Bookends vs azPlayer Audiobooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Reading habit building
- Customizable reading goals
- Physical, ebook, audiobook tracking
- Organized bookshelves
- Reading progress insights
- Friend activity feed
- Goodreads library import
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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/
azPlayer Audiobooks
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Bookends ships an update every 10 days, azPlayer Audiobooks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookends | azPlayer Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bookends | Alexey Zolotarevskiy |
In-app purchases
Bookends
- Bookends Premium$3.991 Month
- Bookends Premium Annnual$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
azPlayer Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
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