Absorb Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience97.4% of reviews
Neutral2.6% of reviews
Negative experience0.0% of reviews

~ Based on 39 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Absorb Safe?

Absorb - for Audiobookshelf appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Absorb is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 174 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

98.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 157 App Store ratings for Absorb.

Is Absorb Legit?

Absorb - for Audiobookshelf appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Absorb is 63/100.

Based on 63 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Alles was man sich wünschen kann für einen Audiobookshelf Client. Und vor allem komplett kostenlos. 1000 Dank an den Entwickler

Wow 🤩

Absolutely incredible. Anyone with audiobookshelf and an iPhone must use this.

Great app

Thanks!

Doesn’t show all tags on books

I LOVE 2 things about this app that some other AudioBookShelf clients don’t have: 1) the ability to edit the metadata of my titles, and 2) that I can see my tags

What I find annoying is that I can only see the first few tags of each title on the title details page. I add a lot of custom tags so I can better find the audiobook I want in a way that makes sense to me. So when I can only see the first few tags of a book that has like 20 custom tags, it’s very annoying.

Related to this is on the edit details screen for a book, I’d love to see the tags list represented as an array of tiles, like the native ABS web client, rather than a comma-separated list. I understand this kind of list is the easiest to implement but it’s not the most user-friendly.
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Exquisite

Beautifully designed app. Checks all the boxes one would want in an audiobook player.

Needs some improvements

First off stats are not accurate and is reporting back those inaccurate times to Audiobookshelf making my entire stats screwed up. It will say I’ve read x hours when I only just woke up. I’m assuming this is a time zone setting??

All Bookmarks would be amazing if you could collapse the book so you aren’t scrolling for 5 hours and maybe alphabetize by book or at least add a search field for it.
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Trop bien

Premier fois depuis 15 ans que je télécharge une application sans avis. Banco, l’application est belle, facile à comprendre et intègre toute les fonctionnalités nécessaires (dont le téléchargement des audiobook depuis le serveur sur le téléphone) merci

Solid, but has its issues

First off, the app feels sleek and modern, with a responsive UI and well designed layout. It has fun statistics and tons of customization to tweak it to your preferences. It really hits every checkbox for what features I want to see in a player, including playback rate, chapter selector, library browser and filter, metadata view, and an epub reader.

The now playing screen is very useful, which of course is also adjustable however you want it. Coming from other ABS iOS apps I also want to say that I have a much easier time downloading my books through absorb, with background downloads actually working if my screen darkens a moment. That was a real issue with my last player.

Edit: disregard below statements, there was a mangled entry in the db for ABS causing client crashing, as promised it’s a 5/5 for me. Though I’m still unsure why other apps could handle the corrupted entries and absorb couldn’t.


I will say it still has a suite of its own issues though. The app drops connection to the server frequently, even though the domain is reachable through other apps on the same phone or by browser. I believe it’s an issue when flooding requests, happens a lot when I scroll through my library too quickly.

It will also crash infrequently when utilizing the mini-player, I have better luck keeping the app focused most of the time.

If it weren’t for the connection issues I’d say it’s 5/5.
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Beautiful, elegant, and functional

I’ve tried many apps for my audiobookshelf server and this is by far the best one. It is truly free and open source as anything using audiobookshelf should be, thank you for your efforts!

Truly brilliant

I never write reviews but I’m blown away by the quality of this app. Functionally and aesthetically, it’s flawless. The developer is beyond talented. I’ve tried many premium audiobook clients and none of them come close.

Amazing App

Absolutely stunning app. Blazing fast working better that any other audiobook app I’ve used. Top notch!!!

Exceptional Audiobookshelf player!

I’ve used other similar products available for a fee on the App Store for ages and have been very happy. Absorb blows them out of the water. It has a fantastic, easy to use and thoughtfully designed UI, brilliant back-end management of Audiobookshelf (including administration options right from the app!) and handles connected/disconnected Audiobookshelf envs with flair. On top of that it has a well managed CarPlay interface! Perfect!

To top it off, it’s free (but well deserved of donation)!

Thanks for Absorb - I couldn’t be happier.
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Works great, looks great

Super responsive, has a great UI and is unique and creative

For the love of the game

I’ve tried every single Audiobookshelf client on the App Store and this is by far the best with no paywall, just an opportunity to donate. This man came out of the woordworks and created a masterpiece just for the love of the game.

Exceptional

As a long-time developer, I have to give credit where it’s due. Absorb is one of those apps that reminds me what great software feels like. It does exactly what it’s supposed to do, but it does it with style, polish, and grace.

To me, it’s the little things that separate a good application from an excellent one. The thoughtful design, attention to detail, and smooth user experience show that the developer truly cares about the craft.

Well done, and thank you for creating such a high-quality application.
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Amazing

This app is so clean, consistent and nice to use. The best mobile client for audiobookshelf I have used. Fantastic work, highly recommend.

Great App!

It’s clear that a ton of work has been put into this app, and it gives a really nice experience. Totally free, has features not on other apps, and offers a super customizable listening experience.

Skip All Others

This... This is the only Audiobookshelf app that actually meets my standards. Don't bother with anything else.

Delivers everything it promises and more

I've tried nearly every iOS app for Audiobookshelf. This one is the clear winner.

Amazing app, works flawlessly

I’ve tried a handful of different application applications for Audiobookshelf prior to this one and this one is hands-down by far the best of them.

It’s easy to use, it’s stable, it can load my entire library, which many of the other apps couldn’t, and I have zero complaints or concerned about using it.
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