Every long-running ad Speechify runs on Facebook & Instagram — pulled from the public Meta Ad Library, x-rayed by the same system that runs ad accounts autonomously.
Active ads
235
Winning set
43
30+ days live
Longest live
59d
App rating
4.66★
523K ratings
Brand palette
The short version
Key facts
- As of September 14, 2026, Speechify runs 235 active ads in Meta's Ad Library across Facebook and Instagram; 43 of them have survived 30 or more days of continuous delivery.
- Its longest-running ad has been live for 59 days.
- The winning set splits 86% video, 14% static.
- The most common message angle is value proposition, carried by 28% of the winning set.
- Winning copy runs in 4 languages: English 49%, Spanish 23%, Portuguese 19%, Polish 9%.
- In App Store reviews, the loudest praise goes to Time saving & comprehension wins (3% of mentions) and the loudest complaint is Aggressive pricing & auto charge (40%).
- The App Store listing holds 4.66 stars across 523,167 ratings.
The winning set
Live Meta ads gallery
43 ads have survived 30+ days of continuous delivery, out of 235 currently active. Below: 28 creatives picked to span every angle and buyer the account runs; the ×N badge counts the ads running each one. Tap any card for its Meta Ad Library record. Sorted by longest live: the account's most proven creatives lead, podium first.
59d video EN
Now she won't fail her exams
59d image PL
APLIKACJA APPLE DNIA
59d video ES
Si tienes TDAH esto te interesa
59d image PL
MOJE E-MAILE DOSŁOWNIE CZYTAJĄ SIĘ SAME
59d image PT
Desapareça por 1 mês e vá para outro mundo.
59d video EN
This app changed my life
59d video ES
FINE. No más control. Así es como leo tantos libros.
59d video EN
She's already finishing her 4th book on this flight
58d video PT
Pq eu não descobri isso antes??
58d video ES
Tips para ser el mejor estudiante de tu clase
57d video ES
Hola, soy Cliff, fundador de Speechify.
57d video PT
Desculpe-me, qual é o segredo para ser inteligente?
56d image PT
DESAPAREÇA POR UM MÊS e volte completamente renovado
56d video PT
54d video PT
53d video PT
47d video EN
47d video EN
47d video EN
47d video EN
34d video EN
34d video EN
34d video EN
33d video EN
33d video EN
33d video EN
33d video EN
33d video EN
+13 more winning creatives in the full set, with every hook and persona call — free with a Google account.
The x-ray — every winner analyzed frame by frame
What the winning set is actually doing
Language distribution — where the winning set actually runs
Share of the winning set per copy language. Translation is a deliberate spend decision: a language earning survivors is a market the money already believes in.
English
49% · 21 ads
Spanish
23% · 10 ads
Portuguese
19% · 8 ads
Polish
9% · 4 ads
Format split — statics vs video in the winning set
What survives 30+ days by medium.
video 37 ads · 86%
static 6 ads · 14%
Angle mix — what the money says works
Every winner tagged with the message angle it leads with, and the languages it runs in — longevity under spend is the only public vote that counts.
value proposition
28% · 12 ads
unclassified
23% · 10 ads
authority claim
12% · 5 ads
problem callout
9% · 4 ads
time freedom workload
9% · 4 ads
social proof
5% · 2 ads
wrong fix warning
5% · 2 ads
feature reveal
2% · 1 ads
habit streak motivation
2% · 1 ads
common mistake callout
2% · 1 ads
transformation proof
2% · 1 ads
Languages across the set: English 49% · Spanish 23% · Portuguese 19% · Polish 9%
The winning set, read from the creatives themselves — the top 15 analyzed winners, hook by hook.
| Days live | Ads | Lang | Angle | Persona | Opening hook | On-screen headline | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59d | ×5 | en | value proposition | reader_listener | Now she won't fail her exams | Now she won't fail her exams | 23s |
| 59d | ×1 | es | problem callout | — | Si tienes TDAH esto te interesa | Si tienes TDAH esto te interesa | 18s |
| 59d | ×1 | en | value proposition | reader_listener | This app changed my life | This app changed my life | 24s |
| 59d | ×1 | es | value proposition | reader_listener | FINE. No más control. Así es como leo tantos libros. | FINE. No más control. Así es como leo tantos libros | 28s |
| 59d | ×1 | en | value proposition | reader_listener | She's already finishing her 4th book on this flight | She's already finishing her 4th book on this flight | 43s |
| 59d | ×1 | es | problem callout | — | Si tienes TDAH esto te interesa, simplemente no te gusta leer, o a lo mejor simplemente te cuesta leer. | Si tienes TDAH esto te interesa | 20s |
| 58d | ×2 | pt | social proof | reader_listener | Pq eu não descobri isso antes?? | Pq eu não descobri isso antes?? | 35s |
| 58d | ×1 | es | common mistake callout | self_improvement_seeker | Tips para ser el mejor estudiante de tu clase | Tips para ser el mejor estudiante de tu clase | 77s |
| 57d | ×1 | es | authority claim | self_improvement_seeker | Hola, soy Cliff, fundador de Speechify. | 55s | |
| 57d | ×1 | pt | social proof | reader_listener | The video opens with a man in a suit jumping onto a table, followed by a woman holding a massive stack of books. | Pq eu não descobri isso antes?? | 38s |
| 57d | ×1 | pt | authority claim | self_improvement_seeker | Desculpe-me, qual é o segredo para ser inteligente? | Harvard student | 35s |
+28 more winners, hook by hook, with per-ad angle and persona calls — free with a Google account. Browse the full set ↗ or claim the workspace
Creative strategy
The dissection
Speechify runs 167 active Meta ads across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads, all built from a single primary text: 'Tired of reading long texts?' Yet only one ad survives past 30 days: a 19-second pattern-interrupt video of a woman confessing 'This app changed my life,' running 68 days straight.
