Booken vs Listen This
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
Listen This
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A simple, focused audiobook player for your M4B files. Listen on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch — your progress syncs automatically via iCloud. FEATURES • Import M4B audiobooks from Files or iCloud Drive • Chapter navigation with skip controls • Adjustable playback speed (0.5x - 2.5x) • Sleep timer with shake-to-extend • Background playback with Now Playing controls • Home Screen widget showing current book APPLE WATCH Listen without your iPhone. Transfer audiobooks to your Watch for offline playback during workouts, walks, or whenever you leave your phone behind. Large files transfer in the background while you use your phone. AUDIOBOOKSHELF Connect to your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server to browse and download your library. SYNC Your library and playback position sync automatically across all your devices via iCloud. Start listening on your iPhone, continue on your iPad, finish on your Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Listen This at every 3 weeks against Booken's every 2 months. Booken's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booken ships an update every 2 months, Listen This every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booken | Listen This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Riley Brookins | Eetu Sutinen |
In-app purchases
Booken
No in-app purchases
Listen This
No in-app purchases
