Comparison

Fabuly vs Taleify

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

Head to head
About

Fabuly

Access a vast library of free classic audiobooks and novels. Enjoy synchronized reading and listening, premium narrations, and personalized recommendations. Discover new titles daily across various genres for an immersive literary experience.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free audiobooks
  • Read While Listening (RWL)
  • Premium narrations
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Search by author/narrator
  • Bookmark & save progress
  • Daily collection updates
Features
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20k+ classic audiobooks. Listen ad-free or read along. Fall back in love with classic literature. Fabuly is a calm, easy-to-use audiobook app for timeless novels and short stories. Fabuly Free Mode gives you access to 20,000+ classic audiobooks: no ads, no listening limit. On selected books, you can also follow the text while the narration plays, making Fabuly ideal for reading along, relaxing, commuting, or improving your English. Discover authors and stories that have lasted for generations: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jules Verne, L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, H. P. Lovecraft, and many more. Start with classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, The Great Gatsby, Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre, The Secret Garden, The Call of the Wild, The War of the Worlds, Moby-Dick, Crime and Punishment, A Christmas Carol, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. What you can do with Fabuly • Listen to 20,000+ classic audiobooks • Use the Fabuly Free Mode with no ads and no time limit • Read while listening on selected titles with synchronized text • Browse classic novels, short stories, children’s classics, mystery, adventure, romance, horror, science fiction, philosophy, and more • Search by title, author, or narrator • Save books and continue where you left off • Discover curated covers, teasers, and recommendations Why readers choose Fabuly Fabuly is built for people who love great books, not endless scrolling. Open the app, choose a classic, and listen or read at your own pace. It is simple enough for a relaxing daily listen, and useful enough for students and English learners who want to hear pronunciation while following the words on the page. Fabuly Premium is optional Premium adds more ways to enjoy literature: • Remastered audio versions • Fabuly Originals: recordings produced by Fabuly, including classic works and selected new stories • Dictionary and translator tools • Sleep timer • Offline downloads • Highlights About our sources Many free audiobooks in Fabuly come from public-domain sources such as LibriVox and Gutenberg. Fabuly brings them together in a modern app with search, discovery, covers, selected synchronized text, and optional Premium experiences created or enhanced by Fabuly. Whether you are returning to old favorites or discovering the classics for the first time, Fabuly gives you a quiet library of great stories in your pocket. Download Fabuly and start listening to classic audiobooks today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Taleify

Never lose your place in audiobooks or radio plays on Spotify again. This app tracks your listening progress and allows you to resume exactly where you left off with a single tap. Stay updated on new releases from your favorite artists.

Highlights
  • Track audiobook and radio play progress
  • Resume playback in Spotify
  • Organize favorite audiobooks
  • View listening history
  • Get new release notifications
  • Mark episodes as played
Features
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Pick up right where you left off – for your audiobooks and radio plays on Spotify. With audio drama series of hundreds of episodes, it is easy to lose track in Spotify: which episode comes next, and which chapter did you stop at? Taleify remembers it for you. HOW IT WORKS - Library: Keep your favorite artists and audiobooks in one place. - Resume: One tap and Spotify continues at exactly the chapter where you stopped. - Progress: Taleify picks up your listening history from Spotify automatically, even in the background. You see finished episodes at a glance and can mark them as played yourself. - History: See what you listened to most recently. - NEW: Get notified as soon as your artists release a new album or audiobook. GOOD TO KNOW - Playback happens in the Spotify app. A Spotify Premium subscription is required. - Taleify Plus unlocks playing and resuming. Alternatively, you can also watch a short video. - Taleify is not an official Spotify app and is not affiliated with Spotify AB. Download Taleify and continue exactly where you left off.

Screenshots

Fabuly4 screens
Taleify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fabuly at 87% against Taleify's 42%. Taleify's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Fabuly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Taleify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fabuly ships an update every 8 days, Taleify fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fabuly versus Taleify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFabulyTaleify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB66 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFabuly AIMatthias Toppe

Customer experience

Fabuly

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%

Taleify

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fabuly

Subscriptions3
  • Fabuly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Fabuly Premium3 Days trial2 variants$19.951 Year
  • Fabuly Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Taleify

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$0.791 Month
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Fabuly free?
Fabuly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taleify free?
Taleify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fabuly or Taleify have ads?
Both Fabuly and Taleify show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fabuly or Taleify?
Fabuly ships an update every 8 days, and Taleify fortnightly. Most recently, Fabuly was updated on November 4, 2026 and Taleify on November 4, 2026.

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