The Quiet Collection vs Audiobrary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Quiet Collection
This app offers audio collections of prayers, blessings, and meditations for spiritual formation. It provides a calming resource for contemplation, featuring ancient prayers and original content with reflective piano music to ease anxiety. It's designed for individuals of various spiritual backgrounds seeking peace and encouragement.
- Audio collections for contemplation
- Ancient and original prayers
- Reflective piano music
- Text and audio accessibility
- Spiritual formation resource
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The Quiet Collection is a spiritual formation resource that provides audio collections for contemplation through various seasons and stages of life. Written by podcaster and New York Times bestselling author Emily P. Freeman, this is a resource you can listen to first thing in the morning, before you go to bed, or as you go along the way. With a combination of both ancient prayers and original content, the readings and reflective piano music will help you center your mind and ease the low-grade hum of anxiety that often pulses just beneath the surface of our lives. Whether you consider yourself to be a person of faith, whether your beliefs are deeply rooted or recently uprooted, whether you closely identify with a particular Christian tradition or are just spiritually curious, we hope you'll find welcome here. May the quiet surround and encourage you, and may grace surprise you kindly along the way. Text + Audio: Every offering is accessible by either listening or reading. Borrowed Prayers: Readings of ancient and familiar prayers, included with the free download of the app. Collections: Every Collection is written and read by Emily P. Freeman and accompanied with original piano music by Caleb Peavy. The Collections are available for purchase in-app.
Audiobrary
Access a curated collection of audio content, including audiobooks, podcasts, and interviews, all performed by human storytellers. Enjoy a variety of audio formats for entertainment and enrichment.
- Audiobook collection
- Podcast library
- Interview recordings
- Human storytellers
- Membership bonuses
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All projects, whether audiobooks, podcasts, interviews, series, or membership benefits and bonuses are written and read by human storytellers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Quiet Collection at 100% against Audiobrary's 0%. The Quiet Collection also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). Audiobrary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 31). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Quiet Collection sells 30 one-off in-app purchases. Audiobrary asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Quiet Collection holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Quiet Collection has 198 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Quiet Collection's written reviews are positive against 0% of Audiobrary's.
The Quiet Collection ships an update every 9 days, Audiobrary every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 4, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Quiet Collection | Audiobrary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (198 ratings) — better | 3.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 198 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emily P. Freeman | Audiobrary |
Customer experience
The Quiet Collection
Audiobrary
In-app purchases
The Quiet Collection
- Compassion: For Advent Gift$10.00
- Hope: For Advent - Single Gift$10.00
- Love: For Advent Gift$10.00
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- Compassion: For Advent$10.00
- Compassion: For Advent$15.00
- Love: For Advent$15.00
- Hope: For Advent$15.00
- Lent Collection - TSM$15.00
- Peace: Advent Gift$15.00
- Peace for Advent Collection$15.00
- Hope: For Advent - 2 Gifts$20.00
- Lent Collections - Gift2 variants$20.00
- Light for Advent Collection$20.00
- Birthday Collection$20.00
- Birthday Collection - Gift$20.00
- Lent Collection$20.00
- Blessings - Hellos & Goodbyes$20.00
- Advent Bundle - Gift$25.00
- Hope: For Advent - 3 Gifts$30.00
- Lent Collections - Bulk 2$30.00
- Peace: Advent - 2 Gifts$30.00
- Peace: Advent - 3 Gifts$45.00
- Love: For Advent - 5 Gifts$50.00
- Advent Bundle$50.00
- Peace: Advent - 4 Gifts$60.00
- Love: For Advent - 7 Gifts$70.00
- Love: For Advent - 8 Gifts$80.00
- Love: For Advent - 9 Gifts$90.00
- Love: For Advent - 15 Gifts$150.00
- Love: For Advent - 20 Gift$200.00
Audiobrary
No in-app purchases
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