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What it is

Loyal Books offers free audiobooks and eBooks on the web, Android, and iOS. Its app page lists 7,000+ audiobooks and 35,000+ eBooks, with material including children’s books, fiction, and mysteries. Books are available in 25+ languages. The catalog includes public-domain works digitized and recorded by volunteers, most sourced from Gutenberg.org and Librivox.org; Loyal Books says all audiobooks on its website are in the public domain. It also offers best sellers. Audiobooks can be streamed or downloaded for offline listening, and playback speed is adjustable. Readers can browse featured books and top charts, and use reviews, ratings, and other discovery features. The website describes its browsing as primarily visual and screen reader friendly for people with vision disabilities. Its privacy policy says the service collects reviews, desktop or mobile preference cookies, and standard server logs, which it says are not shared outside the company. Google and its partners use tracking and third-party cookies to serve ads, and the site uses Google Analytics Advertising Features.

Spec sheet

What it does
Loyal Books is a searchable service for streaming or downloading public-domain audiobooks and eBooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Audience
The catalog includes children's books, fiction, mysteries, and more.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Privacy
The privacy policy says the site collects reviews, desktop or mobile preference cookies, and standard server logs, and that this information is not shared outside the company.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Support
The app page directs Android and iOS comments and requests to [email protected] and [email protected].Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Headquarters
Google Play lists Twist Idea LLC at 7547 Kimberly Ln, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346, United States.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Accessibility
The official about page describes the website as screen-reader friendly and primarily visual for browsing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Advertising
The privacy policy says Google and its partners use tracking and third-party cookies to serve ads, and that the site uses Google Analytics Advertising Features.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Book sources
The catalog draws from Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, user submissions and other sources.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Catalog
The app page lists 7,000+ audiobooks and 35,000+ eBooks.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Catalog scale
The Android listing states that the service offers more than 7,000 audiobooks and 35,000 eBooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Catalog sourcing
Loyal Books says public-domain books are digitized and recorded by volunteers, with most sourced from Gutenberg.org and Librivox.org.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Company legal name
The official submission license identifies the operator as Twist Idea LLC, doing business as Loyal Books.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Content license
The submission license gives Twist Idea LLC a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, adapt, distribute and commercially use submitted material.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Copyright status
The About page says all audiobooks on LoyalBooks.com are in the public domain.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Discovery
The app offers featured books, top charts, reviews, ratings, and discovery features.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Discovery tools
The app provides featured books, top charts, genre browsing and user reviews or ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Formats and access
Users can stream titles or download them for offline listening and reading.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Former name
The service changed its name from Books Should Be Free to Loyal Books.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Genres
Official navigation includes fiction, fantasy, mystery, history, philosophy, poetry, romance, science fiction, children’s books and other categories.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Google Play availability
The Android listing shows 100K+ downloads, contains ads and in-app purchases, and has a Mature 17+ rating.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Google Play data safety
Google’s listing says the developer declares no third-party data sharing, no data collection and encryption in transit.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Google Play update
The Android app listing reports an update on October 8, 2025, described as bug fixes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Independent feature study
A 2024 comparative study scored Loyal Books at 130 of 261 checklist features (49.8%) and rated it below average among five talking-book apps.Read 15 Oct 2026 · researchgate.net
iOS technical details
AppBrain lists version 1.5, a 13.46 MB download, a December 5, 2019 last update and no current ranking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · appbrain.com
Languages
The Android listing says books are available in more than 25 languages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Legacy Android limitation
AppBrain says the CD8x Android app was removed from Google Play on April 1, 2024 and required Android 4.0 or newer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · appbrain.com
License term
The submission license is perpetual unless Twist Idea expressly terminates it.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Limit: advertising and dated interface
A Headway review identifies ads and a dated, cluttered interface as drawbacks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · makeheadway.com
Limit: Android reliability
Chrome-Stats summarizes user complaints about crashes, library-loading failures and downloads that disappear or fail offline.Read 15 Oct 2026 · chrome-stats.com
Limit: missing continuity features
Google Play reviewers request cross-device bookmarks and text-to-speech for eBooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Limit: missing newer books
Independent reviewers say the free catalog is dominated by older classics and has no recent releases.Read 15 Oct 2026 · makeheadway.com
Limit: narration variability
A Headway review says volunteer narration quality varies between books.Read 15 Oct 2026 · makeheadway.com
Limit: playback and formatting bugs
Apple reviewers report malformed book descriptions, playback cutting off near section ends and books stopping before completion.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Maker product page
Twist Idea’s company site describes Loyal Books as a flagship product with downloads for iPhone, Android, Kindle and MP3 players.Read 15 Oct 2026 · twistidea.com
Paid catalog
A separate official section lists commercial best sellers for users seeking newer or wider selection.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Playback
The app includes adjustable playback speed.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Playback speed
The Android app supports adjustable audiobook playback speed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Praise: free classic library
Apple reviewers repeatedly value the free access to large collections of classic books and the discovery section.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Praise: selection and usability
Trustburn reviewers repeatedly praise the large free selection and an intuitive or easy-to-navigate website.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustburn.com
Praise: sleep timer
An Apple reviewer praised the sleep timer because playback pauses and can resume from earphones with the timer reset.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Privacy and advertising
The privacy page says the site uses cookies, server logs, Google advertising cookies, DoubleClick and Google Analytics Advertising Features.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Rating on AppBrain iOS listing
4.45 out of 5 from 360 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · appbrain.com
Rating on Apple App Store
4.5 out of 5 from 360 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on Google Play
4.1 out of 5 from 912 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Rating on legacy Android listing
3.00 out of 5 from 12 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · appbrain.com
Rating on Trustburn
4.1 out of 5 from 9 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustburn.com
Submission limit
The submission form instructs authors with more than 50 chapters to split the material into two submissions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Submission workflow
Authors can submit book metadata, narrator information, chapter details, MP3 URLs and total play time through an official form.Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com
Submissions and contact
The About page invites audiobook or eBook submissions through a form and lists [email protected] for questions or comments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com

Plans and prices

Free public-domain audiobooks and eBooks Free public-domain catalog · ads Read 15 Oct 2026 · loyalbooks.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Lists 7,000+ audiobooks and 35,000+ eBooks
  • Audiobooks can be downloaded for offline listening
  • Offers titles in 25+ languages
  • Playback speed is adjustable

Limits

  • All website audiobooks are stated to be public domain
  • Browsing is described as primarily visual
  • Google and its partners use tracking and third-party cookies for ads

Who it suits

Loyal Books suits readers and listeners looking for free audiobooks and eBooks across web and mobile. Its offline listening option may suit audiobook listeners who want to download titles before listening.

Verdict

Loyal Books combines a large listed catalog with streaming, downloads, and discovery features. Readers should note its stated public-domain status for website audiobooks and the advertising cookies described in its privacy policy.

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