Comparison

Local Audio Books vs Campus Audiobook Player

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

Head to head
About

Local Audio Books

This app plays your owned audiobooks, free classics in multiple languages, and podcasts. It organizes everything on one screen, allowing you to manage your library from device folders or cloud storage. Enjoy features like adjustable playback speed, sleep timers, and offline listening.

Highlights
  • Plays owned audiobooks and podcasts
  • Access to free classics from LibriVox and Project Gutenberg
  • Organized library view by source
  • Supports local folders and iCloud Drive
  • Adjustable playback speed and sleep timer
  • Offline listening and background downloads
  • Private by design, no ads or tracking
Features
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Local Audio Books plays the audiobooks you own, free classics in eight languages, and podcasts that just play. EVERYTHING ON ONE SCREEN Listen holds everything on your device, from every source: the book or episode you played last, with its progress and a play button, then the rest grouped — in progress, favourites, podcast episodes, not started, finished. Every source — your folders, each free catalogue, Podcasts — has its own tab, and Search looks through all of them at once. FREE AUDIOBOOKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE • LibriVox — public-domain books read by volunteers, with catalogues in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Polish • Wolne Lektury — Polish classics read by actors (CC BY-SA) • Project Gutenberg — synthetic narration Tap Listen now and the book plays at once while it downloads in the background. Afterwards it is yours offline, with author, narrator, source and license recorded. PODCASTS AND RADIO DRAMA Follow shows from recommendations, your country's top charts or a search of the podcast directory — or paste any feed address. Episodes stream straight away, newest first, and each keeps its own position. Download only the ones you want offline. YOUR FOLDER IS YOUR LIBRARY Point the app at a folder of audiobooks (one subfolder of MP3 or AAC files per book) on your device or in iCloud Drive. No hidden database: manage everything in Files or Finder. BUILT FOR LONG LISTENS • Resume exactly where you stopped • Sleep timer — in minutes, or at the end of a chapter • Speed from 0.8× to 2.5×, remembered for each book • Skip intervals you choose, chapters and bookmarks • Lock screen, headphone and CarPlay controls MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN A Liquid Glass design for iOS 26 with the system tab bar: each source is an icon with a count, and the bar tucks away as you scroll. On the iPhone Duo it becomes a rail on the right edge, right by your thumb. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. The network is used only for catalogues, podcasts, downloads and cover art. Available in English, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.

About

Campus Audiobook Player

Features
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Campus Audiobook Player is a personal audiobook player for the books you already have — imported from your device, your own FTP or SMB servers, or downloaded from LibriVox's free public-domain catalog. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE - Pick individual audio files or whole folders using the Files app - Scan your device's audio library and import matching folders as books - Connect to your own FTP or SMB (network share) servers and browse and import remotely - Browse and download free, public-domain audiobooks from LibriVox - Single files with embedded chapters (M4B) are split into chapters automatically; folders of multiple files become one book with one chapter per file CHAPTER-AWARE PLAYBACK - Background playback with lock-screen, Bluetooth, and headset controls - Skip forward or back, or jump by a custom number of minutes - Playback speed from 0.5x to 3x, remembered per book - Auto-rewind a few seconds when you resume - Whole-book progress tracked across every chapter, not just the current file STAY ON TRACK - Sleep timer with time presets, or "end of chapter" / "end of book" modes - Bookmarks to jump back to any exact moment - Optional local playback logs you can export when troubleshooting COVERS, YOUR WAY - Automatic cover art from embedded metadata, iTunes, Audible, Google Books, or Open Library - Or generate a clean procedural cover — pick whichever look you like from a gallery of candidates LISTEN ON YOUR TERMS - AirPlay support - Cast to Chromecast-enabled speakers and displays - Light, dark, or system theme, with accent color choices - Available in English and Romanian YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR STORAGE - Choose whether imported files are copied into the app (safe, works offline) or referenced in place (saves space) - Storage manager to see what is using space and free it up - Export or import your saved FTP and SMB server profiles as a backup Campus Audiobook Player only manages audio files you choose to import — from your own device, your own servers, or the LibriVox public-domain catalog. It does not include, stream, or sell audiobooks itself, and it does not require an account. Developed by Nelu Cîmpean — campusnet.ro

Screenshots

Local Audio Books4 screens
Campus Audiobook Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Campus Audiobook Player at Free against Local Audio Books's $0.99. Campus Audiobook Player also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Campus Audiobook Player is free to download; Local Audio Books costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local Audio Books ships an update every 5 months, Campus Audiobook Player fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Local Audio Books versus Campus Audiobook Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal Audio BooksCampus Audiobook Player
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlazej ZyglarskiIoan-Marin Cimpean

In-app purchases

None

Local Audio Books

No in-app purchases

None

Campus Audiobook Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local Audio Books free?
Local Audio Books costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Campus Audiobook Player free?
Campus Audiobook Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local Audio Books or Campus Audiobook Player have ads?
Neither Local Audio Books nor Campus Audiobook Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local Audio Books or Campus Audiobook Player?
Local Audio Books ships an update every 5 months, and Campus Audiobook Player fortnightly. Most recently, Local Audio Books was updated on November 4, 2026 and Campus Audiobook Player on November 10, 2026.

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