Forgotten Classics Library vs AudioHaven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forgotten Classics Library
Access a curated collection of over 250 classic children's stories from before 1923, organized for learning about the world. Enjoy offline access, personal profiles for up to six family members, and features like highlighting and audio versions.
- Over 250 classic stories
- Organized 12-month rotation
- Offline access
- Highlighting and annotation
- Audio versions available
- Personal profiles for 6 users
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The Forgotten Classics Family Library app offers easy access to a collection of classic stories from the pre-1923 Golden Age of Children's Literature. These books contain the core stories used by members of the Well-Educated Heart (WEH) and Belle Ame at Home (BAAH) communities. The 250+ books are organized around a 12-month rotation which is simply a layered approach to learning about the whole world and everything in it. Here you will find stories from history, world cultures, fairy tales, epic and legendary heroes, great literature, fine art, music, poetry, nature and great lives that will inspire nobler living. The stories were gathered from over 799 of the best books of its time. The app allows you to highlight and annotate, bookmark, and search the library. Many of the stories include audio versions. For parents concerned about internet safety, a child can access the library on a phone or tablet completely offline. Up to 6 family members can create their own personal profile within the app. Here are stories rarely found in public libraries or classrooms. For more information about our community, please visit belleamedream.org Privacy policy: https://www.librariesofhope.com/privacy-policy Term & conditions: https://www.librariesofhope.com/copy-of-privacy-policy
AudioHaven
This app offers a unique listening experience by allowing users to filter out unwanted content in audiobooks and podcasts in real-time. Customize your listening by choosing content categories and severity levels to block profanity, violence, and more without interrupting the flow.
- Real-time content filtering
- Customizable filter categories and severity
- Per-word filtering options
- Thousands of free public-domain audiobooks
- Podcast support with new episode alerts
- CarPlay and offline listening support
- Sleep timer and variable playback speed
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AudioHaven is an audiobook and podcast app that skips the language, violence, and explicit scenes you choose, as you listen. Same book, same narrator, same story. HOW IT WORKS Every audiobook is reviewed by a real person. A human reviewer checks each filter against the actual audio and sets its category, severity, and exact start and end times before it reaches your library. When you press play, AudioHaven skips the moments you have chosen to filter. Nothing is edited or re-recorded. CHOOSE WHAT TO SKIP • 9 categories: profanity, slurs, hate speech, blasphemy, violence, sexual content, romance, crude humor, and substance use • Mild, moderate, and severe levels, so you skip only what matters to you • Word-level control for language: skip specific words and keep others • Set your defaults once, then adjust them for any single book or podcast WHAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO • 320+ modern audiobooks with filters ready, plus public domain classics from LibriVox • Podcasts: subscribe, get new-episode alerts, and listen filtered • Link your Libro.fm, AudiobooksNow, or Downpour account to bring in books you already bought • Import any DRM-free audiobook you own (M4B or MP3); when it matches a title in our filter catalog, your filters apply • Ask for any book or podcast to be filtered, and flag a moment we missed THE LIBRARIAN Ask for your next book or podcast. Clean picks are ranked by how little needs to be skipped, and it can find the next book in your series and save suggestions to your to-be-read list. Included with Premium. FOR FAMILIES • Family plan: 5 accounts, each with its own filters and listening history • Child accounts: the parent approves which books appear and sets filters kids cannot change • A shared family library BUILT FOR EVERYDAY LISTENING • CarPlay, plus Car Mode with oversized controls • Background audio with lock screen and Control Center controls • Sleep timer, 0.5x to 3x speed, 15-second skips, chapter navigation • Offline downloads and progress sync across devices PLANS The player is free. Premium filtering is $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Family is $8.99/month or $74.99/year for up to 5 accounts. Both start with a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • We never sell your data • No third-party advertising trackers • Sign in with Apple supported AudioHaven is a product of Ellis Studios LLC. Privacy Policy: https://audiohaven.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://audiohaven.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: AudioHaven at free against Forgotten Classics Library's free with in-app purchases. Forgotten Classics Library's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Forgotten Classics Library sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and AudioHaven sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forgotten Classics Library against 5.0 for AudioHaven. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Forgotten Classics Library ships an update every 3 weeks, AudioHaven every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Forgotten Classics Library | AudioHaven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Enlightened Grove LLC | Danny Ellis |
Customer experience
Forgotten Classics Library
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In-app purchases
Forgotten Classics Library
- Forgotten Classics Subscription$14.991 Month
- Library Of Hope Monthly Subs$14.99
AudioHaven
- Individual14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Family14 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Individual Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Family Annual14 Days trial$74.991 Year
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