Audiobooks vs bookworm
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.
bookworm
Track your reading, rank books with personalized comparisons, and build custom lists. Connect with friends to see their favorites and discover new books through personalized recommendations and curated shelves.
- Rank books with personalized comparisons
- Build and customize reading lists
- Add notes and reviews
- Set reading goals and track streaks
- Import Goodreads shelves
- Follow friends' reading activity
- Create book clubs
- Personalized book recommendations
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Bookworm helps book lovers reimagine their reading. An independent, community-first home for your reading life: track what you read, rank it honestly, see what your friends are loving, and discover new favorites. Your reading, reimagined: ⁃ Rank, don’t rate. Sort each book into Loved, Liked, or OK, then answer a few quick comparisons to get a ranking that reflects your real taste. ⁃ Build reading lists and shape them your way ⁃ Capture your thoughts through notes and reviews ⁃ Set a reading goal and keep your reading streak alive ⁃ Bring your whole library with you —import Goodreads shelves and ratings in one tap Connect with others ⁃ Follow friends and see what they’re reading, ranking, and loving ⁃ Start a book club and share your progress chapter by chapter ⁃ Stay in control with privacy settings for your shelf, activity, and reviews Find new favorites ⁃ Get personalized recommendations curated to your taste ⁃ Explore curated shelves, hand-picked by our team of readers just like you! Let’s start a new chapter… join Bookworm!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: bookworm at 5.0 against Audiobooks's 4.3. bookworm also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Audiobooks's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Audiobooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bookworm asks for nothing beyond the download.
bookworm 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 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Audiobooks's written reviews are positive against 100% of bookworm's.
Audiobooks ships an update every 3 weeks, bookworm every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audiobooks | bookworm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.2K ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le Thanh Quang | Lucas Abroms |
Customer experience
Audiobooks
bookworm
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
bookworm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Audiobooks
- Remove Ads$1.99
bookworm
No in-app purchases
