Comparison

LocalAudioBooksPlayer vs Readora

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

Head to head
About

LocalAudioBooksPlayer

This app is a private audiobook player for your existing audio files. It offers features like resume playback, variable speed, chapter navigation, and lock-screen controls. Your folder structure serves as your library, with options for on-device or iCloud Drive storage.

Highlights
  • Private audiobook player
  • Uses your own MP3 files
  • Variable playback speed
  • Chapter navigation
  • Lock-screen controls
  • Offline playback
  • iCloud Drive support
Features
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Literavox is a private audiobook player for the files you already own. It's not a store and not a streaming service — you bring the MP3 files, and Literavox plays them the way audiobooks deserve: resume, variable speed, chapter navigation, lock-screen controls, and background audio. YOUR FOLDER IS YOUR LIBRARY Point Literavox at a folder of audiobooks (each book is one subfolder of MP3 files) and it indexes everything for you. There's no hidden database — you stay in full control of your files in the Files app or Finder. ON-DEVICE AND iCLOUD DRIVE Keep your library locally or in an iCloud Drive folder and use it across all your devices at once. Share that iCloud folder with family and friends — no extra sync required. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. Playback works fully offline. The network is only used optionally — to fetch cover art or free public-domain titles. BUILT FOR LONG LISTENS • Resume exactly where you left off • Skip forward and back 30s • Variable speed: 0.8×–2.0× • Chapter list with seamless transitions • Whole-book progress bar with the current chapter highlighted • In-track bookmarks • Favourite and Finished flags + filters • Lock screen, headphone, and CarPlay controls • Background and locked-screen playback FREE, LEGAL LIBRARIES Add built-in free sources and download titles straight into your library: • LibriVox — public-domain audiobooks read by volunteers • Project Gutenberg — synthetic narration • Wolne Lektury — Polish classics read by actors (CC BY-SA) Downloaded titles become ordinary audiobooks on your device — fully offline, with proper attribution and license info. WHY LITERAVOX Because your audiobooks are your files. No store lock-in, no DRM, no subscription required to listen. Just a clean, fast player that respects you and your collection. Fully localized in English and Polish.

About

Readora

Organize and read your personal ebook collection, including EPUB, PDF, and TXT files. Highlight passages, add notes, track reading progress, and even listen to books. Unlock full features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Import EPUB, PDF, TXT, MOBI
  • Organize library into categories
  • Highlight text and add notes
  • Track reading time and progress
  • Listen to books with text-to-speech
  • Sync across Apple devices via iCloud
Features
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Read more. Keep the words that stay with you. Readora brings your own ebooks, favorite passages and reading history into one calm, personal space. Open a book, swipe through its pages and return to the ideas you want to remember. YOUR BOOKS, TOGETHER Import EPUB, PDF, TXT and DRM-free MOBI files. Add supported books from ZIP and unencrypted RAR archives, organize your library into categories and read downloaded local books offline. Readora does not include a book catalog; you bring the books you have the right to use. READ AT YOUR PACE Turn pages with a swipe, adjust text size in supported formats and choose a light, paper or night background. Your reading position is saved so you can pick up where you left off. MAKE GOOD WORDS LAST Highlight selectable text, add notes and collect passages by book. Return to the source, turn a quote into a shareable card or revisit your collection with quote reminders. SEE YOUR READING GROW Review reading time and progress in your calendar and watch your reading garden take shape. Bring your bookshelf, quotes and garden to your Home Screen with widgets. LISTEN AND CONTINUE Listen to supported text with available voices and adjust playback speed. Optionally enable iCloud sync for your books, highlights and reading progress across your Apple devices. Voice and text support depend on the file, language and device. START SMALL, GROW WITH PRO The free library holds up to 3 books. Readora Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks an unlimited library, highlights and notes, listening, widgets, the reading calendar and garden, quote reminders and iCloud sync. Your local price is shown in the app before purchase. Readora supports compatible, unprotected files. It does not remove DRM; encrypted or multipart archives and text recognition in scanned PDFs are not supported. Privacy Policy: https://readora.layseallone.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://readora.layseallone.com/terms

Screenshots

LocalAudioBooksPlayer4 screens
Readora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Readora at Free against LocalAudioBooksPlayer's $0.99. Readora also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 17 months). LocalAudioBooksPlayer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Readora is free to download; LocalAudioBooksPlayer costs $0.99 up front. Readora sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LocalAudioBooksPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readora holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readora has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of LocalAudioBooksPlayer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Readora's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LocalAudioBooksPlayer ships an update every 17 months, Readora every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LocalAudioBooksPlayer versus Readora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocalAudioBooksPlayerReadora
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlazej Zyglarski澄娜 余

Customer experience

LocalAudioBooksPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readora

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral33.3%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

LocalAudioBooksPlayer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Readora

One-time1
  • Permanent$4.99

Questions

Is LocalAudioBooksPlayer free?
LocalAudioBooksPlayer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readora free?
Readora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LocalAudioBooksPlayer or Readora?
Readora is rated higher. LocalAudioBooksPlayer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Readora averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do LocalAudioBooksPlayer or Readora have ads?
Neither LocalAudioBooksPlayer nor Readora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LocalAudioBooksPlayer or Readora?
LocalAudioBooksPlayer ships an update every 17 months, and Readora every 4 days. Most recently, LocalAudioBooksPlayer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Readora on October 31, 2026.

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