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24 alternatives to Liseen

Listen to YouTube videos as audio

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Liseen launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Listen Later▲137
Turn YouTube videos into an audio podcast
2018 · its alternatives →
2
linkish▲113
Turn boring bookmarks into embedded audio & video cards
2020 · its alternatives →
3
LISN▲148
Hear diverse opinions on any topic with podcast clips & AI
2022 · its alternatives →
4
NoteTakers.io▲116
YouTube Lectures into Comprehensive Notes With Study Tools
2024 · its alternatives →
5
Liso▲106
Highlight text on any page and turn it into audio.
Jul 2026 · getliso.app · its alternatives →
6
Sideplayer▲267
Watch YouTube while you browse the web.
2015 · its alternatives →
7FF
FocusStream – Focused, distraction-free YouTube for learners▲81
I built FocusStream because I was tired of going to YouTube to learn one thing, then getting lost in recommendations and distractions. With FocusStream, just enter your topic and get only the relevant YouTube videos—no unrelated suggestions or autoplay. It’s free, minimal. Would love your feedback! Try it: https://focusstream.media Demo video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fCvOJ6kRs9jn7O_hIGgP6wBuq4f...
Sep 2025 · focusstream.media · its alternatives →
8
Skippy▲93
YouTube videos turned into books. Watch faster, even deeper.
2017 · its alternatives →
9
Video Podcasts on Spotify▲155
Create a podcast via Anchor that you can watch on Spotify
2021 · its alternatives →
10
Listenbox▲104
Listen to YouTube as podcasts
2019 · its alternatives →
11
Xeder▲110
Your X.com feed as a podcast
Mar 2026 · xeder-app.web.app · its alternatives →
12
Tubenab▲108
Discover and convert YouTube videos to MP3 & MP4
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Myousic▲66
Enjoy listening music from youtube without distractions
2021 · its alternatives →
14
Fizzd,Youtube video summarizer & indexer▲73
Searching and understanding Youtube videos is so much easier
2019 · its alternatives →
15
Turn Podcasts to Short-form TikTok Clips▲143
Audio-to-video generative AI to create visual assets
2022 · its alternatives →
16
Music Mode for YouTube▲115
A distraction-free way to listen to music
2019 · its alternatives →
17
YourTube▲73
A productivity focused YouTube experience
2020 · its alternatives →
18
Audio only Youtube▲8
Play youtube audio on background and save bandwidth
2018 · its alternatives →
19
ToWords: Audio to Blog [powered by GPT4]▲76
Convert Any Youtube or Podcast into an article
2023 · its alternatives →
20
TubeOnAI - Boost Productivity, Save Time▲77
Summarize anything, dig deep on any topic, repurpose content
2024 · web.tubeonai.com · its alternatives →
21
WavyCAST▲87
Visualize podcasts, make it look stunning on social.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Floaty▲85
Watch YouTube while you work simply
2021 · its alternatives →
23HW
HN Watercooler – listen to HN threads as an audio conversation▲51
Hi HN, here's something fun to play with. It takes any HN thread and turns it into an audio conversation so you can listen to the thread while doing other things. I've seen many previous attempts to turn HN threads into podcasts, but they all shared a common issue IMO: trying to reduce the very rich back-and-forth into a single-thread single-reader boring podcast. Instead, I wanted to hear the actual debate from the actual thread! So I asked Claude 3.7 to build this for me as a browser-only app. It just needs a thread URL and an Elevenlabs API key (this all remains in your browser, you can…
2025 · onetake-ai.github.io · its alternatives →
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Glasp: Turn Audio Files into Highlights▲31
Easily transcribe audio files and highlight key insights
2024 · glasp.co · its alternatives →

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