Librivox vs Scriptura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Scriptura
This app helps you keep scripture visible and accessible throughout your day with widgets and a daily verse. It offers tools for reading, note-taking, highlighting, and memorization, including interlinear readers for original languages.
- Read Bible passages
- Take notes and highlight
- Save verses for memorization
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Daily Verse of the Day
- Interlinear Greek and Hebrew readers
- Word study tools
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Scriptura is designed to keep scritpure visible, accessible, and quietly present throughout your day. With Scriptura, you can read the Bible, take notes, highlight meaningful passages, save verses for memorization, and keep Scripture before you through widgets and a daily Verse of the Day. Whether you are studying deeply, building a habit of memorization, or simply keeping a reminder of truth on your screen; this app is built to make Scripture easier to carry with you. Scriptura also includes interlinear readers for Greek and Hebrew, giving you a closer look at the original biblical languages. Tap into word study tools as you read, compare meanings, and explore the text with greater depth without leaving the passage. The memorization experience is designed to be simple and intentional. Save verses, practice them over time, and return to the passages you are working easily. The Verse of the Day feature gives you a steady rhythm of Scripture, with meaningful passages selected to encourage daily reflection. Scriptura was created with a simple ethos: God’s Word should not be locked behind a subscription. This app will never ask you for money. No subscriptions. No premium tiers. No paid unlocks. No artificial limits. Whether on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or inside the app itself, this is a simple way to keep God’s Word before you throughout the day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scriptura at 100% against Librivox's 53%. Scriptura also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Librivox's advantage is ratings volume (242 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 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
Both are free to download. Librivox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Scriptura asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scriptura holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Librivox has 242 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Librivox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scriptura's.
Librivox ships an update every 3 months, Scriptura every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Librivox | Scriptura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (242 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 242 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Webron Software LTD | ISAIAH RUSSELL HARVILLE |
Customer experience
Librivox
Scriptura
Bugs and 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
Scriptura
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Librivox
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- Premium$49.99
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
Scriptura
No in-app purchases









