Liberotus vs Morrow Audiobook Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liberotus
Access and read your self-hosted ebook collection from your Grimmory server. Enjoy a private, elegant reading experience with offline access and seamless progress syncing across devices.
- Connect to self-hosted Grimmory server
- Browse entire ebook collection
- Sync reading progress
- Download books for offline reading
- Fast metadata browsing and search
- Support for large libraries
- Privacy-first design
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Your library, everywhere. Liberotus is a beautifully designed, privacy-first ebook reader and library app built specifically for Grimmory. Connect directly to your self-hosted Grimmory server and access your entire ebook collection anywhere, with a fast, elegant experience designed for serious readers and collectors. Built for Grimmory Liberotus is a dedicated companion app for Grimmory, giving you a native mobile experience for browsing, organising, and reading your self-hosted ebook library. * Connect securely to your own Grimmory server * Browse your complete ebook collection * Sync reading progress across devices * Continue reading exactly where you left off * Download books for offline reading * Fast metadata browsing and search * Support for large personal libraries A modern ebook experience Designed with rich typography, fluid navigation, and a clean interface that keeps the focus on your books. * Beautiful library browsing * Custom collections and organisation * Powerful search across titles, authors, and series * Responsive performance optimised for large libraries * Comfortable reading experience built for long sessions Privacy first by design Your library should belong to you — not advertisers or analytics platforms. Liberotus is built around a privacy-focused philosophy: * No advertising * No invasive analytics * No third-party tracking SDKs * Optional user-generated diagnostics only * Apple-native crash reporting support * Your data stays under your control Because your books, reading habits, and library are personal. Self-hosted freedom Liberotus works with your own Grimmory installation, giving you full ownership of your ebook ecosystem while providing a polished native app experience on iPhone. Your library, everywhere. Privacy Policy: https://broadlyfine.com/liberotus/privacy/ Terns of Usde: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Morrow Audiobook Player
This app provides a beautiful, ad-free audiobook listening experience by connecting to your existing audiobook servers or local files. Enjoy seamless playback, offline downloads, and cross-device synchronization.
- Connects to BookOrbit and Audiobookshelf servers
- Plays your own audiobook files
- Offline downloads
- Cross-device synchronization
- Adjustable playback speed
- Sleep timer
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Morrow is a beautiful, ad-free audiobook player for BookOrbit, Audiobookshelf and Grimmory (plus Booklore), and for audiobook files you already have. Morrow doesn't include or host any books itself. Connect to a server you have access to, or bring your own files, and your books are just there. Stream them, download them for offline, and pick up exactly where you left off on any device. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU USE iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, Apple TV and Apple Watch. Start a book in the car, keep going on the TV, finish it on a walk with your phone left at home. YOUR OWN FILES, TOO Import or link m4b, mp3 and other audio from Files, iCloud Drive or Google Drive. Multi-part books come together as one, and you can fix their details or look them up in online catalogs. FREE FOREVER Full playback with chapters, adjustable speed, sleep timer and auto-rewind. CarPlay. A Home Screen widget. An Up Next queue that advances on its own. Home shelves you arrange yourself. Read statuses, collections and playlists exactly as your server supports them, added with a long press. Your own audio files on this device. One library source, and up to 3 downloaded books. MORROW UNLOCK One purchase, no subscription: - Unlimited downloads - Auto-download the next book in your queue - Accent colors throughout the app - Connect multiple servers SIGN IN HOWEVER YOUR SERVER WORKS Username and password, Audiobookshelf API keys, or a BookOrbit magic link for shared accounts. Grimmory (Booklore) servers work the same way. Servers behind Cloudflare Access work too. Type your server's address and Morrow recognizes it. Plain http works too, including over a VPN. IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN Morrow follows your device's language. YOUR BOOKS STAY YOURS Morrow connects only to servers you have access to, collects no analytics, and shows no ads. Every story has a Morrow. Morrow™ is a trademark of Liftbridge Labs LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Morrow Audiobook Player at 100% against Liberotus's 50%. Morrow Audiobook Player also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 days). Liberotus's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Liberotus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year and Morrow Audiobook Player sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Morrow Audiobook Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Liberotus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Morrow Audiobook Player's.
Liberotus ships an update every 9 days, Morrow Audiobook Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liberotus | Morrow Audiobook Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve James | Liftbridge Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Liberotus
Morrow Audiobook Player
In-app purchases
Liberotus
- Liberotus Annual$7.991 Year
Morrow Audiobook Player
- Small Tip$1.99
- Morrow Unlock$3.99
- Upgrade to Family$3.99
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- Medium Tip$4.99
- Morrow Unlock - Family$7.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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