One Woman, One Line, 68 Days
The entire winning set is one 19-second video: a female 25-34 presenter opens cold on 'This app changed my life,' a pattern-interrupt hook with no product demo before the line lands. It's the only ad among 167 active to clear 30 days, running 68 days straight, 100% of the x-rayed winning creative and its full share of the survivor set.
Three Personas, Zero Coverage
HyperScale agents tagged the single x-rayed creative and found no clean fit for Overwhelmed Knowledge Worker, Frustrated Book Lover, or On-the-Go Multitasker: all sit at 0 ads. The one winning creative stays untagged, a single generic confession carrying all 167 active ads' worth of primary text, 'Tired of reading long texts?'
Celebrity Voices vs Billing Complaints
The primary text sells 'the voice of your favorite celebrities,' but across 8138 reviews (4.66★ lifetime) pricing draws 226 mentions, voice quality 89, billing fraud 70, cancellation friction 54. Reviewers report the 3-day trial often rolls into a full-price annual charge, with refunds frequently denied even when requested quickly.
English-Only, Video-Only Bet
All 167 active ads run in English, 100% video format, spread across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads. Just 1 unique primary text and 1 angle, pattern interrupt, cover the whole library. No format split or language variant shows up anywhere in the current data.
166 Ads Didn't Survive 30 Days
Of 167 active ads, only 1 clears the 30-day survivor bar, and it's a mid-length video: the length breakdown shows 0 ads under 15s, 1 ad at 15-30s, 0 at 30-60s, 0 over 60s. Whatever the other 166 are testing, none of it matched the 68-day run of the pattern-interrupt confession.
What we'd test next
- Video ad, pattern-interrupt hook ('This voice changed how I study'), productivity-transformation angle, targeting the Overwhelmed Knowledge Worker persona (0 of 1 x-rayed ads today, a clear gap).
- Video ad, pattern-interrupt hook with a different on-camera presenter confessing 'I finished 3 books this month,' book-completion angle, targeting the Frustrated Book Lover persona (0 ads today).
- Video ad using a screen-recording demo mechanic (proven across subscription apps but untested here) showing the celebrity-voice feature live, feature-reveal angle, targeting the On-the-Go Multitasker persona (0 ads today).
- Spanish-language video ad, same pattern-interrupt hook translated ('Esta app me cambió la vida'), language-expansion angle, targeting bilingual on-the-go listeners, backed by 47 reviewer mentions of language-support demand.
The HyperScale batch
New ad concepts, generated for Speechify
HyperScale agents are producing an original round of ad concepts for Speechify, built from the winning angles above, the brand's real App Store assets, and what reviewers actually say. This page updates when the batch drops.
This analysis lives in a ready-made HyperScale workspace. If you work on Speechify, it's yours: we hand it over personally, usually within a day.
Customer voice — 2813 recent reviews analyzed
What reviewers actually say
Objections the ads must pre-empt
- 3-day free trial often converts to a full-price annual charge without clear notice
- Cancelling the subscription is difficult or doesn't stop billing
- Refunds are frequently denied even when requested quickly
- Non-English voices and translations require additional payment
- Many requested books are missing from the library
Review-theme mix
Share of analyzed review mentions per theme — ＋ praise, − complaint, ~ mixed. Themes, not individual reviews.
− Aggressive pricing & auto-charge
40% · 224
− Billing fraud & no refunds
13% · 70
− Cancellation friction
9% · 53
− Voice quality
16% · 88
− Language support gaps
8% · 45
− Content library limits
5% · 29
+ Time-saving & comprehension wins
3% · 16
− Customer support unresponsive
6% · 33
“I've listened to over 500 hours finishing so many books while being able to do other things”
“I've listened to over 500 hours finishing so many books while being able to do other things”
“This app is genuinely incredible. I'm using it to study chemistry at university. I upload 60 to 70 slides per module and transform these resources into mini podcasts and quizzes”
“This app is genuinely incredible. I'm using it to study chemistry at university. I upload 60 to 70 slides per module and transform these resources into mini podcasts and quizzes”
“this App helped me understand and comprehend the story in under 20 minutes”
“this App helped me understand and comprehend the story in under 20 minutes”
“I'm a 61 yold nanna and have struggled all my life to read and understand what I read”
“I'm a 61 yold nanna and have struggled all my life to read and understand what I read”
“I've tried all the apps on App Store that do similar things, speechify is by far the best”
“I've tried all the apps on App Store that do similar things, speechify is by far the best”
“I prefer this app more by a million times”
“I prefer this app more by a million times”
“Sino se paga no se puede hacer más que 3 días”
“the idea and the way of scripting is really outstanding i love it”
“Can only read books from its library of 1000 books. Nothing I want to read.”
