Booken vs Well, player, so what?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booken
This app provides a simple and efficient way to listen to your audiobook files. It offers features for importing, managing, and tracking your listening progress, with playback controls accessible from your phone and Apple Watch.
- Import own audiobook files
- Track listening progress
- Mark books as finished
- Lock screen playback controls
- Apple Watch companion app
- Variable scrubbing speed
- Adjustable playback speed
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A lightweight and easy to use player for your audiobook files. Manage your files - Import your own files straight into the app - Manage and see the progress of the books you've listened to - Mark books as finished Listening features - Control playback directly from the lock screen/control center or from the Apple Watch companion app - Easily navigate books with variable scrubbing speed and chapter selection - Change playback speed Listen from your watch - Easily download your favorite books to your watch when you need to listen without your phone - Navigate local files on your watch with chapter selection and custom skip duration - Keep your progress synced between your phone and watch with both automatic and manual syncing options
Well, player, so what?
Immerse yourself in audiobooks with a clear and easy-to-use player. Enhance your commutes, workouts, and chores with captivating stories from top authors. Enjoy seamless listening to books and music anytime, anywhere.
- Audiobook playback
- Music listening
- Easy-to-use interface
- Clear controls
- Portable listening
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Discover the world of audiobooks with our player. It will make your trips, runs and household chores even more exciting! Just select a book, click Play – and enjoy the stories of the best authors wherever you are. Our player is clear and easy to use, so you don't have to spend time learning complex functions. Listen to books and music easily and with pleasure! Download our app right now and immerse yourself in the world of sounds that is always with you. Email for feedback: aleksandr100s@yandex.ru
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Well, player, so what? at 5.0 against Booken's 4.5. Booken's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Well, player, so what? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Booken's written reviews are positive against 75% of Well, player, so what?'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booken | Well, player, so what? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Riley Brookins | Alexander Stos |
Customer experience
Booken
Well, player, so what?
In-app purchases
Booken
No in-app purchases
Well, player, so what?
No in-app purchases
Questions
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