Thyle vs Reads.

Thyle is an audiobook player built for people who care about how their library looks and feels — not just how it sounds. Most audiobook apps treat your collection like a utility. Thyle treats it like a library worth living in. Six artist-inspired themes — Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne, and Degas — bring a gallery-quality aesthetic to every screen, with warm palettes, custom typography, and details that reward a closer look. Your Library, Your Way Import audiobooks directly from your files — MP3, M4A, FLAC, Opus, and more. Thyle reads embedded metadata, pulls chapter markers, and organizes everything into a clean, browsable collection. Filter by star rating or genre, sort by title or date added, and switch between grid and list views to find exactly what you're looking for. Listening Done Right Thyle hands control back to you. Pick your chapter, set a sleep timer, and let spatial audio fill the room. Your progress is saved automatically so you can pick up exactly where you left off — across chapters, across sessions. Rate, Tag, and Personalize Give books a star rating after you've listened. Add your own genre tags alongside whatever's embedded in the file. The more you add, the smarter your filters become. Ask the Book Have a question about something you heard? Ask the Book uses on-device transcription and AI to let you search your audiobooks by meaning, not just memory. Find that passage, revisit that idea, or settle that nagging half-remembered detail — without scrubbing through hours of audio. Crafted for Readers Thyle was designed by a reader, for readers. That means no subscription wall, no algorithm pushing titles you didn't ask for, and no clutter between you and the book. Just your library, exactly as you left it. – Import MP3, M4A, FLAC, OGG, Opus, and folder-based audiobooks – Six artist-inspired color themes with matching typography – Five display fonts, each hand-selected for readability – Star ratings and genre tags with smart filtering – Chapter-accurate progress tracking – Sleep timer and spatial audio support – Ask the Book: AI-powered search across your transcribed audiobooks – Swipe gestures for natural navigation – No subscription required

Reads. is a quiet EPUB reader, made for the simple joy of reading. Built for people who love books — the ones who read in bed, in cafés, on commutes, on rainy afternoons. The ones who turn pages slowly, who care about typography, who want their reading time to feel like reading time. — A QUIET PLACE TO READ — No store. No ads. No notifications begging for your attention. Just you and the book. — BEAUTIFUL TYPOGRAPHY — Three carefully chosen serif fonts: Literata, Lora, EB Garamond. Each selected for one purpose — long, comfortable reading. — FOUR THEMES FOR EVERY LIGHT — - Paper — warm and gentle, like an old book - Pure White — crisp and modern - Sepia — easy on the eyes for long sessions - Night — quiet for late hours — THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER — Highlight passages in four colors. Add notes that stay with the page. Bookmark where you left off. Search inside any book. The simple tools, done right. — PDF SUPPORT TOO — Reads. opens PDFs as well — research papers, technical documents, anything you bring. Reading-first, always. — PRIVACY-FIRST, ALWAYS — Your books, your highlights, your notes — they never leave your device. No cloud sync by default. No tracking. No analytics on what you read. Reads. respects that reading is private. — OPEN FORMATS — EPUB (W3C standard) and PDF (ISO 32000) — the formats publishers, libraries, and indie authors actually use. No DRM. Your books are yours. — FREE TO TRY — 14 days of every premium feature, no credit card. Then choose: - Annual: $19.99/year (with Apple's 14-day free trial) - Lifetime: $59.99 once, no recurring Pay once, read forever — for those tired of subscription fatigue. — FOR THE BOOKS YOU BRING — Most reading apps want to sell you books. Reads. just wants to read them with you. The EPUB you've been meaning to start. The one you're halfway through. The one you re-read every winter. They live on your device, not in someone else's cloud. Reads. is for the books you bring, not the books you buy. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6764821898 Privacy Policy: https://ahmetklck.github.io/reads-privacy/privacy-policy.html Support: readsapp.support@gmail.com