Bookmate vs Playary
Bookmate
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| Figure | Bookmate | Playary |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Audiobook Apps | 8.1 (#8) | 8.0 (#13) |
| Support | The site links to a Help Center and provides a contacts page for getting in touch. | Users can contact Playary by email, Discord community or the website contact form. |
Plans
In their own words
Bookmate
Bookmate is a subscription service for reading electronic books and listening to audiobooks, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its catalog lists 1,800,000 books and 100,000 audiobooks in 16 languages, and it describes a free collection of 50,000 books. Readers can upload their own FB2 or EPUB files for use on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop, then adjust brightness, font, and background color. Social features let users follow friends’ reading, share books and quotes, and create or subscribe to themed bookshelves. Audiobooks can be saved for offline listening and synchronized across devices so listeners can resume where they left off. Bookmate lists a free plan and a seven-day trial; the Premium plan is listed at free. The subscription page describes monthly and annual options but does not show their prices. An account is limited to one person and no more than three devices. Books cannot be downloaded and distributed outside Bookmate.
Playary
Playary is a digital entertainment platform for music, audiobooks, podcasts, movies, and series. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, and currently supports Turkish and English. Playary says its service is free, with premium membership options possibly introduced later. Users can download content for playback without mobile data and create unlimited playlists to copy, share, or explore. Content controls include explicit-content filters and blocking for artists, albums, or songs. Podcast subscriptions can be imported or exported through OPML, though imports include only podcasts in Playary's catalog. The service supports video podcasts as well as audio and may embed videos hosted by services such as YouTube and Vimeo. Separate platforms let artists and podcasters upload and manage content. Playary says sensitive personal data is encrypted in transit with TLS and at rest, and describes role-based access controls and multi-factor authentication. Its terms require users to be at least 13 or meet the applicable digital-consent age unless parental consent applies.