# MP3 Audiobook Player Pro — user reviews > 232 indexed App Store user reviews of MP3 Audiobook Player Pro by Oleg Brailean, rated 4.10/5 from 231 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889580711/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mp3-audiobook-player-pro/id889580711.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 142 · 4★ 37 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of MP3 Audiobook Player Pro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent audiobook player - 🚀 Highly customizable with many features - 💡 Supports various audio formats - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 👍 Reliable and stable performance - 👍 Remembers playback position - 👍 Great bookmarking and note-taking functionality **Cons** - 🐛 Issues with playback position not saving - 🐛 Bugs with speed controls and audio quality - 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions - 🐛 Unreliable file transfer methods - 🐛 Unexpected behavior when pausing/resuming playback **Commonly reported bugs** - Playback position not saved correctly - Speed controls causing audio distortion - Compatibility issues with iOS 18 and newer - Unreliable file transfer via WiFi and cloud storage - Unexpected playback behavior when pausing and resuming **Most requested features** - Add option to stream audiobooks from cloud storage - Improve Apple Watch integration and standalone playback - Implement better organization and sorting options for audiobook library - Add EQ and volume boost features - Introduce a more modern and visually appealing design ## Newest reviews (14 of 232) ### 4/5 — Недавний баг, неприятный *2025-08-17* Слушаю в наушниках, при нажатии Паузы невозможно в некоторых случаях продолжить воспроизведение, требуется подождать хотя бы полминуты… раньше не было такого ### 4/5 — Pretty good but... *2025-08-03, version 1.184* It's a great app. However, it really needs a landscape mode as having to physically turn the tablet, or looking at the app on its side when locked in landscape mode is frustrating and unnecessary. ### 4/5 — Presque le meilleur de l’Apple store *2025-07-29* Il ne manque que la synchronisation entre tous les appareils sur un même compte pour qu’il soit le meilleur de l’Apple store. En gros, pouvoir reprendre un livre commencé sur un iPhone, et poursuivre sur un autre appareil ( un IPad, un autre iPhone etc…) ### 5/5 — The best player *2025-07-19, version 1.184* This is the best app for all of my audio books. It is simple, easy to navigate and plays all audio formats I have. ### 5/5 — The best. Accept no substitute. *2025-07-08* I have been using this app for years, watching it grow from the little app that could to a full-fledged audiobook player with every bell and whistle a person could want. And it’s light years ahead of whatever Apple wants you to use as an audiobook player. One of its best features is that it allows the user to upload FLAC files to an Apple device, so it’s great for listening to albums as well! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-07-07, version 1.182* I’ve had this player for over a year on my phone and use it every day all day long. 3 to 10 hours daily. There is no way I could live without it. The other day I did an update which caused the books not to play no matter what I tried. For 2 days I felt like the world ended because my books wouldn’t play and I do EVERYTHING with my Aftershokz on. The developer put out another update today that fixed the issue and all is well with the world again. Seriously, if you’re looking for an app for audiobooks that doesn’t require converting formats and works perfectly, this is it, look no further. ### 5/5 — Fast perfekt *2025-07-07* EDIT 4: Wo ist die iOS Lautstärkeanzeige geblieben? Diese wird offensichtlich seit Neuestem vom 'Playscreen' des Players unterdrückt. Man drückt die Lautstärketasten und bekommt kein Feedback, wo man sich befindet. Muss bei irgendeinem kürzlichen Update kaputt gegangen sein. Das ist über die Jahre tatsächlich meine 3. Rezension für die App und mittlerweile vergebe ich gerne 5 Sterne. Alles dran was man braucht, sowohl zum File übertragen, also auch zum Hören. ABER: BITTE, BITTE zeigt die Tracknummer aus den ID3 Tags in der Trackliste an! Ohne Nummern ist man komplett