xigxag: Audiobooks, But Better

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About this app

Our award-winning UK audiobook app offers great prices, no subscriptions and exclusive access to the listen-and-read x-book®.

BESTSELLERS, CLASSICS AND NEW RELEASES
We’ve got thousands of titles available from the authors you love including Stephen Fry, Alice Oseman, Terry Pratchett, Marian Keyes, Sally Rooney, Richard Osman, George R. R. Martin and many more. Our catalogue includes leading publishers such as HarperCollins, Pan MacMillan, Penguin Random House, Faber, Bonnier, WF Howes, Boldwood, Canelo, Chelsea Green and more. It’s easy to find your next great listen on the app, simply search by author, title, genre or keyword, or be inspired by our Top Pick recommendations.

NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
You won’t pay more than £7.99 per title on xigxag, including our x-book® selection, and there’s no subscription required, so there’s no pressure to pay if you don’t have time to listen.
Our pricing even rewards you for listening by unlocking lower prices after every five full priced books, this is renewed on an annual basis from your first purchase:
£7.99 per title for books 1-5
£6.99 per title for books 6-10
£5.99 per title for books 11-15
£4.99 per title for books 16-20
£3.99 per title when you buy more than 20 books in the year.
All xigxag users can also access our monthly £3.99 picks, a curated selection of top titles available for less for a limited time. Past £3.99 picks have included bestsellers from Alice Oseman, Ant Middleton, Holly Jackson, David Baldacci, Bernard Cornwell and more. You can view the current titles on offer by downloading the app.

HOME OF THE LISTEN-AND-READ X-BOOK®
Exclusive to xigxag, the x-book® combines the audiobook and ebook into a brilliant, single integrated format. Search, take notes, share quotes, see illustrations and lookup words as you listen.
Switch seamlessly between listening and reading, or even read along. With the x-book® you can finish more books, in the way that best suits your lifestyle. Our x-book® selection is easily recognised by the purple ribbon, and you can even filter your book search by x-book®. Best of all, you won’t pay any more for the x-book® format, so you’ll enjoy both audiobook and ebook for the price of one!

THE XIGXAG USER EXPERIENCE
Quick and easy In-app purchase
Listen to a sample of each audiobook before you buy
Read the synopsis, user reviews and book reviews
Skip forward or back with navigation designed for listening, not for music
Speed up or slow down narration speed
Stream or download for offline listening
Listen on your smart speaker or in your car via Bluetooth
Large format car player screen for listening safely on the road
Customisable sleep timer for relaxing bedtime listening
Listen on your smartphone, read on your tablet with automatic syncing across your devices
Dark mode

NEW! MY XIGXAG
Now it’s easier than ever to customise your xigxag experience. Discover your reading stats, and keep track of your bookshelf, lookups and book reviews with myxigxag. Save, edit and share book quotes, cover art, and book recommendations directly from the app.

AWARD WINNING APP
2022 Tech Nation Rising Star
2022 Startup Awards South West - Mobile And Emerging Technologies Startup Of The Year
2022 Cornwall Business Awards - Best New Business
2022 Finalist Great British Entrepreneur Awards - Disruptor Of The Year

AS SEEN IN The Times, The Bookseller, Startups Magazine and more…

There’s never been a better time to cancel your audiobook subscription. Join thousands of UK listeners switching to xigxag today.

Ratings and reviews

This is a great app for audio books. I love that there is no subscription and you just pay for the books you buy. And the cost goes down the more books you buy over a 12 month period. Currently, it's max £7.99 going down to £3.99 for brand new titles. The customer service is great too. I recommend this app to anyone who wants to listen to a huge range of audio books at a great price..

I'm updating an earlier review because I'm increasingly impressed with this app the more I use it. Very clever features, nice UI, and a catalogue that will only grow the more people use the platform. Aside from being more ethical, the pricing structure is also working out cheaper for me that Evilzon would. All in all, I can't really fault it. The catalogue come always be bigger but it's large enough to be getting on with and I'm sure it will continue to grow over time. Certainly recommend.

Good But Needs Work. I like the way you pay for what you get and the prices are not bad. Also like the alphabetical listing. But whilst there is a Thriller section, but no Crime and Mystery, my favourite genre. I suppose bundled in with Thrillers. Also no reviews, which I assume is intentional, but I like to read a review. All in all quite good, and will probably get some books from it

What's new

NEW! Bookmarking. Save by colour, add a note.
NEW! Improved chapter view, to help you navigate.
FIX! cutoff issues on some smaller screens plus lots of other UI fixes.