Comparison

Loyal Books vs Scribl Books

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

Head to head
About

Loyal Books

Access a vast collection of free audiobooks and eBooks to enhance your reading experience. Discover new titles through user reviews, featured lists, and top charts. Enjoy offline listening and reading with downloadable content.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free audiobooks
  • Tens of thousands of free eBooks
  • Offline listening and reading
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Book reviews and ratings
  • Book discovery tools
  • Books in multiple languages
Features
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Make reading fun again! Create your own library from thousands of free audiobooks and eBooks. Read reviews from other users and stream audiobooks or download to listen offline. With featured books and top charts you'll quickly be on your way to enjoying the best free books available. Features: • Listen to 7,000+ audiobooks • Read 35,000+ eBooks • Adjustable playback speed • Download for offline use • Book reviews & ratings • Fun ways to discover books • Books in 25+ languages • Find children's books, fiction, mysteries and more

About

Scribl Books

Discover and play original audiobooks, including self-published titles and audiobooks as podcasts. Utilize unique Story Elements to filter content by character, setting, or mood, and explore nonfiction Knowledge Books. Add titles to your library via the website.

Highlights
  • Original audiobooks
  • Podiobooks (audiobooks as podcasts)
  • Self-published content
  • Story Elements search
  • Knowledge Books (nonfiction)
  • Background audio playback
Features
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Play all the audiobooks you've added to your Scribl library, including paid and free audiobooks and Podiobooks (audiobooks as podcasts). Supports background audio to play whenever and wherever you want. All paid titles feature Scribl's CrowdPricing ($CP), where prices are set by the fans. If you're looking for self-published audiobooks, Scribl has you covered. Use Scribl's Story Elements to find the fiction or true stories you'll love. Search by Elements that define the main character, like gender or religion. Search by Elements that define the setting, like time period, or use of magic or technology. Search by Elements that define the mood of the book, like mystery, humor, and romance. Combine these in any way you want to define your own genres and view only the books that match your preferences. We have recently added Knowledge Books. These are nonfiction books on the topics our self-publishing authors know well. LIMITATIONS WITH THE CURRENT VERSION Only supports playing audiobooks (not yet ebooks) from your Scribl library. You can currently only add titles to your library at Scribl.com. It is not yet possible to add titles to your library from within the app. Does not yet support reading your ebooks or listening to our Podiobook titles, but those will both be coming soon.

Screenshots

Loyal Books4 screens
Scribl Books4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loyal Books at 72% against Scribl Books's 11%. Loyal Books also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Scribl Books's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loyal Books sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Scribl Books asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loyal Books holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loyal Books has 363 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Loyal Books's written reviews are positive against 11% of Scribl Books's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loyal Books ships an update fortnightly, Scribl Books every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Loyal Books versus Scribl Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoyal BooksScribl Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (363 ratings) — better2.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews71.7% of reviews — better11.1% of reviews
Number of ratings363 — better13
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwist Idea LLCScribliotech, Inc.

Customer experience

Loyal Books

All ratings361 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive71.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative20.2%

Scribl Books

All ratings13 ratings
Positive30.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative77.8%

Bugs and requests

Loyal Books

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing on certain devices
  • Playback issues with chapters stopping unexpectedly
  • Syncing/navigation problems when browsing books

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more modern and popular book titles
  • Improve continuous playback across chapters
  • Introduce a sleep timer feature
  • Optimize performance and reduce battery drain

Scribl Books

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loyal Books

One-time2
  • Remove Playback Banner Ads$0.99
  • Remove All Banner Ads$2.99
None

Scribl Books

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loyal Books free?
Loyal Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scribl Books free?
Scribl Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loyal Books or Scribl Books?
Loyal Books is rated higher. Loyal Books averages 4.4 out of 5 from 363 ratings, while Scribl Books averages 2.6 from 13 ratings.
Do Loyal Books or Scribl Books have ads?
Neither Loyal Books nor Scribl Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loyal Books or Scribl Books?
Loyal Books ships an update fortnightly, and Scribl Books every 5 months. Most recently, Loyal Books was updated on November 1, 2026 and Scribl Books on November 2, 2026.

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