Voxelle

Free, volunteer-read public domain audiobooks, made properly listenable.

Thousands of classics, read aloud by volunteers and released into the public domain. Voxelle gives them a player worth using: chapter navigation, speed control, a sleep timer, bookmarks, offline downloads, and CarPlay.


Support

Something broken, a book that will not play, a question about a purchase, or an idea worth building? Write to us. A person reads every message, and we aim to reply within a few days.

Voxelle is made by Thummin LLC, United States.

Common questions

I bought a book and it is not showing up.

Open Settings in the app and tap Restore Purchases. Purchases live in your Apple account, not on the device, so this brings back anything you have bought, including on a new phone. If it still does not appear, email us and say which book.

I got a new phone. Where is my library?

Your library, positions, bookmarks and saved passages are stored on your device rather than on our servers, which is what lets the app work without an account. That also means they do not move by themselves. Before switching phones, export a copy from Settings and import it on the new device. Purchases are separate and always restore.

Why do some books sound better than others?

Volunteer recordings vary a lot: different rooms, different microphones, different years. Selected titles get an enhanced edition that has been professionally mastered for consistent volume, reduced noise, and a cleaner listen. That is what an enhanced edition is, and it is a one-time purchase for that book. Everything else in the catalog is free.

Do I need an account?

No. There are no accounts, no sign-up, no ads, and no trackers. See the privacy policy for the short list of things that do leave your device.

Where does the audio come from?

From the Internet Archive, largely via LibriVox, whose volunteers record these books and place the recordings in the public domain. We are grateful to them. Voxelle sells the app and its enhanced editions, never the books themselves, which belong to everyone.