BookBeat Downloads & RevenueBookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books · App Store & Google Play
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books by BookBeat AB is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books update history & changes
Last change · 27 events since 7 Dec 2015Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 27 events
- 🚀BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books: now shown next to Storytel - Audiobooks Library, Legimi - ebooks and audiobooks, Nextory: Audiobooks & E-books +2 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books charting in a new countryiOSUnited Arab Emirates
- ✏️BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books added hidden keywords: readsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Books · FR
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books new best rank in the overall chart: #164AndroidTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books new best rank in the overall chart: #173AndroidTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · NL · Top Free · Books & Reference · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Sweden
- 🔎BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books reached Top 10 for “book”Android#10 in Indonesia search · popularity 70
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books charting in a new countryAndroidSpain
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · IN
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books charting in a new countryAndroidIndia
- ✏️BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 16.0 → iOS 17.0
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Books · IT
- 📦BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books updated to version 10.20.0iOSBookBeat 10.20 is here!
We've given series, authors and narrators their own lists in the app, making it easier to discover your next read or listen. Series of two or three books show their covers as a neat stack, easy to spot at a glance.
You can also change the order of the books in your book lists, and the shortcuts on Home have a fresh, updated look.
The screen now stays awake while you read an e-book.
As always, we've fixed some bugs to keep everything running smoothly.… more - 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · GB
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books entered the top 100iOSTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books new best rank in the overall chart: #100iOSTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books new best rank in the overall chart: #102iOSTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books new best rank in the overall chart: #159iOSTop Free · All Apps · SE
- 📈BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books charting in a new countryiOSItaly
- 🆕BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books first spotted by AppInsideriOS#54 in Top Free · Books · United Kingdom
- 🆕BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidFrance
- 📦BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books version 10.19.0iOSYour e-book reader just got smarter! Search inside any e-book to find exactly what you're looking for, and turn on continuous scroll to read without page turns. We've also made it easy to sort your book lists just the way you like them. Happy reading and listening!… more
- 🆕BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Books & Reference FreeBookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A subscription-based audiobook and e-book streaming service offering over 1 million titles in multiple languages for iOS users. The app holds a strong #4 position in the German Books Free chart, significantly outperforming its rankings in other listed markets such as the UK (#74) and Sweden (#127).
Similar apps: Audible, Storytel, Scribd
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.20.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 5M+ |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #8 Books Free | 3 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #4 Books & Reference Free | 6 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 211 | 56% | steady |
| Germany | 150 | 40% | steady |
 United Kingdom | 17 | 4% | ▲ +12% |
 France | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 2.2k |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 45k 28 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 47k |
What users say about BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books
From the 22 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe localization issues where the app defaults to Swedish or German and prevents switching to English. Many potential subscribers cannot create accounts because the United States is missing from country selection lists.
Mostly negative (27% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about login and account problems, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Waiting for my 100 h which were surprise to be on my account”
- Features & content: “Part of the content is in English part in Spanish”
- Price & subscription: “I wasn’t comfortable signing up to pay for something when I couldn’t reliably get communication in English”
About BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books
Try BookBeat – Find your next book today.
We have new releases and classics in English as well as German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish and other languages. Listen to an exciting thriller or read an interesting biography and find your next book with our inspiring tips and top lists.
You can even download books to your device, so you can enjoy a great story when you don't have mobile data or wi-fi. This works on your iPhone, iPad and even your Apple Watch. Go running with your watch and leave your phone at home or listen through CarPlay during a long car ride.
More about BookBeat
• No commitments, cancel whenever you’d like
• Stream or download audiobooks to listen offline
• Get inspired by BookBeat’s recommendations and trending lists both for audiobooks and e-books.
• Choose how much you want to listen and read each month based on your selected package.
• Family account with up to 5 profiles.
• Switch to a children's profile and get content tailored for kids in the app.
• Use the timer function before bed
• Choose your own playback speed
• Share your book tips with your friends
• Place a bookmark in your audio book and add a note to easily find your favorite part again
• Stream or listen offline even on your Apple Watch
• Discover your listening and reading habits with our User Statistics feature and share your stats with friends.
BookBeat supports
• iPhone
• iPad
• Apple Watch
• CarPlay
• Dark Mode
• VoiceOver & accessibility
We love feedback from our customers! If you have new ideas, opinions or problems you'd like to share, reach out via e-mail at [email protected]. When you contact us, we will process your personal data, such as your name, contact details, and the content of your inquiry. The processing takes place, among other things, to be able to handle your case. Read more in our privacy policy for information about your rights.
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books App Store
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books is #8 in Books Free in Germany and charting in 3 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026 Books FreeBookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A subscription-based audiobook and e-book streaming service offering over 1 million titles in multiple languages for iOS users. The app holds a strong #4 position in the German Books Free chart, significantly outperforming its rankings in other listed markets such as the UK (#74) and Sweden (#127).
Similar apps: Audible, Storytel, Scribd
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books on the App Store
App details
BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | BooksFree | #8 |
| United Kingdom | BooksFree | #77 |
 Italy | BooksFree | #144 |
Apps near BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books on the chart
Books Free, around #8.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 211 | 56% | steady |
| Germany | 150 | 40% | steady |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 4% | ▲ +12% |
| France | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books
From the 22 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe localization issues where the app defaults to Swedish or German and prevents switching to English. Many potential subscribers cannot create accounts because the United States is missing from country selection lists.
