Comparison

Audbin vs Unpaged

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

Head to head
About

Audbin

This app offers a private audiobook listening experience, allowing you to import your own collection or discover thousands of free public domain titles. Enjoy advanced playback controls, bookmarking, and optional premium features for unlimited access and enhanced audio customization.

Highlights
  • Import personal audiobooks
  • Discover free public domain titles
  • Variable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Chapter navigation
  • Rich bookmarking with notes
  • 10-band equalizer (Pro)
Features
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A beautiful, private audiobook player for your personal library — plus thousands of free public domain audiobooks to discover. DISCOVER FREE AUDIOBOOKS Browse and download from LibriVox and Internet Archive. Thousands of classic titles, completely free. No account needed. SUPPORTED FORMATS MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, AIFF, WAV Import your audiobooks or discover free ones and start listening. Free to use with up to 3 books. Upgrade for unlimited books and premium features. FREE - Import up to 3 books - Discover free audiobooks from LibriVox & Internet Archive - Play/pause, seek, skip - Variable speed (0.5x - 2x) - Sleep timer (15/30/45/60 min) - Lock Screen & AirPods controls - AirPlay streaming - Smart auto-rewind on resume - Light/Dark theme AUDBIN (one-time purchase) Everything free, plus: - Unlimited books - Chapter navigation (M4B) - Rich bookmarks with titles and notes - Book offloading (free storage, keep your data) - Re-download offloaded catalog books with one tap - Export & share bookmarks and notes - Share what you're listening to with cover art - Online cover art fetching - Companion documents (PDF, EPUB) - Custom sleep timer (5 min - 3 hours) - Manual library reordering - All sort modes - Book notes & mark as finished AUDBIN PRO (subscription) Everything in Audbin, plus: - 10-band equalizer with presets (Voice Boost, Spoken Word, Bass, and more) - Listening statistics & streaks - Share stats as a branded card - Branding-free sharing - Speed up to 3x - End-of-chapter sleep timer - Sleep timer fade-out - "Still Listening?" detection - Siri Shortcuts FEATURES Discover & Import - Browse free public domain audiobooks - Download directly from LibriVox and Internet Archive - Import from Files app - Automatic metadata extraction - Search and sort your library - Manual reordering - Companion documents - Offload books to save storage - Re-download catalog books after offloading Bookmarks & Notes - Add bookmarks while listening with a single tap - Open any bookmark to add rich notes - Play from any bookmark position - Export all bookmarks and notes as text Playback - Chapter navigation for M4B audiobooks - Auto-advance to next track - Variable speed saved per book - Customizable skip intervals - Multiple sleep timer modes - Background playback - AirPlay to speakers and TVs - Return to position after jumping to bookmarks - Tap anywhere on a track to play Equalizer (Pro) - 10-band graphic EQ - Voice Boost, Spoken Word, Bass Boost, Treble Boost, Loudness presets - Custom band adjustments - Settings persist across sessions Sharing - Share books with cover art - Export bookmarks and notes - Share individual notes with context - Share listening stats as image cards Controls - AirPods: tap to play/pause, double-tap skip - Lock Screen and Control Center - Siri voice commands - Mini player stays visible while browsing - Tap book header to resume playback Privacy - All data stays on your device - No accounts required - No analytics or tracking - Works completely offline (imported books) Privacy Policy: https://audbin.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Unpaged

Listen to your owned audiobooks, stream from your server, or explore 20,000 free classics. This private player offers background playback, CarPlay support, and advanced audio controls. An optional subscription unlocks AI-powered features and cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Stream 20,000 free classic audiobooks
  • Connect to your Audiobookshelf server
  • Import your own audio files
  • Background playback and lock-screen controls
  • CarPlay and Siri shortcut support
  • Adjustable playback speed and equalizer
  • AI-powered bookmark titling and recaps (subscription)
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Unpaged is a clean, private audiobook player for iPhone. Play the M4B and MP3 audiobooks you already own, stream or download from your own Audiobookshelf server, or pick from 20,000 free classics. No account, no ads, no tracking. YOUR BOOKS, YOUR LIBRARY Import M4B, MP3, and AAC files from Files or iCloud Drive. Chapters stay in order and multi-file audiobooks stay grouped. Rename books, favorite them, and pick up exactly where you left off. YOUR AUDIOBOOKSHELF SERVER, IN YOUR POCKET Sign in to your Audiobookshelf server with your username and password or an API key. Stream your library or download books for offline listening, browse by series, collections, authors, and narrators, and keep browsing your cached library offline. Listening progress syncs back to the server. Your login stays in the iPhone Keychain. FREE CLASSICS ON YOUR SHELVES Browse more than 20,000 public-domain LibriVox audiobooks. Stream instantly, download for offline listening, compare alternate recordings, and hear a short sample before you choose a narrator. FREE iCLOUD SYNC Keep your library, progress, moments, recaps, and listening history in sync across your iPhones through your private iCloud account. If you like, Unpaged also stores the audio of the books you import in iCloud Drive, so another iPhone, or this one after a reinstall, can download them. Stored audio counts toward your iCloud storage. Free classics and Audiobookshelf books download again from their source. MADE FOR DAILY LISTENING • Background playback and lock-screen controls • Continue Listening widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • CarPlay with hands-free library search • Siri shortcut for your latest book • Playback speed from 0.8× to 2× • Sleep timer, including End of chapter • 5-band equalizer, saved per book • Adjustable skip and smart resume • Reading activity and listening stats • Moments: bookmarks for the passages you want to keep, searchable across every book UNPAGED PLUS One optional subscription, monthly or yearly, with a one-week free trial, for on-device Apple Intelligence: • Moments that name themselves: a title, quote, and mood for each bookmark • Story-so-far recaps, including a welcome-back recap when you return to a book after a few days AI features run entirely on your iPhone and need a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Earlier AI unlock purchases keep working. FREE TO START Playback, iCloud Sync, moments, widgets, CarPlay, the equalizer, stats, LibriVox, and Audiobookshelf are free. Unpaged runs on any iPhone with iOS 18 or later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics or tracking. Unpaged has no server of its own: sync goes through your private iCloud account, and your audio leaves the iPhone only if you choose to store it in iCloud. LibriVox recordings are made by volunteers. Credit and thanks to them. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://andreibalu.github.io/Ebooker/terms/

Screenshots

Audbin4 screens
Unpaged4 screens

Verdict

The call

Audbin and Unpaged are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Audbin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Unpaged sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Audbin against 5.0 for Unpaged. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audbin ships an update every 11 days, Unpaged weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Audbin versus Unpaged: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudbinUnpaged
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan SamneAndrei Baluta

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Audbin

Subscriptions2
  • All Pro features, billed monthly.$1.991 Month
  • All Pro features. Save over 35%.$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Audbin$4.99
4 purchases

Unpaged

Subscriptions2
  • Unpaged Plus Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Unpaged Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy me a coffee$2.99
  • AI Features unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Audbin free?
Audbin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unpaged free?
Unpaged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audbin or Unpaged?
Audbin and Unpaged are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Audbin or Unpaged have ads?
Neither Audbin nor Unpaged shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audbin or Unpaged?
Audbin ships an update every 11 days, and Unpaged weekly. Most recently, Audbin was updated on November 5, 2026 and Unpaged on October 31, 2026.

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