xigxag Downloads & Revenuexigxag: Audiobooks, but Better · App Store & Google Play
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better by xigxag ltd is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better update history & changes
Last change · 26 events since 27 Aug 2020Full timeline ↓📦iOSUpdated to version 2.4.2✏️iOSNew iPad screenshots✏️iOSNew screenshots📦iOSUpdated to version 2.4.1📈AndroidCharting in a new country in 2 charts📈AndroidCharting in a new country📦AndroidUpdated to version 2.4.1📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSCharting in a new country✏️AndroidNew screenshots✏️AndroidDescription updated🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider📦AndroidUpdated to version 2.4.0🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 26 events
- 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better updated to version 2.4.2iOS- Background downloads: books now keep downloading when you leave the app, lock your phone, or close the app.
- Auto download: a new setting in Preferences lets you download new purchases, books added to Up Next, or both automatically.
Bug fixes
- Playback speed picker exactly 2.0 can now be selected
- x-book auto-sync scrolling past images
- startup and stability issues… more - ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 8) · FR, GB, AE
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new iPad screenshotsiOS· GB, AE
- 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better updated to version 2.4.1iOSFixes:
- Reorder your list with drag and drop (long lists weren't supported)
- Font size issue caused sleep menu to be hidden
- Sign in with Apple - 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidIndia · Thailand
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better updated to version 2.4.1AndroidFixes:
- Reorder your list with drag and drop (long lists weren't supported)
- Font size issue caused sleep menu to be hidden
- Sign in with Google - 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · SA
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better charting in a new countryiOSSaudi Arabia
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · AE
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better charting in a new countryiOSUnited Arab Emirates
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: short description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · IT
- 📈xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better charting in a new countryiOSItaly
- 🆕xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 🆕xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better first spotted by AppInsideriOS#26 in Top Grossing · Books · United Kingdom
- 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better version 2.4.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better updated to version 2.4.0AndroidMy Stats is here.
- Track your listening streaks, hours, and books finished
- Set yourself a yearly reading challenge
- Watch your progress build as you go
My Books, redesigned.
- Lists now live inside My Books
- Sort and organise your library your way
- Everything you've saved, bought, and organised in one place
Plus
- Accessibility improvements
- Enhanced location accuracy… more - 📦xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better version 2.3.12AndroidFixes start up issue with some devices (Xiaomi/Redmi and some others)
My Stats view
Other fixes - 🆕xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
591 ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#20
Android · 
Books & Reference Grossing
Books & Reference GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
1.5
both stores, 4-week average
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1499273469
Publisher
xigxag ltd
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Aug 2020
6 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.6+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
5 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
110 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumourInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Google Play
App details
App ID
uk.co.xigxag.xigxagplayer
Publisher
xigxag Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Teen
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 10k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #27 Books Grossing | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #20 Books & Reference Grossing | 6 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 67% of Books apps
Google Play
New ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
22/100
faster than 3% of Books and reference apps
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 | 4.7 ★ | 248 |
| Google Play | 4.1 ★ | 343 10 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 591 |
About xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better
Buy the audiobooks you want, keep them forever, and pay less the more you listen.
xigxag is the UK's home for audiobooks, and home of the x-book®, our exclusive listen-and-read format. Books narrated by real people. No subscription, no credits, no monthly fee. Just great books, priced fairly.
EVERY AUDIOBOOK, NO SUBSCRIPTION
No monthly fee, no hourly limits, no "one book a month" rules. Every 5 full-price titles you buy unlocks a lower price for a whole year, automatically. Plus, you can always find discounted titles available in our monthly Listen For Less selection.
ONLY IN THE X-BOOK®
Our exclusive x-book® format combines the audiobook with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen, read, or switch between the two mid-chapter without ever losing your place. Search inside the text, look up a word, and pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
145,000+ TITLES
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, and everything in between, read by human narrators. With more than 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, you can search by title, author, genre, or filter for x-book® titles only.
EVERY DETAIL, DESIGNED FOR LISTENERS
Phrase-boundary navigation so you never land mid-sentence, variable narration speed, a sleep timer, offline listening, and quotes you can save and share straight from the player.
