# Book Mower Audiobook Player

> Audiobook player with precise controls, automatic bookmarks, and library management. (iPhone/iPad app by Freshmowed Software.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-mower-audiobook-player/id880696382 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Freshmowed Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/416457530)
- Category: Entertainment, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 54 App Store ratings · 74 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.1 · 76 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-05-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-mower-audiobook-player/id880696382/reviews.md

## What is Book Mower Audiobook Player?

Thousands of details have been considered in pursuit of a single goal: make getting, playing, and managing audiobooks a delightful experience. 

Precise Control: 
Sliders are difficult with long audio. If you mis-slide, you can't get back to where you were, making it very easy to lose your place. For this reason, Book Mower has no position scrubber. Instead, the app provides customizable skip buttons: jump by specific amounts in either direction. 

A Driving Mode makes listening to audiobooks in the car safer. The screen becomes tap-to-play/pause and swipe-to-skip. 

Book Mower continues playing in the background after leaving the app, and automatically transitions between parts of books. 

Automatic Bookmarks: 
Book Mower will keep track of your progress with automatically created bookmarks. Events, such as chapter transitions, interruptions (like phone calls), and app suspensions, get bookmarked. Just tapping Pause will create a bookmark also, so you don't have to do anything special to create one. Then, if you customize any bookmarks -- change their name, color, position or notes, -- they become permanent, and you can export them as HTML/CSV/Text. 

The Sleep Timer has features like shake-to-add-time, auto screen dimming, and it bookmarks when the timer started and ended, so you can easily pick up where you dozed off.

Playback Speed Controls offer fine-grained adjustment, with non-linear increments: from slightly faster to double speed. 

Book Mower works great with remote controls, like Bluetooth or Apple headphones. With any audio, you can play/pause remotely. If you listen to DRM-free audiobooks, you can also skip +/- 30 seconds, and create bookmarks even while the app is backgrounded. 

Complete control over audio files: 
- Reorder parts/chapters. 
- Rename audiobooks and parts/chapters. 
- Cover artwork can be added or replaced -- just a simple copy-and-paste of any image from web or photo library. Use hi-res images for Retina display devices. 
- Download/delete/re-download audio files whenever you want. 

Redirect audio output with AirPlay support. 

Get, play and manage audio content from a wide variety of sources -- iTunes, Audible.com, Librivox.org, CDs, public library downloads, ... . 

Free Audiobooks included:
Search or Browse through thousands of titles available from Librivox.org directly in the app. Browse and add to your Bookshelf, then download when you are ready to listen.

iTunes Audiobook Store is built right in: browse the most popular titles and search the entire catalog. 

Audio File Types Supported: 
- DRM-enabled content (from Audible.com or iTunes Store) 
- non-DRM content (from web downloads, CDs, etc.) 
- M4B audiobooks, including chapters, artwork 
- MP3 audio files, including artwork, ID3 tags 
- import individual audio files or Zip archives (including artwork image files) 

Audio Import Options (for mp3, m4b, or zip files): 
- add from on-device iTunes Library (required for DRM-enabled audio, like from Audible)
- use iTunes File Sharing (no syncing required) 
- Open in... Book Mower from Dropbox, and most other cloud storage systems 
- use a web browser on your computer to transfer files.

Try it for free! Try it as a FREE TRIAL with 5 audiobooks for up to 60 days, then only $3.99 for unlimited audiobooks.

## Key features

- Customizable skip buttons
- Driving mode for safe listening
- Automatic bookmarking on events
- Adjustable playback speed
- Reorder, rename, and add artwork to audiobooks
- Integrated audiobook store and free audiobook library

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Add Unlimited Audiobooks | $3.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 74)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-mower-audiobook-player/id880696382/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Unable to purchase

*2025-09-18, version 3.7.6*

Great app but the worst support. I have sent many emails notifying that I’m not to purchase the paid version. Not a single response.

### 4/5 — Any chance of CarPlay?

*2025-01-21, version 3.7.6*

Love the app, but CarPlay won’t seem to save the player between drives, and restart, instead falling back to the last audio app, music, audible etc. 
any chance of cleaning up the CarPlay experience?

### 5/5 — Brilliant app

*2023-01-15, version 3.7.6*

I love this app, Ive tried a few and this is by far the best. It’s so easy to use and has lots of useful customisable features. Best thing is the auto sleep timer. It makes it really easy just having to press one button when I want to play books at night to get back to sleep.

### 1/5 — Would not recommend

*2023-01-13*

The app was good but the went down hill fast. Even worse, the creator lashed out at me when I tried to ask for support. They were cranky that more people wouldn't buy and use their app... lashed out at me, one of the ones that did buy and did use. They demanded I give them more money to help make the changes but were hazy on when those changes would appear. Seems like it's become a scam.

