ONE Audiobooks vs REF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ONE Audiobooks
Access audiobook deals purchased on the website and free audiobooks from partners. Create a free account to add books to your library. No credit card is required to start enjoying new deals.
- Access audiobook deals
- Free audiobooks from partners
- Add books to app library
- Free account creation
- Email confirmation required
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The ONE Audiobooks app allows access to audiobook deals purchased on the oneaudiobooks.app site and free audiobooks provided by ONE and its partners. Books can be added to your app library by going to the oneaudiobooks.app site. All you need to get started is a FREE account and to confirm your email address. No credit card is required and new deals are offered all the time!
REF
Access a vast and growing library of curated Christian audiobooks. Enjoy unlimited listening across all genres with a monthly membership, including offline playback and new titles added regularly. Get your first month free and cancel anytime.
- Curated Christian audiobooks
- New titles added monthly
- Unlimited listening access
- Offline playback
- All titles available to all members
- Family plan option
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Your ultimate library of thoughtful Christian audiobooks awaits! REF-UL is the only app that gives you access to a large, continually growing, and thoughtfully curated list of Christian audiobooks. - Enjoy selections from every genre - See new titles added every month - Listen to any book you can find, any time you want - Curators that will guide you in your search for theologically sound, thoughtful, and inspirational Christian audiobooks With your membership, you will gain unlimited access to our entire catalog of Christian audiobooks. Unlike many membership services, ALL of our titles will be available to all members for listening. - Get access to dozens of new titles each month - Stream books from our user-friendly mobile apps - Queue up an unlimited number of titles for listening - No time limit to finish each title - Listen anywhere, including offline (airports, planes, remote locations) A typical audiobook can cost from $15 to $25. For $9.99 per month ($19.99 per month for a Family Plan), you can stream multiple audiobooks each month. - Get your first month free - Cancel at any time - All titles available for listening all the time (no premium or exclusive tiers) - 6+ books per month* for less than the price of 1 (*based on an average of 5 hours per audiobook)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ONE Audiobooks at 3.7 against REF's 1.0. ONE Audiobooks also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). REF's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ONE Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ONE Audiobooks has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of ONE Audiobooks's written reviews are positive against 0% of REF's.
ONE Audiobooks ships an update every 3 weeks, REF every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ONE Audiobooks | REF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONE Audiobooks | Refuel Media LLC |
Customer experience
ONE Audiobooks
REF
In-app purchases
ONE Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
REF
No in-app purchases
