Storytel was founded in 2005 by Jonas Tellander and Jon Hauksson in Sweden under the name Bokilur. The Indian version of the application has tied up with publishers like HarperCollins India, Karadi Tales (which specialises in audiobooks), Penguin Random House, Duckbill, and others. It offers recordings in high quality and its list of narrators even includes celebrities like Stephen Fry or Sanjay Manjrekar.