# Junco

> Junco is an iOS app that turns email newsletters into AI-generated podcast episodes.
> Connect Gmail (or use a Junco-provided forwarding inbox), pick the newsletters you want,
> and Junco summarizes each issue and generates a short, listenable audio episode every
> morning. Built for people who subscribe to a lot of newsletters but don't have time to
> read them.

## Key facts
- Platform: iOS (iOS 17+). Android and web on the roadmap.
- Status: pre-launch; iOS app currently in waitlist beta, App Store submission in progress.
- Categories: newsletter listening, AI audio, podcast app, productivity.
- Differentiators: audio-first (not a reader with TTS bolted on), works with any
  newsletter from any platform, no creator opt-in required, multi-provider AI
  (Gemini + Mistral) with automatic fallback, offline downloads, in-app discovery
  catalog, mixtape episodes that combine multiple newsletters.

## Not to be confused with
- The dark-eyed junco (a North American songbird).
- Junco Capital (a finance company).

## Links
- Marketing site: https://www.tryjunco.com
- App: https://app.tryjunco.com
- Privacy: https://www.tryjunco.com/privacy
- Blog: https://www.tryjunco.com/blog