Plain Audio

Plain plays what you already have and reads what you want to hear. It is free and needs no account. Plain adds no advertising or analytics, and its developer collects no data. LISTEN - Search Apple's public podcast directory, paste a feed address, or import an OPML file. Stream an episode or download it. - Add your own audio from Files, Share or Open in, or drop files into Plain from a Mac. - Pick up where you stopped. Change speed, skip 15 or 30 seconds, set a sleep timer, and use lock-screen and AirPods controls. READ ALOUD - Drop in Markdown, text, RTF or a text-based PDF, or paste text, and Plain reads it aloud on your iPhone with the voices installed on it. - Headings become sections you can jump between, and Read along highlights the sentence being spoken. NOTES - Hold a button to leave a voice note or a bookmark at the moment you are listening. Voice notes can be turned into text on your iPhone when on-device recognition is available for your language. APPLE WATCH - Send an episode or a file to your watch and leave your phone behind. The watch app plays on its own and keeps playing when you lower your wrist. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS - "Resume Plain", "Pause Plain", "Add a note in Plain" and more, plus Shortcuts actions and Spotlight search for your files. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Plain's developer collects no data. There is no account, and Plain adds no advertising or analytics. Plain connects directly to Apple's podcast search when you search, and to the podcast feeds you add and the hosts they use for artwork and episodes; like any website, those services can see your IP address. Plain keeps your files on your devices and does not send them to us. Your own iCloud or computer backups, exports and sharing can make other copies. Plain does not host or sell any content. Podcasts belong to their publishers.