ShelfPlayer vs AudioSilo

ShelfPlayer is a powerful iOS app for listening to audiobooks and podcasts, built for people who run their own self-hosted Audiobookshelf libraries. Written in Swift 6 for iOS 18+, it's fast, privacy-respecting, and deeply integrated with the Apple ecosystem. ShelfPlayer does not include any media content. A running Audiobookshelf instance is required to use the app. Why Choose ShelfPlayer? - One app for everything: A single native experience for audiobooks, podcasts, episodes, authors, narrators, series, collections, and playlists - Connect your own libraries: Works with multiple Audiobookshelf servers and libraries at the same time - Flexible sign-in: Supports both username/password and OpenID, plus custom HTTP headers for advanced setups - Find anything fast: Global and per-library search across books, podcasts, people, series, and episodes - Stay in sync: Listening progress and sessions stay synchronized with your Audiobookshelf server - Made for Apple devices: Native iPhone and iPad layouts, CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Home Screen widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island Features at a glance: - Listen Now to continue and discover content across connected libraries - Chapter navigation with quick-access controls in playback - Configurable skip intervals for forward and backward jumps - AirPlay and native Apple media controls - Bookmarks with optional notes to save key moments - Detailed, item-level listening history and daily listening goals - Offline mode with manual and automatic background downloads - Built-in tools to create, edit, and organize collections and playlists - In-app PDF viewer for attached documents - Customizable tabs, sorting, and filters Premium features ShelfPlayer subscription unlocks the following: - Offline listening: Download audiobooks and episodes and keep listening without a connection - Custom playback speed: Adjust the rate beyond the default 1× - Flexible sleep timer: Choose any duration or a chapter-based timer, beyond the default 5 minutes - Bookmarks: Save and revisit key moments with notes - Add to queue: Build your own listening order with the main and Up Next queues - Statistics: Track your listening time, streaks, and finished titles Download ShelfPlayer today and get the most out of your Audiobookshelf library! Subscribe to access premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly or yearly - Free trial: only on selected subscriptions - Your payment will be charged to your Apple Account as soon as you confirm your purchase - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms & Conditions: https://magic-cake-e95.notion.site/Shelf-Player-Terms-Conditions-39ccf6557a0880139826d06e6b87f4eb Privacy Policy: https://magic-cake-e95.notion.site/Shelf-Player-Privacy-Policy-39ccf6557a088010979bc16876532f5c If you have any questions, please contact us at aitools@gmail.com

AudioSilo is a beautiful audiobook player for the library you host yourself. Run the free AudioSilo server on your own hardware, point it at your audiobooks, and listen on your phone, tablet and in the browser. Your books, your data, no subscription. NOTE: AudioSilo plays from an AudioSilo server that you (or whoever runs your server) set up. You need a server to sign in. Want to try it first? A live demo with public-domain audiobooks is at demo.audiosilo.app. A PLAYER MADE FOR LISTENING • Chapter scrubber and a full-book timeline with your bookmarks and notes pinned to it • Variable speed, configurable skips and a sleep timer that fades out, extends with a shake, and can start itself every night • Resume exactly where you left off, on any device, with an undo if a place ever jumps • Background playback with lock-screen and headphone controls YOUR SERIES, ON THE SHELF • Every series stands on a shelf in reading order • Books you don't own yet show up as ghost spines, so you can see what's missing • An Up next queue that plays the next book automatically when you want it to NEVER LOSE THE THREAD • Who's who: characters from the community, revealed only as you reach them • Story so far: recaps that stop exactly where you are, with no spoilers • Bookmarks with labels, notes, and a journal of everything you've listened to, with export YOUR LISTENING, IN NUMBERS • Streaks, a yearly goal and a calendar of every day you listened • Your listening clock, top authors, narrators and series • Your year in listening as a story, with cards you can share YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Browse by author, series, narrator, collection or folder • Fast search across titles, people, series and characters • Collections, favourites, ratings and listening history • Download books for offline listening • Use more than one server, and let the app switch between your home and away addresses • Light and dark themes, in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account with us, no ads, no tracking, no analytics • Everything lives on your server and your device • The app only talks to the servers you choose The AudioSilo server is free and open source (AGPLv3). Get it, read the docs and learn more at audiosilo.app.