Comparison

Hardcover.app vs Audiobook Offline Player

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

Head to head
About

Hardcover.app

This app helps you organize and discover books. Track what you've read, create custom lists, and see what friends are reading. Set reading goals and share your thoughts on books.

Highlights
  • Track read and to-read books
  • Organize with lists and tags
  • See friends' reading activity
  • Discover trending books
  • Rate and review books
  • Set reading goals
  • Track reading statistics
Features
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Hardcover is a book tracking app with a social side, built for readers, not algorithms. Add books you’ve read or want to read. Keep your library tidy with lists and tags. See what your friends are reading, explore trending picks, and discover hidden gems through curated lists. Rate, review, and share your thoughts. Make your profile public, private, or friends-only—your reading, your rules. Set goals, track your stats, and find your reading rhythm. We use Apple's standard Terms of Service (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Audiobook Offline Player

This app allows you to play your existing audiobook files privately and offline. It features instant launching, remembers your playback position, and offers adjustable speed, chapter navigation, and a sleep timer. Organize your library and enjoy your audiobooks without accounts, ads, or internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Chapter navigation
  • Sleep timer
  • Bookmarks
  • Library organization
  • Background playback
Features
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Audiobook Offline Player is a fast, private player for the audiobooks you already own. Add your own audiobook files and play them with no accounts, no ads, no tracking, and no internet required. Press play and pick up exactly where you left off. FEATURES • Instant launch — no endless loading or scanning • Remembers your place in every book • Adjustable playback speed • Background and lock-screen playback, with AirPods controls • Chapters — jump by chapter and see timestamps and lengths • Sleep timer — stop after a set time or at the end of the current chapter • Bookmarks — save any spot and jump back to it later • Organize your library into folders • 100% offline — your files stay on your device Supported formats: M4B, M4A, MP3. Add books by importing them in the app (tap +), or connect your iPhone to your computer and drop audiobooks into the app's Audiobooks folder from Finder or the Files app. No account required. No data collected.

Screenshots

Hardcover.app4 screens
Audiobook Offline Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Audiobook Offline Player at 5.0 against Hardcover.app's 4.2. Audiobook Offline Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Hardcover.app's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hardcover.app sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Audiobook Offline Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audiobook Offline Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hardcover.app has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hardcover.app ships an update every 6 months, Audiobook Offline Player every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hardcover.app versus Audiobook Offline Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHardcover.appAudiobook Offline Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (66 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHardcover LLCOsmany Pujol

Customer experience

Hardcover.app

All ratings66 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral15.2%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral21.7%
Negative26.1%

Audiobook Offline Player

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hardcover.app

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Supporter - Yearly$49.991 Year
None

Audiobook Offline Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hardcover.app free?
Hardcover.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audiobook Offline Player free?
Audiobook Offline Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hardcover.app or Audiobook Offline Player?
Audiobook Offline Player is rated higher. Hardcover.app averages 4.2 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Audiobook Offline Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hardcover.app or Audiobook Offline Player have ads?
Neither Hardcover.app nor Audiobook Offline Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hardcover.app or Audiobook Offline Player?
Hardcover.app ships an update every 6 months, and Audiobook Offline Player every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hardcover.app was updated on November 7, 2026 and Audiobook Offline Player on October 31, 2026.

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