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| Figure | Audiobooks.com | LibriVox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $14.95/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Audiobook Apps | 9.2 (#1) | 8.5 (#3) |
| Catalog | The site advertises access to over 700,000 audiobook titles. | Listeners can browse the catalog by author, title, genre or subject, and language. |
| Founded | 2012 | LibriVox was started in August 2005 by Hugh McGuire. |
| Languages | The catalog includes English plus languages such as Spanish, French, Italian and German when available. | Volunteers may record in any language and the catalog supports multilingual projects. |
| Offline listening | Previously downloaded books can be played without an internet connection, although browsing is unavailable offline. | Users can download complete books or chapters and listen later without an internet connection. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from 66K ratings | 4.8 out of 5 from 33K ratings. |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.5 out of 5 from 64K reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 68.1K reviews. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 2.5 out of 5 from 5K reviews | 4.2 out of 5 from 8 reviews. |
| Support | Customer support is available by email and live chat Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. | LibriVox says its forum is the best way to get in touch, with email also available. |
| What it does | Audiobooks.com streams and downloads digital audiobooks and other audio entertainment through its website and mobile apps. | LibriVox volunteers record public-domain books and release the audio online for free. |
Plans
Audiobooks.com
- 30-day free trialFree
- Free audiobooks accessFree
- Monthly membership$14.95 a month
- Monthly subscription$14.95 a month
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LibriVox
LibriVox is a free audiobook library built from volunteer recordings of public-domain books. Listeners can browse by author, title, genre or subject, and language, then play or download individual audio files, download a book ZIP, subscribe to RSS or use BitTorrent. Catalog pages provide 64 kbps and 128 kbps MP3 files, and most books also have an M4B option. Its podcast presents one book at a time in three audio installments per week. Recordings are accepted in all languages; volunteers need no prior experience or audition, just a voice, a computer and free recording software. The catalog API offers audiobook, track and author endpoints for apps that refresh catalog data. It returns 50 records by default, up to 500 per request, with offset batches for larger pulls. Recordings are donated to the public domain, though status can vary by country. LibriVox began in 2005 and is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web and Windows. The catalog can include older works with language or ideas some readers find offensive or antiquated.