Tandem

Read and listen,
in sync.

Read when you can. Listen when you can't. Pick a book with a friend and watch each other's chapters tick up. Tandem keeps it all in sync — on the web, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.

Free in any modern browser. Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Sign in with Apple — across all of them.

You're reading a book. Later, you want to keep going...
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Tandem reader showing a book with mini-player dock

How it works

Three steps. That's it.

Step 1

Import and pair

Drop in any EPUB and a matching audiobook — M4B, MP3, or multi-file. Tandem matches them by filename and pairs them automatically. Works with textbooks, novels, language materials, anything.

Tandem library with paired books

Step 2

Switch freely

Swipe or tap to switch — the audio picks up the exact sentence you were reading. Swipe back, and the page scrolls right there. Every word highlights in real time so you can follow along.

Tandem reader with word highlighting and dock

Step 3

Keep going

Don't have the audiobook? Tandem reads any ebook aloud with a natural AI voice — and the sync still works. Highlight passages, search text, control playback from your lock screen.

Tandem library showing AI narration

Pick up a book, anywhere.

Read it, listen to it, switch in the middle of a sentence. Tandem holds your place wherever you are.

Right now, in your browser

Open Pride and Prejudice. Click. You're reading.

No install. No account. A page that actually looks like a page — paper-warm, set in Newsreader, with a drop cap on the first chapter. Three classics waiting. Click the right side to turn, the left to go back. We'll keep your place.

Start reading →
For everywhere you actually are

You're at chapter four. The kids need a ride. Don't stop.

Hit the headphones in the corner. The audiobook picks up the exact sentence you were reading. Drive across town. Walk the dog. Sit back down, the page is waiting. Bring your own EPUBs and M4Bs — no bookstore lock-in. On iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.

Get the app →

Book Clubs

A book is better when someone else is reading it too.

Start a club for your group chat. Share an invite code that's six bytes of hex. See where everyone is in the book in real time. Underline a passage and your friends see the highlight in their feed. Reply with a note. Keep reading.

Same account on web, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro — make a club from the web, your friend joins from the iPhone app, the conversation lives in one place.

Start a club → Join with a code
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Mick & Mom's Mystery Club
Reading: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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3 members — Mick, Mom, and one new reader

Recent activity

" Mom highlighted in A Scandal in Bohemia
"You see, but you do not observe."
📍 Sarah just finished The Red-Headed League

Some of us learn best by reading. Some by listening. Most of us need both — depending on the moment.

Students following along with a textbook. Commuters switching between eyes and ears. Language learners hearing the words they're reading. Parents sharing a story with their kids.

Tandem meets you where you are.

Your books, your way

Import DRM-free EPUB and M4B or MP3 audiobooks. No bookstore lock-in.

AI narration

No audiobook? Tandem reads any ebook with a natural AI voice.

Highlights & notes

Highlight in any color. Add notes. Browse them from the menu.

Search in book

Find any word across every chapter. Tap a result to jump there.

Lock screen controls

Play, pause, skip from Control Center, lock screen, or AirPods.

Gets smarter together

Every time someone corrects the sync, it improves for everyone.

Track your reading

See time spent reading and listening each day. Build a streak and watch your habits grow.

Share quote cards

Highlight a passage and share a beautiful quote card. Perfect for social posts and book clubs.

Your reading, everywhere

Sign in with Apple or email to sync progress, highlights, and notes across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, and the web — every save, not just on launch.

Book clubs that read in tandem

Pick a book together. See each member's chapter on the club page. Comment in-context. Same accounts across web, iPhone, and iPad.

Free in your browser

Three classics ready to read at tandembooks.co/app/ — no install, no signup, paginated like an actual book.

SupportsEPUB, M4B, MP3 Available todayAny modern browser, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Android (web app) RequiresiOS 26 / macOS 26 / visionOS 26 (native app)
Tandem

Start reading. Keep listening.

Read in your browser today. Sign in to sync. Get the app for offline + audiobook handoff.

Read in your browser → Join