Audible alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Audible 2/5 · US Money: It’s stupid expensive to only get 1 free title a month. $15 for 1 book
2. [R19] Audible 1/5 · US Don’t waste money here: Your credits only grant access to books while you maintain a subscription. Highly recommend using the many free audiobook resources & apps public libraries provide.
3. [R31] Audible 1/5 · US Over 40 titles with audible and I’ll never purchase again.: Amazon’s new “Standard” plan doesn’t allow to you listen to the books you purchase when you cancel your membership. What a greedy scam, unbelievable.
4. [R49] Audible 2/5 · GB Too expensive: Im a artist and I love painting while listening. To stories however in recent years thd price for books and podcasts have skyrocketed. I use the student discount for a monthly subscription which gives me a credit for one book a month. This is crazy considering you don’t even get to keep said book if you cancel your subscription! I’d boycott audible entirely if I didn’t enjoy reading
5. [R7] Audible 1/5 · US SO. SO. ANNOYING!: i’m finally deleting this stupid, stupid app . I have tried every possible solution, but nothing works. Audible simply MUST play immediately upon connecting to my car’s Bluetooth. No restrictions set on my phone matter. It blows past every one of them and starts playing immediately. The only solution is to delete it. It’s just not worth it.
6. [R12] Audible 3/5 · GB Recent updates have made this app painfully slow: I have over 300 titles and going into my library takes over 20 seconds. However the ads still manage to load instantly.
7. [R15] Audible 3/5 · GB App needs work: The sync function is terrible and can take 5 seconds before it lets you resume play. I only use this on one device… it’s completely pointless and can’t be turned off. The app store is not easy to navigate. E.g. Audible regularly sends emails advertising sales, however the links take you to the website in a browser rather than the app. The app has no tab for the ‘members only’ sale,
8. [R18] Audible 3/5 · GB Bug??: Love it but since last update it disconnects every few minutes which then needs a switch on again.
9. [R22] Audible 1/5 · US to geared towards selling more books: need it to show me my library and play my books. an audiobook player only!
10. [R25] Audible 1/5 · US Garbage: The team that develops this app must not listen to audiobooks. Chaotic layout, hides useful features and show ads for books I wouldn’t want in a thousand years. Also, you can’t pause your account while you have credits or Jeff takes them to pay for his yachts. Team Orca!
11. [R27] Audible 3/5 · GB Love and irked by this app: I love this app and the volume & variety of books available but I don’t understand why it isn’t better. It’s expensive enough we deserve it to be better. 1) why do the Finished titles not remain in finished order? 2) why can’t you get a CSV download of all the details of all your finished titles? 3) why can’t you select & reorder the filter on the Audiobooks menu?
12. [R3] Audible 3/5 · US Fix Podcasts: If you are going to buy all my favorite podcasts and put them ad free on this app, then the app should be up to date. I see new episodes that I wanna listen to in my Apple podcast app, but they are not available on the audible app for days.
13. [R39] Audible 1/5 · US Podcast are Difficult to Find and Don’t Play in Order: Moving over from the Wondery app and trying to find the podcast and follow them is clunky and unintuitive. It is a complete downgrade in the experience I was use to with Wondery. Update: Dropping to 1-Star. Trying auto-play podcast in order is a nightmare. For example, you find a new podcast you like and want listen to oldest to newest…it wi
14. [R4] Audible 1/5 · US Disgusting: I want to know why money was taken off my debit card without my permission I don't even have this app any more and yet money was taken off my debit card without my permission that is not right once again you all are taking money off my card without permission and if it doesn't stop I will be seeing a lawyer I don't have this app so stop taking money from my card or you will be hearing
15. [R10] Audible 1/5 · US You get stuck in a payment loop: Not a great policy
16. [R13] Audible 1/5 · US 😩: Made it to difficult to connect accounts or to even log in
17. [R43] Audible 1/5 · GB Brand new customer.: To say that I’m a brand new customer and already I’m tearing my hair out. You. Simply. Cannot. Get. Through. To. Any. Useful. Help. I was trying to let them know there is a problem with the app. I was trying to actually spend money with them but since they no longer have any human interaction involved anywhere and any automated help is unsophisticated and nonsensical. They hav
18. [R9] Audible 3/5 · US Mostly good: I don’t like ai and offensive books being thrown in my face, however I do like listening to books.
19. [R55] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US Great app!: Links to library and so much better to read with the larger screens and in the apple ecosystem. Great library and customer experience. Wish it linked better to Audible.
