Audiobook Platform reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 234 Reddit reviews across 10 subreddits and 29 posts to rank the best Audiobook Platform brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/audiobooks, r/acotar, r/TheExpanse, r/AskReddit, r/suggestmeabook. Top-rated brands include Libby (4.8/5), Audible (4.3/5), Hoopla (4.5/5).
Stats
Reviews234
Subreddits10
Posts29
Brands36
Products2
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#1
Libby
4.8
(65)
"To borrow audiobooks from your local library for free"
"Libby and Hoopla!"
"Borrow audiobooks for free from your local library through Libby/ Hoopla apps"
"Asked 100 times. Libby or Hoopla."
"I use Libby and Hoopla through my library."
"Libby. get a library card, plug in the info, borrow books from the library directly to your device."
"Definitely look into Libby and Hoopla. They are great."
"I’m mostly Libby and hoopla. I’m at 7 Libby listens and 1 hoopla and 4 audibles for the month so far."
"Libby is the best non-paid service"
"Hoopla and Libby"
#2
Audible
4.3
(54)
"Audible is the best paid service"
"Audible (Best overall): You get monthly credits to get the audiobooks of your choice + access to the Plus Catalog with over 70,000 titles."
"Audible, haven't needed to buy an audiobook in years"
"Audible is great if you want to pay for audiobooks. And I do pay for them on Audible. Lots of them."
"Audible is well worth it IMO!"
"I have the audible 2 books a month subscription."
"Audible is the best in terms of quality and selection and ease of obtaining books."
"Audible is the best if you can afford the subscription, hands down."
"If you want the widest selection then Audible is the way to go."
"Audible is simply the best, imo."
#3
Hoopla
4.5
(20)
"To borrow audiobooks from your local library for free"
"Are good if you have a library card!"
"Borrow audiobooks for free from your local library through Libby/ Hoopla apps"
"Asked 100 times. Libby or Hoopla."
"I use Libby and Hoopla through my library."
"Definitely look into Libby and Hoopla. They are great."
"I’m mostly Libby and hoopla. I’m at 7 Libby listens and 1 hoopla and 4 audibles for the month so far."
"Hoopla and Libby"
"Libby/ Hoopla: To borrow audiobooks from your local library for free"
"My library uses Hoopla, and I get 10 instant borrows per month, plus unlimited flex borrows."
#4
Libro.fm
4.3
(20)
"Libro.fm connected to my local book store who will get a percentage of the profit."
"Libro.fm is the best!"
"Ive had such a fantastic experience with Libro.fm! I highly highly recommend it over audible!"
"[Libro.fm](https://libro.fm/membership)is a subscription based audiobook service that supports local bookstores."
"You support a local bookstore and don’t support Amazon"
"I have libro fm every other month membership."
"Libro.fm is one I’ve used more recently."
"You might try Libro.fm. I looked at it just to satisfy my curiosity and they had some books that others don’t."
"Also try the Apple Store or Libro.fm"
"A referral code if it helps someone someday..."
#5
Chirp
4.0
(13)
"Chirp, no membership required and has a bunch of great sales all the time but doesn’t have the widest selection."
"Chirp: If you want to purchase audiobooks at significantly reduced prices without a membership."
"[Chirpbooks.com](http://Chirpbooks.com) [Libro.fm](http://Libro.fm) Libby and Hoopla if your library has them."
"Chirp sells greatly discounted books. I use them all the time."
"A great benefit to our service is the ease of gifting."
"I use chirp and usually buy during the sales!!"
"Full disclosure that I work for Chirp, but we have some good free options, too!"
"Chirp Audiobooks always has a good selection of titles on sale for $5.99 and less."
"Chirpbooks.com"
"Check out Chirp - they have great sales on audiobooks every week."
#6
Storytel
4.4
(8)
"Storytel is the best. You make an account and choose subscription plan. You can both listen/read books as much as you'd like"
"+1 for storytel"
"Storytel. Live in Europe but my account is in Mexico."
"Storytel"
"Other than audible i also use storytel and everand."
"I use Storytel too, I think they have support for a lot of countries. Not sure where OP are based. I like them though"
"I love Storytel it is cheap, loads of audio and ebooks and there is no limit."
"Storytel is great"
#7
Spotify
3.7
(6)
"Spotify: if you are already on a premium subscription it also includes a decent selection of audiobooks."
"I've been enjoying Spotify premium recently for audiobooks."
"According to Brandon Sanderson, Spotify is better than audible."
"Has also started audio books which is great if you already have a subscription."
"Spotify has a surprisingly large amount of audiobooks. But if you also listen to mudic there you loose the position of your book everytime you use it for music."
