LocalAudioBooksPlayer vs LightReadr

Literavox is a private audiobook player for the files you already own. It's not a store and not a streaming service — you bring the MP3 files, and Literavox plays them the way audiobooks deserve: resume, variable speed, chapter navigation, lock-screen controls, and background audio. YOUR FOLDER IS YOUR LIBRARY Point Literavox at a folder of audiobooks (each book is one subfolder of MP3 files) and it indexes everything for you. There's no hidden database — you stay in full control of your files in the Files app or Finder. ON-DEVICE AND iCLOUD DRIVE Keep your library locally or in an iCloud Drive folder and use it across all your devices at once. Share that iCloud folder with family and friends — no extra sync required. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. Playback works fully offline. The network is only used optionally — to fetch cover art or free public-domain titles. BUILT FOR LONG LISTENS • Resume exactly where you left off • Skip forward and back 30s • Variable speed: 0.8×–2.0× • Chapter list with seamless transitions • Whole-book progress bar with the current chapter highlighted • In-track bookmarks • Favourite and Finished flags + filters • Lock screen, headphone, and CarPlay controls • Background and locked-screen playback FREE, LEGAL LIBRARIES Add built-in free sources and download titles straight into your library: • LibriVox — public-domain audiobooks read by volunteers • Project Gutenberg — synthetic narration • Wolne Lektury — Polish classics read by actors (CC BY-SA) Downloaded titles become ordinary audiobooks on your device — fully offline, with proper attribution and license info. WHY LITERAVOX Because your audiobooks are your files. No store lock-in, no DRM, no subscription required to listen. Just a clean, fast player that respects you and your collection. Fully localized in English and Polish.

LightReadr turns your ebooks into audiobooks; with narration you actually want to listen to. Import the books you already have and either read normally or switch to natural-sounding narration mid-page. No robotic text-to-speech voice, no monthly subscription, no account required. NATURAL VOICE NARRATION Choose from several natural-sounding voices. Every word highlights as it's spoken, so you can follow along on the page. Tap any sentence to start narration right there; no need to scrub back to the beginning of the chapter. ENTIRELY ON YOUR DEVICE Narration is generated locally on your iPhone. Your books and the audio LightReadr creates from them never leave your device; there's no server involved in reading to you. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Import EPUB files from the Files app. LightReadr comes with five free public-domain classics already in your library, so you've got something to read the moment you install it. MAKE THE PAGE YOURS Adjust font, size, theme, margins, and line height; per book, so one title can look different from the next. Chapter navigation, when the book includes it, gets you around fast. RECAP SO FAR On supported Apple Intelligence devices, LightReadr can generate a short reminder of what's happened in your book so far, based on what you've actually read. YOUR PLACE, EVERYWHERE Reading progress, bookmarks, and highlights sync across your devices through your own iCloud account; never through a LightReadr server. Free. No account. No ads.