Listening (LibriVox)
Public Domain Audiobooks
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Over 19,000 classic audiobooks, free forever. Read by LibriVox volunteers, with no ads and no account.
Listen to more than 19,000 free audiobooks from LibriVox: classic novels, poetry, history and philosophy, read aloud by volunteers from around the world.
Every recording comes from LibriVox (librivox.org), the volunteer project that has been recording public domain books since 2005. Listening is a beautiful, fast way to find and enjoy them on iPhone and iPad.
FIND SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO
• Browse by genre, era, country, author or reader
• Curated collections of the classics
• Search titles, authors and readers
• See other recordings of the same book and pick your favourite reader
LISTEN YOUR WAY
• Stream instantly or download for offline listening
• Playback speed, sleep timer and bookmarks
• Picks up exactly where you left off
• Lock screen, Control Center and AirPods controls
• CarPlay, Siri and home screen widgets
NO STRINGS
• Completely free: no ads, no subscription, no account
• Collects no personal data
Listening is an independent app and is not affiliated with LibriVox. The recordings are in the public domain in the United States; please check the copyright laws of your own country before downloading.
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• A Downloaded shelf in your Library, and Remove All Downloads in Settings
• Find the books in your library from Spotlight search
• Sort books by length or year published, and filter them by length
• Favorite, Play and Download now sit together on book pages
• Book pages show who reads each recording, any translators, and links to the text, LibriVox and the Internet Archive
• Author bios credit Wikipedia and link to the full article
• Settings: donate to LibriVox and the Internet Archive, support, and acknowledgements
• Tapping a chapter picks up where you left off in it
• Failed downloads can be retried, and downloads say when they're waiting for Wi-Fi
• New Additions and All Books now show every book
• Fixes for the sleep timer during calls, Resume Listening from the widget, iPad cover sizes, bookmark saving, CarPlay chapter lists and messages when the server is busy
The developer, Rowan McNaught, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Rowan McNaught
- Size
- 18.5 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2026 Rm