# Ghost Reader Live — TTS Read Aloud · PDF,  EPUB

> TTS Read Aloud · PDF,  EPUB (iPhone/iPad app by Jan Ancajas.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghost-reader-live/id6759826819 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jan Ancajas](https://appshunter.io/developer/1875644526)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 340 MB
- Released: 2026-03-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghost-reader-live/id6759826819/reviews.md

## What is Ghost Reader Live?

Turn reading into listening — privately.

  Ghost Reader narrates PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, Markdown, and plain-text files with natural on-device voices. Import a document or paste a link, then listen
  while following the text in Focus mode.

  YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY WITH YOU

  Narration is generated on your iPhone. Your documents, extracted text, and audio are not sent to our servers. No account is required.

  MADE FOR LISTENING

  • Follow along with sentence highlighting and auto-scroll
  • Pick a voice and adjust listening speed from 0.5× to 2×
  • Navigate to any part of a document and resume where you stopped
  • Use lock-screen and headphone play/pause controls when narration is ready
  • Set a sleep timer or export narration as an MP3

  FREE TO START

  Enjoy 15 minutes of narration each day for free. Upgrade through the App Store for unlimited listening with Monthly or Lifetime Access.

  Requires iPhone 12 or newer.

  Privacy Policy: https://bighippolabs.com/page-ghostreader/privacy.html
  Terms of Use: https://bighippolabs.com/page-ghostreader/terms.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghost Reader | $0.49 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Access | $14.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-09-06

• Free listening now includes 15 minutes of narration each day.
• Improved lock-screen, headphone, and sleep-timer playback controls.
• Open documents directly in Focus mode while your selected voice prepares.
• A new location control makes it easier to move around long documents.

### 1.5 — 2026-04-27

A LIBRARY WORTH OPENING
Your home screen just grew up. Every document now shows its cover, source (PDF · EPUB · WEB · MD), reading time, and progress at a glance. The book you were last listening to gets a hero spot at the top — one tap and you're back where you stopped.

PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
Set it and we'll send a gentle nudge to come back to your reading. Tap the notification and you're playing in seconds.

POCKET TTS, POLISHED
Word-by-word highlighting now stays glued to the voice — no more drift on long, multi-clause sentences. Switching voices mid-listen works exactly as you'd expect: instantly, no restart.

Read on.

### 1.4 — 2026-04-21

Stability fix — crashes during background playback are resolved. Narration now runs in the foreground for smooth, uninterrupted listening.

### 1.3 — 2026-04-07

New in Ghost Reader 1.4.5:

POCKET TTS ENGINE (BETA)
A second neural voice engine is now available with 8 new voices. Pocket TTS uses CPU-only inference for lower memory usage — great for longer listening sessions. Find it in the voice picker, marked as Beta.

EXPANDED DEVICE SUPPORT
Ghost Reader now runs on iPhone 12 and newer — previously required iPhone 15 Pro or later. Both Kokoro and Pocket TTS engines are optimised for 4 GB devices.

EXPANDED DEVICE SUPPORT
Ghost Reader now runs on iPhone 12 and newer (previously required newer hardware). Both Kokoro and Pocket TTS engines are optimised for 4 GB devices.

BUG FIXES
- Improved engine recycling to prevent memory buildup during long narrations
- Performance improvements

### 1.2 — 2026-03-17

Bug Fixes:
 - Fixed numbers like "5.20" being mispronounced as abbreviations
 - Fixed unnatural pauses on hyphenated words (e.g. "well-known")
 - Fixed "twenty" and numbers in the 20s being read incorrectly
 - Fixed word highlight drift in long sentences

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