Comparison

AnyListen vs Easy AudioBook

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

Head to head
About

AnyListen

This app plays audio files stored on your phone, including audiobooks, learning materials, and meditation tracks. Enjoy your personal audio collection offline with features like chapter support, speed adjustment, and a sleep timer. It's designed for seamless playback in various scenarios, including in the car via CarPlay.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • Supports MP3, M4B, AAC
  • Audiobook chapter support
  • Playback speed adjustment
  • Sleep timer
  • CarPlay integration
  • Progress memory
Features
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"AnyListen" — Your Professional Local Audio Player. We focus on one thing: perfectly playing the audio files (such as MP3, M4B, AAC, etc.) already stored on your phone. Whether you're catching up on audiobooks during your commute, playing English listening materials you've collected for your children, or listening to a guided meditation before sleep, you can enjoy it anytime, without the internet. 【Core Positioning Note】 • Important Note: This app is a local audio file player and does not provide download or sales services for audiobooks or music content. • Your Files, Your Way: Play all your personal audio collections that you can conveniently obtain from open-source websites or other legal channels and import into your phone. 【Scenarios & Features】 • Audiobook Lovers: Perfect support for M4B chapter playback, speed adjustment, and progress memory. Immerse yourself in listening during commutes, workouts, or housework. • Children & Learning Audio: Easily manage your child's English listening, Chinese classics recitation, and picture book story audio. Organize by album to build a dedicated learning audio library. With CarPlay, start playing as soon as you get in the car—the journey becomes a classroom. • Bedtime Relaxation: Built-in sleep timer allows you to set a countdown to automatically stop playback, so you can fall asleep peacefully without worrying about data usage. • Seamless In-Car Listening: Deep support for CarPlay, allowing easy control via the car's large screen while driving—switch albums, control playback. 【Professional Playback Features】 • Offline Playback: No internet required; play local audio on your phone anytime, anywhere. • Full Format Support: Compatible with mainstream audio formats such as MP3, M4B, AAC. • Audiobook Experience Optimization: Speed adjustment, timer, chapter skip, automatic progress memory. • Personal Audio Library: Intelligently manage and categorize your local files by album or folder. • Scenario Adaptation: Supports CarPlay and headphone remote control. 【Who is it for?】 Audiobook lovers with personal audio collections, parents organizing learning resources for their children, podcast listeners who need a focused playback tool, and all users seeking a pure, professional local playback experience. Get "AnyListen" now and let your audio collection be enjoyed more freely in different scenarios.

About

Easy AudioBook

Features
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A simple, accessible audiobook player designed for users with impaired vision or limited motor control. Easy Audiobook has two screens: your library and the player. No tabs, no menus, no clutter. Just big buttons, high contrast, and audio that picks up right where you left off. Features - Large, high-contrast controls designed for accessibility - Supports MP3, M4A, and M4B audio formats - Reads metadata and cover art from M4B files automatically - Sleep timer with configurable duration - Configurable skip forward/back duration - Downloads audiobooks from RAR, ZIP, 7z, TAR, and GZ archives - Background gradients that adapt to cover art - Position saved automatically across app restarts - Tap and hold a book cover to edit metadata or delete it URL Schemes for Remote Management Manage someone's library without touching their phone. Send a link and they just tap it. Works from Safari, Shortcuts, or any app that can open URLs. Download a book: easyaudiobook://download?book=https://example.com/mybook.rar Delete a single book: easyaudiobook://delete?book=My%20Audiobook Delete all books: easyaudiobook://deleteall Change settings: easyaudiobook://settings?skipDurationSeconds=60&sleepTimerMinutes=45 Skip duration accepts 1–600 seconds. Sleep timer accepts 1–480 minutes. Both parameters are optional — only the ones you include are changed. Settings Open Settings > Easy Audiobook to configure skip duration and sleep timer length. Settings live in the iOS Settings app to keep the main interface simple.

Screenshots

AnyListen4 screens
Easy AudioBook2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy AudioBook at none against AnyListen's 1. Easy AudioBook also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). AnyListen's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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. AnyListen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Easy AudioBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnyListen ships an update every 4 days, Easy AudioBook daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
AnyListen versus Easy AudioBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyListenEasy AudioBook
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海深维探索科技有限公司Bouncing Ball Games

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AnyListen

One-time1
  • Unlock all features with your trial$1.99
None

Easy AudioBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnyListen free?
AnyListen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Easy AudioBook free?
Easy AudioBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AnyListen or Easy AudioBook have ads?
Neither AnyListen nor Easy AudioBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnyListen or Easy AudioBook?
AnyListen ships an update every 4 days, and Easy AudioBook daily. Most recently, AnyListen was updated on October 31, 2026 and Easy AudioBook on October 31, 2026.

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