Libre Librivox listener

Libre Librivox listener

An unofficial libre application to listen to public domain audiobooks.

José Pardo Madera Multimedia Reading

Download (20 MB)

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Description

An unofficial libre application to listen to LibriVox audiobooks. Some features it brings are:

  • Finding books of different genres and languages
  • Searching audiobooks by title, author or language with archive.org's API
  • Downloading audiobooks to play offline
  • Remembering position in audiobook and resume when played again
  • Playing with the application in the background and with the screen turned off
  • User interface in multiple languages (translations welcome!)
The application has no ads and is also fully open source under the GPL3 license, so if anything is not to your liking, feel free to contribute!

What’s new (3.3.0)

Interface improvements thanks to Gaston Gichure:
* Added shimmer and padding to loading bars in library
* Audio player adapts to screen size

Anti-features

Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.

  • TetheredNet

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
3.3.0 current
dfcf24e0d0a4ec58…
 2026-03-15 20 MB API 24
3.3.0
ce9541f830b90315…
 2026-03-15 18 MB API 24
3.3.0
214e2d1177d7328a…
 2026-03-15 22 MB API 24
3.2.0
58e6450c5955335d…
 2025-10-30 19 MB API 24
3.2.0
b3c126cb63c0c4ce…
 2025-10-30 17 MB API 24
3.2.0
ee866a5c296a9a29…
 2025-10-30 20 MB API 24
3.1.0
17755d262d989d5c…
 2025-09-10 19 MB API 24
3.1.0
27e4aa3fd22f6c85…
 2025-09-10 17 MB API 24
3.1.0
58a50c572caeeb9c…
 2025-09-10 20 MB API 24

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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