Nice on iOS but CarPlay has room for improvement
I‘m a heavy CarPlay user. The app has improved in that manner. To be more precise, it is almost indistinguishable from Plappas CarPlay UI. However, the watch status/progress is missing, a key functionality.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback! I've made a lot of CarPlay improvements since April, and the latest version adds even more, including a new Library tab. Please give it another try, and if podcasts still don't show up, feel free to join the Discord or open an issue on GitHub.
So good
This app is unbelievably good.
Every feature is incredible
You’ve done an incredible job with this app. The read along feature and the take a photo of a page in the book feature is incredible, they’re both things that I felt like should exist, and just happened to find while using this app. Deleted all the other apps because they were “pay to use” pretty much, but happily going to tip for how well made this app is. Great clean UI design, snappy, and WORKS.
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The power of FOSS
THIS is what all apps should aspire to be. Simple, elegant, intuitive, blazing fast, no BS, robust, feature rich, no data collected, etc.
You can tell this app was made with love and not greed. Ironically, this will get me to donate to the project. Great job dev team!
You can tell this app was made with love and not greed. Ironically, this will get me to donate to the project. Great job dev team!
Perfect
I’m glad I kept epubs in the same folder in my audiobookshelf library… the Read along feature is absolute perfection. Helps beat Reddit/news doomscrolling addiction too.
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Freezing
App keeps freezing after latest update
By far the best audiobookshelf app!
I have been using this app for a month now, and gave many other apps a try too, and nothing comes close to this! Major kudos to the dev for making this amazing app with a great UX, very much like Audible! Also, congratulations on the Read Along feature! I absolutely love it, I have no idea how you achieved it but major kudos Jeremy!
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Flawless client for AudioBookshelf
Works perfect, no complaints!
THIS is the perfect audiobookshelf app
You can be done looking for the best app now, this is the one!
Seriously, there is nothing this app doesn’t do. The latest update even added ebook follow-along reading for basically complete audible parity. It looks great and has reading stats to boot! My gratitude for this app is immeasurable and well worth the donation (yes, it’s free - but absolutely shouldn’t be if you ask me!)
Seriously, there is nothing this app doesn’t do. The latest update even added ebook follow-along reading for basically complete audible parity. It looks great and has reading stats to boot! My gratitude for this app is immeasurable and well worth the donation (yes, it’s free - but absolutely shouldn’t be if you ask me!)
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Truly the best
I am so grateful for this app. The ability to sync ebooks and audiobooks from my own library has been a game-changer in helping me overcome the difficulties of reading as a dyslexic person. And the app itself is so dense and full of customisable settings that it is genuinely the best reason I use my phone. I’d give it 10 stars if I could.
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Amazing App
Best audiobook app out there! And Open Source as well! Great job!
I LOVE it
How can an Audio Book App be this good? Everything is butter smooth, and beautifully designed. The navigation is perfect; everything is where I would expect it. It has every feature I want and none I don’t. I sometimes catch myself just browsing through the app, without actually wanting to do anything, just because everything is so delightful. One of my favorite Apps, ever!
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Best media app, hands down
I’ve tried several apps similar to this one but this one is hands down and easily the best one. It has all the features I was looking for, plus more. Fantastic work developing this app!! Thank you x1000
Loses Downloads
This app is great and syncing with audiobookshelf server works well. My only issue is that it loses all my locally downloaded books once or twice a week. I can see them in the app settings but they will no longer show in the downloads tab. Unfortunately that is a vital part of the app for my use-case and bumps what I would say is 5 stars to 2.
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Server is harder the app
Setting up AudioBookshelf is far more painful than this app. It’s very plug-n-play. This is the app I recommend to my family when I set them up with a ABS account. Download is easy and switch from phone to web app is pretty seamless as well.
Great audio controls
I love being able to listen to music or other audio while listening to a book. The app is really fast and has so many detailed customization available. It is nice to have full control over almost every detail!
Excellent App When It Works
This app is phenomenal most of the time. It’s fairly intuitive and once it’s set up it just works. The only issue I’m having is that streamed audio stops after about a half hour of playback and then it cannot find connection to my media server. Works fine with downloaded audio but the only way to resolve it is to restart my phone with is a big inconvenience for something so simple.
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Response from developer
Sorry for the trouble! I just released a new version that should be much more reliable. If you still have issues, feel free to join the Discord or open an issue on GitHub.
Incredible work
Really good app well implemented.
Has features that major companies usually lock behind pay walls.
Don’t think about just install it and tip the dev.
Keep up the great work!
Has features that major companies usually lock behind pay walls.
Don’t think about just install it and tip the dev.
Keep up the great work!
Perfect app
Has all the functions needed and easy to operate.
