Abookio Audiobook Player vs PrivateShelf

Your books. Your pace. Your place to get lost in a story. Abookio brings your audiobooks together in a personal library built around you. Listen with thoughtful playback controls, read along with live transcription, and pick up the story with a quick recap whenever you need one. Bring your own books and enjoy them without ads or tracking. STAY IN THE STORY • Follow the narration with live transcription • Catch up with a short recap of the last few minutes • Get chapter summaries to refresh your memory • Read EPUBs right in the app • Save bookmarks and notes for moments worth keeping MAKE YOUR LIBRARY YOUR OWN • Play all major audiobook formats, including FLAC • Browse by author, narrator, series, genre, tags, and more • Build smart collections that organize books automatically using your own rules • Create collections, wishlists, and custom reading lists • Edit rich metadata with automatic lookup • Rate your books and track what’s finished, in progress, or up next SETTLE IN FOR A GOOD LISTEN • Ease back into the story with smart rewind after breaks and overnight pauses • Drift off with a sleep timer and shake to extend it • Rotate the cover artwork to move precisely through a book • Skip silence and balance volume with normalization • See your remaining listening time with Live Activities • Resume exactly where you left off—even after re-importing a book SEE YOUR READING LIFE TAKE SHAPE • Build listening streaks and keep the habit going • Track listening time and finished books • Discover your most-listened-to authors, narrators, and genres • Explore how your listening changes over time • Share beautifully designed listening cards BRING THE LIBRARY YOU ALREADY LOVE Import local files or connect your cloud storage and self-hosted servers: • Audiobookshelf • Plex • Jellyfin • WebDAV • Dropbox • OneDrive • Box • pCloud AT HOME, ON A WALK, ON THE ROAD • Enjoy Abookio on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch • Listen in the car with CarPlay • Keep your library close with Home Screen widgets • Use Siri for convenient control • Keep your library safe with secure, automatic iCloud backups that you can restore on another device YOUR LIBRARY IS PERSONAL No account required. No analytics. No tracking. ABOOKIO PRO Connect cloud storage and self-hosted servers, bring multiple sources into one unified library, and unlock more ways to enjoy your books: • Listen on Apple Watch and in the car with CarPlay • Look up and import book metadata details • Read along with live transcription and catch up with recaps • Personalize your Home Screen with Pro widgets • Try preview features, including EPUB reading and Book Intelligence tools such as location extraction Your books. Your data. Yours alone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://abookio.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://abookio.app/privacy

A private audiobook player designed for Plex users who care about listening comfort. Connect seamlessly to your own Plex server and enjoy a listening experience tailored specifically for audiobooks — clean, focused, and distraction-free. Key features include: Skip intros and outros for uninterrupted listening Sleep timer so you can relax without worry AirPlay support for easy playback on supported devices Chapter navigation to jump exactly where you want Author-based browsing to organize your library Multi-language support: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese Custom theme colors to match your personal style This isn’t just another media player. It’s a comfortable, thoughtfully designed audiobook app, built to make listening feel effortless.