EPUB to audio: your ebooks, read aloud

Share an EPUB to Luni and it becomes an audiobook you can listen to on your iPhone, chapter by chapter, picking up where you left off.

How it works

  1. Open the EPUB in Files or Mail, tap Share and pick Luni.
  2. Luni finds where the book starts and lists its chapters.
  3. Press play.

It starts at chapter one

An EPUB opens with a cover, a title page, a copyright notice and a table of contents. Nobody wants those read aloud. Luni skips them, along with Project Gutenberg’s license text, and starts where the book does.

Nothing is deleted: the skipped parts stay in the chapter list, dimmed, and play if you pick them.

Listening to a book

  • A voice for stories. Books play in the Storytelling style by default. There are eight voices to choose from.
  • Your place, saved. Close the app, come back days later, and it picks up mid-chapter.
  • Jump around. Pick a chapter from the list, or tap a sentence to start there.
  • A sleep timer. Set it and let Luni stop on its own.
  • Speed. From 0.75× to 2×.
  • No limit. Luni Pro doesn’t count hours, so a 600-page novel is fine.
Luni’s voice picker showing Luna, with News, Storytelling and Study styles
Every voice has styles. Books get Storytelling.

Which ebooks work

Luni reads EPUB files without DRM. That covers free classics from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, and books sold DRM-free by their authors or publishers.

Books bought in Kindle or Apple Books are locked to those apps, so Luni can’t open them.

Questions

Can Luni read my Kindle or Apple Books purchases?

No. Those books are locked to their own apps with DRM. Luni reads EPUB files without DRM.

Where do I find DRM-free EPUBs?

Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks have thousands of free classics. Many indie authors and some publishers sell DRM-free EPUBs too.

Can Luni turn an EPUB into an MP3?

Not yet. MP3 export is coming in a later update. For now Luni plays the book in the app, chapter by chapter, with your place saved.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Once the EPUB is in Luni, it plays with no signal.

What does it cost?

Luni is free to download. Listening to your own books needs Luni Pro, a subscription with a 7-day free trial and no listening limit. We’ll publish the price at launch.

Your reading list, out loud

Luni is coming to iPhone soon. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day it’s out.

We’ll let you know when it’s available.

What would you listen to first?
And when would you listen?
Thank you!
That helps us decide what to build first. See you on launch day.