Our Story

Listen Trees didn't start as an app.

It started around a table in 2025 with a small audiobook club.

As we talked about the books we'd finished, something kept happening. We'd say things like…

The more we talked, the more we realized that audiobooks are different from traditional books. The narrator isn't just reading the story—they're performing it. Yet every app and website treated narrators like an afterthought.

We wanted a place where books and narrators could each shine.

So I did what many book lovers do when they can't find the perfect tool…

I opened a spreadsheet.

That spreadsheet quickly became a list of favorite narrators, books we wanted to remember, recommendations from friends, and ideas for features we wished existed. Then I started searching.

Surely someone had already built this.

I looked everywhere. Nothing quite fit what audiobook lovers were looking for.

So I decided to build it myself.

I had never planned on creating an app, but Listen Trees slowly grew from an idea into sketches, spreadsheets, late-night brainstorming sessions, and eventually thousands of hours of learning, designing, testing, and building.

Today, Listen Trees is still growing, but its mission hasn't changed: to create a place designed specifically for audiobook lovers—where incredible stories and incredible narrators are celebrated together.

While Listen Trees may have started with me, it has never been a one-person project.

My husband has patiently listened to endless ideas, tested features, and supported countless late nights while I disappeared into the basement with my laptop.

My two boys have become official Listen Trees ambassadors. They've handed out stickers, worn Listen Trees shirts, brainstormed ideas, tested features, and reminded me why sharing stories matters. Even our dogs have somehow become part of the Listen Trees family.

These recommendations come from our toughest critics—our two boys! If they couldn't stop listening, they earned a spot on the Listen Trees Kids shelf.

They've got opinions, and they are not shy about sharing them. Their stamp of approval means something.

Listen Trees has become a family adventure. The boys help test features, hand out stickers at book festivals, model our shirts, and constantly remind me who I'm building this for.

Even Ace and Trixie have joined the fun. While they may not actually listen to audiobooks (we're still waiting for proof), they've become the unofficial mascots for Listen Trees.