Absorb vs Paguely

Absorb is a free, open source audiobook and podcast player built for Audiobookshelf, a self-hosted media server for your personal book library. Connect to your own Audiobookshelf server and enjoy your audiobook collection with a clean, polished mobile experience built specifically for iOS. Features: Stream or download books for offline listening Full playback controls with chapter navigation, sleep timer, and playback speed Home screen widgets for quick playback controls Listening stats and streaks to track your progress Bookmarks with notes Series tracking and discovery Light and dark mode CarPlay support And much more!!! Absorb is built by a solo developer and is completely free with no ads, no subscriptions, and no data collection. Your library stays between you and your server. Requires a self-hosted Audiobookshelf server. Visit audiobookshelf.org to learn more.

What if you met your next book like a blind date? Paguely is a book recommendation app built around one idea. You answer a few questions about how you feel. We match you to a book. You see atmospheric clues, never the title, never the cover. When you are ready, you commit. Then the reveal happens. HOW IT WORKS Tell us your mood. Wistful, restless, curious, tender. Pick your pace, the length, where you want to go and how you want to feel at the end. Six questions, under a minute. We match you using your mood, your reading history and your taste profile. Then come the clues: four atmospheric hints about the book's tone, world and emotional weight. No title. No author. No cover. Just enough to make you curious. When you are ready, you meet your book. Buy it, borrow it, or put it on your shelf. YOUR SHELF AND READING TRACKER Every book you read lives on your shelf: Want to Read, Reading, Read and Saved. Track progress page by page, start a reading session with one tap, keep your streak and hit a daily reading goal. Set a yearly goal and watch the ring fill. See your shelf as a cover grid, a detailed list, or a spine view that looks like a real bookshelf. Coming from Goodreads? Import your library from a CSV export in a few taps. KNOW YOUR READING SELF Your Reading DNA builds as you read: flavour tags that describe your taste. Slow burn devotee. Emotionally wrecked endings. Set abroad. Stats show your year in charts and a reading heatmap. Wrapped turns each month and each year into a story you can share: books, pages, top genre, mood patterns, your best reads. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Not in the mood for a blind date? Swipe through the Discovery stack. Save what catches your eye, pass on the rest. Every swipe teaches us your taste. Or start with a book you loved and get similar books, each with a short note on why it matches. Prefer to match the writing rather than the topic? There is a mode for that. READ WITH FRIENDS Follow readers with similar taste and see what they are reading. Start a book club, read together, post updates and vote on what to read next with polls. Join monthly reading challenges. Share your reveal, your Wrapped and your progress as cards designed for Instagram Stories and TikTok. FREE BOOKS AND LOCAL LIBRARIES We check Open Library every day and tell you when a book on your shelf becomes free to borrow. Weekly free picks and a set of free classics mean you always have something to read. Find libraries and bookshops near you. PAGUELY+ Unlimited reveals and unlimited re-rolls. Streak freezes, so life does not break your reading habit. Your full Reading DNA radar, and the reason behind every match. Free trial on the annual plan. Cancel any time. Free accounts get three reveals every month. Your next favourite book is already waiting. You just cannot see it yet. Terms of Use: https://paguely.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://paguely.app/privacy