20. [R59] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US kindle: Always had to have book in hand now loving kindle vast selection of books
21. [R61] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US Best Amazon product: I don’t know why Amazon is not pushing for kindle to be in every household. It’s so easy to use and I have read so many books from kindle unlimited ($15/month) instead of spending $15/ book. The convenience is awesome too, I use kindle from my phone and I don’t have to worry about carrying my book everywhere. It’s so easy to replace browsing with reading. Absolutely love this
22. [R63] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US My. Kindle Unlimited.: With the borrowing, I can try an author & if I read his book a while & don’t like it , I just return it with no charge. I have found several authors I like this way. Plus you get to read a ton of books every month. I keep track of the value of the books I read each month, plus the value of the ones I tried & didn’t like. KU saved me that amount it would have cost if I wars b
23. [R66] Libby 5/5 · US Amazing: I can’t believe this is free
24. [R69] Libby 5/5 · US I love borrowing all the different books: I would rate this 5 stars 🤩 love it such a useful app if you don’t want to go to the actual library.
25. [R71] Libby 5/5 · US Best book app ever!!!!!!!!…: This app is so good if you want to have a good online library then this is definitely for you
26. [R72] Libby 5/5 · US Great except….: WAIT TIMES! You’re getting (basically) FREE BOOKS THOUGH!!! Soooo still 5 star 👍🏼
27. [R80] Amazon Music 5/5 · US MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MUSIC APP!!: This app is by far the best app I have ever had to listen to music!! Unlike Spotify, there are no ads!! I wouldn’t trade this app for the world!! In middle school, this app was a staple on the bus, all I needed was my earbuds, my music, and a seat and I was happy💗💗✝️✝️
28. [R82] Amazon Music 5/5 · US Awesome!!!: I tried so many different music streaming platforms but all of them had tons of ads and they were poor quality but Amazon music is a great choice and I highly recommend it!!
29. [R84] Amazon Music 5/5 · US SO AMAZING!!: you have all ur music and no ads it’s like the best ever!! totally recommend!!! (but the podcast variety could be a little better but it’s still great)
30. [R92] Amazon Music 5/5 · US Amazon Music: Absolutely the best way to listen with no commercials and has every album
31. [R99] Apple Podcasts 1/5 · US Do apple devs use this app?: This app lacks so many features other apps offer on their free tier. It makes it so confusing to listen to one podcast with only the unlistened episodes in any order new to old or old to new, it jumps to different podcasts when I want to listen a specific podcast episode after episode, it replays episodes I have already played…. I feel with a little bit of interest and
32. [R100] Apple Podcasts 5/5 · US Language development: This is the most helpful app that I’ve ever used for improving my English skills! Now i see myself using this app everyday. Is there any way to get rid of this addiction? Haha Please keep this app FREE!
33. [R103] Apple Podcasts 5/5 · US Pods: Really easy to use and found all my podcasts on this app
34. [R108] Podcast App 5/5 · US App: Great app for podcasts and I have been using it for more than a year.
35. [R111] Podcast App 5/5 · US You Don’t know, what you don’t know!: I absolutely love The Hidden Brain app. I, of course enjoy listening to topics of interest, but I also enjoy listening to many topics I know little or nothing about. This app has broadened my knowledge and understanding regarding many global issues I would not normally learn about. I let the new topics be my choice several times a month. Give it a try!
36. [R114] Podcast App 4/5 · US Great podcast app: I only wish you could download podcast episodes. Besides that, it is great. It is my go to podcast app.
37. [R117] Podcast App 5/5 · US Love this app: What I like is how I can sort oldest to newest episodes and create groups for different types of podcasts.
38. [R75] Libby 5/5 · US WOW: Libby was so easy for me to sign up for. It allowed me to read so many books on my kindle for free! All you need is a library card and a few other things and you set. I highly recommend this app.
39. [R56] Amazon Kindle 1/5 · US new update has major issues: the newest update has major issues. you click see more book details and it just keeps opening same short detail page. “add to a list” option is gone. can’t view all books in a series it just keeps showing you the same 1 book in the series you are currently viewing. and audible will not download within the book keep getting an error within the book
40. [R107] Podcast App 2/5 · US Ad Prison: You are forced to watch a “30 second ad“ to access the app, but there’s no way to escape the ad either before 30 seconds or after. You’re still forced to go to the App Store for the ad, then cancel out of that. You’ll spend at least a minute and a half escaping the prison.
41. [R110] Podcast App 1/5 · US Ads don’t close, have to restart app: I’ve really liked this app in the past but the past couple months the number of ads has skyrocketed and they hijack your phone and don’t give you an option to close out of them. The only way to get out of the ad and back to the app itself is to restart the app completely. It’s truly unusable. Scanning other reviews, it seems like many others are having this pr