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Libre Librivox listener

An unofficial libre application to listen to public domain audiobooks.
New in version 3.2.0
Added a way to change playback speed
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!

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 3.2.0 (3203) suggested Added on Oct 30, 2025

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 19 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.2.0 (3202) - Added on Oct 30, 2025

    armeabi-v7a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 17 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.2.0 (3201) - Added on Oct 30, 2025

    x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 20 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.1.0 (3103) - Added on Sep 09, 2025

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 19 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.1.0 (3102) - Added on Sep 09, 2025

    armeabi-v7a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 17 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.1.0 (3101) - Added on Sep 09, 2025

    x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 20 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.0.0 (303) - Added on Aug 29, 2025

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 19 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.0.0 (302) - Added on Aug 29, 2025

    armeabi-v7a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 17 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 3.0.0 (301) - Added on Aug 29, 2025

    x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • io.gitlab.libre_librivox_listener.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 20 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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