# ABS Admin: Audiobookshelf — Server manager, reader, player

> Server manager, reader, player (iPhone/iPad app by Corey FELDMAN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abs-admin-audiobookshelf/id6788065635 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Corey FELDMAN](https://appshunter.io/developer/1836967631)
- Category: Utilities, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abs-admin-audiobookshelf/id6788065635/reviews.md

## What is ABS Admin?

ABS Admin is the app your Audiobookshelf server was missing. Manage your whole library, read your ebooks, and press play, all from your phone.

Try it right now with no server: tap "Explore a Demo" and the entire app works with sample data.

LISTEN & READ
- A clean home that opens on your books, not on menus
- Search every library and tap to play or read
- Continue Listening and Continue Reading pick up exactly where you left off
- Browse any library as a wall of covers
- Built-in player: play, skip, chapters, speed, bookmarks, lock screen, background audio, progress synced to your server
- Built-in reader for EPUB, PDF, and comics (CBZ): themes, fonts, size and spacing, search, bookmarks, and a Dyslexia mode with wider spacing and ragged edges for easier reading
- Want downloads, CarPlay, Apple Watch, or a sleep timer? A quiet link hands the book to Lull, our full audiobook player

MANAGE YOUR SERVER
- Edit metadata: title, author, narrator, series, genres, tags, description
- Quick match and fix missing covers, one book or the whole library
- Clean Up: rename or delete a genre, tag, or narrator across every book at once, and split messy imported labels like "Paranormal, Contemporary, Urban" into separate genres in one tap
- Series, collections, and playlists
- Move a book between libraries, something even the web app cannot do
- Upload audiobooks and ebooks from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, or anywhere the Files app reaches
- Podcasts: add shows by search or feed, import OPML, download old episodes, clean up the back catalog
- Users: create, edit, set passwords, roles, permissions, and per library access
- Backups: create, download, restore, and schedule
- Send an ebook straight to your Kindle
- Listening dashboard: who is listening now, full session history, daily hours, top listeners, and a Year in Review
- Create and configure libraries, run scans, open RSS feeds, and set up notifications

SAFE BY DESIGN
- Destructive actions are guarded: file deletion is off by default and asks you to type to confirm
- Moving a book copies it first and removes the original only after the copy succeeds

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- Talks only to your own server with your own account
- No analytics, no tracking, no data collected

ABS Admin is an independent companion app and is not affiliated with the Audiobookshelf project. It needs your own Audiobookshelf server, or use the demo to look around.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-08-22

Add a book to a playlist from its page, or grab a bunch in Browse and add them at once.

Match shows you the results first now, so you pick the right edition and take only the fields you want. Chapters can come from Audible if you have the ASIN.

Every file lists its codec and bitrate, and one that doesn't match the others gets flagged. That mismatch is usually what breaks an M4B encode.

New screens for server tasks, open share links, and where your account is signed in.

iPad and Mac get a sidebar, keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop upload, and a two column reader.

### 1.4.1 — 2026-08-10

You can see and edit each book's ASIN now

### 1.4 — 2026-08-09

Eleven skins, from a sepia Parchment for daylight to a starfield Observatory for night, plus an Auto mode that goes pure black after 9pm. The app icon changes to match. Find them in Settings under Appearance.

### 1.3 — 2026-08-08

Share a public link to a book, with expiry and one-tap revoke. API keys for your tools, with one-tap limited accounts. Podcast author and description now show and save correctly. Newest episodes across all shows in one list. Upload backups from your phone, edit title sorting words, and various fixes.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-30

Pasting a podcast's RSS address works properly now. It no longer has to start with https:// and a stray space won't break it. The app also reads the feed first, so it fills in the show's real name instead of something like rss.wbur.org.

Genres and tags you just used now show up in the picker right away instead of taking half an hour to appear.

## More apps by Corey FELDMAN

- [MindfulMomenets](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindfulmomenets/id6751815624)
- [Lull: Books Pods & Night Noise](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lull-books-pods-and-night-noise/id6775313582)

All apps by Corey FELDMAN: https://appshunter.io/developer/1836967631

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