Pricing
Pay per book, not a subscription. No hour limits. Works offline.
Bring the books you already own and listening starts free: one narrator, your device's voice, no limits, no account. Want more? Pay a little per book to give the characters their own voices, hear the book in another language, or get studio-quality sound.
Everything you need to listen to your own library.
For books you bring. Add either upgrade, or both.
Remove ads, and lift the catalog's daily limit.
| What matters | BookNPC | Typical audiobook / TTS apps |
|---|---|---|
| What you listen to | Any ebook you own, plus a free catalog of classics | Only the app's own catalog |
| Voices | A different voice for every character | One narrator, if any |
| Languages | Studio audio in 10 languages; translate into any your device speaks | Usually one, per title |
| What you pay | Per book, for the upgrades you choose. No subscription | US$10–30 every month |
| Listening | Your own books, no time or hourly limit | Monthly hour or title caps, even when you pay |
| Offline | Plays with no signal once it's on your device | Usually needs a connection |
BookNPC has two kinds of books, priced differently. The books you bring are free to listen to with your device's voice, always. On them, you pay only for optional per-book extras: a full cast (a one-time, page-by-page analysis that gives each character a voice), translation into another language (the same analysis, at a higher price per page), and studio cloud audio (GPU rendering, billed by the finished audio-hour). Mix them however you like, and switch any time. The catalog of ready-made classics is a separate free lane that credits never touch: you get 60 minutes of listening a day, with more from a short ad or the ad-free plan.
No. The narrator with your device's voices is free forever, with no hour limits, and on your own books you pay only for the optional per-book extras: a full cast, translation, and studio cloud audio. There is one subscription, Ad-free, but it's entirely optional: it just removes ads and the catalog's daily listening limit.
Three things, all per book and all optional: casting the characters (a one-time page-by-page analysis, about 3¢ a page), translating the book into another language (the same analysis at about 7¢ a page, which covers the casting too), and studio cloud audio (25¢ per finished audio-hour). They are independent: a cast book can play with free on-device voices, and a plain narrator can get studio audio.
No. Rendering is metered by the second of finished audio; 25¢ an hour is just the rate in a readable unit. A 40-minute book costs about 17¢ of rendering, and you are only ever charged for audio you actually got. The app shows the price before a cast starts, and you can start it from any page: nothing before that page is cast or charged.
With your device's voices and in the book's own language, yes: unlimited and offline, no analysis needed. Choosing studio cloud audio for the narrator costs only the rendering (25¢ per finished hour).
The playback is free; the one-time casting analysis still applies, so a full-cast book costs something even on-device. Narrator listening with on-device voices is completely free.
Yes, once you sign in (that's free too). Catalog books are already produced, so they never use credits. Listening draws on a free daily allowance of 60 minutes that refills every day; watch a short ad to add 30 more, or the ad-free plan removes the limit.
Any time. You can switch between the free on-device narrator and the cast version whenever you like, even in the middle of a chapter.
An optional US$2.99 / month (or US$29.99 / year) plan that removes ads and lifts the daily limit on catalog listening. It doesn't change anything else: your own books are still free, and the per-book upgrades are still paid per book.
Bring a book and hear it on your device today. Add character voices or studio sound whenever you want.
