Comparison

Tonspur vs Morrow Audiobook Player

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

Head to head
About

Tonspur

Listen to your personal audiobook collection with this companion app. Enjoy features like adjustable playback speed, a sleep timer, and easy chapter navigation. Download books for offline listening and sync your progress across devices.

Highlights
  • Variable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Offline listening
  • Chapter navigation
  • Progress syncing
  • CarPlay support
  • Multi-library support
Features
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Listen to your personal audiobook collection with Tonspur, the companion app for Audiobookshelf. Tonspur makes it easy to enjoy the audiobooks you own. Adjust playback speed to match your preference, set a sleep timer for bedtime listening, and jump between chapters with a simple tap. Download books to listen offline, and sync your progress across all your devices including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay. Connect to multiple libraries and switch between them effortlessly. Whether you're at home, in the car with CarPlay, or on the go, your audiobooks are always ready when you are. FEATURES: * Support for podcasts and eBooks * Variable playback speed and automatic sleep timer * Download books for offline listening * Easy chapter navigation * Multi-User Support * Easily switch between libraries * CarPlay support * Automatic progress syncing * Statistics * Widgets * Pinned Genres and Playlists * Integrated Equalizer

About

Morrow Audiobook Player

This app provides a beautiful, ad-free audiobook listening experience by connecting to your existing audiobook servers or local files. Enjoy seamless playback, offline downloads, and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • Connects to BookOrbit and Audiobookshelf servers
  • Plays your own audiobook files
  • Offline downloads
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
Features
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Morrow is a beautiful, ad-free audiobook player for BookOrbit, Audiobookshelf and Grimmory (plus Booklore), and for audiobook files you already have. Morrow doesn't include or host any books itself. Connect to a server you have access to, or bring your own files, and your books are just there. Stream them, download them for offline, and pick up exactly where you left off on any device. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU USE iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, Apple TV and Apple Watch. Start a book in the car, keep going on the TV, finish it on a walk with your phone left at home. YOUR OWN FILES, TOO Import or link m4b, mp3 and other audio from Files, iCloud Drive or Google Drive. Multi-part books come together as one, and you can fix their details or look them up in online catalogs. FREE FOREVER Full playback with chapters, adjustable speed, sleep timer and auto-rewind. CarPlay. A Home Screen widget. An Up Next queue that advances on its own. Home shelves you arrange yourself. Read statuses, collections and playlists exactly as your server supports them, added with a long press. Your own audio files on this device. One library source, and up to 3 downloaded books. MORROW UNLOCK One purchase, no subscription: - Unlimited downloads - Auto-download the next book in your queue - Accent colors throughout the app - Connect multiple servers SIGN IN HOWEVER YOUR SERVER WORKS Username and password, Audiobookshelf API keys, or a BookOrbit magic link for shared accounts. Grimmory (Booklore) servers work the same way. Servers behind Cloudflare Access work too. Type your server's address and Morrow recognizes it. Plain http works too, including over a VPN. IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN Morrow follows your device's language. YOUR BOOKS STAY YOURS Morrow connects only to servers you have access to, collects no analytics, and shows no ads. Every story has a Morrow. Morrow™ is a trademark of Liftbridge Labs LLC.

Screenshots

Tonspur4 screens
Morrow Audiobook Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Morrow Audiobook Player at every 5 days against Tonspur's every 3 weeks. Morrow Audiobook Player also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Tonspur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Morrow Audiobook Player sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tonspur against 4.7 for Morrow Audiobook Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Tonspur's written reviews are positive against 100% of Morrow Audiobook Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tonspur ships an update every 3 weeks, Morrow Audiobook Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tonspur versus Morrow Audiobook Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTonspurMorrow Audiobook Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim OlbrichLiftbridge Labs LLC

Customer experience

Tonspur

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Morrow Audiobook Player

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tonspur

One-time1
  • Downloads$8.99
6 purchases

Morrow Audiobook Player

One-time6
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Morrow Unlock$3.99
  • Upgrade to Family$3.99
Show 3 more
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Morrow Unlock - Family$7.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Tonspur free?
Tonspur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Morrow Audiobook Player free?
Morrow Audiobook Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tonspur or Morrow Audiobook Player?
Tonspur and Morrow Audiobook Player are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Tonspur or Morrow Audiobook Player have ads?
Neither Tonspur nor Morrow Audiobook Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tonspur or Morrow Audiobook Player?
Tonspur ships an update every 3 weeks, and Morrow Audiobook Player every 5 days. Most recently, Tonspur was updated on November 4, 2026 and Morrow Audiobook Player on November 1, 2026.

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