Comparison

Audiobooks vs Audiobooks from LibriVox

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

Head to head
About

Audiobooks

Access a vast library of over 150,000 classic audiobooks and podcasts. Listen anywhere, download for offline playback, and engage with a community through comments and votes. Turn downtime into listening time with this extensive collection.

Highlights
  • 150,000+ classic audiobooks
  • Podcast listening
  • Offline downloads
  • Search and category browsing
  • Community comments and votes
  • High-quality audio
Features
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***** “Best audio book player I found love it” ***** “I love this app, it is great to have so many classic literatures in audio versions...” ***** “I listen to audiobooks while I'm at work, it makes the time go by a lot of faster. All the readers bring something different to the book story” Not enough time for reading all classic books you like? With our Audio Books app, it is not your problem anymore. Whether you are stuck in traffic, waiting for someone, or just relaxing on your sofa, you are able to listen to beloved audio books at the touch of your finger. FEATURES: • Enjoying High-quality Audio Books Over 150.000 classic audio books and even more. We are also offering the superior categories methods and search functions to find your books as quick as possible. • Listening to audio books anywhere Just select a book, put in your earbuds, and you will instantly brighten your busy day. You'll look forward to that commute, workout, or even doing the dishes, knowing a good story awaits you. • Free downloading your favorite books for offline listening Absolutely NO fee to own the audio books and even NO network consuming to enjoy a book, cool? • Sharing your feelings with comments and votes Are you interested in one book? Or how do you feel about one characteristic? Feel free to show your thinking with another. Your feedback feeds our motivation, so feel free to raise your voice by sending email at support@quang-le.com. We'll get back to you shortly.

About

Audiobooks from LibriVox

Access a vast library of classic audiobooks read by volunteers. Enjoy public domain novels, stories, and poetry for free, with options to enhance your listening experience through a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free classic audiobooks
  • Browse by genre and author
  • Offline listening with Premium
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Read along with transcripts (Premium)
Features
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Listen to thousands of free audiobooks from LibriVox: classic novels, short stories, poetry, fairy tales and more, read by volunteers from around the world. All books are in the public domain, so every audiobook is free to stream. Whether you're driving, working out, doing chores or falling asleep, you can always have a great book in your ears. GREAT CLASSICS, FREE TO LISTEN • Pride and Prejudice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tale of Two Cities, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Iliad, Emma and many more • Works by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, the Brothers Grimm and other great authors • Browse by genre: fiction, romance, adventure, mystery and detective, fantasy, science fiction, history, poetry, children's books, fairy tales and more • Discover what's popular with Top this month and new releases MADE FOR LISTENING • Pick up right where you left off, on every book • Jump between chapters easily • Sleep timer for bedtime stories and audiobooks at night • Control playback from the Lock Screen and Control Center • Bookmark books and keep track of what you're listening to and what you've finished • Search by title, author or keyword LEARN ENGLISH WITH AUDIOBOOKS • Listen to native English speakers read classic literature • Read along with the full transcript while you listen (Premium) • Look up words in the built-in dictionary LIBRIVOX PREMIUM Upgrade to Premium for the best listening experience: • No ads • Download books and listen offline • Change playback speed • Read along with full transcripts Premium is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://yobimi.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Audiobooks from LibriVox is an independent app and is not affiliated with LibriVox. All audiobooks come from the LibriVox project and texts from Project Gutenberg. Thank you to all LibriVox volunteers and Project Gutenberg for their amazing work.

Screenshots

Audiobooks4 screens
Audiobooks from LibriVox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Audiobooks at 2.2K against Audiobooks from LibriVox's 42. Audiobooks also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Audiobooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Audiobooks from LibriVox sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Audiobooks against 4.3 for Audiobooks from LibriVox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audiobooks has 2.2K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 78% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audiobooks ships an update every 3 weeks, Audiobooks from LibriVox every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Audiobooks versus Audiobooks from LibriVox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudiobooksAudiobooks from LibriVox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.2K ratings) — better4.3 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.2K — better42
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLe Thanh QuangDuong Nguyen

Customer experience

Audiobooks

All ratings2,155 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral11.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative11.0%

Audiobooks from LibriVox

All ratings42 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Audiobooks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cannot open or play any books
  • Keeps forcing user to write a review before allowing further use

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add stop button and bookmark button
  • Add ability to speed up narration
  • Add more modern and popular book titles
  • Add more children's books suitable for 9-year-olds
  • Add sleep timer
Show 1 more
  • Add ability to save progress and resume from where you left off

Audiobooks from LibriVox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Audiobooks

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
4 purchases

Audiobooks from LibriVox

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Week3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • 1 Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Advertisement$2.99

Questions

Is Audiobooks free?
Audiobooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audiobooks from LibriVox free?
Audiobooks from LibriVox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audiobooks or Audiobooks from LibriVox?
Audiobooks is rated higher. Audiobooks averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Audiobooks from LibriVox averages 4.3 from 42 ratings.
Do Audiobooks or Audiobooks from LibriVox have ads?
Both Audiobooks and Audiobooks from LibriVox show ads.
Which is updated more often, Audiobooks or Audiobooks from LibriVox?
Audiobooks ships an update every 3 weeks, and Audiobooks from LibriVox every 6 weeks. Most recently, Audiobooks was updated on November 1, 2026 and Audiobooks from LibriVox on November 1, 2026.

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