Libro.fm Audiobooks vs SELCO
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
SELCO
This library catalog app allows users to search for books, place holds, and renew loans within the SELCO library consortium. Access ebooks and eaudio with your library card from a participating member library.
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on books
- Renew loans
- Access ebooks
- Access eaudio
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Companion library catalog app for the SELCO library consortium in Minnesota. Search books, place holds, renew loans, and access ebooks and eaudio. To use this app, you need a library card at a participating member library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Libro.fm Audiobooks at 4.9 against SELCO's 1.5. Libro.fm Audiobooks also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (41K vs 4). SELCO's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Libro.fm Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libro.fm Audiobooks has 41K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Libro.fm Audiobooks ships an update monthly, SELCO every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Libro.fm Audiobooks | SELCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41K ratings) — better | 1.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #66 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libro.fm | Equinox Open Library Initiative, Inc. |
Customer experience
Libro.fm Audiobooks
SELCO
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
SELCO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libro.fm Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
SELCO
No in-app purchases
