“SubscriptionScam — Audible audio books were supposed to be something you owned— then billionaire Bezos decided he didn’t have enough money so they changed the terms of service— now if you try to cancel your subscription— you lose your…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 3,695 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.8 ★7,366,336 ratings
100M+Downloads
12+Age rating
349 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Join millions of Audible users who listen to 1M+ audiobooks, exclusive Audible Originals, and podcasts. We've got what everyone's listening to, from bestsellers and new releases to that story you've been waiting for.
Whether you're diving into Harry Potter on your commute, racing through Project Hail Mary at the gym, winding down with a sleep story, or learning something new in 15 minutes — Audible fits how you actually live.
WHY AUDIBLE OVER ANYTHING ELSE?
• Massive Audio Library — 1M+ audiobooks and podcasts spanning every genre, from global bestsellers to hidden gems
• Exclusives You Can't Get Anywhere Else — Audible Originals performed by Hollywood A-listers, award-winning authors, and voices you won't find on any other platform. Award-winning performances. Breakthrough voices. Only on Audible.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 4.79 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.79, updated 2026-10-05.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 26.36.09 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-25.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 26.36.09, scanned 2026-09-17.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 2
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
No advertising SDKs
No advertising or mediation SDK of any kind was found in the package.
What we saw: No advertising or mediation SDK among the 8 SDKs detected in the package
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 5
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 31 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 2132 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 2132 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 26 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 2132 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Trial terms not stated in the app's own text
The app's own screens offer a free trial without stating, beside it, what happens when the trial ends. Read this as context rather than as a charge: renewal terms are normally shown on the store's purchase sheet instead, which we cannot see, and we can only observe one kind of evidence for this — so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Offers a free trial ("Free Trial Plus") with no renewal price, renewal date or auto-renew notice anywhere in the app's own text
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Sale ends in 1d"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Rip off — This is a rip off and a scam, super difficult to cancel membership, they keep charging me after I canceled. I’m paying for nothing, I don’t have the app anymore so I can’t use what I’m paying for. I canceled cause u can only…”
“Bait and switch — I was offered a great deal on a membership that I had to sign up for through Amazon. Then, even though the Audible app knew who I was through my Amazon membership, it wouldn’t connect my account. Customer service was non…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.79.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.