Comparison

Precise Audiobook Player vs BookPlayer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Precise Audiobook Player

This app provides advanced playback controls for audiobooks and other long audio files, offering features like auto-bookmarks, chapter navigation, and custom playback lists. It includes a driving mode with large, swipeable controls for safe operation on the go.

Highlights
  • Auto-bookmarks
  • Chapter navigation for m4b files
  • Customizable playback lists
  • Driving mode with large controls
  • Precision time control
  • Support for various audio formats
Features
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Fully updated for iOS 15.5 If you listen to audiobooks or other lengthy audio items, you need this app. Precise Audiobook gives you complete control when you want it but still has simple, easy-to-use controls while driving or jogging. While Apple's built-in audio player will play these files, it was never designed for items longer than a couple of minutes and often loses your place in the book.   Features include: • Auto-Bookmarks: Automatically creates and maintains bookmarks for each book or podcast you listen to. • Custom Bookmarks: Create and edit special bookmarks at any time. • Chapters: Fully implements the new m4b standard to display and select chapters within such audiobooks. One can now easily review the table of contents, jump to any chapter, move forward or back a chapter easily at any time. • Custom Lists: Starting from albums, playlists, and podcasts on your device; you can create, edit, and revise your own Lists for automatic sequential playback. This allows you to put together your own sequence of parts of books, episodes of podcasts, and any other audio items. You can sort, shuffle, reorder, delete or add to any such list at any time. • Driving Mode: Large controls and displays combined with swipeable controls make it easy to keep your eyes on the road while easily handling most issues that frequently come up on those long drives. Isn't that why you got audiobooks? • Swipe Controls: Simple broad swipes implement frequently used controls. For example: stroke horizontally across the top of the display to jump to the next item or across the lower part of the display to jump 30 seconds. • Precision Time Control: One can pan quickly over the entire book or use a fine panning control. One can jump forward or backward in increments of 10 minutes, 1 minute, or 10 seconds. The current position and time remaining are displayed in hours, minutes, and seconds. • Controls-Lock: No more accidental control taps or wasted power for displays that you aren't looking at for long periods of time. Turn your device face down and put it in your pocket while jogging. The controls and display return as soon as you turn it face-up. • User Preferences: Change the screen brightness, speed of playback, and many other preferences. • Help: Quick and easy how-to-get-started instructions as well as detailed notes and suggestions for later are available at a tap. • Formats: Plays any and all audio files stored in your iTunes library on your device. (mp3, m4a, m4b, aac, podcast, Audible, aiff, wav, and Apple Lossless) • Remote Controls: Fully implements all car stereo and headphone controls. • External Playback: Fully utilizes Bluetooth and airPlay options. Although a must-have app for audiobooks and podcasts, it works outstandingly for playing all your music as well.

About

BookPlayer

This app is a dedicated audio player for your personal audiobook collection. It supports various audio file formats and offers convenient playback features like automatic bookmarking and sleep timers. Enjoy your audiobooks offline without any advertisements.

Highlights
  • Plays MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats
  • Automatic bookmarking
  • Quick chapter jumping
  • Headset controls
  • Control Center/lock screen integration
  • Sleep timer
Features
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BookPlayer is the perfect way to enjoy audiobooks in MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats on your iPhone or iPod Touch! *** Please note: the app does not include audiobooks. It is designed to play your audio files. *** This app is designed with a single purpose - to provide maximum convenience and simplicity when listening to audiobooks of various formats! There are many online resources where you can find audiobooks on a wide variety of topics, voiced by both professional actors and audio enthusiasts. Most of these audiobooks are available in folders containing many files, predominantly in MP3 format and others similar. I, the creator of this app, am also a devotee of audiobooks and have tried to incorporate everything necessary into BookPlayer to make listening as easy and enjoyable as possible. • Supports MP3, MP4, M4B, M4A formats (except files with DRM protection). • Automatically remembers where you left off in audiobooks. • The ability to quickly jump to any part of the audio file. • Control playback through the headset. • Control the player through the Control Center and lock screen. • Sleep timer with a choice of different time intervals or until the end of the chapter. If you liked BookPlayer, don't forget to share your impressions with others and leave a review. Terms & Conditions: https://bookplayer.tilda.ws/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://bookplayer.tilda.ws/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Precise Audiobook Player1 screens
BookPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BookPlayer at Free against Precise Audiobook Player's $2.99. BookPlayer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Precise Audiobook Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BookPlayer is free to download; Precise Audiobook Player costs $2.99 up front. BookPlayer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Precise Audiobook Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BookPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookPlayer has 244 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Precise Audiobook Player's written reviews are positive against 59% of BookPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Precise Audiobook Player ships an update every 4 months, BookPlayer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Precise Audiobook Player versus BookPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrecise Audiobook PlayerBookPlayer
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.5 (244 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews58.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4244 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteve KliewerAlevtina Liubimova

Customer experience

Precise Audiobook Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

BookPlayer

All ratings197 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative39.1%

In-app purchases

None

Precise Audiobook Player

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

BookPlayer

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro$2.991 Month
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  • Annual$12.991 Year
  • Yeraly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Precise Audiobook Player free?
Precise Audiobook Player costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookPlayer free?
BookPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Precise Audiobook Player or BookPlayer?
BookPlayer is rated higher. Precise Audiobook Player averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while BookPlayer averages 4.5 from 244 ratings.
Do Precise Audiobook Player or BookPlayer have ads?
Neither Precise Audiobook Player nor BookPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Precise Audiobook Player or BookPlayer?
Precise Audiobook Player ships an update every 4 months, and BookPlayer weekly. Most recently, Precise Audiobook Player was updated on October 21, 2026 and BookPlayer on October 30, 2026.

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