Listen to Articles: speakeasy
The Product Company of London Limited Magazines & Newspapers iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Listen to Articles: speakeasy is a free Magazines & Newspapers app for iPhone and iPad by The Product Company of London Limited. Requires iOS 15.1.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 48 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 26
- 2026 · v1.1.9
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About Listen to Articles: speakeasy
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/
What’s new
Version 1.1.9 · Updated August 26, 2026
- 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
App privacy
The developer, The Product Company of London Limited, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Contact Info: Name, Email Address
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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