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Storytel pricing
Storytel publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the publishing tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Storytel pricing is $14.99/month. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $14.99/month
- Model
- Per user per month, unlimited
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Storytel plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storytel | $14.99/month | 4 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Storytel feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Unlimited streaming
- Offline downloads
- Combined ebook and audiobook catalogue
- Kids profiles
- Personalised recommendations
- Multi-device sync
People bring Storytel in for a commuter who listens to several audiobooks a month and finds per-title purchase or credit systems expensive, a reader tired of library holds queues who wants guaranteed instant access to anything in the catalogue, a family wanting a shared subscription with separate kids profiles for audio content, someone in a storytel-strong market such as sweden, poland or brazil where the catalogue depth is greatest. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Storytel are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Publishing
Too few publishing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storytel (this page) | $14.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | |
| Everand | $11.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | vs Storytel |
| Kobo | Free | Free store and app; hardware sold separately; optional subscription | - | vs Storytel |
| Scrivener | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Storytel |
| PublishDrive | Free | Flat-fee subscription, no commission on paid plans | - | vs Storytel |
| BookBaby | On request | One-time purchase per project | - | vs Storytel |
| Kindle | Free | Free app, revenue from book purchases and optional subscription | - | vs Storytel |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Storytel badges page.
Before you pay for Storytel
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at $14.99/month. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Storytel against the tools that do have one before committing.
Storytel runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Storytel AB of Stockholm, Sweden. The full record is on the Storytel review, and the rest of the category is under best publishing tools.
Storytel pricing questions
- How much does Storytel cost?
- Storytel publishes a single tier, Storytel, at $14.99/month.
- Does Storytel have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Storytel is listed as Per user per month, unlimited. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 publishing tools listed alongside Storytel have a free tier: Kobo, PublishDrive, Kindle, Wattpad, Webtoon.
- What am I actually paying for with Storytel?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a commuter who listens to several audiobooks a month and finds per-title purchase or credit systems expensive, a reader tired of library holds queues who wants guaranteed instant access to anything in the catalogue, a family wanting a shared subscription with separate kids profiles for audio content.
- Does Storytel charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Storytel prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Storytel against before paying?
- The closest publishing tools in this directory are Everand, Kobo, Scrivener, PublishDrive. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Storytel covering price, platforms and features.