Comparison

Book Speaker vs My Shelf Player

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

Head to head
About

Book Speaker

Features
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Listen to a big variety of books. The app uses books from the free internet and does not contain any recordings. Everything is streamed directly from the Internet. You can stream the book on the phone and listen. There is also a search engine to find your favourite books. The server on which a book was uploaded may not be online, so try again. The records are selected from the free internet space. If you believe that the license of any of the records does not allow this type of distribution, please notify the developer via e-mail.

About

My Shelf Player

This app connects to your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server to provide a clean, native audiobook listening experience. Enjoy features like playback speed adjustment, sleep timers, bookmarks, and offline listening, all without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Connect to Audiobookshelf server
  • Browse library by various categories
  • Stream and download audiobooks
  • Resume playback progress
  • Create and manage bookmarks
  • Adjust playback speed and skip controls
  • Set sleep timers
  • Apple Watch control
Features
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My Shelf Player is a native audiobook player for your self-hosted Audiobookshelf library. Connect to your own Audiobookshelf server, browse your books, and listen with a clean player built for long-form audio. Pick up where you left off, adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, create bookmarks, and keep your library organized across books, series, authors, narrators, playlists, history, and downloads. Features: • Connect to your Audiobookshelf server • Browse books, series, authors, narrators, collections, playlists, history, and bookmarks • Stream audiobooks from your server • Download books for offline listening • Resume from saved playback progress • Create and manage bookmarks • Use configurable skip controls and playback speeds • Set sleep timers for bedtime listening • Control playback from Apple Watch • Keep listening without ads or third-party tracking My Shelf Player is designed for people who own and manage their own audiobook library. Your server, your books, your listening experience. Requires access to an Audiobookshelf server.

Screenshots

Book Speaker4 screens
My Shelf Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Book Speaker at 11.0 against My Shelf Player's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Book Speaker versus My Shelf Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook SpeakerMy Shelf Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaloyan KoravskiAndrew Kozhokaru

In-app purchases

None

Book Speaker

No in-app purchases

None

My Shelf Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Speaker free?
Book Speaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Shelf Player free?
My Shelf Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book Speaker or My Shelf Player have ads?
Neither Book Speaker nor My Shelf Player shows ads.

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