Comparison

Librivox vs Bookers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 7000+ human-read audiobooks
  • Synchronized audio and text
  • Browse by reader
  • Full remote control
  • Sophisticated book reader
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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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.

About

Bookers

Features
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Bookers is for the books you actually own: the paperbacks, the hardbacks, the ones two rooms away that you can never find. Tell it where your books live, once: your home, its rooms, the shelves in them. Then add books by scanning the barcode or typing the title, with the details filled in when you're signed in. Every book knows its place, so finding one takes seconds, not an afternoon. WALK YOUR LIBRARY Browse room by room and shelf by shelf, arranged the way your house is. Open a shelf to see its spines. Drag books into the order they stand in. FIND ANYTHING Search by title, author or ISBN across every room and every home. Filter by what you've read, what you're reading and what you've rated. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your library works on your iPhone or iPad without an account, and offline: homes, rooms, shelves, search, filters, notes and Bookers Plus. It is included in your device's iCloud backup. Signing in adds online book lookup with covers, sync across your devices, and sharing. The books you already added come with you. SHARE, ON YOUR TERMS Invite friends with a link or a QR code and let them browse your shelves. Sharing is per friend and one way: letting someone see your books never shows you theirs. Mark any book private, and nobody else sees it, not even the people you share a home with. ONE HOUSEHOLD, ONE LIBRARY Invite the people you live with into a home. They can add books and rearrange shelves, or just look, as you choose. MORE THAN ONE HOME An apartment and a cabin, an office, a storage unit: each has its own rooms and shelves, and you can move between them. BOOKERS PLUS Your first home, sharing with friends, joining other people's homes and up to 100 books are free, for good. Bookers Plus adds more homes, sharing a home with the people you live with, and unlimited books: monthly, yearly, or once for life. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. NOTHING ELSE No ads. No tracking. No feeds or suggested friends. Nobody can find you by your email address, and strangers cannot browse your library. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bookers.touristimmunity.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Librivox4 screens
Bookers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bookers at Free against Librivox's $2.99. Bookers also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Librivox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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

Bookers is free to download; Librivox costs $2.99 up front. Bookers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Librivox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Librivox ships an update every 2 months, Bookers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Librivox versus Bookers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibrivoxBookers
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerhimalaya-softErik Jere

In-app purchases

None

Librivox

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bookers

Subscriptions2
  • Bookers Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Bookers Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bookers Plus Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Librivox free?
Librivox costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookers free?
Bookers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Librivox or Bookers have ads?
Neither Librivox nor Bookers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Librivox or Bookers?
Librivox ships an update every 2 months, and Bookers every 2 days. Most recently, Librivox was updated on November 11, 2026 and Bookers on November 10, 2026.

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