Best Librox alternatives: apps like Librox

7+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.3 avg rating
7 free apps
Updated November 2026

Librox is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 7+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Librox

ShelfPlayer - Audio Book Shelf#1

ShelfPlayer - Audio Book Shelf by AI Tools Apps SRL

Reading Player for Audiobooks
Editor's Choice
📚 Books
4.1😐(243 ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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This app provides a native iOS experience for managing and listening to audiobooks and podcasts from your self-hosted Audiobookshelf library. It offers robust playback controls, offline access, and seamless integration with the Apple ecosystem.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Runs on all Apple platforms
  • 👍 Provides better UI experience
  • 💡 Potential for great features
  • 🚀 Smooth playback
  • 👍 Beautiful and intuitive UI
  • 👍 Integrates well with iOS and CarPlay
  • 👍 Open-source and developer responsive

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Critical bugs preventing usage
  • 🐛 Constantly losing book progress
  • 🐛 Crashes and instability issues
  • 🐛 Offline mode not working
  • 🐛 Slow startup and loading times
  • 🐛 Unreliable syncing and login issues
  • 🐛 Widgets not working as expected
plappa#2

plappa by Leo Wehrfritz

Self-hosted Audiobooks
Strong Contender
📚 Books
4.7😊(345 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app is an audiobook player that connects to self-hosted media servers like Jellyfin and AudioBookShelf. It supports various audio formats, reads metadata, and allows for offline listening through optional in-app purchases. Users can sync playback states across devices or their server.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Great app with all the same features
  • 🚀 Excellent, love download to watch
  • 🚀 Works great! Just what I needed!
  • 👍 Brilliant app
  • 👍 Amazing!
  • 👍 Amazing
  • 👍 Fantastic!
  • 👍 A Must-Have for Audiobook Shelf Lovers
  • 👍 Great dev!
  • 👍 Works Wonderfully
  • 👍 Always improving
  • 👍 Best Audiobook player for Audiobookshelf
  • 👍 Outstanding
  • 👍 A great way to access audiobook shelf!
  • 👍 Excellent Audiobookshelf Client!
  • 👍 Just what I was looking for
  • 👍 Great for selfhosting
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Masterpiece
  • 👍 5 Stars
  • 👍 Works perfectly with Audiobookshelf
  • 👍 Incredible
  • 👍 Love this app
  • 👍 Very good already
  • 👍 Excellent app!
  • 👍 Great alternative to main Emby app
  • 👍 Great app for IOS!
  • 👍 Great for self hosted audiobooks
  • 👍 AudiobookShelf
  • 👍 Fantastic app!!
  • 👍 Unbeatable
  • 👍 Really great Podcast/Audiobook app for self-hosters
  • 👍 Couldn't have designed it better myself
  • 👍 Very good
  • 👍 Love the app!!
  • 👍 A great app with a friendly developer
  • 👍 Perfect companion app
  • 👍 Works great!
  • 👍 Amazing app by an awesome developer
  • 👍 Excellent
  • 👍 Hands down the best
  • 👍 Feels very professional
  • 👍 Awesome app

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Great player. Audiobookshelf support needs work
  • 🐛 Small bugs, good app
Outread: Speed Reading#3

Outread: Speed Reading by Arkadiusz Holko

Faster Book & Article Reader
Worth Considering
📚 Books
4.7😊(1.4K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with this app. It offers guided reading modes, memory exercises, and supports various document types. Improve focus and retention for all readers.

What We Love

  • 👍 Simple idea, big impact
  • 👍 Developer is a chad
  • 🚀 Fantastic application
  • 🚀 Whole heartedly recommend
  • 🚀 Increased reading speed
  • 🚀 Helps with ADHD
  • 🚀 Excellent app for learning speed reading

Room to Improve

  • 💰 Not free, requires subscription
  • 💰 Costs money
  • 💰 Pay for importing PDFs
  • 🐛 Paste web link takes really long time
  • 🐛 Highlighting transition needs to be smoother
  • 🐛 Unable to scroll in highlighting mode
  • 🐛 Lack of free features
  • 🐛 Downloading ebooks is difficult
  • 🐛 Doesn't work, very limited

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Everand: Audiobooks & Ebooks
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Access millions of audiobooks, ebooks, and podcasts with a single subscription. Enjoy personalized recommendations, offline listening and reading, and a reading companion app to track progress and connect with others. Discover new stories across a vast range of genres.

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