The offline EPUB-to-audiobook app
The free offline text-to-speech app that converts your ebooks into natural audio. No internet required, no ads, unlimited listening forever.
Free forever • No account required • Works offline
Listen right now — free
No signup, no download, no ads. Hit play on any cover below and the audiobook starts streaming in seconds — narrated by the same Kokoro voice the Eist app uses for its free tier.
Eist combines powerful text-to-speech technology with thoughtful design to create the best offline audiobook experience for your own books.
Natural, expressive narration
Eist uses state-of-the-art on-device AI to convert your ebooks into natural-sounding audio. Unlike robotic screen readers, our text-to-speech engine understands context, handles punctuation naturally, and delivers expressive narration that makes listening enjoyable for hours. Choose from multiple voice options with different accents, genders, and speaking styles to find your perfect narrator.
Import any ebook format
Bring your entire ebook library into Eist. We support EPUB files with full chapter detection, bookmarks, and metadata extraction. PDF support means you can listen to documents, textbooks, and scanned books too. Plus, browse over 70,000 free public domain classics from Project Gutenberg directly in the app — from Pride and Prejudice to Sherlock Holmes.
Listen your way
Take control of your listening experience with adjustable playback speeds from 0.5x to 3x. Set sleep timers for bedtime listening, create bookmarks to save your place, and navigate easily between chapters. Background playback lets you listen while using other apps, and the lock-screen controls keep you in command without unlocking your phone.
No internet required
Once you download your preferred voices, Eist works completely offline. All text-to-speech processing happens on your device — no cloud, no streaming, no data usage. Perfect for flights, subway commutes, camping trips, or anywhere with spotty reception. Your books are always available, and your reading habits remain completely private.
Everything happens locally on your phone. Your books, your reading habits, your preferences — they never leave your device. No cloud accounts. No data collection. No tracking.
No account required. No data synced. Zero tracking.
No internet needed. Listen anywhere, anytime.
Your books, your choices. Delete anytime.
Your books. Your device. Your privacy.
Other text-to-speech services upload your book text to their servers. Éist processes everything on your device — your content never leaves your phone. Here's the complete breakdown.
| Feature | Éist | ElevenLabs | Speechify | NaturalReader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free / $4.99/mo | Free / $5–$99+/mo | Free / $9.99–$19/mo | Free / $10–$20/mo |
| EPUB support | ||||
| PDF support | ||||
| Synthesized on-device | Cloud only | Cloud only | Cloud only | |
| True offline (no prior download needed) | ||||
| Account required | Optional | |||
| Text sent to servers | ||||
| Characters/month cap | Unlimited | 10k free then paid | Capped on free | 20 min/day free |
| Project Gutenberg library | ||||
| Android | Limited |
Why this matters: Cloud-based services like ElevenLabs and Speechify send every word of your book text to their servers — that's a privacy concern for personal books and manuscripts. Éist runs entirely on your device. Your book content never leaves your phone, we don't track what you read, and you get unlimited listening forever on the free tier — something no competitor offers.
From book to audiobook in three simple steps.
Add any EPUB or PDF from your device, or browse free classics from Project Gutenberg's extensive library.
Select from multiple AI voice engines. Find the perfect narrator for your reading style and book genre.
Hit play and enjoy. Track your progress, adjust speed, and pick up right where you left off.
Real listeners on what changed when they swapped to Eist.
“Finally, an audiobook app that respects my privacy. No account required, no tracking, just pure offline listening. The voice quality is surprisingly good for on-device TTS.”
“I have hundreds of EPUBs from Humble Bundle and other sources. Eist lets me actually listen to them without paying per-book like Audible. Game changer for my commute.”
“I can listen for hours without any interruptions. Unlike cloud-based apps that require constant uploads, Éist processes everything locally on your device. My phone easily lasts through 8+ hours of listening.”
“As someone who struggles with reading due to dyslexia, this app has been life-changing. I can finally enjoy all the books I’ve bought but never read.”
No hidden fees. No listening limits. No ads ever. Just pure audiobook freedom.
Other apps charge per hour, cap monthly listening, and bombard you with ads. With Eist, the free tier gives you unlimited text-to-speech synthesis forever with zero ads. Read as much as you want, whenever you want, completely free.
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Listening Hours
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Ad Interruptions
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Cost Forever
Forever. No credit card required.
For power readers
After 3-month free trial
Cancel anytime. No questions asked. Your books stay with you.
Everything you need to know about converting ebooks to audiobooks with Eist.
Open Eist on your phone, tap "Import", and choose any EPUB file from your device or a cloud drive. Pick a voice, hit play, and Eist starts narrating immediately using on-device text-to-speech. No upload, no waiting for cloud conversion, no per-book purchase.
Yes — once you have downloaded your preferred voices, every part of the listening experience runs offline. Text-to-speech happens on your phone's processor, so you can listen on flights, the subway, or anywhere without signal. Your books never leave your device.
Eist supports EPUB and PDF. EPUB works best because the format preserves chapters and paragraph structure cleanly. PDFs are supported but quality depends on whether the PDF has selectable text or is a scanned image (image-only PDFs require OCR, which Eist does not yet do).
The free tier gives you unlimited listening hours forever, unlimited TTS synthesis, no ads, and three voices. Premium ($4.99 / £4.39 / €4.99 a month after a three-month free trial) adds 20+ voices, unlimited library storage, and instant pre-synthesised playback. There is no trick — the free tier is genuinely unlimited.
Audible sells you professionally narrated audiobooks one at a time. Eist converts books you already own (EPUB, PDF, Project Gutenberg classics) into audio using AI text-to-speech. There is no per-book cost, everything runs offline, and you keep your existing library — but the narration is AI, not a celebrity voice actor.
Yes. Eist has built-in access to Project Gutenberg's catalogue of over 70,000 free public-domain ebooks — Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, Moby Dick, Sherlock Holmes, and thousands more. You can browse the catalogue inside the app, import in one tap, and start listening immediately.
No. Eist requires no account, never transmits book content, and stores reading progress locally on your device. We use anonymous PostHog analytics for crash and feature metrics — you can disable it in Settings → Privacy. Your reading habits are your business, not ours.
The free tier ships with three high-quality on-device voices tuned for long-form narration. Premium adds 20+ voices with varied accents, genders, and speaking styles — including warmer storytelling voices for fiction and clearer, faster voices for non-fiction. All voices run entirely offline once downloaded.
Still have a question? Drop us a line at [email protected] — we read everything.
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Download Éist today and transform your reading experience. Available for both Android and iOS, free forever.
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