Audible Audible Standard vs Audible Premium – 1 credit a month
Audible Premium – 1 credit a month costs $5.96 more a month ($71.52 a year) than Audible Standard. Here is exactly what that extra money buys.
Audible Standard
$8.99 a month
Best for: One audiobook a month, at the lowest price, if you don't care about the listen-all-you-want catalog.
Audible Premium – 1 credit a month
$14.95 a month
Best for: The usual choice: one book a month to keep, plus the big listen-all-you-want catalog.
What you get by choosing Audible Premium – 1 credit a month
- Listen-all-you-want catalog included: Included (instead of Not included)Audible calls this the Plus Catalog. You can listen to anything in it as much as you like, but those titles leave your library if you stop paying.
- Unused picks carry over to next month: Included (instead of Not included)On the Premium plans an unused pick is saved for up to a year. On the Standard plan an unused monthly selection is lost at the end of the month.
Same on both
books you can choose each month (1), books are yours to keep (included).
Which one should you pick?
It depends on what you actually use. If you don't need listen-all-you-want catalog included or unused picks carry over to next month, Audible Standard does the same job for less. Answer a few questions and we'll tell you which plan fits.
Prices and features verified September 21, 2026 from Audible's official pages (source ↗). Prices are before tax and can change. See all Audible plans.