to exhaust
- Prices differ between the homepage, the pricing page and the app stores
- Three different company names appear across the terms, contact page and App Store
Best for
- Students converting readings and lecture PDFs to audio
- Commuters who want to listen to saved articles
- Anyone who benefits from following highlighted text while listening
Not for
- Heavy readers who will exhaust the 10,000-character free cap in days
- Users who need studio-grade voice cloning rather than stock TTS voices
Watch out: The homepage still says /month, but the pricing page charges /month for Pro and the app stores list other prices again; check the figure at checkout.
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