Audiobooks vs Research Bites
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 150,000+ classic audiobooks
- Podcast listening
- Offline downloads
- Search and category browsing
- Community comments and votes
- High-quality audio
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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.
Research Bites
Access and manage academic articles. Stay informed on your areas of interest with this tool designed for researchers and students.
- Discover research papers
- Organize articles
- Read research
- Stay updated on topics
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Discover, organize, and read research papers. Stay updated with your topics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Research Bites at 5.0 against Audiobooks's 4.3. Research Bites also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Audiobooks's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price 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. Audiobooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Research Bites asks for nothing beyond the download.
Research Bites holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audiobooks has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Audiobooks ships an update every 3 weeks, Research Bites every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audiobooks | Research Bites |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le Thanh Quang | Mach Fitness Lab |
Customer experience
Audiobooks
Research Bites
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
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- Add ability to save progress and resume from where you left off
Research Bites
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Audiobooks
- Remove Ads$1.99
Research Bites
No in-app purchases
Questions
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