Comparison

SoundLeaf vs PagePact

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

Head to head
About

SoundLeaf

This app provides a premium iOS client for the open-source Audiobookshelf server. It offers a beautiful, intuitive interface for listening to your personal audiobook collection with features like CarPlay support and offline downloads.

Highlights
  • CarPlay support
  • Connect to Audiobookshelf server
  • Intuitive library browsing
  • Variable playback speed
  • Offline listening
  • Smart sleep timer
  • Cross-device progress tracking
Features
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SoundLeaf is a premium iOS client for Audiobookshelf, the open-source, self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Connect to your own server and get your whole collection — audiobooks, podcasts and ebooks — in a beautiful, fast app built for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay. Learn more, read setup guides and see the app in action at https://soundleafapp.com OFFLINE FIRST • Your library syncs to the app, so you can browse everything even with the server off • Download books and episodes and play them anywhere, no connection needed • Downloads are free for everyone, podcast auto-download included • Local and remote server addresses: the app uses your local address on home Wi-Fi and your remote address everywhere else, on its own BUILT FOR LONG LISTENS • A powerful player with chapters, variable playback speed and position memory • A smarter sleep timer: tell it your night hours and it starts itself, fades out instead of stopping cold, and restarts when you press play • Progress syncs with your server, so every device stays on the same page • Background playback, lock screen controls and full landscape support PODCASTS, DONE RIGHT • Podcast transcripts: when a show publishes one, it runs along with the audio, and a tap opens a full reader • Smart Downloads keep the next episodes ready before you ask • A queue that shows what is playing, what is next and what is on the phone • Episode management per show: keep counts, auto-download, mark played THE EBOOK READER • Read the ebook that lives next to your audiobook • One tap jumps the page to where the narrator is, and back • Fonts, text size, line spacing, margins, and Light, Sepia and Dark pages EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • A real Apple Watch app, with offline playback on your wrist if you want it • CarPlay with library switching and a downloaded-only filter • Home screen widgets: now playing, recent books, your listening time MAKE IT YOURS • 32 themes and 55 app icons • Listening stats with streaks, totals, a year heatmap and daily patterns • Multiple libraries, series, authors, collections and search SoundLeaf is made for self-hosters and their families: people who keep their audiobook library on their own server with Audiobookshelf and want the best way to listen to it on Apple devices. Note: SoundLeaf requires an Audiobookshelf server to connect to. Audiobookshelf is free and open source; learn how to set one up at https://audiobookshelf.org and find help at https://soundleafapp.com/server/ Website: https://soundleafapp.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PagePact

This app helps serious readers track their reading habits, log sessions, and review books. It offers unique ranking features and allows for social interaction or solo reading, fitting your personal reading style.

Highlights
  • Import Goodreads library
  • Log reading sessions
  • Head-to-head book ranking
  • Write in-moment footnotes
  • Build reading streaks
  • Follow readers and share quotes
Features
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PagePact is the reading tracker for people who take their books seriously, whether that means reading in quiet solitude or trading notes with a community of people who actually finish their books. If you've outgrown Goodreads or Storygraph, the move takes seconds. Import your entire library with one CSV upload and pick up exactly where you left off. Years of reading history, instantly yours. Track your reading life, your way. Log sessions as you go, write reviews or quick footnotes while the story is still fresh. Your library becomes a living record, not just a list of titles collecting dust. Ranking that actually works. Head-to-head matchups make it effortless to place every book against everything else you've read. No more staring at a star rating wondering if this one was a 3 or a 4. Your shelf sorts itself. A habit that works on your terms. Reading streaks and your PagePact—your personal reading commitment—are there when you want them. Ignore them when you don't. The app doesn't guilt-trip you for living your life. Solo or social. PagePact fits the reader you actually are. The Pact is home to readers who annotate, review, quote, and champion the books they love. Dip in when you want the social side: follow readers you trust, share footnotes, see what people are actually reading. Close the app and it's just you and your book. Both feel complete. Your shelf, your rules. Finally, a shelf that treats DNF as a real decision, reading sessions as real data, custom tags as real organization, and every edit to your log as your own business, not workarounds for a system that wasn't built for you. → Import your Goodreads library in one step → Log sessions and track your reading pace → Rank books head-to-head and review every finish → Write footnotes in the moment → Build streaks and set your PagePact → Follow readers, share quotes, and join The Pact when you're ready

Screenshots

SoundLeaf4 screens
PagePact4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PagePact at 5.0 against SoundLeaf's 4.3. PagePact also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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. SoundLeaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. PagePact asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PagePact holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of SoundLeaf's written reviews are positive against 100% of PagePact's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundLeaf ships an update fortnightly, PagePact every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SoundLeaf versus PagePact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundLeafPagePact
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2038 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB43 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHemant KumarHyunjin Kang

Customer experience

SoundLeaf

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative10.0%

PagePact

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SoundLeaf

Subscriptions1
  • SoundLeaf Supporter$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro$9.99
None

PagePact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoundLeaf free?
SoundLeaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PagePact free?
PagePact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SoundLeaf or PagePact?
PagePact is rated higher. SoundLeaf averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while PagePact averages 5.0 from 38 ratings.
Do SoundLeaf or PagePact have ads?
Neither SoundLeaf nor PagePact shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundLeaf or PagePact?
SoundLeaf ships an update fortnightly, and PagePact every 3 days. Most recently, SoundLeaf was updated on September 22, 2026 and PagePact on September 23, 2026.

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