Turn any book into an audiobook with on-device text to speech
Internet radio player for macOS that lives in your Mac's notch
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Freemium
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Free: $0, forever, with notch player, media keys, directory browse, and 5 saved stations. Unlock: $19.99 one-time payment for unlimited stations, URL import, live track titles, album art, notch or menu bar, and country filtering.
Key features
EPUB and text-based PDF reading
On-device text to speech that works offline
Word-by-word highlighting during narration
Web article saving from Safari and other apps
Playback speed control from 0.5x to 3x
Background playback and Lock Screen controls
Reading and listening position sync
Highlights, notes and bookmarks
iCloud sync across devices
Free Project Gutenberg classics library
Lives in your Mac's notch with hover preview
Per-song album art fetched to match
Search thousands of Radio Browser community stations by name or genre
Save favorite stations with green checkmark while browsing
Media keys integration with Now Playing
Move player to menu bar instead of notch
Works on Macs without a notch with drawn notch or menu bar
Add any stream URL manually
Filter stations by country
Pin player to any display in multi-display setup
What makes it different
On-device speech generation means narration works completely offline
No account, no server, and no tracking of what you read
One app for both reading and listening with unified library
Free tier holds five books with unlimited listening
Your library stays readable even if you stop paying
Free forever with no account or lock-in required
No tracking, analytics or personal data collection
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Notch Radio