Audiobooks on iOS

[whlparkstone]

Does anyone listen to audiobooks on iOS? Just wondering the best app/ site to use.

I see that Audible comes recommended but my concern is that, if I read this right, you only get one book per month.

Thanks in advance

[5gotodisney]

I use Audible on iOS, the app works well. As you say the basic subscription is 1 book a month, if you can afford it, it is cheaper to buy a 24 book annual membership for £110 up front, if you get through those credits you then get offered 3 more credits for £11 a time.

When I looked that was the best way I could find to use audible.

The other thing I use is audio books from our library, Which is free, if you have a library card you can set up an online account and download audiobooks to borrow, via an app. I’m in Wiltshire, but believe most libraries do this now.

[mutley]

I use Audible and Scribd, I get one book a month from Audible which has a huge choice including being able to pre order books which have yet to be released. Scribd on the other hand has a much smaller selection however you can have as many books as you like, I have never struggled to find anything and have quite a large "wishlist" with both of them. I tend to listen to longer books on Audible to get my moneys worth, I would never listen to a 4 hour long book on Audible but you can listen to several on Scribd and also if you don't like to book you can just stop listening and start a new one.

[willow]

We have had audible for a few years. I tend to have a listen to the samples before a purchase a book as some of the narrators are pretty pants and like Mutley said I wouldn’t get one that is under 4 hours, mine tend to be at least 7 hours.
I also use a Sound asleep pillow which is great as it had a small microphone within the pillow.
There’s lots of online podcasts and crime stores that you could downloading for free to see if you like this kinda think. BBC do a load.