MY STATS
Track your streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set yourself a reading challenge for the year. See your progress build as you go.
BUZZ: FOR LISTENERS, BY LISTENERS
xigxag is the first social platform built specifically for audiobook listeners. Follow the Buzz feed for reviews, quotes, and recommendations from other listeners who care as much about the book as the narration and production quality.
AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO BIG TECH
xigxag is a certified B Corporation and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy. Built by listeners, for listeners, keeping people and planet at the heart of everything we do.
REAL HUMANS REPLY
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us and a real person gets back to you. It's the thing our listeners thank us for most.
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING
Gift an audiobook directly to someone, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription required to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted something better than a rigid one-credit-a-month subscription, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and more enjoyable for everyone, however you like to read.
xigxag is the UK's home for audiobooks, and home of the x-book®, our exclusive listen-and-read format. Books narrated by real people. No subscription, no credits, no monthly fee. Just great books, priced fairly.
EVERY AUDIOBOOK, NO SUBSCRIPTION
No monthly fee, no hourly limits, no "one book a month" rules. Every 5 full-price titles you buy unlocks a lower price for a whole year, automatically. Plus, you can always find discounted titles available in our monthly Listen For Less selection.
ONLY IN THE X-BOOK®
Our exclusive x-book® format combines the audiobook with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen, read, or switch between the two mid-chapter without ever losing your place. Search inside the text, look up a word, and pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
145,000+ TITLES
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, and everything in between, read by human narrators. With more than 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, you can search by title, author, genre, or filter for x-book® titles only.
EVERY DETAIL, DESIGNED FOR LISTENERS
Phrase-boundary navigation so you never land mid-sentence, variable narration speed, a sleep timer, offline listening, and quotes you can save and share straight from the player.
MY STATS
Track your streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set yourself a reading challenge for the year. See your progress build as you go.
BUZZ: FOR LISTENERS, BY LISTENERS
xigxag is the first social platform built specifically for audiobook listeners. Follow the Buzz feed for reviews, quotes, and recommendations from other listeners who care as much about the book as the narration and production quality.
AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO BIG TECH
xigxag is a certified B Corporation and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy. Built by listeners, for listeners, keeping people and planet at the heart of everything we do.
REAL HUMANS REPLY
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us and a real person gets back to you. It's the thing our listeners thank us for most.
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING
Gift an audiobook directly to someone, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription required to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted something better than a rigid one-credit-a-month subscription, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and more enjoyable for everyone, however you like to read.
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better App Store
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better is #27 in Books Grossing in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Developerxigxag ltd
CategoryBooks
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (248)
Version2.4.2
Age rating12+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
248 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#27
Books GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
1
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better on the App Store
App details
App ID
1499273469
Publisher
xigxag ltd
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Aug 2020
6 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.6+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
5 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
110 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumourInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | BooksGrossing | #27 |
| United Kingdom | BooksFree | #110 |
Apps near xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better on the chart
Books Grossing, around #27.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
248 ratings
Measured
Ratings
248
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 67% of Books apps
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.
About xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better
Buy the audiobooks you want, keep them forever, and pay less the more you listen.
xigxag is the UK's home for audiobooks, and home of the x-book®, our exclusive listen-and-read format. Books narrated by real people. No subscription, no credits, no monthly fee. Just great books, priced fairly.
EVERY AUDIOBOOK, NO SUBSCRIPTION
No monthly fee, no hourly limits, no "one book a month" rules. Every 5 full-price titles you buy unlocks a lower price for a whole year, automatically. Plus, you can always find discounted titles available in our monthly Listen For Less selection.
ONLY IN THE X-BOOK®
Our exclusive x-book® format combines the audiobook with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen, read, or switch between the two mid-chapter without ever losing your place. Search inside the text, look up a word, and pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
145,000+ TITLES
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, and everything in between, read by human narrators. With more than 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, you can search by title, author, genre, or filter for x-book® titles only.