Mostly negative (27% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about login and account problems, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Waiting for my 100 h which were surprise to be on my account”
- Features & content: “Part of the content is in English part in Spanish”
- Price & subscription: “I wasn’t comfortable signing up to pay for something when I couldn’t reliably get communication in English”
About BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books
Try BookBeat – Find your next book today.
We have new releases and classics in English as well as German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish and other languages. Listen to an exciting thriller or read an interesting biography and find your next book with our inspiring tips and top lists.
You can even download books to your device, so you can enjoy a great story when you don't have mobile data or wi-fi. This works on your iPhone, iPad and even your Apple Watch. Go running with your watch and leave your phone at home or listen through CarPlay during a long car ride.
More about BookBeat
• No commitments, cancel whenever you’d like
• Stream or download audiobooks to listen offline
• Get inspired by BookBeat’s recommendations and trending lists both for audiobooks and e-books.
• Choose how much you want to listen and read each month based on your selected package.
• Family account with up to 5 profiles.
• Switch to a children's profile and get content tailored for kids in the app.
• Use the timer function before bed
• Choose your own playback speed
• Share your book tips with your friends
• Place a bookmark in your audio book and add a note to easily find your favorite part again
• Stream or listen offline even on your Apple Watch
• Discover your listening and reading habits with our User Statistics feature and share your stats with friends.
BookBeat supports
• iPhone
• iPad
• Apple Watch
• CarPlay
• Dark Mode
• VoiceOver & accessibility
We love feedback from our customers! If you have new ideas, opinions or problems you'd like to share, reach out via e-mail at [email protected]. When you contact us, we will process your personal data, such as your name, contact details, and the content of your inquiry. The processing takes place, among other things, to be able to handle your case. Read more in our privacy policy for information about your rights.
Latest updates
Store changes
What BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books Android
BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books is #4 in Books & Reference Free on Google Play in Sweden and charting in 6 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Books & Reference FreeBookBeat Audiobooks & E-books at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A subscription-based audiobook and e-book service offering over one million titles in multiple languages for readers seeking flexible, offline-capable access to diverse genres. The app holds strong top-10 positions in Sweden and the Netherlands, with moderate traction in Germany, indicating a dominant presence in its home Nordic market and growing relevance in other European regions.
Similar apps: Audible, Storytel, Scribd
BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v10.20.2, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | Books & ReferenceFree | #4 |
| Germany | Books & ReferenceFree | #32 |
 Netherlands | Books & ReferenceFree | #9 |
| United Kingdom | Books & ReferenceFree | #102 |
| France | Books & ReferenceFree | #174 |
 Russia | Books & ReferenceFree | #147 |
Apps near BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books on the chart
Books & Reference Free, around #4.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books
From the 64 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express significant frustration with regional restrictions, payment issues, and aggressive subscription cancellation practices. While some appreciate the interface and specific content, many report technical failures, language lock-ins, and a lack of desired English titles.
Mixed (34% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “love the app, selection of books could be larger”
- Price & subscription: “You pay for listening time rather than credits”
- Ease of use: “The UX is simple and delightful, but the competition has a greater selection of books”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I want to give you my money”
- Features & content: “No option to purchase a book”
- Login & account: “You need to log in from browser which it's more of a hustle”
- Useful: “Also support was no helpful at all”
About BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books
We have new releases and classics in English as well as German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish and other languages. Listen to an exciting thriller or read an interesting biography and find your next book with our inspiring tips and top lists.
You can even download books to your device, so you can enjoy a great story when you don't have mobile data or wi-fi. If you are going on a road trip, you can use BookBeat with Android Auto.
How to get started:
1. Create an account on our website www.bookbeat.com
2. Download the BookBeat app and log in
3. Start listening to thousands of audiobooks right on your mobile
After your free trial, your subscription will automatically continue. BookBeat has no commitments, you can cancel your account whenever you’d like.
More About BookBeat:
• Free trial
• Sign up and get started in just a few steps
• Choose how much you want to listen and read each month based on your selected package.
• Family account with up to 5 profiles.
• Switch to a children's profile and get content tailored for kids in the app.
• Stream or download audiobooks and E-books to listen and read offline
• Place a bookmark in your audiobook and add a note to easily find your favorite part again
• Use the timer function before bed
• Choose your own playback speed and skip intervals
• Share your book tips with your friends via social media
• Discover your listening and reading habits with our User Statistics feature and share your stats with friends.
BookBeat supports:
• Smartphones
• Tablets
• Chromecast
• Android Auto
• Chromebook
• Dark Mode
• TalkBack and accessibility functions
We love feedback from our customers!
If you have new ideas, opinions or problems you’d like to share, reach out via e-mail at [email protected]. When you contact us, we will process your personal data, such as your name, contact details, and the content of your inquiry. The processing takes place, among other things, to be able to handle your case. Read more in our privacy policy for information about your rights.
What's new
We've given series, authors and narrators their own lists in the app, making it easier to discover your next read or listen. Series of two or three books show their covers as a neat stack, easy to spot at a glance.
You can also change the order of the books in your book lists, and the shortcuts on Home have a fresh, updated look.
As always, we've fixed some bugs to keep everything running smoothly.
Similar apps
Apps people compare with BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books: the same core purpose or gameplay, checked one by one.
