Audible vs Kobo Plus
January 26, 2026 | Author: Maria Lin
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Audible is Amazon-owned online audiobook service that allows users to purchase and listen to audiobooks through its iPhone and Android apps. Books cannot be purchased individually - they are available through a subscription (starting at $15/month), which provides users with "credits" that can be redeemed for content monthly. The library includes over 200,000 audiobooks across all genres, including exclusive works. Once purchased, a book remains in the user's library and can be downloaded or listened to at any time. The app allows offline listening, adjustable playback speed, and sleep timers. Car mode is also supported.
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Kobo's service that lets you read and/or listen to an unlimited number of books for a flat monthly fee. Not all books in the Kobo store are included - only those participating in the Kobo Plus program. Book availability may also vary depending on your country and registration. The books you borrow through a subscription aren't yours forever: you can access them only while your subscription is active (like at a library). If you want to keep them forever, you need to purchase them separately. Kobo offers flexible subscription plans - separate for reading ebooks only or audiobooks only.
Audible vs Kobo Plus in our news:
2019. Audible.com brings Choose Your Own Adventure Stories to Alexa devices
Amazon’s Audible, in a dazzling display of technophilic whimsy, has embarked on a noble experiment: bringing Choose Your Own Adventure-style storytelling to Alexa devices. This isn’t just your average narrative fare—it’s a professionally orchestrated, voice-controlled leap into the imagination, courtesy of the original Choose Your Own Adventure book series publisher, ChooseCo. Ah, ChooseCo! The same merry band that once jousted legally with Netflix over a particularly cheeky Black Mirror episode, claiming said streaming behemoth had sidestepped acquiring the proper license for the sacred “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark. Yet, here they are, poised to ride Netflix’s coattails and woo a generation of gadget-wielding youths who now view interactive storytelling as less a novelty and more an art form, or perhaps a delightful new distraction.
