# Poetic Voices — Hear your favourite poems

> Hear your favourite poems (iPhone/iPad app by David McGinn.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poetic-voices/id6752438739 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [David McGinn](https://appshunter.io/developer/1533426564)
- Category: Entertainment, Books
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-10-07
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poetic-voices/id6752438739/reviews.md

## What is Poetic Voices?

Hear the world's greatest poems read by the world's greatest voices.

Poetic Voices brings together iconic performances of classical poetry by actors, musicians, and cultural figures — including Alan Rickman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Cillian Murphy, Idris Elba, Emma Thompson, Florence Welch, Hozier, Jeremy Irons, Andrew Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, Helena Bonham Carter, James Earl Jones, Colin Farrell, Kenneth Branagh, and many more.

CELEBRITY READINGS YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE
From Alan Rickman's haunting reading of Shakespeare to Hozier performing W.B. Yeats, these are performances worth seeking out. Poetic Voices gathers them in one place.

THE POETRY
Shakespeare. Keats. Yeats. Dickinson. Shelley. Whitmore. Plath. Heaney. The greatest poems in the English language, performed with care.

FEATURES
• Browse hundreds of readings by poem, poet, or reader
• Save favourites to return to again and again
• Curated collections — Irish Poetry, Love Poems, and more
• Search by poet name, poem title, or celebrity reader
• Stream on iPhone, iPad, or Mac

Whether you're a lifelong poetry lover or simply curious to hear what your favourite actor sounds like reading Keats, Poetic Voices is made for you.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-02-27

- Curated collections: readings of poems grouped thematically, including WW1, Defiance, Love, Women, Grief and Loss
- Shareable: poets, poems and readings can be easily shared with your friends or on social media
- UI improvements including a new logo

### 1.0 — 2025-10-07

No release notes.

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