A private reading companion

Read when you want.
Listen when you need.

Get more time with the books you love. LeafWave seamlessly turns your eBooks and documents into expressive audio, so you can keep reading uninterrupted—whenever and wherever it matters.

  • Expressive voicesNatural narration, generated on-device
  • Private by designYour documents stay on your device
  • 75,000+ free booksDiscover timeless public-domain titles
Download on theApp Store

Available now for iPhone and iPad

LeafWave reader on iPad with selected passage and Listen from here controls
LeafWave reader on iPhone with selected text and Listen from here controls
Private on-device narration
10 natural voice styles
31 narration languages
75k+ free classics to discover
0 LeafWave accounts required

A reading life in motion

Your book doesn’t stop
when you get up.

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Read

Start on the page.
A passage open in the LeafWave reader
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Listen

Keep the momentum going.
LeafWave's Listen from here control over a selected passage
03

Return

Come back to your place.
LeafWave's return to your current passage control

Inside LeafWave

One reading life.
Two beautiful screens.

Every image below is captured from the real LeafWave app on iPhone or iPad.

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Listen seamlessly
from your lock screen

Play, pause, and control audio instantly without reopening the app.

LeafWave playback controls on the iPad lock screen
Choose from 10
premium voices

Listen across 31 languages and find the perfect voice for every book.

LeafWave Premium Voices selector on iPad
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Read → listen → read

Keep your place, even when your day moves on.

Select a passage, begin listening, and return to the same point when your eyes are ready for the page again.

02

Listen anywhere

The story keeps going when the screen goes dark.

Background and lock-screen playback keep controls close on a walk, commute, or quiet afternoon away from the screen.

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Made for your ear

Natural voices, chosen with care.

Ten on-device voice styles, adjustable pace, automatic language handling, and pronunciation teaching for the names that matter.

THE TIDE TABLELISTENING · 02:18

The sea was a silver field beneath the waking sky

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Quietly private

Your library is personal.
It should stay that way.

LeafWave’s narration and document analysis run directly on your device. Imported documents stay local unless you choose private iCloud sync or share an export.

On-device narrationOffline listening after setupNo LeafWave account, advertising, analytics, or trackingOptional private iCloud sync, off by default
LeafWave privacy screen explaining on-device processing

Small things, deeply considered

Made for
the way you read.

01

Find your rhythm

Choose a natural voice, adjust playback speed, and continue from the exact passage that matters.

02

Set the page your way

Fine-tune text size, line spacing, theme, and reading layout for a more comfortable session.

03

Mark what matters

Bookmarks, highlights, passage comments, and annotated exports keep important ideas close.

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Listen across languages

Automatic language handling supports narration across 31 languages with Premium.

Questions, answered

Nothing between you
and a good read.

LeafWave supports EPUB, PDF, plain-text, Markdown, HTML, and RTF documents, as well as pasted text.

Yes. Once the on-device voice is ready, narration can continue without an internet connection.

Narration and document analysis happen on-device. Your imported documents stay local unless you enable optional private iCloud sync or share an export.

Yes. LeafWave supports background and lock-screen playback controls.

LeafWave is available now for both iPhone and iPad.

Android is coming soon.