Nextory vs Storytel
January 04, 2026
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Swedish subscription service for reading e-books and listening to audiobooks, Nextory has become popular in Europe, especially in the Nordic countries. It gives book lovers access to a vast digital library directly in the mobile app and offers audiobooks and e-books on a variety of topics and genres, from fiction to non-fiction. Books can be downloaded and listened to or read offline. Of course, there are bookmarks, progress syncing and reading settings. Nextory also offers personalized book recommendations based on your interests. You can create a family account with multiple profiles for family members.
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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).
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2025. Storytel allows to buy audiobooks without subscription
Storytel now allows you to purchase audiobooks and ebooks individually in the app or on storytel.com (regardless of whether you have a subscription). These are primarily books from major publishers like Penguin Random House and Hachette. Examples of ebooks and audiobooks available for purchase in the app include Harry's memoir "Spare," Dan Brown's "The Secret of Secrets," James Clear's "Atomic," Habits, Schuyler Bailar's "He/She/They," and Erica Ridley's "My Rogue to Ruin." These books are only available in a few countries, such as Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
