Librovox, unlike Audible, is a free resource for listening to audiobooks on the Internet. The initiative has gained momentum since its launch in the year There are about 50k audiobooks available in the free domain that were read by individuals from across the web.
The app supports downloading these audiobooks in over 30 languages. The app itself is easy to use with no need to register for an account. If you want to keep your library and progress in sync, you can sign in using your Google account.
Download Librivox free. DRM is a much-debated issue in the world of audiobooks. This is where Bound comes into the picture. Once you have connected the app, it will automatically sync all the audiobooks store there.
You can upload any DRM-free audiobook and listen to it. You can also upload audiobook content from your local library or downloaded from Librivox. Bookmobile is one of the best audiobook apps for iPhones. When you launch the app for the first time, it will guide you through the UI which is itself pretty straight-forward to use although a bit cluttered.
You can search for audiobooks on iTunes and Librivox from right inside the app. No need to visit either of the platforms. This saves time and streamlines the process. If you have DRM-free audiobooks on your iPhone, you can easily import it. Most people, myself included, use desktop or laptop to download content. Bookmobile understands this and comes with LAN support to help you import audiobooks from your computer.
As if all of this was not enough, the devs behind the app also added a podcast player to the app. You can also control playback speeds and reorder episodes. Another notable feature is auto-bookmark where the app will remember where you left in case of a call, message, app switch or app crash. Oh, and you can add notes to bookmarks. Do you like listening to audiobooks published by indie authors? If you do then you are going to like Libro. They have a business model that is very similar to that of Audible.
They have a strong collection with over k audiobooks and support DRM-free content as well. The good thing about buying credits from Libro is that, unlike Audible, they never expire. Libro is working with over indie bookstores to bring you the best of audiobooks at your fingertips. Not everyone is a fan of the subscription model. A lot depends on your reading habits too which is why Libro will allow you to buy individual audiobooks too.
Download Libro. Again, just like other big players in the audiobook niche, the first audiobook is free after which you get 1 audiobook a month.
You can buy additional credits. Travelers will be happy to know that you can download audiobooks for offline listening. Google Play Books also builds in audiobook features, allowing you to listen to your purchased audiobooks across platforms and devices. That enables listeners to pick up where they left off on their Android device, iPhone, or desktop PC.
Audiobook controls allow you to skip ahead or scroll along the timeline, jump to chapters, and configure playback speed and a snooze timer. Unlike others in our list of best audiobook apps, Google Play Books doesn't run on a monthly subscription, instead allowing users to preview audiobooks and then buy what they want over the Google Play Books marketplace. While Kobo may not have the same big name recall of Amazon in the US ebooks and audiobooks market, it offers a rich library of ebooks and audiobooks in its online marketplace and reader apps.
Kobo's audiobook player covers your basics, with a timeline scrubber bar, timeskip buttons, chapter navigation, playback speed configuration and a snooze timer. The Kobo app provides cross-platform syncing and a customizable ebook reader in addition to the audiobook player. Download Kobo: Android , iOS.
The app features a thoughtful control scheme designed to keep you from easily losing your place and includes drive and sleep modes, as well as supporting background playback. Extra features include a custom bookmarking feature that can automatically remember where you last stopped, playback speed controls, and AirPlay support. The free trial lasts for 60 days and allows you to import three audiobooks. Download Bookmobile: iOS. If you're looking to listen to DRM-free audiobooks already in your collection, Smart AudioBook Player is a popular choice for Android devices that comes with a good selection of features, such as variable playback speed, bookmarking, an audio equalizer, some basic collection management features, a sleep timer and control widgets for the notification tray and your home screen.
Ad and IAP-free, Listen is a highly configurable player that includes variable playback speed, a built-in equalizer, sleep timer, embedded chapter support, bookmarks, lock screen controls, and widgets. Users can sync their current position and bookmarks across multiple devices, configure skip times, UI colors, and configure headset button shortcuts.
Download Listen Audiobook Player: Android. If you're not looking to spend a cent on apps — best audiobook players or otherwise — you can always go with free and open source options. Voice Audiobook Player has a clean, Material design-based interface that delivers some useful playback features without charing you a thing. Library management is a simple, folder-based affair, and playback options include variable playback speed, bookmarks and a sleep timer.
It's comparatively basic next to others on our list of best audiobook apps, but you also can't argue with that price. Download Voice Audiobook Player: Android. Rather than use a subscription model like Audible or Audiobooks. Audiobooks Now offers an integrated market and audiobook player with a library of more than , bestsellers and classics. Users can stream audiobooks for on-demand listening, or download titles to read them on the go. The app comes with bookmarking and playback controls, incoming call auto-pause and resume, and multi-device syncing.
In addition to its in-app marketplace, Audiobooks Now also offers a book club-style subscription system that provides steep discounts of up to 50 percent on your audiobook purchases. The selection skews to fiction, but there are all types of genres represented here.
I have liked most aspects of the MP3 Audiobook Player. It has the ability to boost the volume and speed books up well beyond the standard 2. The interface is easy to use and I like that it provides multiple ways to get audiobooks onto your device. One of my favorite features is the ability to bundle a bunch of MP3s into one book so you don't have to fiddle around with multiple files and trying to get them in the right order.
My only complaint with MP3 Audiobook Player is that it starts playing paused books whenever my iPhone rings. That bug is super annoying. If the developers could fix this issue, MP3 Audiobook Player would be nigh unto perfect. The app will lock up and demand money to finish. The so called free version of this application is not really a free version.
Up front it should be noted that this is truly a crippled demo of the paid version that is ad supported. The inability to finish books over a specific length is ridiculous, as you will watch ads the whole time. This would be equivalent to watching television with commercials then being told you have to pay to watch the last 15 minutes of the program. State up front in the storeyou can only listen to 12 hours per book while being forced to watch ads.
It's a good app and does exactly what it says it'll do. I was glad to pay the upgrade price to unlock all features. What mostly surprised me is that after syncing a handful of Audiobooks I own in mp3 format, when playing the files the app shows the file name, and not the track name. For those unfamiliar with metadata tagging, this means that if I've taken the effort to tag all of my files so that TRACK name would appear correctly when playing the book in iTunes or another app eg.
Harry Potter 6 - Admittedly, MOST of my files are music related, so I have carefully tagged the metadata in ALL of them so that the track name will appear correctly in any app or software that plays media files.
This is the first time I've ever used a audio file app that recognizes mp3 files but only by the file name.
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