Reader AI vs Compendium Audiobooks

Read books and web articles in their original language, with help when you need it. Reader AI brings reading, language learning and listening together. Import your own books, save articles from a link or the Safari share sheet, or follow websites with Feeds, then read in a layout you can make your own. READ AND UNDERSTAND Look up words in context and ask AI to explain sentences, expressions and passages. Set your native language and level for explanations that fit you. Read books and articles side by side with a translation, or the translation only. Ask about a book, quoting several passages, images or part of a PDF page, follow answers back to the text, or get an AI summary of the book or what you've read so far. LISTEN AND FOLLOW ALONG Narration runs on your device after you download a voice pack. Follow the highlighted text, change voices, turn on translated subtitles, and switch between the reader and player without losing your place. PDFs with selectable text can be narrated too. With Pro, Daily Podcast turns new articles from your feeds into an episode each day. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Import EPUB, TXT, MOBI, AZW3, PDF and other formats. Follow websites and blogs with Feeds. Import from your WebDAV library or OPDS catalogs. Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Google Drive imports and the Discover catalog are available outside mainland China. Add books to Want to Read and organize articles into folders. MAKE READING YOUR OWN Adjust fonts, spacing and colors, choose a page-turning effect, and use an external keyboard. On iPad, read in separate windows with a sidebar for contents, search and thumbnails. Highlight passages and add notes. Write on PDFs with Apple Pencil or your finger, using pens, highlighter, shapes and a zoom window, then export them. Text on scanned PDF pages is recognized on your device, so you can look up words. REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ Save words, expressions and sentences in Saved with their meanings and original sentences. Review them, track your progress and return to the original passage. FREE READING AND PRO Reading, highlighting, notes and PDF annotation are free. The free bookshelf holds 3 books (articles and the sample book don't count); add a spot for 3 AI credits. The sample book and your first 3 books are free to listen to and translate; other books unlock listening or translation for 5 credits each. A one-time No bookshelf limit purchase or Pro removes the limit and makes every book free to listen to and translate. Free AI credits let you try lookups, explanations and article translation; outside mainland China, you can also watch a short video for credits. Pro includes lookups, explanations, pronunciation, Book Chat, AI Summary, Similar Books and Daily Podcast. Plans and prices are shown in the app. NO APP ACCOUNT REQUIRED Your library, progress and study data are stored on your device and in your iCloud storage. AI features process the requested text and needed context. Narration and book translation run on your device; for Daily Podcast, our server reads your feeds to write each episode. Reward videos outside mainland China are provided by Google AdMob. AI output may contain errors. Only import content you have the right to use. Requires iOS 18 or later. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings and restore purchases in the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://reader.lorpaves.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://reader.lorpaves.com/terms/

The great books. Beautifully read. Compendium is a library of 1,100+ classic audiobooks, from Plato and Marcus Aurelius to Austen, Dostoevsky, Shelley, Nietzsche and Poe. The text of every book is on screen while you listen. The first chapter of every book plays free, with no account needed. LISTEN AND READ - Switch between Listen and Read at any time. The sentence being read is highlighted as it plays. - Two narrators on selected titles, Nathaniel and Amelia. Switch mid-chapter without losing your place. THE LIBRARY - 1,100+ titles in philosophy, classic and literary fiction, gothic and horror, adventure, mystery, poetry, drama and history - Over 10,000 hours of listening, with new books added regularly THE PLAYER - Playback speed, 30-second skips, sleep timer and a chapter list - Background audio with lock-screen and Control Center controls - CarPlay: browse your library and control playback from your car's screen - Ask Siri to play a book or pick up where you left off - Download whole books to listen offline (subscribers) - Your place syncs across your devices and the web - Listening hours, books finished and your streak on the home screen - Share the line you're hearing as an Instagram Stories card - Add friends by username to see what they're reading ACCOUNTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS A free account lets you keep one full book and saves your progress across devices. Full-library listening, account and subscription management happen on compendium.audio. Questions: support@compendium.audio