Storyteller Reader vs Audra Books

Storyteller is a self-hosted platform for creating and reading ebooks with guided narration. You can use the app to read any EPUB books, including those with Media Overlays (also called “immersive reading” or “guided narration”) on your device, or you can pair it with the Storyteller self-hosted backend server, which can automatically align audiobooks and ebooks for immersive reading!

Audra is a beautiful, fully native way to enjoy your self-hosted Audiobookshelf library on iPhone. Stream or download your audiobooks, ebooks and podcasts, and pick up right where you left off on any device. A POWERFUL AUDIOBOOK PLAYER • Playback speed from 0.5× to 3× • Sleep timer with custom durations, end of chapter, and shake to reset • Chapter navigation and bookmarks, with every bookmark in one place • Lock screen, Control Center and CarPlay controls • Optional lock screen scrubbing protection against pocket touches LISTEN WHILE YOU READ • EPUB and PDF reader with adjustable fonts, sizes, spacing and themes • Highlights and notes • Bring the player up over the page and keep reading • Reading and listening positions sync with your server READ ALONG • Own a book as both ebook and audiobook? Audra follows the narrator through the text • The spoken word is highlighted, with its phrase, sentence or paragraph tinted • Pages turn themselves; double-tap any word to jump the audio there • Alignment runs privately on your own iPhone or Mac CARPLAY, WIDGETS & SIRI • Full CarPlay app: Continue Listening, your library, series, lists and chapters • Home Screen widgets for Continue Listening, Listening Stats and Listening Trend • Ask Siri to resume, play a book, skip or set a sleep timer • Find your books and series in Spotlight search LISTENING STATS • Hours, books finished and your streak • A year of listening as a heatmap • Week-by-week trends and history for every book OFFLINE SUPPORT • Download audiobooks, ebooks and podcast episodes • Progress made offline is kept and synced when you're back PODCASTS • Browse, play and download episodes from your server • Add podcasts by name or RSS feed, and manage auto-downloads (server owners) • Bulk download or delete episodes, mark them played, add them to playlists • Hide podcasts entirely if you only listen to books YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • 18 themes • Playlists, collections and custom sorting • Grid, compact or list views, with fast search and filtering • Author pages with photos and biographies • Hide, reset and track progress on books and series BUILT FOR AUDIOBOOKSHELF • Connect to any self-hosted Audiobookshelf server, or several • Secure sign-in, including SSO / OIDC • Cross-device sync across the whole Audiobookshelf ecosystem Some features require Audra Pro, including offline downloads, the ebook reader, listening stists and Home Screen customization. Pro is available as a subscription with a free trial. Audra is a client app for Audiobookshelf and does not host or distribute any media. All contonal server. https://audrabooks.app/privacy https://audrabooks.app/terms