ReadLover vs My Shelf Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadLover
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ReadLover is your personal AI-powered reading companion that turns any written text into high-quality, natural-sounding audio. Whether you’re commuting, working out, or resting your eyes, let our advanced AI voices read to you. Why you'll love ReadLover: Human-Like AI Voices: Say goodbye to robotic tones. Enjoy realistic voices with natural intonation. Listen Anywhere: Import PDFs, web articles, or paste text to start your audio journey. Boost Productivity: Multitask with ease by listening to your documents while on the go. Customizable Experience: Adjust reading speed and choose from multiple voices to suit your style. Experience the future of reading. Download ReadLover today and start listening!
My Shelf Player
This app connects to your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server to provide a clean, native audiobook listening experience. Enjoy features like playback speed adjustment, sleep timers, bookmarks, and offline listening, all without ads or tracking.
- Connect to Audiobookshelf server
- Browse library by various categories
- Stream and download audiobooks
- Resume playback progress
- Create and manage bookmarks
- Adjust playback speed and skip controls
- Set sleep timers
- Apple Watch control
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My Shelf Player is a native audiobook player for your self-hosted Audiobookshelf library. Connect to your own Audiobookshelf server, browse your books, and listen with a clean player built for long-form audio. Pick up where you left off, adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, create bookmarks, and keep your library organized across books, series, authors, narrators, playlists, history, and downloads. Features: • Connect to your Audiobookshelf server • Browse books, series, authors, narrators, collections, playlists, history, and bookmarks • Stream audiobooks from your server • Download books for offline listening • Resume from saved playback progress • Create and manage bookmarks • Use configurable skip controls and playback speeds • Set sleep timers for bedtime listening • Control playback from Apple Watch • Keep listening without ads or third-party tracking My Shelf Player is designed for people who own and manage their own audiobook library. Your server, your books, your listening experience. Requires access to an Audiobookshelf server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ReadLover at 13.0 against My Shelf Player's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ReadLover | My Shelf Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kacper Gryz | Andrew Kozhokaru |
In-app purchases
ReadLover
No in-app purchases
My Shelf Player
No in-app purchases
