Comparison

AnyListen vs BookSpoken

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

BookSpoken

Transform any printed book into an audiobook with natural narration and word highlighting. Ideal for auditory learners, those with dyslexia, or anyone who prefers listening while reading. Enjoy offline functionality and complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Scan printed pages to audio
  • Natural, human-sounding voice
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Works offline
  • Complete privacy
  • One-time purchase
Features
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BookSpoken turns any printed book into a read-along audiobook, right on your iPhone. Point your camera at the pages. BookSpoken reads them aloud in a natural, human-sounding voice and highlights each word as it speaks, so your eyes and ears stay in the same place. Hearing and seeing a sentence at once is how reading clicks. It is made for anyone who reads better by ear: people with dyslexia, readers learning English, students working through a dense chapter, tired eyes at the end of a long day, or anyone who simply prefers to listen. WHY BOOKSPOKEN A real voice, not a robot. The natural on-device voice sounds nothing like the built-in phone reader. Follow along. Every word is highlighted as it is spoken, so you never lose your place. Works on paper. Scan a physical book, a textbook, a magazine, a printout, anything printed. Completely private. Your photos of the pages and the text never leave your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is tracked. Works offline. The voice runs entirely on your device, so no signal is needed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap the cover, then the pages. 2. BookSpoken reads the text and tidies it up. 3. Press play and follow along, word by word. FREE TO TRY Read the first pages of any book for free. A single one-time purchase unlocks every page of every book you scan, forever. No subscription, no account.

Screenshots

AnyListen4 screens
BookSpoken4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: AnyListen at free against BookSpoken's free with in-app purchases. AnyListen also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and BookSpoken sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AnyListen versus BookSpoken: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyListenBookSpoken
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB468 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海深维探索科技有限公司Joe Murfin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AnyListen

One-time1
  • Unlock all features with your trial$1.99
1 purchases

BookSpoken

One-time1
  • BookSpoken Unlimited$9.99

Questions

Is AnyListen free?
AnyListen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookSpoken free?
BookSpoken is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AnyListen or BookSpoken have ads?
Neither AnyListen nor BookSpoken shows ads.

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