Comparison

Spine vs AudioHaven

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

Head to head
About

Spine

Log your reading progress, create custom tier lists of your favorite books, and discover new titles. Connect with friends to see their reading habits and share recommendations.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Create book tier lists
  • Follow friends' reading
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Import Goodreads library
Features
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Track what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read next. Build tier lists of your favorites. Reach your reading goals. Follow your friends and see what they're reading, create a blend, share books that mattered, recommend books. [ READING LOG ] Mark books read, currently reading, or queued. Note when you started, when you finished, and what you thought. [ TIER LISTS ] S, A, B, C, D. Easily drag-and-drop your favorites into a tier list. [ FRIENDS ] See what your people have read. Let them know what you've read and what you think about it. [ DISCOVER ] Personalized recommendations based on what you’ve read, rated, and exactly what you're specifically looking for. [ IMPORT ] Easily bring your Goodreads library over. Mr. Bezos won't miss you.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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AudioHaven is the audiobook and podcast app for listeners who want control over what they hear. Real-time content filtering lets you skip past profanity, violence, sexual content, crude humor, and more — without missing a beat of the story. HOW IT WORKS Every title in AudioHaven is reviewed by our team and AI-assisted tagging pipeline. Each instance of objectionable content is tagged with a category, severity, and exact timestamp. When you listen, AudioHaven seeks past anything you've chosen to filter, in real time — no awkward gaps, no editing, no surprises. CHOOSE YOUR FILTERS • Seven content categories: profanity, blasphemy, crude humor, violence, sexual content, substance use, and more • Three severity tiers — mild, moderate, severe — so you block only what matters to you • Per-word control for language: silence specific words while keeping others • Per-title overrides — set global defaults, then tune them for any specific book or podcast A GROWING CATALOG • Thousands of free public-domain audiobooks via LibriVox • Podcast support: subscribe, get new-episode alerts, and listen filtered • Request a book or podcast and we'll get it tagged • Report missing filters — flag a moment we missed and we'll re-screen the chapter BUILT FOR EVERYDAY LISTENING • CarPlay support — Continue Listening, Library, and Now Playing right on your dashboard • Background audio with full lock-screen and Control Center controls • Sleep timer with end-of-chapter and duration presets • Car Mode with oversized controls for safer driving • Variable playback speed (0.5x–3x), skip ±15 seconds, chapter navigation • Download titles for offline listening • Automatic progress sync — pick up exactly where you left off PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your filter preferences and listening history stay tied to your account, never sold • No third-party advertising trackers • Apple Sign-in supported AudioHaven is in early access with a curated catalog growing weekly. New titles and filter coverage are added continuously. We'd love to hear what you want filtered next — tap "Request" inside the app any time. Terms of Use: https://audiohaven.app/terms

Screenshots

Spine4 screens
AudioHaven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spine at none against AudioHaven's 4. Spine also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 7). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. AudioHaven sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Spine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spine against 5.0 for AudioHaven. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spine has 65 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spine ships an update weekly, AudioHaven every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spine versus AudioHaven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpineAudioHaven
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (65 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTanner FlakeDanny Ellis

Customer experience

Spine

All ratings65 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AudioHaven

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spine

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

AudioHaven

Subscriptions4
  • 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

Questions

Is Spine free?
Spine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioHaven free?
AudioHaven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spine or AudioHaven?
Spine and AudioHaven are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 65 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Spine or AudioHaven have ads?
Neither Spine nor AudioHaven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spine or AudioHaven?
Spine ships an update weekly, and AudioHaven every 10 days. Most recently, Spine was updated on October 10, 2026 and AudioHaven on October 2, 2026.

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