# Chapters - Audiobook Player — Specially for audiobooks > Specially for audiobooks (iPhone/iPad app by Mobile Appster.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chapters-audiobook-player/id6762648191 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Mobile Appster](https://appshunter.io/developer/1063664800) - Category: Books, Entertainment - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 5 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-02 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chapters-audiobook-player/id6762648191/reviews.md ## What is Chapters? Chapters is an iOS audiobook player, specially designed for a superior spoken-word listening experience. Sync your library from the cloud and enjoy your favorite stories anywhere with audiobook features like the smart sleep timer that always ends at a natural stopping point and advanced bookmarks and note-taking capabilities. An interface crafted specifically for audiobooks. Easily navigate chapters, drop bookmarks, automatically track listening sessions, adjust playback speed and avoid accidentally skipping forwards. Optional features allow you to hide the progress bar so you can't see how long is left in the story. Enjoy a clean, distraction-free player. Store and sync your audiobooks from any cloud location. Intergrate with Dropbox, Google or iCloud out of the box, or manage your own list to download files from any internet location. Chapters makes it easy to download for offline listening and manage your device storage efficiently. Our intelligent sleep timer finds natural pauses in the narration, so you always end at the completion of a sentence or paragraph. Plus the listening log automatically tracks all your listening sessions, so you can always find where you are up to, even if you skip ahead or switch books halfway through. Never lose your place again Heard something interesting? Drop a bookmark to save the moment. Chapters auto-transcribes the surrounding text and lets you search through your bookmarks. Then add notes and organize snippets into folders. Easily track key comments for research or capturing favourite moments. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-07-28 * Feature: Download audiobook metadata from Libex * Feature: Play a ding when adding a bookmark with option to turn this off in settings * Feature: Edit audio file metadata tags * Feature: Set custom artwork for audiobooks * Feature: Summary view shows a recap as well as a catchup containing a transcript of the last few sentences so you can pick up where you left off. * Change: Miniplayer shows skip forward and back ### 1.2 — 2026-05-18 * Feature: Generate a recap of the last few minutes when pausing an audiobook * Feature: Smart speed ramping. Rather than immediately playing audio at a faster speed, gradually increase the playback speed to make it easier to get used to faster audio. * Feature: Transcribe an entire audiobook * Feature: Search transcriptions and tap to jump to that point in the audio. * Feature: View listening logs for all your books in the settings screen * Feature: Books in the library can be displayed in a list of a grid * Feature: Set listening goals * Feature: Visualise progress against listening goals on goals screen * Feature: Toggle between time remaining in chapter or book * Feature: Progress against books is now shown in library * Enhancement: Native Now Playing screen provides visual feedback when bookmarking * Enhancement: Player now allows you to skip forwards as well as back * Enhancement: Allows stats to be viewed weekly or yearly * Enhancement: Show most common listening time statistics * Enhancement: Show advanced statistics around listening habits * Enhancement: Options are now available on smart pause so you can configure it to your preference * Bug: Handle Dropbox re-authentication more gracefully ### 1.1 — 2026-05-05 Feature: Double-tapping on AirPods sets a bookmark (with the option to turn off this behaviour in settings) Feature: Smart pause. When resuming playback, an audiobook reverses a little bit to remind you what happened. The longer between when you paused and return, the further back it reverses, to a maximum of 30s (with the option to turn off this behaviour in settings) Feature: Automatic sleep timer reset. Pick up or move your phone to reset the sleep timer (with the option to turn off this behaviour in settings) Feature: On-device AI performs text summarisation on the transcribed bookmarks and shows a short summary in the bookmarks list Feature: Bulk download audio clips per folder in the library Feature: Bulk add a folder to the playlist, which is useful for when a book is split into individual files per chapter Feature: Bulk remove audio files for a whole folder in the library Feature: New statistics screen shows listening statistics Feature: Statistics screen shows chart of listening over the week Feature: Backup and restore the Chapters database to allow you to view your bookmarks and reading statistics on other devices Feature: Send feedback through the Feedback screen in settings Bug: Handle Google authentication expiry more gracefully ### 1.0 — 2026-04-28 No release notes. ## More apps by Mobile Appster - [Command Control](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/command-control/id6772719542) All apps by Mobile Appster: https://appshunter.io/developer/1063664800 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-02.*