### 1/5 — Import from browser no longer works

*2023-01-02*

This app hasn’t been updated for 4 years, and it looks like a recent iOS update, broke the functionality to import an audiobook using your computers web browser over the local Network.

### 5/5 — Great app, but no longer updated

*2022-02-11*

Great app, but acquired a couple of bugs over the past few years. Not critical, but annoying (

### 5/5 — The best audiobook app

*2021-12-16, version 3.7.6*

Absolutely love this app, every function is sooo user orientated. Easy and fast transfer between the phone and PC. Love the automaticity inserting bookmark every time u hit the play button and I never need to cut the big file into small pieces in case I hit the wrong button and lose my position. Love the car player mode and could use the forward and backwards button on the wheel when u were distracted!

### 5/5 — Please update...

*2021-01-13*

I love the app and have gotten a ton of friends to buy and download as well. I know it’s been a while, and time / priorities change; just asking for a basic update to modernize the app please.

### 5/5 — Gives me more options on finding where I was.

*2020-11-11*

I have more options to find where I was and start listening again. It gives me more options to fast forward before or after if I’m trying to find a specific place again. It just has more ways to listen then Books.

### 4/5 — I use it quite a bit.

*2020-02-18, version 3.7.6*

It a good app for me to listen to downloaded mp3 files and other downloaded files. Loading the files is sometimes a bit of a struggle as Apple keeps changing iTunes, now Music and IOS.

## Frequently asked questions about Book Mower Audiobook Player

### What does Book Mower Audiobook Player do?

This app is designed to make getting, playing, and managing audiobooks a delightful experience. It offers precise playback controls, automatic bookmarking for easy resumption of listening, and tools to organize your audiobook library.

### What are the key features of Book Mower?

Key features include customizable skip buttons instead of a traditional scrubber, a driving mode for safer car listening, automatic bookmarking for interruptions and pauses, adjustable playback speed, and the ability to reorder, rename, and add custom artwork to your audiobooks.

### How much does Book Mower Audiobook Player cost?

The app is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available for additional features or content. This allows users to try the core functionality before committing to any costs.

### What types of audio files does Book Mower support?

It supports a wide range of audio file types, including DRM-enabled content from Audible.com and iTunes Store, non-DRM content, M4B audiobooks with chapters and artwork, and MP3 audio files with artwork and ID3 tags. It can also import individual files or Zip archives.

### Can I get audiobooks through the app?

Yes, the app includes an integrated iTunes Audiobook Store to browse and search popular titles. It also provides access to thousands of free audiobooks from Librivox.org, which you can search, browse, and download directly within the app.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.7.6 — 2018-09-03

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Alright, I'm still working on a major update, but I've found this feature too useful to hold up...

Pin Drop/Play:
There's a new "push pin" icon on the main screen that creates a "Pin Dropped" bookmark. Once that has been tapped, a "push pin play" icon is available, which will, you guessed it, play from the dropped pin location. 

Why is this useful? Well, let's say you're done listening to an audiobook, and you hit pause, and put your phone away, but something happens that causes the audiobook to start playing again without you noticing (bluetooth, "pocket dial", etc.). Sometime later, you open the app and discover you're not where you expected, so you have to dig through the bookmarks to find where you last paused. With the Push Pin, whenever you're done listening for a while, you "drop a pin", then it doesn't matter what happens, when you open the app back up, you push the new "push pin play" icon, and you're right back where you left off. Or, perhaps you want a simpler method to create custom bookmarks, without having to wade through the sea of Pause or auto-bookmarks to find the one to customize. Just drop a pin (no need to pause), and customize it later (they're gold colored, so they're easy to find). Or, maybe you want to play a particular section of the audio over and over. Just drop a pin at the start location, and hit the "push pin play" button to get back to it as many times as you like. 

When you customize a "Pin Dropped" bookmark, a new bookmark is created, so you don't lose your "pin".

### 3.7.5 — 2018-07-16

More options for sorting files.

Bug fixes:
- fixed chapter/total time switching of bookmarks 
- fixed a few places that the time could jump to a previous position 
- fixed speed controls (still broken for DRM-enabled audio with iOS 11.4)
- fixed auto-starting on launch (DRM-enabled audio)
- fixed play resetting to beginning on launch (DRM-enabled audio)

### 3.7.4 — 2017-11-06

Feature swap:
- The Dim Screen option for the Sleep Timer has been removed.
- An Auto-Start option has been added to the Sleep Timer.

Bug Fixes.

If on app start, or device wake, the audio position jumps back to zero, wait a few seconds and the app might be able to reposition correctly.

### 3.7.3 — 2017-08-08

Bug fixes and enhancements:
- Elapsed/Remaining time for total and chapters can now be shown as percentage, in addition to H:M:S.
(tap on either to change)
- Menu item for deleting all audiobooks that have been removed from iTunes Library
- better table layout when reordering chapters
- shorter time-to-play for long mp3s

### 3.7 — 2017-07-24

Bug fixes.

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