Loyal Books vs Ubook

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.

Ubook is a streaming subscription service for audiobooks, ebooks, and other digital content, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its catalog lists more than 500,000 items, including podcasts, documentaries, series, newspapers, magazines, and music. Subscribers can download audiobooks, ebooks, series, and podcasts for offline access. Playback speed controls and markers for favorite passages support listening; where a title has both formats, users can choose to read or listen. Ubook says activity can synchronize across devices, so a session started on a phone can continue on a computer or tablet. A 30-day trial offers unlimited reading and listening at no charge, after which users can cancel or accept a subscription offer. Premium costs 24.90 BRL a month and includes the Premium catalog and offline mode. Premium+ costs 39.90 BRL a month and adds a partner app subscription and one extra book per month; named partner examples include Deezer, Looke, and NBA. Content visibility can vary by location, marketplace, and plan. Ubook is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.