Comparison

BORK Audiobooks vs AudioAmber

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

Head to head
About

BORK Audiobooks

Access over 20,000 free public domain audiobooks, including classics, poetry, and history. Enjoy uninterrupted listening with the ability to skip introductory announcements and download content for offline playback. Sync your progress and favorites across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • 20,000+ free public domain audiobooks
  • Skip LibriVox chapter announcements
  • Download for offline listening
  • Continue listening progress sync
  • iCloud sync for stars and settings
  • Search by title, author, genre
  • Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch
Features
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BORK Audiobooks plays more than 20,000 free public domain audiobooks, read by LibriVox volunteers and streamed from the Internet Archive. Classic novels, poetry, plays, history, philosophy and children's stories, from Austen and Dickens to Shakespeare and Twain. SKIP THE ANNOUNCEMENTS Every LibriVox chapter opens and closes with a short spoken notice. BORK can skip it, so the story starts right away. Choose None, Some or Max. If a cut ever falls in the wrong place, you can still play the whole chapter. LISTEN YOUR WAY • Download chapters to listen without a connection • Pick up where you left off with Continue Listening • Skip back or forward 15 seconds • Lock Screen and Control Center controls • Star the books and chapters you love; stars, your place and your settings sync through iCloud FIND SOMETHING TO HEAR • Newly Added, Popular and genre shelves • Search by title or author • Pages for every author and every reader ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES BORK runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, and the Apple Watch. FREE AND PRIVATE The books are in the public domain and free for everyone.

About

AudioAmber

Access thousands of classic audiobooks from LibriVox, read by volunteers. Enjoy a distraction-free listening experience with a modern player, background playback, and adjustable speed. Browse by genre or curated lists to discover timeless literature.

Highlights
  • Thousands of classic audiobooks
  • Distraction-free player
  • Background playback
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Bookmarks and progress tracking
  • Browse by genre
Features
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AudioAmber brings you thousands of classic audiobooks from LibriVox — read aloud by volunteers around the world. Listen to Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Sherlock Holmes and many more timeless works, beautifully delivered in a clean, modern player designed for uninterrupted listening. KEY FEATURES • Thousands of classic audiobooks from LibriVox.org • Beautiful, distraction-free player built for audio • Background playback with lock-screen controls • Sleep timer and adjustable playback speed • Bookmarks and listening progress across chapters • Browse by genre: literature, history, philosophy, poetry, drama • Curated discovery: Popular Classics, Recently Added, For You • Personal library and favorites • Dark mode by default ABOUT LIBRIVOX All content is sourced from LibriVox.org, a non-profit volunteer-driven project recording public-domain audiobooks since 2005. All recordings are in the public domain and freely redistributable. AudioAmber is an independent reader app and is not affiliated with LibriVox.org.

Screenshots

BORK Audiobooks4 screens
AudioAmber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BORK Audiobooks at 5.0 against AudioAmber's 2.0. BORK Audiobooks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). AudioAmber's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 56 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BORK Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BORK Audiobooks ships an update every 56 months, AudioAmber daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BORK Audiobooks versus AudioAmber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBORK AudiobooksAudioAmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 56 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB39 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperModular Dreams IncMindaugas Ramanauskis

Customer experience

BORK Audiobooks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AudioAmber

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BORK Audiobooks

No in-app purchases

None

AudioAmber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BORK Audiobooks free?
BORK Audiobooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioAmber free?
AudioAmber is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BORK Audiobooks or AudioAmber?
BORK Audiobooks is rated higher. BORK Audiobooks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while AudioAmber averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BORK Audiobooks or AudioAmber have ads?
AudioAmber shows ads; BORK Audiobooks does not.
Which is updated more often, BORK Audiobooks or AudioAmber?
BORK Audiobooks ships an update every 56 months, and AudioAmber daily. Most recently, BORK Audiobooks was updated on November 3, 2026 and AudioAmber on November 5, 2026.

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