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24 alternatives to Volume

Listen to startup and tech focused Medium stories

Volume is an iOS app that reads aloud startup and tech-focused stories from Medium. It converts written articles about technology, entrepreneurship, and social media into audio format, allowing users to listen to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Volume launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Medium Audio Stories▲381
Listen to your favorite Medium stories
2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →
2
Pocket Listen▲425
Reading is hard. Listen to articles instead.
2015 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
3
Funnel▲260
Hourly audio news summaries.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
Speechify Gen 0.1▲256
Read faster, stay focused & absorb more - Create Audiobooks
2017 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
5
Medium 3.0▲858
Next step of an exciting new phase and the Partners Program
2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →
6
Play (for Medium)▲595
Listen to Medium Stories with a Chrome Extension
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Informed▲287
Your daily news, narrated by the voice you love most.
2025 · its alternatives →
8
nibble▲150
Create and listen to bite-sized audio
2020 · its alternatives →
9
Audioknot▲114
A curated audio feed for entrepreneurs
2015 · its alternatives →
10
Audiohub▲86
Listen to content about entrepreneurship, startups, funding
2019 · voxsnap.com · its alternatives →
11
Pocket 7.0▲295
Save and read news, articles, & videos that fuel your mind
2018 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
12
Tech Out Loud▲187
The best articles from top minds in tech direct to your ears
2021 · process.st · its alternatives →
13
Out Loud▲99
Twitter for audio
2015 · outloud.cc · its alternatives →
14
Medium for iOS▲137
Everyone’s stories and ideas. Anywhere, anytime
2014 · medium.com · its alternatives →
15
Wave AI Note Taker for iOS▲131
Transcribe + summarize audio and phone calls in any language
2024 · its alternatives →
16
Fonogram▲73
Social audio app to create podcasts, courses & audio content
2022 · fonogram.app · its alternatives →
17
ReadMo▲78
Reading mode with an audio player 📖🎧
2020 · readmo.app · its alternatives →
18
Voitex▲67
A text to speech app to listen to news, docs and more
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Listening.io▲243
Turn articles into audio and listen in your podcast app
2022 · listening.com · its alternatives →
20
Hear▲234
Unlimited control over real-world sounds
2016 · its alternatives →
21
60dB▲94
Brings you today's best short audio stories
2016 · its alternatives →
22
60dB▲104
Today's best short audio stories
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Rightspeed▲146
Listen to audiobooks at ridiculously fast speeds
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
24
Volv▲164
World's latest stories in 9-second reads. No BS. No bias.
2020 · volvmedia.com · its alternatives →

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