AudiobooksNow vs Loyal Books

AudiobooksNow lets customers buy audiobooks individually or join an optional Club Pricing Plan for discounts. Purchased titles remain in a customer’s library without an active plan. The service lists a catalog of over 480,000 audiobooks and supports listening on the web, Android, and iOS. Customers can stream on the website or download purchases; the help center says over 95% of titles are DRM-free and available as MP3 files, while some titles require DRM and are limited to app or website streaming. Bookmarks sync across listening locations, and fully downloaded audiobooks can be played offline after signing into the app. Free Android and iOS apps are listed, with Android Auto and CarPlay support respectively. Monthly Club Pricing costs $4.99 a month after a 30-day free trial and discounts the first audiobook each month by 50%, with 35–40% off other eligible titles. Annual Club Pricing costs $35.99 a year and discounts any 12 audiobooks by 50%, with 35–40% off other titles. Club enrollment and Club Price purchases are unavailable in the Apple iOS app but can be completed on the website. AudiobooksNow says it is available worldwide, though title availability can vary by country.

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.