iOS · Android — free to listen
Press play on your reading list.
The articles you save deserve better than a pile. Paste a link and Hearful reads it aloud in a natural voice — on the walk, at the sink, in the dark — up to 4× speed, entirely on your device.
Free to listen · No account · Works in airplane mode
The Quiet Revolution of Listening to Long-Form Writing
For years, audio meant podcasts, and articles meant screens. Then the reading list learned to speak for itself, one saved link at a time —
quietly, privately, in whatever minutes the day left over…
The Reader — live highlight · 4× speed · offline
The numbers
Private by architecture
The voice lives on your phone. So does everything you read.
Most listening apps upload your articles to a server to generate audio. Hearful doesn't. Speech is synthesized on your device — which means what you read is nobody's business, the audio is ready instantly, and it all works with the radio off.
What it does
Considered. Only what's necessary.
Paste anything
An article, a newsletter, a PDF, a wall of text. Hearful strips the clutter and reads the actual writing — no reformatting, no fiddling.
A queue that behaves like a podcast
Stack up your saves and they play through on their own — one finishes, the next begins. Your reading list becomes an episode feed of your own taste.
4× when you want it
Comfortable at 1×, efficient at 2×, and up to 4× once your ears acclimate. A 20-minute read fits inside a 5-minute wait.
A library that works offline
Opened articles are kept on the device, readable and listenable on the subway, the plane, or the trail. No connection, no problem.
A sleep timer with manners
Stop at the end of the sentence, the end of the article, or in twenty minutes — and pick up exactly where you drifted off.
Audio you can keep
Export any article as an audio file. Yours to archive, move, or play anywhere else — no lock-in, not even to us.
Three moves
Paste a link
Or share it straight from the browser. Hearful finds the writing.
Press play
A natural voice begins in about a second. Lock the phone; it keeps going.
Live your day
Dishes, dogs, dumbbells. The queue plays on and remembers your place.
Companion to your day
- Biking to work
- Doing your hair
- Walking the dog
- Cooking dinner
- On the treadmill
- Falling asleep
Pricing
Free to listen. Premium to disappear into.
Free
$0Full listening, supported by ads
- Paste any link, listen in full
- Up to 2× speed
- On-device voices
- Share articles straight into the app
Premium
$29.99 / yearEverything, uninterrupted · or $3.99/month
- No ads, ever
- Up to 4× speed
- Offline saved-article library
- Audio file downloads
- Folders and playlists
- Sleep timer
- Bookmarks and full-text search
A year of Premium costs less than one hardcover. Cancel anytime in your app-store account.
Tonight's reading, heard.
Paste your first link two minutes from now. Free to listen — no account, no card, nothing to set up.