Folio Classic Novels & PDF vs BeyondRead

Turn any book into an audiobook. 100% offline. Folio narrates 50,000+ classic novels in lifelike, natural voices - running entirely on your device. No monthly subscriptions, no streaming, and no account required. Download once, read and listen anywhere. WHY READERS LOVE FOLIO Most audiobook apps require expensive monthly subscriptions and an active internet connection. Folio runs its neural narration engine directly on your phone. Whether you are on a flight in airplane mode, commuting on the subway, or camping off the grid - your library always plays seamlessly. READ, LISTEN, OR BOTH Follow along with smooth word-by-word highlighting as the narrator reads, or lock your screen and listen with background audio controls. Switch between reading and listening whenever you like - your progress is always synced. FULL-CAST CHARACTER VOICES Experience stories like never before. Folio automatically detects dialogue and assigns distinct voices to different characters, bringing conversations to life like a studio full-cast production. IMMERSIVE READING AMBIENCE Enhance your reading session by layering soothing background sounds beneath the narration: - Gentle Rain & Thunder - Cozy Coffee Shop - Ocean Waves - Forest Birds & Rustling Leaves 50,000+ FREE CLASSICS INCLUDED Instant access to the world's greatest public domain literature from Project Gutenberg: - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Dracula by Bram Stoker - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - Moby Dick by Herman Melville And thousands more, including Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, The Odyssey, Don Quixote, Meditations, and The Art of War. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Import your own DRM-free EPUBs or document files in seconds. Turn your personal digital library into narrated audiobooks instantly. DESIGNED FOR THE READING EXPERIENCE - Realistic 3D paginated page-turn transitions - Beautiful typography with customizable fonts and sizes - Curated color themes: Cream Paper, Sepia, Dark, and Charcoal - Adjustable narration speed (0.5x to 2.5x) - Sleep timer for bedtime reading - Reading streak tracker and habit statistics - Bookmarks, text highlights, and quote sharing 100% PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your books, notes, and listening history never leave your device. - No account creation - No tracking or telemetry PERFECT FOR: Commuters, students of literature, avid readers, and anyone seeking a distraction-free reading sanctuary. Download Folio and rediscover the world's greatest stories.

BeyondRead is a local-first ebook reader for your own EPUB, PDF and MOBI files, now with a built-in library of nearly 20,000 public-domain classics. Listen to any book in a lifelike voice, and keep reading from the exact sentence where listening stopped. Select any sentence and ask AI to explain it, translate it, or keep the conversation going in the context of the book. AI Digest turns a whole book into an article you can read in a few minutes. BROWSE (NEW) • Nearly 20,000 public-domain classics in over 40 languages, free to download and keep • Shelves of great books, browsing by language and genre, and a "Surprise Me" pick • Search by title, author or subject, with several words in any order LISTEN (NEW) • Tap the headphones: the free System Voice reads any book on your device and highlights the sentence being read • Premium Voice: a lifelike female or male voice in 10 languages. Try 5 minutes of any book first • Reading and listening stay in sync: turn pages freely, then jump back to where it is reading or start from the page you are on • Say "Hey Reader" while listening to stop and ask about the book; the answer is read aloud • Speed from 0.5x to 2x, sleep timer, lock-screen controls; what you have heard stays on the device for offline listening, and the whole book can be downloaded • Premium Voice sends the text being read to our narration provider to generate the audio; the text is not stored READ • EPUB, PDF and MOBI (MOBI is converted to EPUB on import), on iPhone and iPad • Full-page bookmarks with notes; every book reopens where you left off • Quote cards in three styles: save them to Photos or share them • In-book search, table of contents, adjustable font size and background • Reading, bookmarks, quotes and search need no account ASK AI ABOUT ANY SENTENCE • Translate, Explain and Chat, with as many follow-up questions as you like • Only the passage you select and about 300 characters around it are sent, never the whole book • Translation, explanation and chat on the same passage merge into one highlight you can reopen AI DIGEST • Built from the title, the author, the real table of contents extracted on your device, and roughly the first 200 characters of each chapter • The full text is never uploaded; scanned PDFs and DRM-protected books cannot be digested • You are notified when a digest is ready PRIVACY • Books, bookmarks, quotes, reading positions and AI history live only on your device; our server stores no book content • AI can be switched off entirely, and then nothing leaves the device PLANS • Reading is free, and so is the public-domain library • AI features require signing in (Sign in with Apple) • AI translation is free and does not use your allowance (a fair-use monthly limit applies) • Free plan: 30 AI chats and 3 AI Digests every month • Pro (new): 15 hours of Premium Voice every month for any supported book, with no per-book purchase, plus 300 AI chats and 30 AI Digests a month, 10 times the free plan. Monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Pro renews automatically, is charged to your Apple ID and can be cancelled at any time in Settings; prices are shown in the app • Premium Voice can also be bought for a single book in one voice, sized to the book's length (5 to 200 hours). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription LANGUAGES • Interface in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Russian • The AI reply language can be set separately Questions or suggestions? Use "Report a Problem" in the app or visit the support page. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ BeyondRead Terms of Use: https://beyondread.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beyondread.app/privacy