SoundLeaf vs ShelfAbsorbed

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/

ShelfAbsorbed keeps a book club together between meetings. Start a club, share the invite code, and everyone lands in the same place: what you are reading now, when you are meeting next, and what is up for the next pick. Everyone brings one book to the table, and the club settles it with a vote or a draw. Tap any book to see what it is about before you decide. A countdown shows the next gathering with the place and a note from the host. Members RSVP, add it to their calendar, and get a reminder on the day. Club chat knows how far you have read. Say where you are in the book, and anything past that stays hidden until you catch up. Every book the club finishes joins the shelf, with ratings that open after the meeting and photos from the night. Joining a club is free. Hosting one is a subscription, and one subscription covers up to three clubs. Hosting is $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, and it renews automatically unless you turn auto-renew off at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://shelfabsorbed.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://shelfabsorbed.com/terms