Apple Books Digital Narration vs Readest
Apple Books Digital Narration
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Readest
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| Figure | Apple Books Digital Narration | Readest |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 11 |
| Spec score · Ebook Reader Software | 7.8 (#13) | 8.7 (#4) |
| What it does | Creates audiobooks from ebook files using speech synthesis, with work by linguists, quality control specialists, and audio engineers. | Readest is a free, open-source EPUB and PDF reader with annotations, split-screen reading, text-to-speech and cross-device synchronization. |
Plans
Apple Books Digital Narration
- Apple Books digital narrationFree
Readest
- Free PlanFree
- Plus Plan$4.99 a month
- Plus Plan$4.99 a month
- Lifetime storage 1 GB$9.99, paid once
- Pro Plan$9.99 a month
- Pro Plan$9.99 a month
- Lifetime storage 2 GB$14.99, paid once
- Full Customization$19.99, paid once
- Lifetime storage 5 GB$29.99, paid once
- Lifetime storage 10 GB$49.99, paid once
In their own words
Apple Books Digital Narration
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Readest
Readest is an ebook reader for EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, CBZ and TXT files, with additional listed support for ZIP and Markdown. Readers can highlight, bookmark, take notes and search across their ebook library. Parallel Read presents two books together with synchronized scrolling and navigation. The app can translate passages, look up words in Wiktionary or Wikipedia, and read books aloud using on-device, browser or cloud text-to-speech. It connects to OPDS catalogs and calibre libraries, and can export highlights to Readwise or Hardcover. Readest runs on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, and supports screen readers and offline reading. The software is open source under AGPL-3.0. Ebooks, notes, highlights and bookmarks are stored locally by default; optional third-party cloud sync requires a paid plan. The free plan includes 500 MB of cloud storage, and paid plans start at $4.99/mo.