CHALLENGE
A Halloween with Frankenstein
Enter Mary Shelley’s gothic classic. Read it or listen with Strophe, and finish the tale before midnight on Halloween.
Strophe: Ebook Text to Speech
Read Aloud PDF & EPUB Reader
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Read aloud any EPUB, PDF or article with natural text to speech. Thousands of free classics. Private, on-device voices. No account. Works offline.
Strophe is an ebook reader and private text-to-speech app built natively for iOS. Read EPUBs, PDFs, web articles and pasted text, or listen with natural voices generated entirely on your device.
Start reading and continue by listening without ever losing your place. Strophe keeps reading and narration perfectly in sync, with word highlighting and automatic scrolling that follow along as you listen.
Start with up to 5 books. Unlimited listening. Web articles and pasted text are unlimited, with no daily narration limits.
Bring your own EPUBs and PDFs, or browse thousands of public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg directly inside Strophe. You can also save articles from Safari or social media apps, paste text from any source, or bring over your Instapaper library.
READ AND LISTEN
Read normally, then press play whenever you want. Listen in the background, from the Lock Screen, or with AirPods and other headphones.
Adjust playback from 0.5× to 3×, move between paragraphs, and fall asleep with timed, end-of-paragraph or end-of-chapter sleep timers.
THOUSANDS OF CLASSICS
Discover public-domain books from Project Gutenberg without leaving Strophe. Search the catalog, browse popular and newly added books, or explore genres including classics, science fiction, mystery, romance, biographies and more.
Add a book to your library and read or listen to it just like any other book in Strophe.
BUILT FOR iOS
Strophe is built natively for iOS for a fast, fluid reading and listening experience, with deep integration with the Lock Screen, AirPods, iCloud and system sharing.
NATURAL, PRIVATE TEXT TO SPEECH
Turn books, PDFs and articles into audio without uploading them to a narration service. Voices are generated directly on your device and work offline.
No Strophe account is required.
YOUR WHOLE READING LIBRARY
Keep EPUBs, PDFs, Project Gutenberg classics, web articles and pasted text together. Organize with collections, search by title or author, edit metadata, mark books as finished, and sort or filter your library however you like.
READ YOUR WAY
Customize fonts, text size, margins and spacing. Choose from light, sepia, dark and black themes, navigate chapters, search within books, and view images full screen.
FOCUS TYPOGRAPHY
Stay focused, scan text faster, and reduce reading fatigue with Focus Typography. It selectively emphasizes parts of words to help guide your eyes through text, and can be especially helpful for readers with ADHD and dyslexia.
HIGHLIGHT WHAT MATTERS
Highlight or underline passages, add notes, browse everything you’ve saved, and jump directly back to any passage.
BUILD A READING HABIT
Track reading and listening separately, set daily reading goals, build streaks, set an annual books-read goal, and see your progress over time.
FOCUS WITH SOUNDSCAPES
Add optional ambient environments while you read or listen. Adjust narration and ambience independently to create the atmosphere you want.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your books and articles aren’t uploaded to Strophe for narration. Imported content stays available offline, generated audio remains in a removable local cache, and iCloud can keep your library and reading data synchronized across your devices.
Terms of Use: https://www.brainpad.org/strophe-terms-of-service
Events
- Improved highlighting and fixed an issue that prevented highlighting across paragraphs.
- Achievements were revamped with better progress tracking, sorting, and sharing achievements with friends.
The developer, Tommy Bergeron, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Tommy Bergeron
- Size
- 138.4 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Strophe Lifetime $69.99
- Strophe Plus Yearly $29.99
- Strophe Plus Monthly $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Brainpad Consulting, Tommy Bergeron
