Listen to Reddit, feature by feature.
What works on each platform
Reads Reddit posts and comment threads
- Android
- Yes
- Chrome
- Yes
- iPhone
- Planned
A distinct voice for every commenter
- Android
- Yes
- Chrome
- Yes
- iPhone
- Planned
Free system (device) voices
- Android
- Yes
- Chrome
- Yes
- iPhone
- Planned
On-device AI neural voices
- Android
- Premium
- Chrome
- Free
- iPhone
- Planned
Playback queue and sleep mode
- Android
- Yes
- Chrome
- Yes
- iPhone
- Planned
Offline queue, posts + comments cached
- Android
- Yes
- Chrome
- —
- iPhone
- Planned
Save any thread as an MP3
- Android
- Premium
- Chrome
- Coming soon
- iPhone
- Planned
Screen-reader accessibility
- Android
- Full TalkBack
- Chrome
- Standard
- iPhone
- Planned
Price
- Android
- Free + Premium
- Chrome
- Free
- iPhone
- Coming soon
| Capability | Android | Chrome extension | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reads Reddit posts and comment threads | Yes | Yes | Planned |
| A distinct voice for every commenter | Yes | Yes | Planned |
| Free system (device) voices | Yes | Yes | Planned |
| On-device AI neural voices | Premium | Free | Planned |
| Playback queue and sleep mode | Yes | Yes | Planned |
| Offline queue, posts + comments cached | Yes | — | Planned |
| Save any thread as an MP3 | Premium | Coming soon | Planned |
| Screen-reader accessibility | Full TalkBack | Standard | Planned |
| Price | Free + Premium | Free | Coming soon |
Android is the flagship (free to listen, Premium for AI voices and MP3). The Chrome extension is fully free. See plans and pricing.
Voices & narration
On-device voices that turn a wall of text into a conversation.
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On-device AI neural voices
Neural voices that sound far past your phone or browser’s built-in speech, and they render on your device, not in the cloud. On Android they are Premium (the Lite, Plus, and Studio engines); on the Chrome extension every engine is free (System, AI Neural CPU, AI Neural GPU Lite, and AI Neural GPU).
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A voice for every commenter
Each username maps to its own consistent voice, so a 200-reply thread plays back like real people talking. The same user always sounds the same, across every thread.
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Per-author voice overrides
Pin a specific voice to a specific user. Handy for AMAs, recurring posters, or favourite mods; overrides follow you across threads and sessions.
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Posts and comments, in order
The post body is read first, then the comments in thread order, with nested replies kept attributed to their author. Read the whole thread, or just the comments.
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Adjustable speed, pitch, and pause
Tune the playback rate, pitch, and the pause between sentences. Slower for dense technical threads, faster for casual scrolling.
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Voice preview
Audition any voice before you commit, played at your current rate, pitch, and pause settings.
Queue & playback
Line up a reading list and let it run hands-free.
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Multi-thread queue
Queue up several threads back to back, each as its own episode, without leaving the page.
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Drag to reorder
Rearrange the queue freely after you build it.
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Drag-to-seek scrubber
Skip around inside a segment without losing your place; no audio doubling on jumps.
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Auto-advance
When one thread ends, the next starts on its own, so you can keep listening without touching your device.
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Lock-screen and Bluetooth controls
On Android, play, pause, and skip from the lock screen, your headphones, or the car, with full background playback.
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Back up and restore
Export your voice preferences and queue, then move between devices or restore after a reinstall.
Save as MP3 & share
Turn a thread into a podcast file you can take anywhere.
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Export a thread to MP3
Turn any Reddit thread into a standard MP3 with chapter markers and cover art, then play it in any podcast app. On Android Premium now (v1.2); coming to the Chrome extension.
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In-app library player
Exported threads land in an in-app library with previous / next and auto-advance, so your saved listens stay in one place. (Android Premium)
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Listen with no signal
Once a thread is an MP3 it plays fully offline, on a plane, the subway, or anywhere with no connection.
Private & offline
Nothing leaves your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking.
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On-device synthesis, always
Every voice is generated on your device, so the text of the threads you hear and the audio ThreadCast makes never touch a server, on any engine.
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Offline queue with cached comments
On Android, queued posts and their comment threads cache on your phone, so playback keeps going with no signal.
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No account, ever
Install and listen. No email, no Google or Apple sign-in, no Reddit login.
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No cloud, no tracking
Synthesis runs locally, so voices and audio never reach a server. Optional cloud sync (an upcoming Premium feature) covers only your queue and preferences, never the audio.
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Minimal permissions
The Chrome extension only asks for access to reddit.com: no broad host permissions, no browsing history, no scraping outside Reddit.
Sleep mode
Wind down to a thread over a soundscape, then fade to silence.
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Ten ambient soundscapes, or your own
Drift off to one of ten hand-picked ambient backdrops, or drop in your own track. Free on both Android and the extension.
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Fade-to-silence timer
Set a timer and the audio fades gently over the final minutes, so you fall asleep without a jarring stop.
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Independent voice and ambient mix
Separate sliders for narration and ambience, so the voice sits gently on top of the loop instead of fighting it.
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Slower sleep cadence
Narration eases to a calmer rate when sleep mode engages (default 0.85×, fully tunable).
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Screen-off playback
Keeps playing with the screen locked, on the Android app and on Chrome.
Accessibility
Built to be heard, by everyone.
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Full TalkBack support
On Android, every control is labelled, reachable, and announced, so you can navigate the feed, queue, and player entirely by screen reader. Accessibility ships in the free tier, never as a paid add-on.
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Designed to be used eyes-free
A listening app first: hands-free auto-advance, lock-screen and Bluetooth controls, and a queue you can drive without watching the screen.
Platforms
One ThreadCast, on the screens you use.
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Android app
The flagship. Free to listen with System voices, plus Premium AI voices, MP3 export, and full TalkBack. Built for background playback and lock-screen control.
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Chrome extension
Free on Chrome 88+ across macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus Chromium browsers (Brave, Edge, Arc). All four voice engines, free.
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iPhone and iPad
Coming soon, with the same on-device, private approach.
Start listening to Reddit aloud
Free to start on Android and Chrome. No account, no credit card.
