Librivox vs Audio Book Podcast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Librivox
Access over 7,000 human-read audiobooks, with synchronized text for read-along functionality. Browse by narrator and enjoy a polished reading experience with full remote control. This paid version offers an ad-free, no-purchase-required experience.
- 7000+ human-read audiobooks
- Synchronized audio and text
- Browse by reader
- Full remote control
- Sophisticated book reader
- Ad-free experience
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Live, with last-minute updates, from LibriVox's database. 7000+ human-read audiobooks. Free! Including audiobooks that have been painstakingly cut, edited and marketing statements removed. This PAID version requires no additional purchase. Read-along: Audio and Text are synchronized. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will. Have Favorite Readers? Browse by reader's name. Find all books narrated by your favorite readers. Relax to enjoy a story: Full remote control through headset. Finish an entire book with your device safely in your pocket. In the mood to read a bit? Text is presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning. * This PAID version has No in-app purchase, absolutely no additional purchase required, No ad display. For a FREE version please download our "LibriVox Free Audiobooks". Both apps have the same contents.
Audio Book Podcast
This app is a free player for audiobook podcasts featuring classic novels and literature, many from public domain recordings. It allows users to pick up where they left off, save bookmarks with notes, and customize playback with speed controls and a sleep timer for offline listening.
- Resume playback from last position
- Save bookmarks with notes
- Offline listening via downloads
- Adjustable playback speed
- Sleep timer
- 15-second skip functionality
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Audiobooks is a free player for audiobook podcasts: classic novels, mysteries, fantasy and great literature read aloud, many of them public-domain recordings from LibriVox. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF • Every chapter remembers where you stopped, even in books many hours long • A Continue listening row on the My Books screen • Progress bars and Played marks on every chapter BOOKMARKS WITH NOTES • Save any moment while you listen, with an optional note • Jump straight back to it from your Bookmarks list LISTEN YOUR WAY • Hand-picked classic collections, ready the moment you open the app • Discover and Reviews lists, and search to follow any audiobook podcast • Downloads for offline listening • Playback speed, sleep timer, 15-second skips, lock-screen controls Adult and explicit titles are filtered out of browsing and search. The recordings belong to their publishers; Audiobooks plays their public feeds. The app is free and supported by ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Librivox at 53% against Audio Book Podcast's 0%. Librivox also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Audio Book Podcast's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On in-app purchases, 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
Audio Book Podcast is free to download; Librivox costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Librivox holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Librivox has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Librivox's written reviews are positive against 0% of Audio Book Podcast's.
Librivox ships an update every 2 months, Audio Book Podcast every 46 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Librivox | Audio Book Podcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 46 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | himalaya-soft | Duc Le |
Customer experience
Librivox
Audio Book Podcast
In-app purchases
Librivox
No in-app purchases
Audio Book Podcast
No in-app purchases
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