Audible vs Storytel
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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Storytel is an international audiobook streaming service (over 800,000 stories in 40 languages) that also offers access to 2,500,000 ebooks. It operates on an all-inclusive model: for a monthly fee of €9.99 per month, users gain unlimited access to the entire library. A family plan allows up to three users to listen simultaneously with a single subscription. Kids' mode containes only children's books and allows content restrictions. You can download audiobooks and ebooks for offline reading on your favorite devices in the app. You can subscribe to your favorite author, narrator or series and receive personalized recommendations based on your previous listening habits. In addition to classic and popular books, the app offers exclusive audio series and podcasts (Storytel Originals).
Audible vs Storytel in our news:
2020. Audible updated library management on iOS
Audiobook service Audible has revised their library system in iOS app. Users will now be able to organize by genre or create collections. If you are juggling a few different audiobooks at once, you can now find titles by listening status. Now you can find titles by listening status: With the new “Titles” feature you can filter your titles to started, not-started & finished. View titles can be organized by genres: For those who seek organization without the effort, books are automatically organized by Genre. You can create your own custom folders/collections: Create folders with unique names and add titles into collections for custom organization. The new Favorites section allows easy access to your most listened titles; re-listen over and over again
