Booken vs TaleReady

A lightweight and easy to use player for your audiobook files. Manage your files - Import your own files straight into the app - Manage and see the progress of the books you've listened to - Mark books as finished Listening features - Control playback directly from the lock screen/control center or from the Apple Watch companion app - Easily navigate books with variable scrubbing speed and chapter selection - Change playback speed Listen from your watch - Easily download your favorite books to your watch when you need to listen without your phone - Navigate local files on your watch with chapter selection and custom skip duration - Keep your progress synced between your phone and watch with both automatic and manual syncing options

Your audiobooks should go where you do. TaleReady is a private audiobook player for DRM-free audio files you already own. Import a folder, choose MP3 or M4A files, or open a chaptered M4B. TaleReady keeps each book organized and remembers exactly where you stopped. LISTEN COMFORTABLY ON IPHONE • Browse and search books, authors, and chapters • Arrange files into one audiobook and reorder chapters • Adjust playback speed • Add bookmarks and mark chapters as played • Fall asleep with Sleep Timer and find your place again • Hear the start of a sentence after a longer pause with Smart Resume • Make speech clearer with optional Voice Boost • Continue from the Lock Screen, AirPods, or CarPlay LEAVE YOUR IPHONE BEHIND Choose how much of your book to prepare for Apple Watch—from a custom listening window to the whole book. TaleReady counts only audio the watch has received and verified as playable, so the time shown as ready is the time actually available offline. Play prepared chapters directly on Apple Watch during a walk, run, workout, or commute. Your listening position and played chapters stay aligned when you return to iPhone. Apple Watch can also control playback on a nearby iPhone. FREE CORE. ONE OPTIONAL UPGRADE. Import and listen without limits. Manual one-hour Apple Watch preparation is free. TaleReady Pro is a single lifetime purchase that adds larger Watch windows, Always Ready, and automatic cleanup. No subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking or analytics. Your imported audio, listening history, and bookmarks stay on your devices.