# Noisy Book

> Hear your Stories come alive

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1474786858](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1474786858)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1474786858`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lumen Digital
- **Category:** Books
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (172 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-24
- **First published:** 2019-09-19
- **Size:** 236 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noisy-book/id1474786858)
- **Website:** [http://noisybook.com/press.html](http://noisybook.com/press.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://noisybook.com/privacy.html](http://noisybook.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Noisy Book turns any book into an immersive storytelling experience. Read aloud and let the app auto-add sound effects, generate a beautiful transcription, and test your memory with story-based quizzes.

All processing stays on-device with offline speech recognition to protect privacy. Save stories to your library, export PDFs, and sync across devices with iCloud. The free version includes all core features, with an optional in-app purchase to save more than one story.

## Rankings

- #114,760 — Overall

## Review summary

Noisy Book is viewed as a fun, kid-friendly read-aloud tool with classroom potential, but its appeal is limited by recurring issues. Reviewers repeatedly request more varied sound effects, and many report audio output problems or instability when saving, reloading, or using external devices. Transcription accuracy is mixed, with some praise and some misrecognition. Overall, the app works for some users but needs improvements in audio variety, reliability, and voice recognition to satisfy a broader audience.

### Pros

- Generally positive and engaging for users, including families and students.
- Considered suitable for classroom read-aloud activities.
- Transcription feature is praised by some users.

### Cons

- Lack of sound effects variety; users want more and different sounds.
- Frequent audio output problems, including no sound or wrong output.
- Reliability issues: saving/reloading failures and occasional app crashes (including Bluetooth-related crashes in classroom setups).
- Inconsistent transcription accuracy across users.

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