"Both Spotify and Audible are acceptable platforms."
#8
Librivox
4.4
(5)
"Check out LibriVox for classics."
"Is my favorite for free and public domain audio books."
"For public domain audiobooks: LibriVox"
"Librivox doesn't have every audiobook, but it has public domain audiobooks."
"Librivox has a good deal of audiobooks to listen to"
#9
Downpour
4.5
(4)
"[Downpour.com](https://Downpour.com) is my fave; the "daily steal" is incredible, no subscription needed."
"Often has sales and is easy to use and has a wide variety of stuff."
"Downpour: similar to audible but most of the content is DRM-feee, so you can actually own it rather than a limited revokable license"
"[downpour.com](https://downpour.com) allows people to download normal MP3s of purchases."
#10
Everand
4.3
(4)
"Everand without doubt, you pay the subscription and have almost unlimited books to listen."
"I am loving Everand! I read at least 2 books a week."
"Everand has a great selection of newer audiobooks."
"Everand/Scribd: it's a subscription where you don't own the books, I think the goal was Netflix for books."
#11
Scribd
4.0
(4)
"I do subscribe to Scribd, but some people who listen to a lot of audiobooks through them find that their access is throttled."
"Scribd is probably the best one. Unlimited downloads and cheaper than audible."
"Got a free months subscription and they seem to at least have a good number of titles that I want to listen to."
"The library is MASSIVE and it’s cheaper than audible."
#12
BorrowBox
4.3
(3)
"I discovered BorrowBox recently and I've been racing through so many books since then."
"I'm in New Zealand and mine uses Borrow Box. It doesn't have everything Audible does, but I'm never lacking for options."
"I use Borrowbox through my library membership. I tend to listen to a lot of them at 1.75 speed as a few I’ve picked out are spoken too slow for me."
#13
Google Play Books
4.0
(3)
"I use google playbooks because I was able to get half for free with sales/free Google play points from surveys and other stuff."
"Or Google Play Books, if you're an Android user."
"I use the Google Play Books. The Percy Jackson books go on sale and they are included in the family library so up to 4 accounts can listen individually."
#14
Anyplay
4.0
(2)
"Anyplay ! Unlimited for 12.99."
"Anyplay it’s unlimited audiobooks for 10 bucks a month."
#15
Apple Books
4.0
(2)
"I personally mainly used Apple Books for books 1-6 and for books 7,8 and 9 I used audible since they were cheaper there"
"I mostly do Libby, but when I actually want to purchase an audiobook, I do it through the Apple Books app on my phone."
#16
Overdrive
5.0
(1)
"Are good if you have a library card!"
#17
Recorded Books
5.0
(1)
"I prefer Recorded Books as they have titles that Audible doesn't carry."
#18
Sora
5.0
(1)
"Might be an option."
#19
OverDrive
4.0
(1)
"This redirects me to 'Sora', which looks like it might suit, thank you."
#20
Readmoo
4.0
(1)
"Try Readmoo: https://moo.im/a/9irsRU"
#21
Sound Booth Theater
4.0
(1)
"Sound booth theater has sometimes some really good titles."
#22
Blinkist
4.0
(1)
"Is pretty great."
#23
Audiobook Boom
4.0
(1)
"I can get free codes to review new audiobooks."
#24
Audio Thicket
4.0
(1)
"They have deals like chirp."
#25
Kindle Unlimited
4.0
(1)
"I mostly use kindle unlimited and search for whatever audio books are available (that's about 11 bucks a month for unlimited access."
#26
Audiobooks.com
4.0
(1)
"Audiobooks.com has a great app"
#27
GraphicAudio
4.0
(1)
"GraphicAudio: full cast audio drama productions."
#28
Next Story
4.0
(1)
"Check out the next story app I recently found it and you can bump your subscription to get truly unlimited audiolistens."
#29
Audiobookshelf
4.0
(1)
"[Audiobookshelf](https://www.audiobookshelf.org/) is awesome and I highly recommend it."
#30
Book Beat
4.0
(1)
"Book Beat is a good one where you pay for a certain amount of hours per month."
#31
Learning Ally
4.0
(1)
"Learning ally if your school is willing to pay for a subscription"
#32
Kindle
3.0
(1)
"I buy the kindle version and I add the audio. I listen to them on my phone with the kindle app."
#33
Kobo
3.0
(1)
"Kobo"
#34
BookFunnel
3.0
(1)
"Both BookFunnel and BookBub offer audiobook distribution."
#35
Apple Store
3.0
(1)
"If you and they have Apple accounts the Apple Store is pretty easy to send gifts through."
#36
Google Play Store
3.0
(1)
"Google Play store and iTunes also sell audiobooks"
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