Unlike the other audiobook services we’ve already explored, this is a place where you can find completely free audiobooks to download and listen to. If you don’t want to burn through your savings with a monthly audiobook subscription, LibriVox is probably the right website for you. That’s because Google Audiobooks works with a variety of voice commands which allow you to jump chapters or adjust playback speed without pressing a button. The best way to listen to a Google audiobook is through Google Home or on any device that supports the Google Assistant tool. Of course, you can listen to audiobooks from Google on any Google OS device such as Android and Chromecast products, but there’s also a Google Audiobook app for Apple products. That means if you only listen to around a dozen titles per year, Google will probably be the cheaper of the two.Īlthough its selection of titles is certainly smaller than Audible’s, there are still thousands of audiobook titles available through the Google Play store. Our price comparison of a handful of best-seller titles showed that Google Audiobooks consistently prices audiobooks equal to or cheaper than a single credit monthly subscription with Audible. The key differentiator of Google Audiobooks is that it only sells audiobooks individually, and there’s no need to pay a monthly fee to access to affordable prices. Launched in 2018, Google Audiobooks isn’t as well established as Audible, but it’s clearly designed to take it on. Audible books work on more-or-less any device including products running iOS, OS X, Android, Windows, and Amazon Alexa. And, if you aren’t entirely sure Audible is the right service for you, you can cancel your subscription for free in the first 30 days. The great thing about Audible is that if you don’t like an audiobook you’ve purchased, you can exchange it free of charge. If you run out of credits or purchase a slightly cheaper “credit-free” subscription, having a membership will still mean you get heavy discounts Audible titles.

A US$14.95/£7.99/AU$16.45 per month plan will get you a single monthly credit, but you can upgrade to two credits per month as well. Each credit can be used to obtain an audiobook for free, regardless of its price. Fortunately, it manages to live up to the marketing hype with a set of simple subscription plans that have something to offer any audiobook fan.Īudible subscriptions work using 'credits'. If you like podcasts, you might well have heard Audible advertisements on your favorite shows. Through this platform, you’ll also gain access to hundreds of Audible Original titles that you can’t be found through any other service.

Audible is unquestionably the biggest name in the audiobook space, and it deserves that status because of its giant library of more than 200,000 unique titles.

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