If you love to read, but can't find the time, this collection of apps is for you. The apps on this list provide you with thousands of titles to listen to. From the classics to specific genres these audiobook collections will keep you listening for hours on end.
Highest scored apps in the category
For those interested in a huge selection of free and premium audiobooks along with radio shows.
Free Audiobooks HQ offers premium audiobooks as well as old time radio dramas. You can enjoy a huge selection, simple search feature, book previews, recommendations, and easy controls.
FEATURED ON CNET—this is *the* app for busy people who have a graveyard of eBooks (you know who you are, you well-meaning intellectual, you
Catch up on your classic literature with Audiobooks HQ.
Apps with average score
Monologue is an audiobooks player built with an attention to details. It provides a huge and diverse assortment of free and downloadable books to your taste and is full of carefully designed features aiming to focus on the content and make your listen enjoyable.
- 7000+ free audiobooks provided by Librivox.
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Audiobooks provides thousands of free options, background and offline playback, and a customizable sleep timer. Check out popular titles, look for your favorite author, and discover interesting podcasts. The app includes Apple Watch support so you can quickly see how far you are in the current chapter. For a great...
Oodles has 50000 free ebooks and audiobooks
Enjoy 50000 classic books and audiobooks on iPhone and iPad.
Join over 3 million users!
With Oodles, you can
+ Read world's best authors for free
+ Browse books in over 100 categories
+ Take your library anywhere with you
+ Read books offline
+ Listen to audiobooks offline
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Listen to all of those books you should have read by now.
Free Audiobooks boasts over 7,000 free, classic audiobooks to help you find the time to catch up on that "must-read" list. It'll help you kill time while you're stuck in traffic, waiting for a bus, or just hanging out at home but don't want to actually pick up a book.
This application has thousands of free audiobooks, best sellers, new releases and classic books in every genre. Download and listen thousands classic audiobooks. All of them are totally free of charge with this application.
Download audio books to your smartphone or tablet, and you can start listening a great story instantly,...
Could be good for special cases
Are you the kind of person who wants to immerse themselves in a great story by reading a book, but can't find enough free time in your busy day? Or maybe you want to enjoy a good book while folding laundry or jogging in the morning? Whisper is the perfect app to do exactly that.
Whisper has an extensive library of audiobooks narrated by people from all around the world, from best sellers to classics, including Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, Children’s audiobooks and more. The library is updated daily with tons of new releases in every genre and it's all free.
Others would have you pay a small fortune every month just to get 1 or 2 audiobooks, but this app is the first of its kind. Pay once and enjoy the entire library. No account, no paid subscription, no in-app purchases, no hidden fees. You can stream an audiobook to your iOS device and start listening to a great story instantly.
Whisper also supports Background Audio and Background Streaming so if you’re listening to an audiobook and want to switch to another app or just lock your device, you can.
Quality recordings of classic Sci Fi audiobooks from science fiction's Golden Age. Works by Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Harry Harrison, Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and many others.
Great for the commute, for relaxing on the beach, working out at the gym, and walking the dog.
Full list of authors:
• Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Harry Harrison
• Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Robert Silverberg
• Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov
• Robert Sheckley, G.L. Vandenburg
• Edgar Rice Burroughs, Clifford D. Simak
• Ben Bova, Samuel R. Delany, E. E. 'Doc' Smith
• Phillip Jose Farmer, Frederik Pohl
• H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster, John W. Campbell
• Edmond Hamilton, Robert E. Howard, H. G. Wells
• Edgar Rice Burroughs, Charles A Stearns
• Hugh B Cave, Albert R. Teichner, James Blish
• Dean Charles Ing, Frank Herbert
• Edgar Pangborn, Stanley G Weinbaum
• Alan Edward Nourse, Ron Cocking
• Robert H. Wilson, Randall Garrett
• C. C. MacApp, Ambrose Bierce, Fredric Brown
• Rosel George Brown,, Gorden R. Dickson
• Damon Francis Knight, Algis Budrys
• Ray Bradbury, Lyn Venable, Damon Knight
• Lyle Monroe, J E Kelleam, Hank Kuttner
• J. H. Haggard, Ron Reynolds, Hannes V. Bok
Series include:
• John Carter of Mars (Barsoom) by E. R. Burroughs
• Conan by Robert E. Howard
• Time Traders by Andre Norton
• Skylark by E. E. 'Doc' Smith
• Deathworld by Harry Harrison
This application includes the following sections:
Top100, Children, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Travel, Adventure, History, Romance, Short Stories, Teen/Young Adult, Classics, with over 1500 audiobooks free.
Easily listening any where. Perfect for your commute, relaxing at home, in bed, or while at the gym.
Enjoy!
