Libro.fm Audiobooks vs Saga
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
Saga
This app provides a peaceful space to log your reading habits and share your progress with friends. Track reading sessions, capture notes and new words, and set personal weekly goals without competitive elements. It's designed for readers who want to focus on their literary journey.
- Reading session timer
- Note-taking during reading
- Personal dictionary of learned words
- Track reading progress
- Share reading activity with friends
- Set weekly reading goals
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You've tracked hundreds of books and remember almost none of them. Somewhere between the star ratings and the to-read pile, the reading itself went missing. Saga is for readers who want it back — the hours, the lines, the words, and the people who read alongside them. Saga turns reading into something you keep. Start a session and the timer runs while you read — on your lock screen, beside a small candle. Note the sentences that stay with you. Look up a word and it is yours for good. Close the book, mark it finished, and the friends who read with you will know. It is the quiet social life of a reader, without the ads, the noise, or the leaderboards. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Time your reading sessions — the timer lives on your lock screen while you read • Reading on Kindle? Connect it once, and Saga offers to log that reading too — everything stays on your phone • Take notes and look up words without leaving the page • Follow friends and watch a calm feed of the books they are living in • Start a book club — a candle lights as each of you finishes • Set a weekly goal — hours to aim for, not a streak to defend • Keep your whole reading history, gathered and beautifully kept • Dark by candlelight or a warm paper light — your choice • One notification, ever: when a friend finishes a book Reading has always been a solitary thing that readers somehow do together. Saga is the room where that happens — calm, quiet, and built for the long haul. Open a book tonight, press the candle, and let the years begin to add up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Saga at free against Libro.fm Audiobooks's free with in-app purchases. Saga also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Libro.fm Audiobooks's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 23) and chart position (#92 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 4.9 for Saga. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libro.fm Audiobooks has 41K ratings behind it against 23, 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 86% of Saga's.
Libro.fm Audiobooks ships an update monthly, Saga every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Libro.fm Audiobooks | Saga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41K ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #92 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Libro.fm | Liam Pierce |
Customer experience
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Saga
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
Saga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libro.fm Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
Saga
No in-app purchases









