# Landfall: Books & Podcasts — Talk back to the great books > Talk back to the great books (iPhone/iPad app by Arun Verma.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/landfall-books-and-podcasts/id6794945892 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Arun Verma](https://appshunter.io/developer/724195059) - Category: Books, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 90 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-07 - Data updated: 2026-08-21 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/landfall-books-and-podcasts/id6794945892/reviews.md ## What is Landfall? Landfall reads the books that last out loud — and lets you talk back. READ AND LISTEN Start with 98 included classics and sacred texts, from the Gospels and Bhagavad Gita to Marcus Aurelius, the Psalms, and the Tao Te Ching. Browse and add 50 more famous public-domain titles, or import your own books. Follow the text sentence by sentence while Landfall reads aloud—even through screen locks. Choose OpenAI · Marin for natural cloud narration, or a downloaded Apple system voice labelled Premium for free offline listening. If cloud audio is interrupted, narration pauses and offers Retry instead of silently changing voices. TALK BACK Pause at any passage and start Jam. On compatible iPhones, Apple On-Device Jam is free, private, works offline, and uses the passage on screen. Cloud Talk can explain a line, challenge an idea, or search more of the book. Say “note that” to pin your thought to the exact line that inspired it. MEET THE PEOPLE IN YOUR BOOKS Discover selected authors and major characters from the books in your library. Build a source-linked profile, then have a persistent voice conversation with a clearly labelled AI persona inspired by that person or character. Each persona keeps a separate history and memory on your iPhone. Create and share a video of the conversation; audio/video recording starts only after you tap Record. MAKE OLD TEXTS CLEARER Rewrite dense translations as Plain English, Grade 8, or Young Readers, chapter by chapter. The original is always preserved, and your notes stay anchored. PODCASTS WORTH YOUR TIME Browse a finite daily digest drawn from the top podcast charts. Subscribe, stream, download, and leave notes at exact timestamps. Jam clearly labels its context as Full transcript, Current excerpt, or Description only. When no transcript is available, it says it cannot verify the hosts’ exact words. WHAT’S FREE Reading, imported books, notes, podcasts, the daily digest, a downloaded high-quality Apple offline voice, and Apple On-Device Jam on compatible iPhones work without Landfall Premium. New readers also receive a small, one-time welcome allowance for OpenAI narration, podcast transcription, and cloud Talk. LANDFALL PREMIUM An optional auto-renewing subscription renews your monthly AI allowances: 8 hours of premium narration, 8 hours of podcast transcription, 15 minutes of book and podcast conversation, and 10 minutes of People conversation. Usage stops at the limit, with no AI overage charges. Eligible book and podcast cloud features can instead use your own verified OpenAI key; People research remains Premium-only. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Landfall account is required. Your library, notes, transcripts, saved People profiles, and listening history stay on your iPhone. Apple On-Device Jam stays on-device. Cloud features send only the text or audio needed for that operation to Landfall’s relay—or directly to OpenAI when you choose your own key. Landfall does not retain full books, notes, prompts, transcripts, generated narration audio, or API keys in operational logs. See the privacy policy for retention details. AI conversations, personas, and rewrites can be wrong or incomplete. They are reading companions—not doctrine, scholarship, or professional advice. The included books are in the public domain. The hours are your own. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 2.0 — 2026-08-15 MORE FAMOUS CLASSICS Browse and add 50 famous public-domain titles, including Dickens, Austen, Verne, Shelley, Stoker, Tolstoy, and more. FREE APPLE ON-DEVICE JAM On compatible iPhones, discuss the exact book or podcast passage shown on screen using Apple's on-device model. It is free, private, works offline, and is clearly labelled. Cloud Talk remains available when you want wider book and transcript tools. BETTER OFFLINE NARRATION Landfall now uses a downloaded Apple system voice labelled Premium for offline narration. If cloud audio is interrupted, narration pauses and offers Retry instead of silently changing voices. OpenAI · Marin remains the natural cloud narration choice. PODCAST JAM THAT SAYS WHAT IT KNOWS Jam now labels its context as Full transcript, Current excerpt, or Description only. When a transcript is unavailable, it says it cannot verify the hosts' exact wording. TALK WITH THE PEOPLE IN YOUR BOOKS Build a source-linked profile of an author or character, then have a persistent voice conversation with an AI persona inspired by them — labelled that way on every screen and never presented as the real person. KEEP THE MOMENT Create and share a video of a People conversation. Audio/video recording starts only after you tap Record. TRY IT FIRST New readers get a small, one-time welcome allowance for OpenAI narration, podcast transcripts, and cloud Talk. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-07 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*