Audiobooks vs Yomiage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audiobooks
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Audioly helps you explore powerful ideas from popular books in a faster and more convenient way. Whether you prefer reading or listening, Audioly provides concise book summaries designed to fit into your daily routine. Discover key insights from a wide range of nonfiction and popular titles without committing to hours of reading. Perfect for learners, professionals, students, and book lovers, Audioly lets you absorb knowledge anytime—during your commute, workout, or quiet moments throughout the day. Key Features Audio Book Summaries Listen to clear and engaging audio summaries that highlight the core ideas from popular books. Designed for efficient learning, these summaries help you understand essential concepts in minutes. Read or Listen Anytime Switch between reading and listening depending on your preference. Audioly offers both text summaries and audio narration so you can learn in the format that works best for you. Daily Learning Habit Build a consistent reading and learning routine. With short and focused summaries, Audioly makes it easy to explore new ideas every day. Wide Range of Topics Discover summaries from categories such as: Personal development Productivity Business and leadership Psychology and mindset Motivation and success Self-improvement and lifestyle Easy-to-Use Library Browse a growing library of summaries and quickly find topics that interest you. Save titles you want to revisit and continue learning at your own pace. Designed for Busy Lives Audioly is built for people who want to learn more but have limited time. Each summary focuses on the key points so you can gain useful insights without reading an entire book. Who Is Audioly For? Curious learners who enjoy discovering new ideas Professionals looking for quick insights from influential books Students interested in personal development and productivity Anyone who enjoys audio learning and book summaries Why Choose Audioly? Audioly simplifies the way you explore books. Instead of spending hours searching for insights, you can quickly access well-structured summaries that help you understand the main ideas and decide which books you want to explore further. Start your learning journey today with Audioly and discover knowledge from great books—anytime, anywhere. Some features require a premium subscription, available through in-app purchases. Subscription Name: Weekly Access Subscription Length: 1 Week Price: $5.99 per week Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Yomiage
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Listen to PDFs, EPUB books, Word files and web articles with every core reading tool included at no cost: no account, no ads, no tracking. Follow along as each sentence is highlighted, search and bookmark passages, and keep listening through long documents. Core reading runs on your device and works offline. A note on voices: Yomiage reads with the voices built into your iPhone. For the most natural sound, download an Enhanced or Premium voice in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. (Siri voices can't be used by third-party apps.) ■ READ YOUR DOCUMENTS ALOUD • PDFs with selectable text, EPUB, DOCX and TXT. Scanned or photographed pages aren't supported (no OCR) • Web articles: paste a URL, or share from Safari and other apps • Sentence-by-sentence highlighting that follows the voice • Speed, pitch and pauses between paragraphs • Sleep timer (5–60 minutes) for commutes, chores and bedtime • Multi-part documents play continuously • Full-text search and bookmarks • English and Japanese voices are chosen automatically from the document's language • Drama Mode reads dialogue and narration in different voices • Touch and hold a word to set how it should be pronounced ■ LISTEN & PRACTICE: AUDIO AND VIDEO PLAYER Import mp3 / wav / m4a / mp4 / mov for listening practice: • A-B repeat for any passage you choose • Waveform scrubbing to jump back instantly • Speed presets • A mini player that keeps playing while you move around the app • Lock screen and headphone controls, background playback ■ LEARNING JAPANESE? 17,000+ CLASSICS BUILT IN Browse and download public-domain Japanese literature from the built-in Aozora Bunko catalog (Natsume Sōseki, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa and more). The texts are in Japanese; their furigana is used to choose readings. ■ HANDS-FREE AND ACCESSIBLE • Siri and Shortcuts to play and continue • Spotlight search for your documents (you can turn it off) • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • An alternative for people who prefer listening because of dyslexia, eye strain or low vision • Split view and keyboard shortcuts on iPad ■ PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in, no ads, no behavioral data collection, no tracking • No third-party SDKs • Imported documents are read with on-device iOS voices Importing a web article needs an internet connection. Optional AI features send the text you choose to the provider whose API key you set up, only after you agree, and you can withdraw consent at any time. ■ YOMIAGE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL, AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION) Everything above works without Premium. Premium unlocks integrations for people who already have OpenAI or Speechify API access: • Text cleanup, chapter insights and summaries, using your own OpenAI API key • Cloud voices, emotion styles and MP3 export, using your own Speechify API key Important: Premium includes no AI credits, API access or cloud voice time. Those providers bill you separately, and without your own API key the Premium features won't work. Premium is offered monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. ■ SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://legal-pages-hiros-projects-fdd12c60.vercel.app/privacy#tts-reader-en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yomiage at none against Audiobooks's 3. Audiobooks's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Audiobooks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Yomiage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audiobooks | Yomiage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DEVSRANK | hiroyuki matsuzaki |
In-app purchases
Audiobooks
- Audioly Weekly$2.997 Days
- Audioly Yearly Disc7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Audioly Yearly$14.991 Year
Yomiage
No in-app purchases









