Comparison

Libro.fm Audiobooks vs SageReading

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Explore 600,000+ audiobooks
  • Use audiobook credits
  • Apple Watch listening
  • Automatic sync across devices
  • Bookmarks and playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • DRM-free downloads
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

SageReading

Features
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wisdom grows with every page Sage is a reading companion built for people who read a lot and want a smarter way to keep up with it — what to read next, what you've already read, and what your taste actually looks like. Tell Sage what you're in the mood for Skip the endless scrolling. Describe a vibe, a trope, a mood, or "something like [book] but darker" — Sage searches your way and surfaces real matches, not generic bestseller lists. Ask again to refine, or revisit past searches instantly from your history. Discover what's actually worth reading Home brings together NYT Best Sellers and real-time Trending picks, so you always have something worth adding without hunting for it. Log every book, your way Mark a book Read, Currently Reading, Want to Read, or Did Not Finish. Rate it, note how you read it — print, eBook, or audiobook — and add your thoughts. Control exactly who sees each entry with per-book visibility settings. See your reading taste come alive Your profile turns your reading history into a real picture of your taste: a Genre Mix breakdown, an interactive Genre Map across 14 genres, your top favorite authors, and a full calendar of everything you've read by month and year — plus progress toward your yearly reading goal. Read together Find other readers, follow the ones whose taste you trust, and see what they're reading in your activity feed. Sage grows with your library. The more you log, the sharper its recommendations get — and the clearer your own reading story becomes.

Screenshots

Libro.fm Audiobooks4 screens
SageReading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Libro.fm Audiobooks at 41K against SageReading's 2. Libro.fm Audiobooks also leads on chart position (#67 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Libro.fm Audiobooks against 5.0 for SageReading. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libro.fm Audiobooks has 41K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Libro.fm Audiobooks versus SageReading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibro.fm AudiobooksSageReading
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (41K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings41K — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#67 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLibro.fmCaden Carney

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

SageReading

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Libro.fm Audiobooks

No in-app purchases

None

SageReading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Libro.fm Audiobooks free?
Libro.fm Audiobooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SageReading free?
SageReading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Libro.fm Audiobooks or SageReading?
SageReading is rated higher. Libro.fm Audiobooks averages 4.9 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while SageReading averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Libro.fm Audiobooks or SageReading have ads?
Neither Libro.fm Audiobooks nor SageReading shows ads.

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