Comparison

Audiobook Keeper vs Aura

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

Head to head
About

Audiobook Keeper

Features
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Audiobook Keeper is a clean audiobook player for your books. Import audiobooks, organize them into folders, track listening progress, and pick up where you left off across iPhone and Apple Watch. Audiobook Keeper is built for personal libraries, long listening sessions, chaptered books, and offline playback. No noisy catalog. No silly social features. Just your audiobooks, organized and ready to play. Features: • Import your own audiobook files • Play MP3, M4B, and other supported audio files • Track listening progress automatically • Resume where you left off • Organize books into folders • Rename books for a cleaner library • Mark books as finished or restart progress • View chapter-aware playback when available • Control playback from the Lock Screen • Download audiobooks to Apple Watch with Audiobook Keeper Pro • Listen offline from your watch without carrying your phone Audiobook Keeper Pro unlocks Apple Watch downloads, so you can take audiobooks on runs, walks, workouts, commutes, and anywhere you want to listen without your iPhone. The iPhone audiobook library is free to use. Upgrade only when you want Apple Watch downloads. Audiobook Keeper is designed for audiobook listeners who want a focused, private, personal library that respects their files and remembers their place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Aura

Features
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Turn documents into a private listening experience with Aura. Import text, TXT, EPUB, DOCX and text-based PDFs, then listen with clear on-device speech. Aura keeps your documents and generated audio on your iPhone or iPad. After you download the speech model and a voice, you can listen without a connection. READ YOUR WAY • Import files, paste text, or share documents to Aura from other apps • Continue from your saved place, with sentence-by-sentence follow-along • Play, pause, skip sentences and choose a comfortable speed • Keep listening with the screen locked, with Lock Screen controls • Choose from the available voices and narration languages • Save a narration as an M4A audio file WORK WITH TEXT IN MORE WAYS • Take or pick a photo and turn the printed text into something you can hear • Translate text on your device after downloading the language • Six reading themes and adjustable font, size and spacing • Use Aura in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Korean, Swedish or Danish PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your document text, filenames, reading position and generated audio stay in Aura's private storage on your device. Aura does not use a cloud text-to-speech service. Downloading the speech model, voices and optional languages needs an internet connection. The free version shows ads and limits listening time, library size and export. Aura Pro removes ads and unlocks every voice, EPUB import, offline translation, unlimited listening and export, and an unlimited library. Pro is available monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Audiobook Keeper4 screens
Aura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Audiobook Keeper at none against Aura's shown. Aura's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Audiobook Keeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Aura sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Audiobook Keeper versus Aura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudiobook KeeperAura
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary FrewMohamed Ali Masmoudi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Audiobook Keeper

Subscriptions1
  • Audiobook Pro$4.991 Month
3 purchases

Aura

Subscriptions2
  • Aura Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Aura Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aura Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Audiobook Keeper free?
Audiobook Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aura free?
Aura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Audiobook Keeper or Aura have ads?
Aura shows ads; Audiobook Keeper does not.

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