AuBook vs Cynapps AudioBook Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AuBook
This app serves as a comprehensive audiobook library, allowing users to import their own audio files, access free classic titles, and convert articles into natural-sounding audio. It offers offline listening, chapter navigation, adjustable playback speed, and a sleep timer.
- Import own audiobook files
- Access free classic audiobooks
- Convert articles to audio with AI
- Offline listening
- Adjustable playback speed
- Sleep timer
- Podcast support
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Aubook is your personal audiobook library. Import your own audiobook files, download free classic titles, or turn articles into audio with natural AI voices — all in one clean, powerful app. Now with basic Podcast Support! Whether you’re listening on your commute, walking the dog, working out, or relaxing at night, Aubook gives you a beautiful, flexible way to enjoy books and long-form content. A Complete Audiobook Player — Free to Use: Aubook is a full-featured audiobook player for your own files. There’s no subscription and no limits — simply import your audiobooks and start listening. Features include: • Support for MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG • Chapter navigation and multi-file book grouping • Adjustable playback speed (0.5× to 2.5×) • Sleep timer with gentle fade-out • Bookmarks and progress tracking • Offline listening • Clean, easy-to-use library view • Podcast support! More features to follow If you already have audiobooks, Aubook makes them feel right at home. Free Classic Audiobooks Included Discover thousands of public-domain audiobooks from LibriVox — completely free. Download and listen instantly, no account required. Perfect if you’re new to audiobooks or just want something to try out immediately. Import Your Audiobooks Your Way Aubook makes it easy to bring your own collection: • Dropbox integration — browse and download your files directly • Files app / Finder import — drag in audiobooks from your Mac or local storage • Local web upload — open the upload address on your Wi-Fi network and drop files in from any computer Your audiobooks stay organised and fully playable offline. Turn Articles Into Audio With AI Found an article you don’t have time to read? Aubook converts webpages and text into clear, natural-sounding audio using AI text-to-speech. Perfect for: • News articles • Blog posts • Documentation • Saved links • Long-form reading you want to “listen to” instead Safari extension included: send an article to Aubook directly from your browser. Converted audio saves to your library for offline listening. Natural AI Voices Choose from a selection of high-quality voices in multiple accents. Audio is processed using modern neural text-to-speech for smooth, natural delivery. Simple, Fair Pricing Aubook’s audiobook player is completely free. Credits are only used when converting text or URLs into audio. • No subscription • No recurring payments • Credits never expire • Buy only what you need This keeps listening affordable while letting you choose how much text-to-speech you use. Designed for iOS Aubook is built with modern iOS features: • Lock screen and Control Centre playback • Background audio support • Dark mode • Fast, fluid SwiftUI interface A clean, focused experience — built for listeners. Your Audiobooks, Your Way Aubook brings together your audiobook files, free classics, and AI-powered article-to-audio conversion into one beautifully simple app. Listen the way you want — anywhere, anytime.
Cynapps AudioBook Player
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Cynapps AudioBook Player is a private, local-first audiobook player for the books you actually own. Drop in your own m4b, mp3, m4a, aa, or aax files — no accounts, no subscriptions, no library to "log in" to. Everything stays on your device. GETTING BOOKS IN • Local web server: turn on a built-in mini-site on your phone, open the URL on any laptop on the same Wi-Fi, and drag files in from a browser. No cables, no cloud round-trip. • LocalSend: receive audiobooks from another phone, the LocalSend desktop app, or any LocalSend-compatible client. Audio-only files are accepted; everything else is silently dropped. • Files app: registers as a handler for audio types, so Open In… from Mail, Safari, Files, or AirDrop just works. PLAYBACK • Full chapter navigation for m4b files — tap the chapter row for the table of contents and jump anywhere. • Folder-of-mp3 books group automatically by album metadata. 17 chapter MP3s become one book. • Speed control 0.5× to 2.5×, preserving voice quality (time-domain audio stretching, not pitch-shifted chipmunk). • Sleep timer with a smooth 10-second fade-out instead of an abrupt cut. End-of-chapter sleep available too. • ±30s skip, scrubbable progress bar with chapter-relative or whole-book modes. • Per-book playback memory — pick up exactly where you left off, even across track boundaries in multi-file books. • Bookmarks: tag any moment with an optional note, jump back to it later. • Lock screen and Control Center support — title, cover art, scrub bar, transport buttons. PODCASTS • Subscribe to a podcast feed by URL. • Auto-downloads the most recent 20 episodes for offline listening, up to 4 at a time, with progress per file. • Continuous play: when one episode finishes, the next starts automatically. ⏮/⏭ jumps between episodes. PRIVACY • No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. • All audio files and listening progress stay on your device. • The only network traffic is local Wi-Fi (when you enable the web server or LocalSend) and direct downloads from podcast feeds you explicitly subscribe to. Built for people who buy their audiobooks, rip their own, or follow podcasts they care about — and want a player that respects that.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cynapps AudioBook Player at none against AuBook's 3. 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
Both are free to download. AuBook sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cynapps AudioBook Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AuBook against 5.0 for Cynapps AudioBook Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | AuBook | Cynapps AudioBook Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | silas slack | Cynapps Limited |
In-app purchases
AuBook
- 100 Credits$4.99
- 200 Credits$9.99
- 500 Credits$24.99
Cynapps AudioBook Player
No in-app purchases







