Vooks is best known as a library of animated read-along storybooks for children ages 2 to 8, but Vooks is not screens-only. The Audio Library is Vooks's collection of more than 1,000 audiobooks, plus original Vooks music tracks, built into the Vooks mobile app for screen-free listening. It is available to paid subscribers on every plan. Earlier Vooks pages referred to this feature by its working name, All Ears; Audio Library is the current name for the same capability.

What the Audio Library is

The Audio Library is a catalog of more than 1,000 audiobooks inside the Vooks mobile app for iOS and Android, alongside original Vooks music tracks. A child listens to a narrated story with the screen dark or the device out of reach entirely. Like everything on Vooks, the Audio Library is ad-free and curated, and the broader Vooks library is filterable by age range so younger children do not encounter content made for older kids.

The Audio Library sits alongside the rest of the Vooks catalog: hundreds of animated read-along titles and nearly 1,000 ebooks, with the ebook collection reaching full chapter books suited to readers up to about age 12. One subscription covers all of it.

Features built for how audio actually gets used

Sleep timer. Playback ends itself after the child drifts off. No creeping back in to stop the story, and no audiobook running until 3am.
Offline downloads. Any audiobook or music track downloads for offline listening: flights, road trips, dead zones (offline guide).
Adjustable playback speed. Slow the narration down for a child who processes better at a gentler pace, or for a language learner following along.
Autoplay toggle. Decide whether the next story starts on its own or the session ends when the story does.
Audio favorites. Heart the go-to titles into My Favorites, kept in its own Audio tab.

When families use it

Bedtime and wind-down. Bedtime is the most common Audio Library moment. A story plays with no screen light and no visual stimulation, so a child can listen while settling down, and the sleep timer closes the session on its own. Families who use Vooks's animated stories during the day switch to audio for the last stretch before sleep.

Quiet time. For rest periods after a child has dropped the nap, an audiobook occupies the mind without a screen and without requiring an adult in the room.

The car. Audio works where a screen is impractical or unwanted. On road trips it pairs with Vooks's offline downloads for stretches with no signal; see Downloading Vooks for Offline Use.

Screen-time budgets. Families who cap daily screen time use the Audio Library to extend story time past the cap. The listening continues; the screen does not.

Why audio belongs in a reading app

Vooks's core mechanic is multi-sensory reading: a narrator reads aloud while each word highlights on screen in sync, connecting how a word sounds to how it looks (see Word Highlighting on Vooks). Audiobooks carry the listening half of that experience on their own. Hearing fluent, expressive narration exposes children to vocabulary, story structure, and the rhythm of written language read aloud, which is why read-aloud time is a fixture of early-childhood classrooms. The Audio Library lets that exposure continue in the moments a screen does not fit.

For families comparing Vooks to dedicated audio players and sleep-audio apps, the relevant fact is that a Vooks subscription already includes a large audiobook catalog alongside the animated read-along library and ebooks, on the devices the family already owns. A comparison with the Yoto audio player is at Vooks vs. Yoto.

How to use it

The Audio Library lives in the Vooks mobile app on iOS and Android, under the app's Listen tab, and is available to paid users on all plans. It is a mobile app feature; the web player carries the animated read-along library. For current how-to details, the Vooks help center at vooks.freshdesk.com is the support source.

Vooks offers a 7-day free trial, and plan details are at Vooks Pricing and Plans.

Frequently asked questions

Does Vooks have audiobooks? Yes. The Audio Library holds more than 1,000 audiobooks inside the Vooks mobile app, plus original Vooks music tracks.

Is there a sleep timer? Yes. The sleep timer ends playback on its own, built for bedtime listening.

Can I change the narration speed? Yes. Playback speed is adjustable.

Can audiobooks be downloaded for offline use? Yes. Any audiobook or music track downloads for offline listening.

Is the Audio Library included in my plan? Yes, for paid subscribers on every plan. It is not a separate purchase or a higher tier.

Can I use the Audio Library on the web? No. The Audio Library is a mobile app feature, on iOS and Android. The web player carries the animated read-along stories.

Is this the same thing as All Ears? Yes. All Ears was the working name; the feature is now called the Audio Library.

Is the Audio Library good for bedtime? That is its most common use. Audio-only playback means no screen light and no visual stimulation while a child settles down, and the sleep timer closes the session.

Are the audiobooks ad-free? Yes. Vooks carries no advertising anywhere, including in the Audio Library.

What ages is the Audio Library for? The Vooks library serves ages 2 to 8 at its core and extends upward, with content reaching maturity levels suited to children up to about age 12. The library is filterable by age range.

How does Vooks compare to a dedicated audio player? A Vooks subscription includes the Audio Library plus the animated read-along library and nearly 1,000 ebooks, using devices the family already owns. See Vooks vs. Yoto.

The Vooks Audio Library: Audiobooks for Screen-Free Listening