EVERY DETAIL, DESIGNED FOR LISTENERS
Phrase-boundary navigation so you never land mid-sentence, variable narration speed, a sleep timer, offline listening, and quotes you can save and share straight from the player.
MY STATS
Track your streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set yourself a reading challenge for the year. See your progress build as you go.
BUZZ: FOR LISTENERS, BY LISTENERS
xigxag is the first social platform built specifically for audiobook listeners. Follow the Buzz feed for reviews, quotes, and recommendations from other listeners who care as much about the book as the narration and production quality.
AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO BIG TECH
xigxag is a certified B Corporation and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy. Built by listeners, for listeners, keeping people and planet at the heart of everything we do.
REAL HUMANS REPLY
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us and a real person gets back to you. It's the thing our listeners thank us for most.
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING
Gift an audiobook directly to someone, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription required to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted something better than a rigid one-credit-a-month subscription, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and more enjoyable for everyone, however you like to read.
xigxag is the UK's home for audiobooks, and home of the x-book®, our exclusive listen-and-read format. Books narrated by real people. No subscription, no credits, no monthly fee. Just great books, priced fairly.
EVERY AUDIOBOOK, NO SUBSCRIPTION
No monthly fee, no hourly limits, no "one book a month" rules. Every 5 full-price titles you buy unlocks a lower price for a whole year, automatically. Plus, you can always find discounted titles available in our monthly Listen For Less selection.
ONLY IN THE X-BOOK®
Our exclusive x-book® format combines the audiobook with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen, read, or switch between the two mid-chapter without ever losing your place. Search inside the text, look up a word, and pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
145,000+ TITLES
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, and everything in between, read by human narrators. With more than 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, you can search by title, author, genre, or filter for x-book® titles only.
EVERY DETAIL, DESIGNED FOR LISTENERS
Phrase-boundary navigation so you never land mid-sentence, variable narration speed, a sleep timer, offline listening, and quotes you can save and share straight from the player.
MY STATS
Track your streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set yourself a reading challenge for the year. See your progress build as you go.
BUZZ: FOR LISTENERS, BY LISTENERS
xigxag is the first social platform built specifically for audiobook listeners. Follow the Buzz feed for reviews, quotes, and recommendations from other listeners who care as much about the book as the narration and production quality.
AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO BIG TECH
xigxag is a certified B Corporation and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy. Built by listeners, for listeners, keeping people and planet at the heart of everything we do.
REAL HUMANS REPLY
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us and a real person gets back to you. It's the thing our listeners thank us for most.
GIVE THE GIFT OF READING
Gift an audiobook directly to someone, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription required to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted something better than a rigid one-credit-a-month subscription, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and more enjoyable for everyone, however you like to read.
Latest updates
2.4.2
- Background downloads: books now keep downloading when you leave the app, lock your phone, or close the app.
- Auto download: a new setting in Preferences lets you download new purchases, books added to Up Next, or both automatically.
Bug fixes
- Playback speed picker exactly 2.0 can now be selected
- x-book auto-sync scrolling past images
- startup and stability issues
2.4.1
Fixes:
- Reorder your list with drag and drop (long lists weren't supported)
- Font size issue caused sleep menu to be hidden
- Sign in with Apple
2.4.0
Store changes
What xigxag: Audiobooks, but Better changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
9 screenshots (was 8)
New screenshots 
9 screenshots (was 8)
xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better Android
xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better is #20 in Books & Reference Grossing on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 6 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Developerxigxag Limited
CategoryBooks & Reference
PriceFree
Released
Installs50k+
Rating★ 4.1 (343)
Updated
Content ratingTeen
Rating
4.1 ★
343 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#20
Books & Reference GrossingMeasured
xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better on Google Play
App details
App ID
uk.co.xigxag.xigxagplayer
Publisher
xigxag Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Teen
xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #20 |
| United Kingdom | Books & ReferenceFree | #22 |
 India | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #147 |
 Saudi Arabia | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #151 |
| United Arab Emirates | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #151 |
 Netherlands | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #154 |
 Thailand | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #152 |
Apps near xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better on the chart
Books & Reference Grossing, around #20.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
343 ratings
Measured
Ratings
343
Measured
Written reviews
10
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
22/100
faster than 3% of Books and reference apps
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.
About xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better
xigxag is the UK's home for audiobooks and the UK's favourite audiobook app. Buy the audiobooks you want, keep them forever, and pay less the more you read — no subscription, no credits, no monthly fee.
WHY XIGXAG?
📚 Every audiobook, no subscription
Buy audiobooks when you're ready to listen, with no monthly fee, no commitment, and no hourly limits. Every 5 full-price audiobooks you buy automatically unlocks a lower price for a year — no codes, no haggling.
✨ Only here: the x-book®
Our exclusive x-book® format brings the audiobook together with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen to audiobooks, read, or do both. Switch mid-chapter without losing your place, and search inside the text on any device.
📖 145,000+ audiobooks
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, thrillers, romance, sci-fi, and everything in between, read by real human narrators. With over 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, search by title, author, genre, or filter specifically for x-book® titles.
🎧 Built for audiobook listeners
Customise your listening with variable narration speed, sleep timer, offline listening, and save-and-share quotes.
📊 My Stats and reading challenges
Track streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set your own yearly reading challenge.
💬 Buzz: the social feed for book lovers
Reviews, quotes, and recommendations from real listeners — like a social book club built right into your UK audiobook app.
🌍 Certified B Corporation
xigxag is both a B Corp certified business and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy, offering a fairer alternative to big-tech platforms.
🙋 Real human customer service
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us in-app and a real person from our team replies.
🎁 Gift audiobooks effortlessly
Send specific audiobooks directly, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription is ever needed to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted a fairer, more sustainable alternative to one-credit-a-month subscriptions, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and truly enjoyable for everyone.
Download the xigxag app and start listening to your next audiobook today!
WHY XIGXAG?
📚 Every audiobook, no subscription
Buy audiobooks when you're ready to listen, with no monthly fee, no commitment, and no hourly limits. Every 5 full-price audiobooks you buy automatically unlocks a lower price for a year — no codes, no haggling.
✨ Only here: the x-book®
Our exclusive x-book® format brings the audiobook together with the full text and illustrations in one purchase. Listen to audiobooks, read, or do both. Switch mid-chapter without losing your place, and search inside the text on any device.
📖 145,000+ audiobooks
Bestsellers, new releases, classics, thrillers, romance, sci-fi, and everything in between, read by real human narrators. With over 96% of Sunday Times bestsellers available, search by title, author, genre, or filter specifically for x-book® titles.
🎧 Built for audiobook listeners
Customise your listening with variable narration speed, sleep timer, offline listening, and save-and-share quotes.
📊 My Stats and reading challenges
Track streaks, hours listened, and books finished, and set your own yearly reading challenge.
💬 Buzz: the social feed for book lovers
Reviews, quotes, and recommendations from real listeners — like a social book club built right into your UK audiobook app.
🌍 Certified B Corporation
xigxag is both a B Corp certified business and an Ethical Consumer Best Buy, offering a fairer alternative to big-tech platforms.
🙋 Real human customer service
No bots, no ticket mazes. Message us in-app and a real person from our team replies.
🎁 Gift audiobooks effortlessly
Send specific audiobooks directly, or send a xigxag gift card. No subscription is ever needed to redeem.
Founded in 2019 by two audiobook lovers who wanted a fairer, more sustainable alternative to one-credit-a-month subscriptions, xigxag is built to make reading easier, more accessible, and truly enjoyable for everyone.
Download the xigxag app and start listening to your next audiobook today!
What's new in 2.4.1
Fixes:
- Reorder your list with drag and drop (long lists weren't supported)
- Font size issue caused sleep menu to be hidden
- Sign in with Google
- Reorder your list with drag and drop (long lists weren't supported)
- Font size issue caused sleep menu to be hidden
- Sign in with Google
Store changes
What xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
12 screenshots (was 12)
Description updated
Short description updated