Audiobooks from LibriVox vs Librivox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audiobooks from LibriVox
Access a vast library of classic audiobooks read by volunteers. Enjoy public domain novels, stories, and poetry for free, with options to enhance your listening experience through a premium subscription.
- Thousands of free classic audiobooks
- Browse by genre and author
- Offline listening with Premium
- Adjustable playback speed
- Sleep timer
- Read along with transcripts (Premium)
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Listen to thousands of free audiobooks from LibriVox: classic novels, short stories, poetry, fairy tales and more, read by volunteers from around the world. All books are in the public domain, so every audiobook is free to stream. Whether you're driving, working out, doing chores or falling asleep, you can always have a great book in your ears. GREAT CLASSICS, FREE TO LISTEN • Pride and Prejudice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tale of Two Cities, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Iliad, Emma and many more • Works by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, the Brothers Grimm and other great authors • Browse by genre: fiction, romance, adventure, mystery and detective, fantasy, science fiction, history, poetry, children's books, fairy tales and more • Discover what's popular with Top this month and new releases MADE FOR LISTENING • Pick up right where you left off, on every book • Jump between chapters easily • Sleep timer for bedtime stories and audiobooks at night • Control playback from the Lock Screen and Control Center • Bookmark books and keep track of what you're listening to and what you've finished • Search by title, author or keyword LEARN ENGLISH WITH AUDIOBOOKS • Listen to native English speakers read classic literature • Read along with the full transcript while you listen (Premium) • Look up words in the built-in dictionary LIBRIVOX PREMIUM Upgrade to Premium for the best listening experience: • No ads • Download books and listen offline • Change playback speed • Read along with full transcripts Premium is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://yobimi.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Audiobooks from LibriVox is an independent app and is not affiliated with LibriVox. All audiobooks come from the LibriVox project and texts from Project Gutenberg. Thank you to all LibriVox volunteers and Project Gutenberg for their amazing work.
Librivox
Access a vast library of public domain e-books and audiobooks from Librivox and Project Gutenberg. Explore over 10,000 audiobooks and 50,000 written books in multiple languages, including classics and popular titles.
- Public domain e-books
- Public domain audiobooks
- 10,000+ audiobooks
- 50,000+ written books
- Multiple languages
- Classic literature
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Librivoxer app is a collection of largest public domain e-book and audiobooks from Librivox and Project Gutenberg. This app contains more than 10.000 audiobooks and more than 50.000 written books in different languages such as Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog. With this application you will be able to reach world's greatest literature from your device. Top 50 e-books: 1- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 5- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 6- Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 7 -The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated by John Collingwood Bruce 8- Why Men Fight by Bertrand Russell 9- Dracula by Bram Stoker 10- The Young Train Dispatcher by Burton Egbert Stevenson Top Audio Books: 1- Pride and Prejudice 2- Jane Eyre 3- Persuasion 4- Anne of Green Gables 5- Emma 6- Little Women 7- The Count of Monte Cristo 8- Mansfield Park 9- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10- Wuthering Heights Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.webronsoftware.co.uk/mobile-apps/librivox-ebooks-audiobooks/privacy-policy
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Verdict
Audiobooks from LibriVox and Librivox both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Audiobooks from LibriVox's written reviews are positive against 53% of Librivox's. Librivox's advantage is ratings volume (242 vs 42) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Audiobooks from LibriVox sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Librivox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Audiobooks from LibriVox against 4.4 for Librivox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Librivox has 242 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Audiobooks from LibriVox's written reviews are positive against 53% of Librivox's.
Audiobooks from LibriVox ships an update every 6 weeks, Librivox every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audiobooks from LibriVox | Librivox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (42 ratings) | 4.4 (242 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 242 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duong Nguyen | Webron Software LTD |
Customer experience
Audiobooks from LibriVox
Librivox
Bugs and requests
Audiobooks from LibriVox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Librivox
Reported bugs
9 issues- Ads are annoying and hard to dismiss
- Paid membership not granting access to titles
- Cannot sort or search effectively
- Audiobook language cannot be changed
- Buffering issues
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- Search function is broken
- Books listed in large squares, not alphabetical
- Books don't appear
- App indicates empty library with no way to add books
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to search by author
- Ability to sort by author/reader
- Ability to search by genre
- Bookmark feature
- Clearer instructions on accessing library
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- Full Librivox volume access
In-app purchases
Audiobooks from LibriVox
- 1 Week3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- 1 Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Remove Advertisement$2.99
Librivox
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- Premium$49.99
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
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