---
title: "Readleif"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/readleif-wbesjbhal
source_url: https://deterministic.space/readleif.html
type: article
source: "Pascal’s scribbles"
published: 2026-08-06T12:23:56.786Z
updated: 2026-08-06T12:24:16.037Z
tags: ["ios", "swiftui", "text-to-speech"]
reading_time: 16
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Readleif

**[Pascal’s scribbles](https://daily.dev/sources/deterministicspace)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A developer introduces Readleif, a personal read-later and listen-later app for iOS and macOS built without accounts, subscriptions, or servers. Key design choices include iCloud sync, a library-style home view instead of an inbox, content extraction via the open-source defuddle library, SwiftUI-based Markdown rendering, and local on-device TTS using the Kokoro 82M model. The app adapts non-speakable content blocks (code, tables, images) using Apple's on-device Foundation Models. Social features via ATProto/Bluesky are explored for sharing and discovery. The post also candidly discusses the economics of monetizing such a niche app.

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Tags: [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#swiftui](https://daily.dev/tags/swiftui), [#text-to-speech](https://daily.dev/tags/text-to-speech)

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