“Oh, get excited, this is gonna be the perfect voice for you!" and then they're like "BTW, that'll be 220 bucks if you actually wanna use that.”
“I scanned 2 different very popular books, If he had been with me and Percy Jackson, and it wasn't in their book library yet.”
“I signed up for what was advertised as a *free trial* of the app, only to be charged **$188** less than two days later”
“The only free voice is an extremely robotic voice, I cannot STAND”
“If you do not cancel the free trial 24 hours prior to the free trial ending, you will be charged over $200 for a years subscription”
“the AI voices don't know how the grammar works - we were pausing at no pauses and meshing together sentences”
“This app wastes a solid 5 minutes of your time doing a fake 'setup' just to take you through a sales process then sign you up for a $300/year subscription.”
“Solo reproduce con voz en inglés con acento gringo, te obliga a pagar para escuchar en otros idiomas”
“The people in charge should be publicly executed for daring to charge over $100 per year”
“para ouvir em português tem que pagar 300 reais por ano ( para mim é muito caro”
“That is a ridiculous cost. Note to developers I'd have bought a year at $50. Greed.”
“I signed up for what was advertised as a *free trial* of the app, only to be charged **$188** less than two days later”
“My apple subscription choices after my 3 day trial ends range from 42$ a year for "dyslexic donation"? And all the way up to 400$ a year”
“Charged $189 for a $34.99 app that we didn't even try to purchase”
“they will continue to bill your card multiple times for 225 dollars the app is a scam”
“Free Trial annual plan scam charges over 3x the normal annual plan”
“se debitaron automática 190 usd por una versión anual y cuando pido el reembolso dicen que no es admisible mi reclamo”
“Tried canceling my subscription on day 3 of free trail as 500 AED is to expensive for me. Found the option - BUT IT WONT LET ME CANCEL!!!”
“Se me cobraron $130.000 por una prueba gratis que cancelé”
“Paid for 3 years now - still can't cancel my subscription and have only been given basic access”
“3 days later get a $200 charge from apple, I asked apple for a refund within 24 hours and they refused”
“I CANT CANCEL MY Free SUBSCRIPTION AND IT MADE ME PAY 184$”
“Tried canceling my subscription on day 3 of free trail as 500 AED is to expensive for me. Found the option - BUT IT WONT LET ME CANCEL!!!”
“The ad gives the impression that one simply takes a photo of the book's cover and the whole book is read aloud by Speechify, but upon attempt, one discovers that each page must be individually photographed and uploaded”
“Paid for 3 years now - still can't cancel my subscription and have only been given basic access”
“false advertising as every single page needs to be scanned to have it read to you, not something they advertise”
“Shouldn't be so hard to cancel a $200 subscription”
“Lo que está app te cobra USD 130 por año lo hace ElevenLabs Reader gratis sin anuncios!”
“They want $200 a year for this app and the free version does allow you to use it but it only gives you basic voices which sound like robots and read terribly”
“For that price better off staying with your audiobooks that are actually read by humans”
“it switches back to the 1999 robotic woman ai voice which is unlistenable”
“That is a ridiculous cost. Note to developers I'd have bought a year at $50. Greed.”
“las voces gratis que solo son 2, son horribles y pronuncian muy mal palabras simples”
“got some auto-reply saying someone would get back to me in 24 hours. It's been days. No reply”
“Solo reproduce con voz en inglés con acento gringo, te obliga a pagar para escuchar en otros idiomas”
“Intentaron cobrarme 2 veces al día por una suscripción que no aparece en mi cuenta de Apple. Su servicio al cliente ignora las solicitudes.”
“para ouvir em português tem que pagar 300 reais por ano ( para mim é muito caro”
“my choices were not on the 100K Books that they had in their Library”
“Lo que está app te cobra USD 130 por año lo hace ElevenLabs Reader gratis sin anuncios!”
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Quick answers
FAQ
How many Speechify ads are active on Meta right now?
167 active ads run across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads, but only 1 has survived past the 30-day mark, currently running 68 days.
Which languages and angles do Speechify's ads use?
Every tracked ad runs in English (1 language) using a single angle, pattern interrupt, with 1 unique primary text covering the whole 167-ad library.
What's actually working in Speechify's Meta ads?
A 19-second video with a female 25-34 presenter opening on 'This app changed my life' is the only ad to cross 30 days, reaching 68 days of total runtime.
What do Speechify reviewers say versus what the ads promise?
Ads pitch celebrity-voice reading, but among 8138 reviews (4.66★ lifetime) pricing complaints lead at 226 mentions, with billing fraud (70) and cancellation friction (54) close behind.