Listen to Articles: speakeasy
Read aloud · audiobook · TTS
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
New: AI article summaries. Paste any link — Substack, Medium, blogs — and listen in natural AI voices. No account, no clutter.
No account. No login. No bloat.
Just paste a URL — Substack, Medium, Twitter, blog, newsletter — and speakeasy reads it aloud in stunning AI voices, powered by InWorld TTS. Web articles to audio in seconds. Nothing else to set up.
Your audio saves to iCloud Drive, syncs automatically to iPhone and Mac, and is yours forever. No cloud accounts. No servers. No tracking. Start an article on the commute, finish it on your laptop.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Copy a URL — article, newsletter, blog, or tweet
2. Paste into speakeasy or share from any app
3. Hit play — text becomes audio in seconds
4. Lock your screen and keep listening
5. Files save to iCloud Drive, available on every device
LISTEN YOUR WAY
- Multiple high-quality AI voices (InWorld TTS)
- Playback speed 0.5x–2.0x
- Skip forward/back 15 seconds
- Position auto-saved
- Background playback with lock-screen controls
QUICK FACTS
- Background playback with lock-screen + AirPods controls
- Variable speed 0.5x to 2.0x
- Sleep timer for nighttime listening
- Works offline once downloaded
- CarPlay compatible
- Light and dark themes
WORKS WITH EVERYTHING
- Twitter/X threads
- Medium articles
- Substack newsletters
- Blog posts, news articles, RSS items
- Any web article with text
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
- No account, no login, no email
- Your audio lives in your iCloud Drive — visible in Files, owned by you
- No tracking, no analytics, no data collection
- Cancel anytime, keep your library
FOR PEOPLE DROWNING IN READING LISTS
Commuters. Founders. Students. Researchers. Parents. Anyone who'd rather listen than scroll. Turn your backlog into a personal podcast.
PERFECT FOR
- Commutes and drives
- Workouts and walks
- Cooking, cleaning, errands
- Studying and research
- Accessibility (dyslexia, ADHD, low vision)
- Multitasking
DOES ONE THING
No dictation. No AI chat. No meeting notes. No 500 MB binary. speakeasy turns reading into listening — and that's it. If you've tried other read-aloud apps and felt overwhelmed by feature creep, this is the focused alternative.
HONEST PRICING
$89.99/year for unlimited articles, all premium voices, every feature. Less than a quarter of what other AI text-to-speech subscriptions cost. No hidden charges, no upsells, no fake discounts.
Start free with 3 articles per week. No credit card required.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Sharing an article is much faster and no longer fails on long articles
- Fixed a bug where an article could be lost if it failed to save
- Audio files are about half the size, so they download and sync faster
- Fixed alert messages that were unreadable in light mode
The developer, The Product Company of London Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- The Product Company of London Limited
- Size
- 50.8 MB
- Category
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Yearly $89.99
- Speakeasy Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 studio.gold