The best audiobook mobile apps examine your reading and purchase history to serve you suggestions of books you’ll love.

Personalized recommendations: Finding your next great read is often a slog.

Several also offer ebooks, magazines, podcasts, and more.

Non-audiobook content: Audiobooks are only part of the story with many of these apps.

Reading statistics: Some audiobook apps provide records about which books you’ve read, how long you read them, and the total number of hours you’ve spent listening.

However, many programs don’t support mobile purchases, forcing you to buy on a computer and then update your app to get the new content.

In-app purchases: Being able to buy when you’re away from your computer is a very convenient aspect of audiobook apps.

Free or included content: If you listen to a lot of audiobooks but don’t have the budget to satisfy your reading habit, check to see if the service you’re using to has a selection of free books or a catalog of included titles that you don’t have to pay extra for.

And you get a free book when you sign up for a membership.

Subscription: Services like Audible and Kobo Books offer a monthly subscription plans that allows you to choose one audiobook title a month to listen to and keep forever.

The best apps have hundreds of thousands of titles for download.

Selection: A comprehensive collection of books to choose from is the most critical aspect of any audiobook app.

Here are a few things to consider before you put in your credit card information.

Picking the right audiobook app for you may not be as straightforward as you think. GAS-photo / What to Look for in Audiobook Apps

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