Codex Reader Early Access vs Narrio

Codex Reader turns the books you already own into one library you can read and listen to. Connect your own sources — Plex, Audiobookshelf, OPDS catalogs, and Storyteller — or bring files straight in from the Files app. Your EPUBs, M4Bs, and MP3 audiobooks all land in a single shelf. READ AND LISTEN, TOGETHER Readalouds keep the text and the narration in sync, highlighting each line as it's spoken. Switch between reading and listening whenever you like and pick up exactly where you left off. BUILT FOR iOS CarPlay for the drive. Siri and Spotlight to jump straight into a book. Home Screen widgets and a Live Activity for what you're in the middle of. Everything works offline once downloaded. MADE YOURS Choose your app icon, tune typography and playback to taste, organize shelves and reading lists, and follow authors or servers to hear about new arrivals. Codex Premium adds iCloud sync so your place in a book follows you between devices.

Narrio turns the EPUB and PDF books you already own into audiobooks. Open a book, choose a narrator, and it's read aloud on your iPhone while the page follows along. EVERYTHING HAPPENS ON YOUR PHONE The narrators run on your iPhone itself. Narrio works on a plane, underground, or anywhere without signal. There's no account, nothing to stream, and no cost per book. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS • Any DRM-free EPUB or PDF, including scanned PDFs • Add books from Files, or share them to Narrio from any app • Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks have thousands of free classics 24 NARRATORS Choose from American and British voices, and switch any time, even partway through a book. READ ALONG The passage being read is highlighted, so you can follow along and pick up where the narrator is. Press and hold a passage to bookmark it or add a note, and search inside the book to jump straight there. MADE FOR LISTENING • Sleep timer with a gentle fade, shake to add five minutes • Speed per book, and skip buttons that jump 10 to 60 seconds • Time left in the chapter and the book • Skips copyright pages and tables of contents • Listening stats and a daily streak EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and a Home Screen widget • Siri and Shortcuts: "Resume my book in Narrio" • Your place in each book syncs between iPhone and iPad through iCloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN Narrio doesn't collect any data. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. Books locked to another app, like Kindle or Apple Books purchases, can't be opened.