🆚 Google Play Books vs. Storytel

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Ebook technology
Audiobook service

About

Google Play Books is a digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase.

It claims to host one of the world's largest ebook collections with over five million titles, supports cross-device syncing, offline reading, and sharing of purchases within a Family Library.

Storytel is a Swedish subscription service offering streaming of audiobooks and ebooks in more than 25 markets worldwide.

It provides a library of over 800,000 titles in 40 languages and features exclusive content called "Storytel Originals".

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Stockholm, Sweden

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ❌Free 7-day trial
Varies by country€6.49+/month

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #5
Ebooks › Rank #12
Audiobooks › Rank #3
Audiobooks › Rank #9
Audio Streaming › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Play Books ebook technology is 24 times more popular than Storytel.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks
Audiobooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Play Books is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Storytel is more popular in Finland.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Turkey
Australia
Canada
Brazil
Indonesia
Italy
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Play Books is more popular than Storytel in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Internet Services
Business
Online Shopping
Personal Pages
Health
Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#62,231
#68,590
#101,127
#121,778
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Name
Rank
#934,452
#2,856,585
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See also

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