Top 10 Audiobook Apps In 2023

Audiobooks, one of the fastest-growing segments in digital publishing, make it easy to read and listen to bestsellers on the go. Audiobooks are now more accessible than ever before, thanks to advances in technology, and their popularity is on the rise.

Here is the list of the top 10 audiobooks:

1. Audible

Audible is one of the top-rated audiobook apps, with over 200,000 English and Hindi audiobooks and original titles, including 400 titles by Indian authors. It has the largest audiobook library, with genres such as classic, fiction, non-fiction, technology, politics, fashion, health & wellness, and romance, among others. Audible India offers a 30-day free trial after which you must sign up for a monthly subscription. It allows for simple book exchanges and returns. It enables you to listen to an unlimited number of Audible Original shows for free. Most importantly, even if you cancel your membership, you will still be able to access all of your downloaded audiobooks in your Audible library.

2. Spotify

Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service that also provides a good selection of audiobooks to its users. All Android and iOS devices can use the audiobook app. Its book collection includes biography, popular fiction and non-fiction, children's storybooks, sci-fi fantasy, and other genres. The extensive collection of audiobooks caters to the needs of all age groups, including children, teenagers, and young adults.

3. Audiobook

While this cloud-based platform's library is not as extensive as Audible's, the Audiobooks app does have an impressive catalogue of 175,000+ premium titles. Bestseller fiction and non-fiction, business and economics, classic literature, award-winning drama and comedy, mystery, thriller and horror, foreign language titles, and much more are available. This free audiobook app is available for iOS and Android mobile devices, and it allows you to listen to audiobooks in real time or download them for offline listening. It also provides its readers with access to over 1.2 million free podcasts. 

4. Google Play book

Google Play Books, a cross-platform application, has over a million bestselling ebooks, comics, textbooks, and audiobooks. It allows you to listen to audiobooks for free before purchasing them. It enables you to easily transfer audiobooks between devices such as smartphones, e-readers, desktop computers, and tablets. This app does not use a subscription model, but it does allow in-app purchases. It is available for iOS and Android devices to download.

5. Hoopla

Hoopla is a digital media service that allows you to borrow audiobooks, films, eBooks, music, and other media to watch on your mobile device, desktop PC, tablet, or TV. It has a massive collection of hundreds of thousands of titles from which to choose. It lets you stream digital content or download and watch it offline at your leisure.

6. LibriVox

LibriVox, one of the best free audiobook apps on the market, is a good choice for beginners who want to try out audiobooks before committing to a premium plan. Librivox is a non-profit, ad-free project in which volunteers from all over the world contribute recordings in various languages to the public domain. It has a decent collection of 15,000 free audiobooks, including classics, biographies and memoirs, gothic fiction, romance, poetries, and more. 

7. Serialbox

This is yet another excellent audiobook app that is free to download and use. You get both the audiobook and the eBook for one low price with Serial Box, which you can listen to or read on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Furthermore, with their Flow Reader feature, you can switch back and forth with a single click. This audiobook app provides bite-sized stories in genres such as sci-fi/fantasy, drama, comedy, fiction, non-fiction, and others. It also provides a free preview of nearly all titles, allowing you to read/listen to the eBooks and audiobooks before purchasing them.

8. Loyal Books

Loyal Books, a great option in the free audiobook apps for Android category, offers a selection of over 7000 audiobooks and eBooks. Aside from a diverse range of genres, the majority of titles on this platform are available in a variety of languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, French, Urdu, and many more.

 It provides an easy search option, allowing you to look for eBooks/audiobooks by title, keywords, or author. This free audiobook app for iOS devices is also available. 

9. eStories

eStories is the best audiobooks app that can be easily downloaded for Android or iPhone devices, with over 120,000 audiobook titles. Its extensive library includes fiction and nonfiction audiobooks, as well as mystery and thrillers, history, young adult books, NYT bestsellers, and new releases. You can easily find your next favourite audiobook using personalised search, which you can stream or download for offline listening. It can also sync your audiobooks across (up to) ten devices automatically.

10. Scribd

Scribd is an eBook and audiobook subscription service based in the United States that provides easy access to over one million titles. The app is free to download for iOS and Android users. It is the world's largest digital library, with subscribers able to read/listen to an unlimited number of eBooks and audiobooks at any time and from any location. However, when compared to the other audiobook apps on this list, its audiobook collection is quite small (30,000).