Free Audiobook Trial Credits: What Happens to Unused Credits When You Cancel?

It depends on the service, but unused credits usually don't survive cancellation. On Audible, unused credits disappear at the end of your final billing cycle. On Audiobooks.com, cancelling a free trial takes back the unused trial credit, and the free trial book goes with it.

A credit is a token that a subscription gives you to trade for one audiobook, whatever its list price. Before you cancel, check three things: when your credits expire, whether you keep the books you got with them, and where you signed up.

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What Happens to Audible Credits When You Cancel?

Audible Premium members lose all unused credits at the end of their final billing cycle, according to Audible's "Before you cancel your Audible membership" help page. Other benefits end at the same time, including member discounts and access to included titles. Books you already got with credits are safer.

Audible's cancel membership page says any title you get with a credit is yours to keep after you cancel. That means your credits keep their value only if you spend them before the final billing period ends. Cancelling doesn't have to mean losing the rest of the month you paid for.

Your credits stay usable until that last cycle closes, so you can cancel early and still pick your titles before it ends.

Does It Matter Where You Signed Up for Audible?

Yes. The same Audible cancel page says credits from a membership bought through Apple's App Store or Google Play don't expire. They stay in your account after you cancel.

The rules for credits can also vary by plan. Audible has a separate help page on how credits work. Compare it with what your own account shows before you decide when to cancel.

• Signed up on Audible's website: spend credits before your final billing cycle ends.
• Signed up through the App Store or Google Play: your credits stay in your account after you cancel.
• Not sure: check your account's billing details before cancelling.

How Audiobooks.com Handles Trial Credits

Audiobooks.com is stricter. Its FAQ page says free trial credits expire 30 days after they're issued, whether or not you're still a member, unless the offer says otherwise. So staying subscribed won't keep an unused trial credit alive.

Cancelling during the trial costs more than the credit. Audiobooks.com says cancelling a free trial removes the free trial book and the VIP selection from your account, plus the trial credit if you haven't used it. On Audible, by contrast, books you got with credits stay with you.

Paid members have more time. Audiobooks.com says monthly subscription credits expire three months after they're issued. Books you bought separately at full price aren't affected when you cancel.

Timing Your Cancellation to Avoid a Charge

An Audiobooks.com trial starts the day you sign up, and the first charge comes about 30 days later. The FAQ gives an example: sign up July 1 and you're billed July 31. To avoid being charged, you must cancel before that date.

This creates a trade-off. Cancelling before the charge avoids the fee but takes back the trial book and credit. Letting the trial convert keeps them but starts a paid month.

Put the billing date in your calendar the day you sign up so you choose deliberately.

How Spotify's Audiobook Hours Compare

Spotify doesn't use credits. Spotify Support's Audiobooks Access plan page says the plan gives you listening hours instead. Unused hours expire each month and can't be used once the next billing period starts.

With Spotify, hours don't roll over even while you stay subscribed. If you're weighing a trial there, plan to use your hours within the same billing period.

Frequently Asked Questions

If I cancel Audible, can I still listen to books I got with credits?

Yes. Audible says any title you get with a credit is yours to keep after you cancel.

Can I pause cancellation to keep an Audiobooks.com trial credit from expiring?

No. Audiobooks.com trial credits expire 30 days after they're issued, whether or not you're still a member, unless the offer says otherwise.

Do full-price Audiobooks.com purchases disappear when I cancel?

No. Audiobooks.com says books bought separately at full price aren't affected when you cancel.