LibriVox Audiobook vs Audiobooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LibriVox Audiobook
Access over 7000 human-read audiobooks from the LibriVox database. Enjoy synchronized audio and text for reading along, or listen hands-free with full headset control. Browse by your favorite narrators and experience a sophisticated book reader for text-based reading.
- 7000+ human-read audiobooks
- Synchronized audio and text
- Browse by narrator
- Headset remote control
- Sophisticated text reader
- Offline listening
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Live, with last-minute updates, from LibriVox database. 7000+ human-read audiobooks. Free! No other apps have more Librivox audio books, and no other apps have more accurate information on librivox audio books. 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.
Audiobooks
Access a vast library of over 150,000 classic audiobooks and podcasts. Listen anywhere, download for offline playback, and engage with a community through comments and votes. Turn downtime into listening time with this extensive collection.
- 150,000+ classic audiobooks
- Podcast listening
- Offline downloads
- Search and category browsing
- Community comments and votes
- High-quality audio
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***** “Best audio book player I found love it” ***** “I love this app, it is great to have so many classic literatures in audio versions...” ***** “I listen to audiobooks while I'm at work, it makes the time go by a lot of faster. All the readers bring something different to the book story” Not enough time for reading all classic books you like? With our Audio Books app, it is not your problem anymore. Whether you are stuck in traffic, waiting for someone, or just relaxing on your sofa, you are able to listen to beloved audio books at the touch of your finger. FEATURES: • Enjoying High-quality Audio Books Over 150.000 classic audio books and even more. We are also offering the superior categories methods and search functions to find your books as quick as possible. • Listening to audio books anywhere Just select a book, put in your earbuds, and you will instantly brighten your busy day. You'll look forward to that commute, workout, or even doing the dishes, knowing a good story awaits you. • Free downloading your favorite books for offline listening Absolutely NO fee to own the audio books and even NO network consuming to enjoy a book, cool? • Sharing your feelings with comments and votes Are you interested in one book? Or how do you feel about one characteristic? Feel free to show your thinking with another. Your feedback feeds our motivation, so feel free to raise your voice by sending email at support@quang-le.com. We'll get back to you shortly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audiobooks at 77% against LibriVox Audiobook's 30%. Audiobooks also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 23). LibriVox Audiobook's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. LibriVox Audiobook sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Audiobooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audiobooks has 2.2K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of LibriVox Audiobook's written reviews are positive against 77% of Audiobooks's.
LibriVox Audiobook ships an update every 2 months, Audiobooks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibriVox Audiobook | Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (23 ratings) | 4.3 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.6% of reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | himalaya-soft | Le Thanh Quang |
Customer experience
LibriVox Audiobook
Audiobooks
Bugs and requests
LibriVox Audiobook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Audiobooks
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot open or play any books
- Keeps forcing user to write a review before allowing further use
Requested features
6 requests- Add stop button and bookmark button
- Add ability to speed up narration
- Add more modern and popular book titles
- Add more children's books suitable for 9-year-olds
- Add sleep timer
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- Add ability to save progress and resume from where you left off
In-app purchases
LibriVox Audiobook
- A Tale of Two CitiesFree
- FrankensteinFree
- SiddharthaFree
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- The Swiss Family RobinsonFree
- SheFree
- A Doll s HouseFree
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame$0.99
- The River War$0.99
- The Count of Monte Cristo$1.99
- Unlimited Listening$3.99
Audiobooks
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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