Comparison

My Book Guru vs Audissey

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Book Guru

Features
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My Book Guru learns what you love and turns it into recommendations you'll trust each one scored for fit, so you stop guessing and start reading. No more bottomless bestseller lists built for everyone but you. Set your taste once and every pick arrives with a match score and a plain-English reason it belongs on your shelf. FIND YOUR NEXT GREAT READ Tell My Book Guru the genres and styles you love, then let it work. Get a short, high-signal set of picks save what fits, pass what doesn't, mark what you've already read. The more you use it, the sharper it gets. ASK YOUR LIBRARY Your shelf is smarter than a search bar. Ask in plain language "what should I read next?", "something practical and short", "a deep dive on history" and get answers drawn from your books, notes, and taste profile. DISCOVER ON YOUR TERMS Browse curated shelves tuned to your taste when it helps. Want something practical, a deep dive, or a surprise? One tap. Explore Latest Finds, Popular Now, or take a stretch Outside Your Taste. TRACK WHAT MATTERS Keep a clean library of what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's next. Capture notes and ratings as you go and watch your reading life add up. READ TOGETHER Book Club brings in the people whose opinions you trust. Share your reading activity, compare ratings, follow friends, and join clubs with privacy controls you decide. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Every recommendation scored for fit, not hype - Ask your own library anything in plain English - Curated discovery, tuned to your taste - Simple, beautiful tracking - A book club built on trust, not noise - Private by default you choose what to share Whether you read a book a month or keep a 200-title library, My Book Guru helps you spend less time choosing and more time reading. Download My Book Guru and find your next favourite book. Privacy Policy: https://bookguruapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://bookguruapp.com/terms

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Audissey

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Audissey turns web fiction into audio you can listen to anywhere β€” on your commute, while cooking, or with the screen locked. Paste a chapter link from Royal Road or similar sites, and Audissey imports the story, cleans the text, and reads it aloud with natural text-to-speech. Build a personal library, organize stories on shelves, and pick up right where you left off. LISTEN YOUR WAY β€’ Import stories from web URLs or pasted text β€’ Play, pause, and skip chapters with lock-screen controls β€’ Adjust playback speed to match your pace β€’ Read-along mode highlights text as it’s spoken β€’ Ambient listening screen for a calm, hands-free experience SMART LIBRARY β€’ Auto-import checks for newly published chapters β€’ Automatically split massive, single-page stories (like Project Gutenberg books) into manageable chapters β€’ Search across stories and chapters β€’ Organize novels into custom shelves β€’ Track read progress chapter by chapter β€’ Syncs seamlessly across devices BUILT-IN AUTHOR SUPPORT When a chapter includes a Patreon or PayPal link, Audissey surfaces them in the reader so you can support the author β€” without those links being read aloud and interrupting your immersion. INTELLIGENT, EXPRESSIVE VOICES Choose Apple’s built-in voices or switch to Audissey Neural Voices, our on-device neural voice engine. All standard speech synthesis runs locally on your iPhone so your stories stay completely private. β€’ Context-Aware Pronunciation: A custom heteronyms engine understands grammatical context, ensuring words like "read" (present) and "read" (past) are spoken flawlessly. β€’ Dynamic Expression: The built-in expressive engine automatically adds dramatic emphasis and pacing to action scenes and intense dialogue. β€’ Custom Dictionary: Define the exact phonetic pronunciation for unique character names and world-building terms. β€’ Per-Story Narration: Assign specific voices to individual stories right from their settings menu to perfectly match the vibe of the novel. (Note: Audissey Neural Voices currently supports English only, but we are working on adding more languages). ADVANCED API INTEGRATIONS (Power Users) Take your listening experience to the absolute cutting edge by securely connecting your own third-party API keys directly on your device: β€’ Smart Speaker Detection: Connect your preferred LLM API key (OpenAI, Gemini, or Anthropic) to have the engine automatically analyze chapters, identify distinct characters, and accurately map speakers to dialogue. β€’ Ultra-Premium Audio: Connect your own ElevenLabs API key to stream ultra-realistic, multi-cast character voices directly into your listening queue. AUDISSEY PRO (Optional One-Time Purchase) Upgrade to Pro to remove ads, import unlimited chapters at once, and use Cache Ahead to pre-render Audissey Neural Voices' audio so listening continues smoothly with the screen locked. Audissey is built for readers who love web fiction and want a simple, highly customizable way to hear their favorite stories β€” not another streaming subscription.

Screenshots

My Book Guru4 screens
Audissey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: My Book Guru at none against Audissey's shown. My Book Guru also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. My Book Guru sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Audissey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
My Book Guru versus Audissey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Book GuruAudissey
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.5
Further details β€” not scored
Size10 MB389 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNerdy Executive Labs Inc.Won O Soft

In-app purchases

3 purchases

My Book Guru

Subscriptions3
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Founding Reader$14.991 Year
  • My Book Guru - Plus Annual$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Audissey

One-time1
  • Audissey Pro$8.99

Questions

Is My Book Guru free?
My Book Guru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audissey free?
Audissey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Book Guru or Audissey have ads?
Audissey shows ads; My Book Guru does not.

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