# Pocket Bunko - Read & Listen — Open to read. Close to listen.

> Open to read. Close to listen. (iPhone/iPad app by tasuku nayuki.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-bunko-read-and-listen/id6819784366 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [tasuku nayuki](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896779740)
- Category: Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-10-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-23

## What is Pocket Bunko?

Pocket Bunko is a little library of classic short stories made for the foldable iPhone. Open it to read. Close it to listen.

- Open to read
Open your phone and the story is set as a two-page spread, like a paperback, with the fold as the gutter. Tap the right side to turn the page. Change the text size while you read and you stay on the same sentence.

- Close to listen
Close your phone and a natural voice keeps reading from the top of the page you were on. Open it again and the book has moved ahead to where the listening stopped, with that sentence highlighted for a moment.

- 13 English classics, ready offline
The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf by O. Henry, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, The Open Window by Saki, The Bet by Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett), Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield, and a selection of Aesop's Fables. Every text is in the public domain in the United States and in Japan, and its source is printed on its last page.

- Fits your commute
Each work shows how many minutes it takes to hear and to read, and marks the ones you can finish on a one-way commute.

- Sleep timer
Stop after 15 to 60 minutes, at the end of a chapter, or at the end of the work. It always stops between sentences and fades out gently.

- Read it or hear it, it counts
What you read with your eyes and what you heard with your ears are both counted. Reach the end and the work goes on your finished list.

- Lock Screen and earbuds
Play, pause and step back or forward one sentence from the Lock Screen or your earbuds.

- Privacy
Your bookmarks and reading records stay on this device. No account is needed.

- Price
Free, with a banner ad on the library and the finish page only. Never while you read or listen. A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase removes them.

- Note
Voices are the text-to-speech voices on your device. For a more natural voice, download an Enhanced or Premium English voice in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. On an iPhone without a hinge, use the Listen and Read buttons instead of closing and opening.

Terms of Use: https://nayukitecture.com/works/duo-bunko-terms-of-use.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is Pocket Bunko safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Pocket Bunko.

## Is Pocket Bunko legit?

Pocket Bunko - Read & Listen appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pocket Bunko is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-22

No release notes.

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