# AudioBookEcho — Echo Your Favourite Books

> Echo Your Favourite Books (iPhone/iPad app by SAMUEL JAMES FAID.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audiobookecho/id6753013947 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SAMUEL JAMES FAID](https://appshunter.io/developer/1842135682)
- Category: Books, Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audiobookecho/id6753013947/reviews.md

## What is AudioBookEcho?

Meet AudioBookEcho, a fast, private audiobook player that puts your library first. Enjoy simple playback, smart progress tracking, Siri voice control, CarPlay support, and powerful Apple Watch features.

Why you’ll love it

• Your library, your device: Keep audiobooks organised with titles, authors, folders, artwork, and chapters. Plays most common audio formats, with chapter support for MP3, M4A, and M4B files.
• Stored in Files: Your books live in the Files app, making them easy to manage, back up, and organise in your own folders.
• Folder management: Create and organise folders directly in the app to keep large libraries tidy.
• Drag and drop: Move files and folders with full drag-and-drop support on iPhone and iPad.
• Beautiful playback: Play, pause, scrub, or skip back and forward while seeing your current position, elapsed time, and total duration.
• Siri support: Start or resume playback with your voice. Try “Hey Siri, play AudioBookEcho” or “Hey Siri, play [book title] in AudioBookEcho”.
• Custom skip durations: Choose a skip interval from 5 to 90 seconds. The default is 15 seconds.
• Listen your way: Adjust playback speed while keeping voices natural.
• Improved Volume Boost: Make quiet recordings easier to hear with Low, Medium, or High boost levels and peak limiting to help prevent clipping.
• Personalised look: Choose a theme colour used throughout the app and Apple Watch app.
• Split view: A redesigned interface adapts beautifully to iPhone Pro Max, Plus models, iPad, and Mac for a more spacious layout.
• iPad multitasking: Use split screen or Slide Over while listening, reading, browsing, or taking notes.
• CarPlay support: Browse recent books and jump into Now Playing with familiar in-car controls.
• Apple Watch control: Start and stop playback, skip, and stay in the story directly from your wrist.
• Apple Watch offline playback: Download selected audiobooks and artwork to your Watch so you can listen when your iPhone is out of reach. See download progress, cancel transfers, retry failed downloads, or remove books when finished.
• Apple Watch chapter navigation: Browse chapters and files, jump to an exact playback position, and see which chapter is currently playing.
• Reliable iPhone and Watch sync: Improved library updates, playback controls, progress acknowledgements, and recovery from interrupted or conflicting updates.
• Recent Places: Quickly return to meaningful listening locations, including scrubs, chapter jumps, file changes, and skips. Review current and previous locations, see chapter or file details, tap an entry to return there, or clear your history. Recent Places are kept separately for each audiobook, with entries retained for the last week and at least your 10 newest locations preserved.
• Works everywhere: Control playback from the Lock Screen, Control Centre, headphones, and car media buttons.
• Progress that sticks: Your position is saved automatically across files and chapters, with completion tracking and listening statistics.
• Stay tidy: Detect missing files and safely remove them.
• Support the app your way: An optional tip jar supports development, with no subscriptions or paywalls.

Privacy by design

• No accounts required.
• No data is collected or tracked. Everything stays entirely on your device.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

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



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-24

This update brings major Apple Watch improvements, better playback syncing, and new ways to return to important listening positions.

Apple Watch
• Download audiobooks and artwork to your Apple Watch for offline playback.
• Browse chapters and files, jump to specific positions, and see what is currently playing.
• View download progress, cancel or retry transfers, and remove downloaded books.
• Improved syncing of your library, playback position, and controls between iPhone and Apple Watch.
Recent Places
• Quickly return to recent scrubs, chapter jumps, file changes, and skips.
• See chapter or file details and jump directly back to a saved position.
• Recent Places are stored separately for each audiobook.

Improved Volume Boost
• Choose Low, Medium, or High boost levels for quieter recordings.
• Peak limiting helps reduce clipping during boosted playback.

Siri playback
• Start or resume AudioBookEcho using Siri.
• Ask Siri to play a specific audiobook by title.

This update also includes playback, syncing, transfer, and reliability improvements throughout the iPhone and Apple Watch apps.

### 1.1.10 — 2026-07-11

Siri Integration
• Added Siri support so you can start or resume playback in AudioBookEcho using your voice
• You can now say things like “Hey Siri, play AudioBookEcho”, “Hey Siri, play audiobook”, or “Hey Siri, play [book title] in AudioBookEcho”

Improvements
• Improved Siri and system playback integration for a smoother listening experience
• Other smaller improvements and bug fixes

### 1.1.9 — 2025-11-18

Bug Fixes
•	Fixed an issue where item selection didn’t work correctly
•	Resolved a layout problem where media controls could cover list and grid content when many items were displayed
•	Bluetooth media controls now skip forward and backward as expected
•	Other smaller bug fixes

### 1.1.8 — 2025-11-09

This update restores drag-and-drop functionality and introduces a new way to stay informed about updates.

• Drag and Drop Fixed – Resolved an issue introduced in a previous update that caused drag and drop to stop working. You can now drag individual folders and items onto other folders or onto the background within a folder to move them as intended.
• Changelog and What’s New in Settings – Added a new section in Settings where you can view the full changelog and a dedicated “What’s New” screen that automatically appears the first time you open the app after an update, making it easier to see the latest improvements and features.

### 1.1.7 — 2025-11-03

• Custom Skip Durations – You can now set your own skip intervals, anywhere from 5 to 90 seconds. The default remains 15 seconds.
• Major UI Overhaul – The app now features a new split view layout that makes better use of space on larger screens like iPhone Pro Max, Plus models, iPad, and Mac.
• Performance and Stability – General bug fixes and optimisations for a smoother experience across all devices.

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