Your library
Bring the files you already own.
TaleReady turns a folder or chaptered file into one clean audiobook, with progress and playback kept on your devices.
Audiobooks for iPhone and Apple Watch
Your audiobooks. Leave the phone behind.
TaleReady plays your own DRM-free MP3, M4A, and M4B audiobooks on iPhone and Apple Watch. Prepare your next walk or run, check the audio is ready on your Watch, and listen without your phone.
No account. No ads. No tracking. Your audio stays on your devices.
Free iPhone listening and one-hour Watch preparation. Optional lifetime Pro. No subscription.
iOS 17+ · watchOS 10+ · Bluetooth headphones for Watch playback. Check your files and devices.
One audiobook. Ready across both devices.
Organize on iPhone, check exactly what is ready, then leave the phone behind.
Verified offline
Ready means it will actually play.
Time counts only after Apple Watch confirms the audio is stored and playable. The Watch library then works without your iPhone nearby.
From your files to a verified offline queue.
Three steps. No cloud library and no account in between.
Import the audiobook on iPhone.
Select a folder, individual MP3 or M4A files, or a chaptered M4B.
Choose how long you need.
TaleReady prepares a continuous listening window instead of making you manage files.
Leave when Apple Watch confirms.
Ready time appears only after the audio is stored and verified as playable on the Watch.
Start free. Upgrade for longer outings.
What can I do for free?
Import and listen to your own audiobooks on iPhone without a library or listening-time limit. Prepare the next hour manually for Apple Watch. You can keep using the free version; there is no trial countdown.
What does TaleReady Pro add?
One lifetime purchase unlocks larger Watch listening windows, whole-book preparation when space allows, Always Ready, and automatic cleanup of listened audio. Background transfers depend on watchOS; check the ready time before leaving. The App Store shows the current price in your region.
Does it include audiobooks or connect to Audible or Libby?
TaleReady is a player for DRM-free files you already have, not an audiobook catalogue. It does not import protected downloads from Audible or Libby, and it does not connect to Plex or Audiobookshelf servers.
Get your first book playing.
Practical guides for the files and devices you already have.
Built around a walk without my phone.
I wanted a straightforward way to take audiobook files I already owned on my Watch, and know the next part was actually there before I left. That is why I built TaleReady. — Marek Pesan, developer
Questions, ideas, offers.
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