Comparison

BookPlayer vs libFT

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

Head to head
About

BookPlayer

This app is a dedicated audio player for your personal audiobook collection. It supports various audio file formats and offers convenient playback features like automatic bookmarking and sleep timers. Enjoy your audiobooks offline without any advertisements.

Highlights
  • Plays MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats
  • Automatic bookmarking
  • Quick chapter jumping
  • Headset controls
  • Control Center/lock screen integration
  • Sleep timer
Features
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BookPlayer is the perfect way to enjoy audiobooks in MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats on your iPhone or iPod Touch! *** Please note: the app does not include audiobooks. It is designed to play your audio files. *** This app is designed with a single purpose - to provide maximum convenience and simplicity when listening to audiobooks of various formats! There are many online resources where you can find audiobooks on a wide variety of topics, voiced by both professional actors and audio enthusiasts. Most of these audiobooks are available in folders containing many files, predominantly in MP3 format and others similar. I, the creator of this app, am also a devotee of audiobooks and have tried to incorporate everything necessary into BookPlayer to make listening as easy and enjoyable as possible. • Supports MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats (except files with DRM protection). • Automatically remembers where you left off in audiobooks. • The ability to quickly jump to any part of the audio file. • Control playback through the headset. • Control the player through the Control Center and lock screen. • Sleep timer with a choice of different time intervals or until the end of the chapter. If you liked BookPlayer, don't forget to share your impressions with others and leave a review. Terms & Conditions: https://bookplayer.tilda.ws/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://bookplayer.tilda.ws/privacy-policy

About

libFT

Listen to thousands of free public-domain classics from LibriVox or your own audiobook files. This app offers a calm, focused listening experience with features like variable playback speed and cross-library continuity. Enjoy your favorite stories without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Access to thousands of free public-domain classics
  • Play your own audiobook files (.m4b, .mp3)
  • Continue listening across libraries
  • Variable playback speed
  • Lock screen and control center playback
  • Background playback
Features
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A calm, focused audiobook player for two libraries: thousands of free public-domain classics from LibriVox, and the audiobook files you already own. No subscription. No ads. No noise. Read every classic ever written. For free. LibriVox volunteers have recorded thousands of public-domain books — Pride and Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, Crime and Punishment, Dracula, The Great Gatsby, the complete works of Dickens, Austen, Tolstoy, Twain, Verne, Doyle, and many more. Browse by popularity, search by title or author, and start listening in a tap. Chapters stream on demand — no need to download an entire book before you press play. Bring your own audiobooks. Got an .m4b you bought years ago, or a folder of .mp3 chapters from a backup? Drop them into libFT through the iOS Files app and they appear in your Library, organized by folder, with embedded cover art and natural chapter ordering preserved. Your files stay on your device — they aren't uploaded anywhere. One player. Two libraries. One place you left off. Continue Listening picks up where you stopped — whether the last chapter was a streamed LibriVox novel or a local audiobook from your own collection. Favorites, playback speed, lock-screen controls, background playback through headphones, AirPlay, and car audio all work the same across both sources. Built for long listens. - Continue Listening across both libraries - Favorites for the books you'll come back to - Variable playback speed - Lock Screen and Control Center transport controls - Background playback through headphones, AirPlay, and car audio - Auto-pause when you unplug headphones - Clean resume after phone calls - Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Ukrainian No subscription. Ever. LibriVox audiobooks are recorded by volunteers and released into the public domain — they cost nothing to listen to. libFT itself is free to use. The audiobook files you already own stay yours, on your device. No tracking, no ads, no monthly fee. About LibriVox. LibriVox is a volunteer-driven project that records audio versions of public-domain books in many languages. libFT streams those recordings through the Internet Archive (archive.org). Special thanks to the thousands of LibriVox volunteers whose voices make this catalog possible.

Screenshots

BookPlayer4 screens
libFT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: libFT at 100% against BookPlayer's 59%. libFT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). BookPlayer's advantage is ratings volume (244 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads 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. BookPlayer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. libFT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

libFT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookPlayer has 244 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of BookPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of libFT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookPlayer ships an update weekly, libFT monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BookPlayer versus libFT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookPlayerlibFT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (244 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings244 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB19 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlevtina LiubimovaLogic FT Inc

Customer experience

BookPlayer

All ratings197 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative39.1%

libFT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BookPlayer

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Over 100 copies of audiobook created when downloading from iCloud
  • Free version doesn't refresh daily
  • App forgets Pro purchase, enforcing 30 min limit
  • Playback doesn't stop when tapping earphones
  • Exporting still one piece after chapter split
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  • Cannot mark and delete multiple copies
  • Rating request pop-ups appear daily even when switched off
  • Cannot import files in free mode
  • Next day would not play, demanded more money
  • Free version is useless due to 30 min limit
  • Cannot export audiobooks without paying
  • App forgets Pro purchase
  • Free version doesn't refresh daily
  • Playback issues with earphones
  • Cannot mark and delete multiple copies
  • Speed limited to 2.0x
  • Exporting still one piece after chapter split
  • No bookmark functionality
  • No playback progress saved when switching chapters
  • Import Folder option missing for Pro version
  • No connection between OS and mobile accounts

Requested features

21 requests
  • Add widget support
  • Add sorting options
  • Add folders to the GUI
  • Add bookmark functionality
  • Add ability to skip intro/outro
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  • Add Chinese language support
  • Add ability to record playback time for each track
  • Add iCloud Sync for audiobooks
  • Add folders for audiobooks
  • Add feature to separate completed books from current ones
  • Add option to advance/rewind 30s via headset/watch buttons
  • Add watch functionality for chapter progress
  • Add ability to mark and delete multiple items
  • Increase voice speed limit beyond 2.0x
  • Add ability to export by chapter
  • Add ability to sync across multiple devices
  • Add a specific 'Book Player' folder that syncs with the app
  • Show total remaining time for a book
  • Add Pro Lifetime option
  • Add ability to change order of books in the book list
  • Add Import Folder option (if not present for Pro users)

libFT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BookPlayer

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro$2.991 Month
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  • Annual$12.991 Year
  • Yeraly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
None

libFT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookPlayer free?
BookPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is libFT free?
libFT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BookPlayer or libFT?
libFT is rated higher. BookPlayer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 244 ratings, while libFT averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BookPlayer or libFT have ads?
Neither BookPlayer nor libFT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookPlayer or libFT?
BookPlayer ships an update weekly, and libFT monthly. Most recently, BookPlayer was updated on November 4, 2026 and libFT on October 31, 2026.

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