orientierungslos, wenn man z.B. mal ohne Timer eingepennt ist und ein Buch aus 150 Tracks besteht! Außerdem verstehe ich nicht, wieso die App den 'Abschalt-Timer' des iPhones außer Kraft setzen muss. Läuft ein Hörbuch geht das Phone nicht mehr in den Ruhezustand. EDIT: Das mit dem Abschalttimer tritt nicht immer auf. Manchmal gehts, manchmal nicht. ### 5/5 — It stopped playing after update but quickly fixed *2025-07-06* Player stopped playing after update. However, it was fixed very quickly. Great app and excellent customer support ### 5/5 — MP3 books rating *2025-06-15, version 1.174* Faultless. ### 4/5 — Sleep timer broken *2025-05-05, version 1.174* Sleep timer doesn’t work after the update ### 4/5 — Problem with starting book listening from the car screen while in Apple CarPlay *2025-04-19, version 1.174* iPhone SE 2020. iOS 18.4. 2025 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid AWD. After starting the car , on Apple CarPlay I open MP3 Book Player Pro and try to start listening the book by touching the ‘>’ icon. It doesn’t work. I have to take iPhone in my hand, find the app, open it and then start listening. After that during the drive and can stop and proceed, but the problem will show up next time I start the car. Please advise. Thank you. Igor ### 4/5 — It doesn’t work *2025-03-18, version 1.173* I tried all the methods mentioned to add files, nothing is working. I just gave up. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-03-01* This is my favourite app to use for all audio listening - not just books, music too! Easy to set up, add files, and use. Only thing I can think of to improve it is adding the ability to have zero time gap between tracks. ### 4/5 — Good with gaps *2025-02-20, version 1.170* I love that this app supports so many formats, but was disappointed that amid all the complex ways of loading the files in there’s no integration with the iOS Files structure (the easiest way to copy files around in iOS now). ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ползунок громкости *2025-09-06* Раньше при регулировке громкости было видно системный ползунок, сейчас приходится сворачивает приложение. ### 1/5 — It is NOT WORKING *2025-07-06, version 1.180* After today’s update it doesn’t work any more!!!! ### 1/5 — Il y a deux jours l’application fonctionnait très bien , maintenant impossible de lire quoique que *2025-07-06* Il y a deux jours l’application fonctionnait très bien , maintenant impossible de lire quoique que ce soit elle stoppé après 1 seconde sans même avoir commencé la lecture 😟 ### 1/5 — Bed updates *2025-07-05, version 1.180* Every update just makes this App badly. ### 1/5 — Bought because I wanted to listen to audiobooks on my Apple Watch. *2025-06-14* Bought because I wanted to listen to audiobooks on my Apple Watch. Once downloaded, I discovered it doesn’t do this, just streams them from the phone. This is annoying as I particularly wanted it so I cd listen to audiobooks phone-free while out running. Oh well, on this run, i loaded up an audiobook and I took the phone with me on the run. About 30 mins into the run, it seemed to skip, then a few minutes later it skipped again. And again. When I got home, there was only about 10 mins remaining of a 5 hour audiobook I’d started 90 mins before. I’ve now no idea which bits of the book I’ve read and which I’ve missed and will have to start again. This is the first and last time I use this app. ### 1/5 — Keeps jumping ahead randomly *2025-04-20, version 1.174* Audiobooks sound great with this app. However, when pausing a book, instead of continuing where you left off or rewinding a few seconds, this player sometimes jumps a couple of minutes ahead. This happens with quite a few of my books, irrespective of whether they are m4b files or mp3. Given that the whole purpose is to listen to the whole book, I no longer have any confidence in this and have switched to Bound. COMPLETE WASTE OF £5.99 at the moment. If/when the developer ever sorts this issue out, I would be happy to amend my review to 5 stars. ### 1/5 — Update error *2024-11-23, version 1.168* After newest update cannot download any audiobooks and I've been using it for years. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Can’t add files from google drive. *2024-09-06, version 1.166* Tried to add my book via google drive and it just spinlocks endlessly and never loads no matter how long I wait. Just once can a paid app actually work on the first try? I just want to have an app work and not have to go on a multi-day journey with support to do something that should have worked in the first 5 minutes. I’m so tired of this. I’m so tired of being understanding and troubleshooting everything. I just want something to work. ### 1/5 — 垃圾软件 *2023-12-11* 买错了申请退款竟然拒绝.类似的免费软件很多.这个竟然要38块钱.申请退款也遭屡次拒绝.真垃圾. **Developer response:** 开发人员无法访问个人付款信息。用户可以在一定时间内退款，苹果支持中心也可以要求退款。显然，你已经错过了这一期限。该播放器本身拥有许多其他付费或免费同类产品所不具备的独特功能--WebDAV、多种音频格式（FLAC、AWB、WMA 等）的播放等等...... ### 1/5 — WebDAV broken … *2023-10-28, version 1.163* … again. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best player ever *2026-05-22* Hab vieles ausprobiert. Die eingebauten Apps hatten immer wieder Probleme. WebDAV Integration ist echt super. Ohne iTunes einfach die Sachen rüberziehen. Hab schon Freunde rübergezogen. Preis ist super da kein Abo. Lieber Entwickler, weiter so. Ich würde auch 10 Sterne geben. Die App ist eine die ich lange nicht mehr in der Qualität gesehen habe. ### 5/5 — One of the best … *2026-04-10, version 1.189* I have been using the Pro version for years on my phone. The usability and ease of the app makes it one of my most used apps to listen to my chosen MP3’s. I recommend it frequently. One of the best features is being able to update the uploads via your computer browser. It makes it much easier to group all my MP3’s together in one “book”. ### 5/5 — Best Designed Audiobook Player Ever *2025-12-20* I have used half a dozen very good audiobook players. But “MP3 Books” is by far the best, hands down. As far as features, the UI, and the controls offered, it has everything a top audiobook player must have. But what truly sets the “MP3 Books” App apart from all the rest is the tremendous ability they give you to adjust and customize everything you can imagine in the App Settings. It is exceptionally well done, and there isn’t a single aspect of the App’s features or UI that can’t be fine-tuned, adjusted, or customize…even down to the App icon that appears on your phone. My favorite features and adjustments include: a) The ability to set the jump forward/backward buttons to any number of seconds you want, and independently from one another as well; b) The ability to adjust the playback speed to two decimal places; c) The ability to add your own comments to the book marks you creat. ### 5/5 — The best *2025-09-23* I have tried many apps. This one is the best one on iOS. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-09-16* I’ve had this app for years and use it all the time. Highly recommend it ### 5/5 — Extremely well designed *2025-09-14, version 1.185* Every time I try something new this app rises to the occasion. It’s just wonderful. I’ve learned that sharing from the files app works perfectly. You can install books that way. In the playing options are wonderful. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Actually a good app *2025-08-28* I was wrong in my last review, it *does* have a landscape mode but it's hidden behind a setting which is non standard, so you can understand my confusion. Anyway, now that I have turned that on it is perfect. ### 5/5 — It’s me, not the app *2025-08-23, version 1.184* It took me a long time to figure out how to load my audiobook files from my Mac to my iphone. The YouTube video linked in this app demonstrates on an iPhone many generations ago and I never dealt much with “File Sharing” back in the day. I clicked the word “Files” and voila, the MP3 icon was there. At any rate, it’s a great app, always picks up in the right places and I’m thankful for it. ### 5/5 — Ухудшение после улучшения *2025-07-24* После последнего улучшения поддержки carplay на экране автомобиля пропала возможность перепрыгнуть на 15 секунд. Осталось только прыжок на следующий трек ### 5/5 — Back to being a good player *2025-07-23* Seems the developer has been working hard to iron out the recent issues, including the problem with the player skipping forward by several minutes every time the book was restarted. Happy to use again. --- *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 2026-09-10.*