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What are the best audiobook apps on Android?

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Best audiobook apps on Android	Price	Last Updated
-- LibriVox Audio Books	Free	Nov 11, 2017
-- Audible	$14.99 per month	Nov 11, 2017
-- Voice Audiobook Player	-	Jun 20, 2018
-- Smart Audiobook Player	Free	May 17, 2018
-- NOOK Audiobooks	-	May 17, 2018

Audible

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Easily go back 30 seconds

You have the ability to go 30 seconds back in your listening with only the push of a button. Very convenient when listening to podcasts or audiobooks. See More

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Can set up family sharing

By linking Amazon and Audible accounts, the Amazon Family sharing can be used to sync an Audible library across Android devices, PCs, and computers. Everyone on the Amazon Family group can see audiobooks, and the owner of the Audible account can pick and choose which individual audiobooks are shared and which aren't, if desired. See More

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Simplified UI for in-car use

Users can tap the "car" option in Audible to get a simplified user interface which makes playing, pausing, and rewinding audiobooks easier while driving. See More

Voice Audiobook Player

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Smart Audiobook Player

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Auto rewind after a long pause

Goes back up to 30 seconds depending on how long the last pause was. See More

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Auto-theme app from cover art

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Completely customizable

So many customization features: playback position format, equalizer, playback speed, headset button actions, sleep length, skip lenghts, and more. See More

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Auto-find cover art for local books

If your book doesn't have cover art, the app can search for it for you. See More

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Reset the sleep timer with the accelerometer

Just leave the sleep timer set to 20 minutes and leave it on all the time. If you are walking or driving, it stays playing, but if you are listening in bed, it turns off on its own. If you are still listening, just give your phone a shake when you hear it start to fade and it will keep going for 20 more minutes. See More

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No official store

The author only profits from a better listening experience, not from user lockin due to no other place to get books. See More

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Supports notetaking

Written notes with a timestamp in the file, organized according to book (i.e., folder). See More

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Reads your own audio files

Copy your audio files into a folder, and this will assemble them into books based on the folder they're in. See More

NOOK Audiobooks

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Audio Books by Audiobooks

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