Taleify Audiobooks vs My Shelf Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Taleify Audiobooks
Enhance your audiobook and radioplay listening with this Spotify companion app. It offers an intuitive interface to track progress, resume listening easily, and discover new stories. A Spotify Premium subscription is required.
- Effortless listening interface
- Track listening progress
- Automatic resume playback
- Discover new stories
- Spotify Premium integration
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Discover Audiobooks and Radioplays with Ease – Your Ultimate Spotify Companion Transform your audiobook and radioplay experience with our innovative companion app for Spotify! Designed to make your listening journey seamless and enjoyable, our app offers a user-friendly interface, perfect for audiobook lovers and radioplay enthusiasts. Here’s what you can expect: Key Features: - Effortless Listening: Our intuitive design ensures you spend less time navigating and more time immersed in your favorite stories. - Track Your Progress: Easily keep track of what you’ve already listened to and discover what’s next on your list. - Resume with Ease: Automatically resume your audiobook or radioplay right where you left off, without any hassle. - Spotify premium subscription is needed. Whether you're commuting, relaxing at home, or on the go, our app is the perfect companion for all your audiobook and radioplay needs. Download now and start enjoying a hassle-free listening experience today!
My Shelf Player
This app connects to your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server to provide a clean, native audiobook listening experience. Enjoy features like playback speed adjustment, sleep timers, bookmarks, and offline listening, all without ads or tracking.
- Connect to Audiobookshelf server
- Browse library by various categories
- Stream and download audiobooks
- Resume playback progress
- Create and manage bookmarks
- Adjust playback speed and skip controls
- Set sleep timers
- Apple Watch control
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My Shelf Player is a native audiobook player for your self-hosted Audiobookshelf library. Connect to your own Audiobookshelf server, browse your books, and listen with a clean player built for long-form audio. Pick up where you left off, adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, create bookmarks, and keep your library organized across books, series, authors, narrators, playlists, history, and downloads. Features: • Connect to your Audiobookshelf server • Browse books, series, authors, narrators, collections, playlists, history, and bookmarks • Stream audiobooks from your server • Download books for offline listening • Resume from saved playback progress • Create and manage bookmarks • Use configurable skip controls and playback speeds • Set sleep timers for bedtime listening • Control playback from Apple Watch • Keep listening without ads or third-party tracking My Shelf Player is designed for people who own and manage their own audiobook library. Your server, your books, your listening experience. Requires access to an Audiobookshelf server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Shelf Player at 100% against Taleify Audiobooks's 42%. My Shelf Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Taleify Audiobooks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per month. My Shelf Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Taleify Audiobooks ships an update fortnightly, My Shelf Player every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Taleify Audiobooks | My Shelf Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Toppe | Andrew Kozhokaru |
Customer experience
Taleify Audiobooks
My Shelf Player
In-app purchases
Taleify Audiobooks
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$0.791 Month
- Annual Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Year
My Shelf Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Taleify Audiobooks free?
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Do Taleify Audiobooks or My Shelf Player have ads?
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