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Excellent app. No subscription
So good to find an app to buy that works! Great app so far, does exactly what you would hope. Thank you very much for this great work!!Mr winston
Exactly what I was looking for
I really love this app. After trying SO many other options for my archive of audiobooks, most from CDs, Bound does exactly what I need it to do.
I can easily organise files in the app, unlike with Books. I can listen to audio from a variety of sources, unlike Audible. I can quickly delete and update files via Dropbox, unlike Apple Music.
There’s a very simple chapter navigation, sleep timer, and importing files is very easy. Worth every penny.
Only thing I’d like to see is being able to move multiple files at a time, rather than one by one.Show lessAleximoCroissant
Issues Persist
After years of owning this app and contacting the developer about issues, almost all the original problems persist.
- Sometimes M4B files just freeze when trying to resume them with Shortcuts. When the app is force closed the book returns to 0.
- You can't bring folders of audiobooks in. You have to navigate into each folder and select the files you need. Very impractical for series.
- You can't export a book once it's been imported.
- For the last two issues I suggested this a while ago: "import and export books via the Files app. (Add Bound as a source. Maybe have an inbox that you can drop files into, that will then get organized into the format the app expects.)"
On the plus side, they did introduce dark mode pretty quickly after iOS 13 shipped. So that's something!
Things that have been fixed since initial review:
- You cannot add Audiobooks while disconnected from the internet. Tapping the Files option just brings up an error telling you that you're disconnected.Show lessRomans B