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24 alternatives to Pocket FM - Free Audiobooks & Podcasts

Free Audiobooks & Podcasts App

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Pocket FM - Free Audiobooks & Podcasts launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Pocket Listen▲425
Reading is hard. Listen to articles instead.
2015 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
2
Pocket Casts 7▲257
The world's most powerful podcast platform, now updated
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Bound▲84
Listen to your favorite audiobooks. Download from Dropbox
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Pocket 7.0▲282
Save and read news, articles, & videos that fuel your mind
2018 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
5
Elevenreader by ElevenLabs▲226
Elevate your listening experience
2025 · elevenreader.io · its alternatives →
6
BookPlayer▲98
Play M4B/M4A/MP3 audiobooks on iPhone
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Outtloud▲208
Create unlimited audiobooks & podcasts from your documents!
2025 · outtloud.com · its alternatives →
8
Pocket Casts▲202
Powerful podcast manager for iOS & Android. New v.5 release.
2014 · pocketcasts.com · its alternatives →
9
Libro.fm▲69
A digital audiobook platform for independent bookstores
2019 · libro.fm · its alternatives →
10
Walmart eBooks▲88
Over 6 million titles to bring with you anywhere
2018 · kobo.com · its alternatives →
11
Pocket Casts▲88
No Paywalls. No Walled Gardens. Just Podcasts.
2025 · play.pocketcasts.com · its alternatives →
12
HearIt▲81
Create your own audio books from any file for free.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Audible.com▲75
The best way to listen to Audiobooks on your iPhone
2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →
14
Eary▲79
The easiest way to listen to audiobooks on Spotify.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
Earbud.fm by NPR▲96
Your friendly guide to great podcasts
2015 · earbud.fm · its alternatives →
16
I generated 70k audiobooks with OpenAI Text-to-Speechfree tier, from $15/mo▲140
Hey HN. I’m Ivan, hacker from Ukraine. For about a year, I was working on Listenly — an app to listen to text content with OpenAI's natural-sounding text-to-speech model. At some moment, I realized that it would be cool to take all the public domain e-books and create audio versions for them. So I did it... kind-of. It would cost an immense amount of money to generate all the audio right away (OpenAI TTS costs approximately $0.84/hour of audio; 11labs, for comparison, is 10 times more expensive). So, I took a more gradual approach. I took all the metadata from the Project Gutenberg…
2024 · listenly.io · its alternatives →
17
Hibooks▲88
A new way to enjoy the best audiobooks 📚👂
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Latr.fm▲156
Pocket for podcasts. Listen to it later.
2015 · latr.fm · its alternatives →
19
Mus + Audiobooks 3.0▲66
Listen to your audiobooks with music simultaneously
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Audiorista▲87
No code app builder for audio, podcasts, ebooks & video
2023 · audiorista.com · its alternatives →
21
ReadBit▲122
Read wisely & save time with text-to-speech audiobook reader
2021 · readbit.app · its alternatives →
22
Rightspeed▲146
Listen to audiobooks at ridiculously fast speeds
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
23
Audible Plus▲91
1000s of audiobooks, podcasts, Audible Originals, and more
2020 · its alternatives →
24
Audioknot 2▲81
Pocket for podcast episodes
2017 · its alternatives →

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