SoundLeaf vs CLAUDIO

SoundLeaf is a premium iOS client for Audiobookshelf, the open-source, self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Connect to your own server and get your whole collection — audiobooks, podcasts and ebooks — in a beautiful, fast app built for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay. Learn more, read setup guides and see the app in action at https://soundleafapp.com OFFLINE FIRST • Your library syncs to the app, so you can browse everything even with the server off • Download books and episodes and play them anywhere, no connection needed • Downloads are free for everyone, podcast auto-download included • Local and remote server addresses: the app uses your local address on home Wi-Fi and your remote address everywhere else, on its own BUILT FOR LONG LISTENS • A powerful player with chapters, variable playback speed and position memory • A smarter sleep timer: tell it your night hours and it starts itself, fades out instead of stopping cold, and restarts when you press play • Progress syncs with your server, so every device stays on the same page • Background playback, lock screen controls and full landscape support PODCASTS, DONE RIGHT • Podcast transcripts: when a show publishes one, it runs along with the audio, and a tap opens a full reader • Smart Downloads keep the next episodes ready before you ask • A queue that shows what is playing, what is next and what is on the phone • Episode management per show: keep counts, auto-download, mark played THE EBOOK READER • Read the ebook that lives next to your audiobook • One tap jumps the page to where the narrator is, and back • Fonts, text size, line spacing, margins, and Light, Sepia and Dark pages EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • A real Apple Watch app, with offline playback on your wrist if you want it • CarPlay with library switching and a downloaded-only filter • Home screen widgets: now playing, recent books, your listening time MAKE IT YOURS • 32 themes and 55 app icons • Listening stats with streaks, totals, a year heatmap and daily patterns • Multiple libraries, series, authors, collections and search SoundLeaf is made for self-hosters and their families: people who keep their audiobook library on their own server with Audiobookshelf and want the best way to listen to it on Apple devices. Note: SoundLeaf requires an Audiobookshelf server to connect to. Audiobookshelf is free and open source; learn how to set one up at https://audiobookshelf.org and find help at https://soundleafapp.com/server/ Website: https://soundleafapp.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

CLAUDIO is an audio player for your own audiobooks, podcasts and music that takes data protection seriously. It plays from the sources you already use: local files, iCloud Drive, NAS/SMB, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Subsonic and Navidrome, DLNA, WebDAV and SFTP. AUDIOBOOKS • Chapters from M4B and tagged MP3 • Sleep timer to the end of the chapter or book, with Knock to Resume if it stopped too soon • Playback speed with pitch correction and silence trimming • Resumes a few seconds earlier after a pause, so you don't land mid-sentence • Read along with downloaded audiobooks and podcasts: on-device transcription in supported languages, with the text following the audio • Ten background sounds such as rain, sea or fireplace PODCASTS • Subscribe and stream by URL or Apple Podcasts search • Episode downloads, intro and outro skipping • OPML import and export, chapters and sleep timer MUSIC • Album Wall and LP Mode • 10-band EQ with matching curves for more than 6,000 headphones from AutoEq measurement data • ReplayGain, gapless playback, crossfade, stereo widening and volume normalization • Animated visualizers and synced lyrics • Scrobbling to ListenBrainz and Last.fm YOUR LIBRARY, ANYWHERE • Offline cache and pinning for titles from your server • CarPlay for downloaded and local titles • Cast local and downloaded titles to Google Cast, DLNA/UPnP and Sonos • Favorites that sync with Navidrome, Jellyfin and Audiobookshelf • Smart Lists, Smart Shuffle and listening statistics • Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen, controls for Control Center PRIVACY No CLAUDIO account, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no telemetry. Your library, history and subscriptions stay on your device, and in your private iCloud if you use iCloud Sync. Apart from the sources you choose, CLAUDIO only contacts LRCLIB for lyrics and Apple for podcast search and app recommendations. WHAT'S FREE Local files, iCloud Drive, 2 podcast subscriptions, Smart Lists, Smart Shuffle and all themes are free. Server sources, offline cache, CarPlay, casting and statistics need CLAUDIO Ultra, a monthly or yearly subscription that includes Pro. All other features need CLAUDIO Pro, a one-time purchase. CLAUDIO Pro+ unlocks both permanently with a single purchase and can be shared through Family Sharing. The yearly Ultra plan starts with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers, then the yearly price applies. Ultra renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in App Store Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/