Nextory is the audiobook platform our editors recommend most often to European readers who want the largest current European-and-international audiobook catalog and the unlimited streaming subscription model. The Stockholm-based Swedish platform has been competing directly with Storytel since 2013 and has built one of the strongest current European audiobook subscription catalogs. The multiple subscription tiers (Basic, Standard, Gold) let readers calibrate the monthly listening hours against the subscription price; the higher tiers approach genuinely unlimited listening for heavy audiobook users.
The English-language catalog is comparable to the major U.S. platforms — most current bestsellers, most major back-catalog literary fiction, and most current popular non-fiction are available in their original English-language editions alongside translated European editions. The Nextory Original in-house productions are strong, particularly for Nordic crime fiction and contemporary European literary commercial titles. The trade-off, as with Storytel, is the geographic restriction (not available in the United States) and the higher upper-tier pricing relative to Storytel.
Recommended for European, Nordic, and Australian readers who want the largest current monthly-subscription audiobook catalog and who do not have access to Audible's pricing tiers. The free trial period is genuinely useful as a way to test the catalog before committing. Compare to Storytel (cheaper at the entry tier, similar catalog) and Audible (the U.S. and U.K. dominant platform with credit-based pricing rather than subscription).