# AkooBooks

> AkooBooks is a premier publisher and digital distributor of African audiobooks.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gh.akoobooks](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gh.akoobooks)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gh.akoobooks`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AkooBooks Limited
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 174
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22
- **First published:** 2025-06-30
- **Publisher country:** GH
- **Size:** 20 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gh.akoobooks)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://akoobooks.com/terms/privacy](https://akoobooks.com/terms/privacy)

## Description

AkooBooks Audio is a premier publisher and digital distributor of African audiobooks. AkooBooks Audio provides African publishers and writers with a channel to transform their books and reach as many new readers ('listeners") as possible on mobile devices. Akoobooks are perfect for today's new generation of multi-taskers. AkooBooks Audio makes African books available anytime, accessible anywhere on a wide variety of mobile devices while doing other things like commuting or exercising. Our books are read and interpreted by Africans. AkooBooks allow listeners to appreciate the narrative and the beauty of how Africans use the English language (and also, we eventually intend to produce new audio adaptions in our own local African languages.

## Rankings

- #1,765,109 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `gh.akoobooks.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `gh.akoobooks.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gh.akoobooks)