Libro.fm Audiobooks vs SageCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Access a vast library of audiobooks while supporting local bookstores. Purchase audiobooks with credits, enjoy DRM-free downloads, and listen on the go with features like playback speed control and a sleep timer. Your purchases directly benefit independent booksellers.
- Explore 600,000+ audiobooks
- Use audiobook credits
- Apple Watch listening
- Automatic sync across devices
- Bookmarks and playback speed
- Sleep timer
- DRM-free downloads
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Looking to read audiobooks, and love supporting your local bookshop? We’re Libro.fm, an employee-owned audiobook company that shares profits with more than 4,000 indie bookshops around the globe. Whether you’re starting a membership or grabbing one of our 600,000+ audiobooks à la carte, every purchase supports your chosen store. • DRM-free (accessible audiobooks) • Reader-friendly features: Create bookmarks, set a sleep timer, adjust playback speed, create and assign tags, and automatically sync your spot across devices • Use your Libro.fm credits to redeem audiobooks in app • Supports Apple Watch and CarPlay • Recommendations from real booksellers As a Social Purpose Corporation and Certified B Corp™, we're proud to put time and resources into supporting indie bookshops and getting more folks to read—even if those goals may at times conflict with our financial interests. We care about the reading ecosystem and want it to thrive. Our privacy policy can be found at https://libro.fm/privacy Our terms of use can be found at https://libro.fm/terms
SageCat
Access and manage your library account for the Sage Library System. Search for materials, place holds, and review your checked-out items. Requires a library card from a participating SageCat member library.
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on materials
- Review checked-out items
- Renew borrowed items
- Access materials from 70+ libraries
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This catalog is shared by members of the Sage Library System, a group of libraries in 15 counties of Eastern and Central Oregon. SageCat gives you access to library materials from more than 70 libraries in Oregon. To use this app, you must have a library card with a SageCat member library and know your password. SageCat lets you: * Search the catalog * Place a hold * Review the items you have checked out * Renew items
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Verdict
Libro.fm Audiobooks and SageCat both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Libro.fm Audiobooks's written reviews are positive against 33% of SageCat's. Libro.fm Audiobooks also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (41K vs 1). SageCat's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Libro.fm Audiobooks against 5.0 for SageCat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libro.fm Audiobooks has 41K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Libro.fm Audiobooks's written reviews are positive against 33% of SageCat's.
Libro.fm Audiobooks ships an update monthly, SageCat every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Libro.fm Audiobooks | SageCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libro.fm | Kenneth Cox |
Customer experience
Libro.fm Audiobooks
SageCat
Bugs and requests
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Reported bugs
3 issues- Playback stops when device goes to sleep
- Inability to download audiobooks on cellular data
- App crashes and loses progress in books
Requested features
4 requests- Add chapter support for audiobooks
- Improve search and browsing capabilities
- Allow in-app purchases and account management
- Implement syncing across devices
SageCat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libro.fm Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
SageCat
No in-app purchases
Questions
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