Comparison

Bookends vs azPlayer Audiobooks

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

Head to head
About

Bookends

Build a reading habit with personalized goals and reminders. Organize your physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks with custom shelves and track your progress over time. Connect with friends for motivation and import your existing library.

Highlights
  • Reading habit building
  • Customizable reading goals
  • Physical, ebook, audiobook tracking
  • Organized bookshelves
  • Reading progress insights
  • Friend activity feed
  • Goodreads library import
Features
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Make time for more books. Bookends helps you build a reading habit, organize your bookshelves, and see your progress. Track physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks in the way that works for you. BUILD A HABIT THAT FITS YOUR DAY Set daily goals in pages, minutes, or percentage of a book. Use reading reminders and streaks to keep showing up. TRACK EVERY WAY YOU READ Time a reading session or log your progress. Track pages, percentage, or audiobook listening progress alongside your reading time. GIVE EVERY BOOK A PLACE Keep your current reads, finished books, and TBR organized. Create custom shelves and make your library your own. SEE YOUR READING ADD UP Look back at your reading time, pages, completed books, and streaks. Explore detailed insights into your reading habits. KEEP A LITTLE COMPANY Connect with friends and follow their recent reading activity for a little extra motivation. BRING YOUR BOOKS ALONG Import your Goodreads library to bring your existing reading history into Bookends. Bookends is free to download. Some features require Bookends Premium, available through in-app purchases. Terms and conditions: https://bookends.app/terms/ Privacy policy: https://bookends.app/privacy-policy/

About

azPlayer Audiobooks

Features
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azPlayer Audiobooks is the mobile companion app for azLibrary. Use azPlayer Audiobooks to access your personal audiobook collection managed in azLibrary on your desktop computer. Browse your library, download selected books to your mobile device, and enjoy comfortable offline listening wherever you are. Important: azPlayer Audiobooks does not provide audiobooks, online catalogs, stores, subscriptions, or streaming services. The app works exclusively with audiobook files that you already own and manage through azLibrary. Connect to your library Getting started is simple: • Automatically discover azLibrary servers on your local network • Connect securely using a one-time PIN • Optionally enter the server address manually • Trusted devices are remembered after the initial pairing Take your audiobooks with you Browse your audiobook collection and choose which titles to store on your device. • Download individual books instantly • Build a download queue and transfer multiple books at once • Listen without a network connection after downloading • Remove downloaded copies at any time without affecting your desktop library Designed for audiobook listening azPlayer Audiobooks focuses on features that matter to audiobook listeners. • Chapter navigation • Adjustable playback speed • Flexible skip controls with configurable intervals and optional forward/backward buttons • Automatic resume from your last listening position • Background playback and lock screen controls Flexible sleep timer Fall asleep without losing your place. • Stop playback after a selected number of minutes • Stop at the end of the current chapter • Stop after a selected number of minutes and wait until the current chapter finishes Organize and find books Quickly find the titles you want. • Search and filter your collection • Sort by title • Sort by date added • Sort using your azLibrary library hierarchy Privacy and simplicity • No advertisements • No subscriptions • No in-app purchases • No audiobook store • No cloud dependency • No access to third-party content providers azPlayer Audiobooks is built for listeners who maintain and manage their own audiobook collections with azLibrary and want a reliable mobile player for everyday listening.

Screenshots

Bookends4 screens
azPlayer Audiobooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: azPlayer Audiobooks at none against Bookends's 3. azPlayer Audiobooks also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Bookends sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. azPlayer Audiobooks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookends ships an update every 10 days, azPlayer Audiobooks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bookends versus azPlayer Audiobooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookendsazPlayer Audiobooks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB27 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBookendsAlexey Zolotarevskiy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bookends

Subscriptions2
  • Bookends Premium$3.991 Month
  • Bookends Premium Annnual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
None

azPlayer Audiobooks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookends free?
Bookends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is azPlayer Audiobooks free?
azPlayer Audiobooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bookends or azPlayer Audiobooks have ads?
Neither Bookends nor azPlayer Audiobooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookends or azPlayer Audiobooks?
Bookends ships an update every 10 days, and azPlayer Audiobooks weekly. Most recently, Bookends was updated on October 30, 2026 and azPlayer Audiobooks on November 10, 2026.

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