LABooks vs Auto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LABooks
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LABooks: Your Library, Out Loud. Turn your eBooks into audiobooks with AI. Lightweight, fast, and designed for distraction-free listening. Import EPUB and TXT files, then listen with natural AI voices - perfect for commuting, workouts, or relaxing. Download up to 512MB (about 20 hours) for offline listening. Why LABooks: • Lightweight & Fast Minimal design, no clutter - just your books and audio • AI Text to Speech Clear, natural voices for comfortable listening • Stream or Download Listen online or save audio for offline playback • Read Along Follow text with real-time highlighting • Simple Controls Adjust speed and set sleep timers easily • Your Library, Organized Import, search, and track your progress • Multi-Language Support Works with multiple languages Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Auto
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AI for readers. Any book, PDF or manga read aloud in a surprisingly natural voice. Ask AI answers your questions from the page or from any book in your library. Ideal for students, lawyers and professionals who need to find information fast — and for athletes who would rather read than listen to music, or do both at once. ASK AI — ANSWERS WITH SOURCES • Ask about the page or your whole library: books, PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and spreadsheets • Every answer cites numbered sources you can tap, with a confidence badge • Exact answers from tables; compare documents, look up a definition or clause, and jump to where it is said • Book info in your language, with the title translated and its pronunciation • The app in 21 languages, with your own language suggested • Word-by-word highlight as it reads, and sync of your library and reading place through a cloud folder Auto-Reader reads your books, PDFs, comics and manga aloud in a natural, on-device voice so you can "read" while your hands are busy driving, walking, at the gym, or commuting. Check-out the deep-voice number 10 ON YOUR APPLE WATCH • Play, pause and skip from your wrist, or pick a book from the Library — the phone can stay in your pocket, locked • Your music keeps playing softly under the voice; pausing the book pauses the music too • Raise your wrist for the time, the chapter and page — and, with Premium, every word as it is read • Sleep Check: a gentle "still listening?" before you drift off, and the book goes back to where you last answered AUDIO BOOKS YOU KEEP • Export any book as an audio book, with passage markers, and send it to your TV, speaker or Apple Watch • Audio shelves on the home screen, and background sound (rain, hum, fire) under the voice WHY AUTO-READER • Hear any of your books while your hands are busy or commuting and utilize that time. By hearing book in most natural voice on-device. As our devices have gotten a lot smarter and faster. • Hands-free manga: it narrates panel by panel, in reading order, zooming as it goes • 31 languages, with on-device translation • Private by default — works offline, no account, your books never leave your phone • Lifelike text-to-speech that runs entirely on your device • Opens EPUB, PDF, comics (CBZ) and manga — no converting A LIBRARY TO START FROM — FREE AND BUILT IN Browse 300+ free classics and open-licensed books by shelf and add them in a tap — no account, no card. Every one narrates aloud. MADE FOR HOW YOU READ • Follow the highlighted line as it's read • Pick from real, distinct voices — male and female, per language • Adjust speed on the fly; instant page turns while listening • Snap a photo of a page and have it read back to you • Pick up exactly where you left off, across your whole library • Back up your library and restore it on another device Optional cloud AI features are available if you want them — the app is fully usable without any of them, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you turn them on and ask. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://auto-reader.com/privacy
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Verdict
LABooks and Auto are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. LABooks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Auto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LABooks ships an update every 5 days, Auto every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LABooks | Auto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anna Lou | Rakan Al-Ghunaim |
In-app purchases
LABooks
- LABooks - Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
Auto
- لا محدود$1.992 Months
- بلا حدود$12.991 Year
- Auto-Reader: AI قارىء كتب$4.99









