Local AI Reader vs Narrio

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!

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.