Compendium Audiobooks vs Local AI Reader

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 - Download whole books to listen offline (subscribers) - Your place syncs across iPhone, Android 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

Local AI Reader turns any document into a personal audiobook using on-device AI voices that sound remarkably natural — no internet, no cloud, no privacy concerns. Import a PDF, EPUB, TXT or RTF from your Files app, iCloud Drive or any share sheet. Local AI Reader automatically splits the text into sentences and speaks them one by one, with every word highlighted in real time as it is read aloud. Follow along, skip ahead, or tap any sentence to jump straight to it. Choose from 8 distinct voices — American English and British English, male and female — each powered by a language model that runs entirely on your device!