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What Reddit Says About Audiobook Apps

We compiled 20 Reddit discussions about Audiobook apps from 3 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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What are the best apps to listen to audiobooks on? Anything better than audible?

r/audiobooks
Love my Libby app and libraries. ... Libby is great except the wait times for most books are a bit insane. 4 months is a little ridiculous... ... Smart Audiobook Player is awesome!

Best App For Audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
If you find yourself with too many books to manage by hand, use Audiobookshelf to manage them (although you'll need to figure out setting your computer up as a web server). ... Libby is my favorite, if it’s offered in your country. Overdrive/Hoopla is second. Audible, then Spotify. I wish I cou...

best application for audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
If you want an audiobook subscription where you can get one audiobook a month, you can use ... Audible. Kobo is a bit cheaper, and it works well. ... Scrib’d. You can listen to as many books as you like and read books and magazines too. It’s an excellent app.

Which is the best App/Site for audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
There is no audiobook platform with unlimited listening time. You can borrow audiobooks from library through Libby/ Hoopla apps.

Best audiobook player for android 2023

r/AudioBookBay
Smart Audiobook Player. I ended up buying the paid version because it's just so good. ... THIS! I spent the .99 cents and got the paid version. There are sooo many features in this app.

FREE Audiobook App Recommendations

r/audiobooks
Free apps that play audiobooks. It seems Smart Audiobook Player is the best since most of you recommend it.

What's the best free audio book app?

r/audiobooks
I use Smart Audiobook player for all of the audiobooks I own. It's only about $2 to own (free if not interested in forward & backwards options). It plays all of the audio files like oog, mp3, m4a, m4b etc.

what are good audiobook apps?

r/audiobooks
No one's mentioned Libro.fm, which is my favorite because it supports independent bookstores and has imo the best UI. If you want a subscription I would definitely go with that. If you opt to go with it, here's a referral link that gets you a free audiobook when you sign up (I get a credit...

What software do you use for your audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
Sirin can only display chapters ... app and Firefox's Libby Download extension). Smart Audiobook Player can't decode Libby chapter info of any kind. LISTEN has all the features of the others with a more elegant interface.

The best of 2024

r/audiobooks
The audiobooks subreddit is a community of audiobibliophiles sharing and looking for their next great listen. ... Audible has a "best of 2024" list out now.

Best audiobook app?

r/audiobooks
Chirp Audiobooks: There are no subscription payments. Make a free account, and you will get offers from your selected/ favorite categories to get audiobooks at up to a 95% discount.

Looking for audiobook app for iPhone...

r/audiobooks
Smart Audiobook Player” app for Android. Both provide numerous options to bring in audiobooks to the device and have most basic features including persistent bookmarking, and are coded well to not break with every OS update.

Any good phone apps to get and listen to audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
I will join in and also recommend Libby but I’ll add that if you pay for Amazon Music, you get one free Audible book a month. ... I really like Everand, quite an ample catalogue, great pricing and everything is available all the time. Not only audiobooks but ebook too.

Audiobook player recommendation?

r/audiobooks
Oops, sorry about that. I made the mistake of searching on Google and app stores, but not the sub. ... iOS or Android? Smart audiobook Player seems highly recommended for android, Bound for iOS but both are very low cost.

Whats the best app, that isn't Audible, to buy and listen to audiobooks?

r/audiobooks
I tried Audiobooks.com. They will give you a free month, but they don't seem to allow you to actually download the books - they are only streaming either through their app or online. I don't like that. I want to actually own the book. ... Scribd is a good alternative. It doesn't have ...

audible alternatives

r/audiobooks
The best alternative (and better option in my opinion) is over Speechify, because you save the most money. You pay approximately 10$ a month and can listen theoretically to infinite amounts of audiobooks by connecting to Kindle Library or uploading a PDF. I don’t have any affiliation with the compan...

SIMPLE MEDIA PLAYER (android app) for listening to audio books you already own?

r/audiobooks
I don't need fancy features and ... though. But if you don't use them, it does get out of your way. ... I like Smart Audiobook player....

Alternative app to play Audible books

r/audible
I was using Libation today and it was great. More replies More replies More replies ... I just downloaded all of my Audible books and removed the DRM using Epubor audible convertor and then I signed up for Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon Audible who supports local bookstores! Libro.fm is DRM free...

Best Audiobook App for iOS? I'm coming from Android and the legendary Smart Audiobook Player

r/audiobooks
BookPlayer is one of very few audiobook apps I’ve found that allows for manual/drag-and-drop title sorting. (The native · Apple Books app does, too, but it doesn’t work as well). You can also create folders and add books to them. There’s so much I like about BookPlayer.

Good alternatives to smart audiobook player for android?

r/audiobooks
Listen Audiobook Player is only $2 and one of the best deals on the play store. If you have a family group you can even share the purchase with everyone in your group. It seems to be pretty intelligent about when to merge or not merge subfolders, ...

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