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Everand review

One fee for audiobooks, ebooks, magazines and sheet music — with soft limits.

By Mara Chen · Tested and updated 20 August 2026 · Scribd

4 / 5

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Pricing at a glance

Everand — cost and free trial

Free trial
30 days
After the trial
From $11.99 / month
Catalogue
Very large mixed library of books, magazines and documents
Cancel anytime
No — access ends with the subscription

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The short version

Best value per hour if you read widely and can live with unpredictable availability.

How it works
Subscription — all-you-can-read with throttling
Price
From $11.99 / month
Free trial
30 days
Catalogue
Very large mixed library of books, magazines and documents
Do you keep books?
No — access ends with the subscription
Offline listening
Yes, while subscribed
Devices
iOS, Android, web
File restrictions
DRM-protected
Where it works
Worldwide

What we liked

  • Audiobooks plus ebooks and magazines in one fee
  • Cheapest entry price of the big subscriptions
  • Excellent for wide, casual reading

What held it back

  • Availability throttling for heavy users
  • Nothing is kept after cancelling
  • Newest releases often missing

How it felt to use

Everand is the buffet option. For one monthly fee you get audiobooks alongside ebooks, magazines and a sprawling document library, and for mixed readers the value per hour is the best here.

The complication is throttling. Heavy listeners eventually see popular titles hidden until the next cycle, which the service does not explain clearly enough. Treat availability as a moving target, not a catalogue.

Nothing is kept. Cancel and the shelf empties, which makes it a poor fit for anyone building a permanent library.

Best for

Our verdict

Great value while you subscribe, with no library to show for it afterwards.

Head to head

Everand or Storytel?

Both are all-you-can-listen with soft limits. Everand adds ebooks and magazines and is available in the US; Storytel has far better non-English catalogues and is not sold in the US.

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