Ghost Reader Live vs Castique

Turn reading into listening — privately. Ghost Reader narrates PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, Markdown, and plain-text files with natural on-device voices. Import a document or paste a link, then listen while following the text in Focus mode. YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY WITH YOU Narration is generated on your iPhone. Your documents, extracted text, and audio are not sent to our servers. No account is required. MADE FOR LISTENING • Follow along with sentence highlighting and auto-scroll • Pick a voice and adjust listening speed from 0.5× to 2× • Navigate to any part of a document and resume where you stopped • Use lock-screen and headphone play/pause controls when narration is ready • Set a sleep timer or export narration as an MP3 FREE TO START Enjoy 30 minutes of narration each day for free. Upgrade through the App Store for unlimited listening with Monthly or Lifetime Access. Requires iPhone 12 or newer. Privacy Policy: https://bighippolabs.com/page-ghostreader/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://bighippolabs.com/page-ghostreader/terms.html

Castique turns the articles, notes, and ideas you mean to read into an AI podcast you can actually listen to - a natural back-and-forth between two hosts, Joe and Jane. Paste a link, import a PDF, paste text, or type a topic. Choose a language, format, and length, and Castique writes a tight script and voices it. Your episode is then ready for the drive, the train, or the dishes. FEATURES - Link, text, topic, or PDF in - a finished audio episode out - Two-host conversation, not a flat read-aloud - 30 podcast languages, including English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, Chinese, and more - Formats: Conversation, Debate, Interview, or Explainer - Lengths: Standard or Extended (about 15 minutes) - Background playback with Lock Screen and Now Playing controls - Highlights and full transcript for every episode - Private, on-device history for generated episodes - Save audio to Files, iCloud Drive, or another destination you choose - Share a link straight from Safari into Castique (iOS) - Native on iPhone and iPad No account required. Just paste and press play. Castique generates audio using AI from the content you provide. Audio quality and accuracy depend on the source article. Podcast generation uses credits. Credit packs are available as separate one-time in-app purchases. There is no subscription or automatic renewal, and unused credits do not expire.