Comparison

Soundbooth App vs drift cast

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

Head to head
About

Soundbooth App

Discover and purchase audiobooks without subscriptions or credits. Enjoy full series, short stories, and exclusive content with a seamless listening experience. Access select free titles without an account.

Highlights
  • Purchase audiobooks individually
  • Discover full series and short stories
  • Exclusive bonus content
  • Thoughtfully designed listening experience
  • Access select free productions
  • Support creators directly
Features
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Soundbooth is a different kind of audiobook app. Built for creators and designed for listeners. No subscriptions and no credits. Just buy the titles you want and listen your way. Why you’ll love Soundbooth: • Purchase audiobooks individually — no membership required • Discover full series, short stories, and exclusive bonus content • Enjoy a smooth, thoughtfully designed listening experience • Access select free productions without creating an account Soundbooth gives publishers more flexibility while giving fans a simple, direct way to support the stories they love.

About

drift cast

This app offers a peaceful listening experience for podcasts and your own audiobooks. It allows for customizable playback speeds, offline downloads, and smart chapter skipping. Enjoy a calm reader for blogs and newsletters alongside your audio content.

Highlights
  • Podcast directory and RSS feed import
  • Customizable playback speed (0.5x to 4x)
  • Offline episode downloads
  • Sleep timer
  • Audiobook import (DRM-free)
  • Voice equalizer and leveling
  • Chapter skipping and sponsor skipping
  • Blog and newsletter reader
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drift is a quiet player for podcasts and the audiobooks you own. It keeps your place, sounds good at any speed, and never asks for an account. Listen • Find shows in the podcast directory, or bring your own RSS feeds and OPML. • Up next plays in your order. Each show can send new episodes to Up Next, to New from your shows, or nowhere. • Download episodes for offline listening, or let drift fetch Up Next on Wi-Fi. • Speed from 0.5× to 4× with sliders or knobs, per show, with fine tuning. • Sleep timer: minutes, the end of an episode, or the end of a chapter. • drift checks your shows when you open it, and you can pull to check any time. Audiobooks you own • Import DRM-free M4B, M4A or MP3 files from Files. A book split across many files becomes one book with one timeline. • Chapters, per-book speed, and your place kept across restarts. • Smart rewind after a break, never back into the previous chapter. drift can't open copy-protected books. Sound • An equalizer made for voices, with presets for clarity, the car, less boom and less hiss. • Level voices evens out quiet guests and loud laughs. • Give a show or a book its own sound. Find your way • Publisher chapters, and skip the ones you choose. Per show, you can also skip chapters the publisher marked as sponsors, or a show's outro. • Read along with transcripts from the publisher, or made on your iPhone. • Moments and snips: mark a spot or save the last 30 seconds, add a note, and export them as Markdown. Read • Follow blogs and newsletters next to your shows, in a calm reader with highlights and notes. Around your iPhone • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Say "resume drift" to Siri, or use it in Shortcuts. • Light, dark, or follow your iPhone. • Listening stats, with podcasts and audiobooks kept apart. Yours to keep • No account needed. Sign in with Apple, Google or email only if you want to. • Your library stays on your iPhone. Export a backup or OPML any time, free. • No tracking and no analytics. drift adds no ads; publishers may include their own.

Screenshots

Soundbooth App3 screens
drift cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: drift cast at 5.0 against Soundbooth App's 3.1. drift cast also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 23) and ads (none vs shown). Soundbooth App's advantage is ratings volume (209 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Soundbooth App sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. drift cast asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

drift cast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soundbooth App has 209 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soundbooth App ships an update monthly, drift cast weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Soundbooth App versus drift cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundbooth Appdrift cast
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (209 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings209 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB29 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperSoundbooth Theater LLCMichael Helsel

Customer experience

Soundbooth App

All ratings207 ratings
Positive38.6%
Neutral17.4%
Negative44.0%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral20.5%
Negative47.5%

drift cast

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Soundbooth App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App forgets purchased content and login information
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between chapters
  • Playback issues like random pauses and skipping
  • Inability to rewind or fast-forward within chapters

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for CarPlay and background playback
  • Improve syncing of progress across devices
  • Implement a more user-friendly library management system
  • Provide an option to purchase full audiobook series

drift cast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Soundbooth App

One-time23
  • The MuralFree
  • Audio Production$0.99
  • Audio Production$1.99
Show 20 more
  • Milk$2.99
  • The Shrill$2.99
  • Audio Production$2.99
  • Audio Production$3.49
  • Amplification$3.99
  • Audio Production$3.99
  • The Hinterlands$4.99
  • Audio Production$4.99
  • Audio Production$7.99
  • Audio Production$9.99
  • Audio Production$10.49
  • Prison of Plastic, Episode 1$11.99
  • Audio Production$11.99
  • Audio Production$12.99
  • Audio Production$13.99
  • Audio Production$17.99
  • Audio Production$20.99
  • Audio Production: $26.99$26.99
  • Audio Production for $27.99$27.99
  • Audio Production: $29.99$29.99
None

drift cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soundbooth App free?
Soundbooth App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is drift cast free?
drift cast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soundbooth App or drift cast?
drift cast is rated higher. Soundbooth App averages 3.1 out of 5 from 209 ratings, while drift cast averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Soundbooth App or drift cast have ads?
Soundbooth App shows ads; drift cast does not.
Which is updated more often, Soundbooth App or drift cast?
Soundbooth App ships an update monthly, and drift cast weekly. Most recently, Soundbooth App was updated on November 3, 2026 and drift cast on October 31, 2026.

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