Easy AudioBook vs Cynapps AudioBook Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy AudioBook
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A simple, accessible audiobook player designed for users with impaired vision or limited motor control. Easy Audiobook has two screens: your library and the player. No tabs, no menus, no clutter. Just big buttons, high contrast, and audio that picks up right where you left off. Features - Large, high-contrast controls designed for accessibility - Supports MP3, M4A, and M4B audio formats - Reads metadata and cover art from M4B files automatically - Sleep timer with configurable duration - Configurable skip forward/back duration - Downloads audiobooks from RAR, ZIP, 7z, TAR, and GZ archives - Background gradients that adapt to cover art - Position saved automatically across app restarts - Tap and hold a book cover to edit metadata or delete it URL Schemes for Remote Management Manage someone's library without touching their phone. Send a link and they just tap it. Works from Safari, Shortcuts, or any app that can open URLs. Download a book: easyaudiobook://download?book=https://example.com/mybook.rar Delete a single book: easyaudiobook://delete?book=My%20Audiobook Delete all books: easyaudiobook://deleteall Change settings: easyaudiobook://settings?skipDurationSeconds=60&sleepTimerMinutes=45 Skip duration accepts 1–600 seconds. Sleep timer accepts 1–480 minutes. Both parameters are optional — only the ones you include are changed. Settings Open Settings > Easy Audiobook to configure skip duration and sleep timer length. Settings live in the iOS Settings app to keep the main interface simple.
Cynapps AudioBook Player
This app allows you to play your own local audiobooks and podcasts without needing an account or subscription. It offers various methods for transferring files and provides advanced playback features for an enhanced listening experience.
- Local file transfer via web server, LocalSend, or Files app
- Full chapter navigation for M4B files
- Customizable playback speed (0.5x to 2.5x)
- Sleep timer with fade-out
- Bookmark creation with notes
- Podcast subscription and auto-downloading
- Lock screen and Control Center integration
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Cynapps AudioBook Player is a private, local-first audiobook player for the books you actually own. Drop in your own m4b, mp3, m4a, aa, or aax files — no accounts, no subscriptions, no library to "log in" to. Everything stays on your device. GETTING BOOKS IN • Local web server: turn on a built-in mini-site on your phone, open the URL on any laptop on the same Wi-Fi, and drag files in from a browser. No cables, no cloud round-trip. • LocalSend: receive audiobooks from another phone, the LocalSend desktop app, or any LocalSend-compatible client. Audio-only files are accepted; everything else is silently dropped. • Files app: registers as a handler for audio types, so Open In… from Mail, Safari, Files, or AirDrop just works. PLAYBACK • Full chapter navigation for m4b files — tap the chapter row for the table of contents and jump anywhere. • Folder-of-mp3 books group automatically by album metadata. 17 chapter MP3s become one book. • Speed control 0.5× to 2.5×, preserving voice quality (time-domain audio stretching, not pitch-shifted chipmunk). • Sleep timer with a smooth 10-second fade-out instead of an abrupt cut. End-of-chapter sleep available too. • ±30s skip, scrubbable progress bar with chapter-relative or whole-book modes. • Per-book playback memory — pick up exactly where you left off, even across track boundaries in multi-file books. • Bookmarks: tag any moment with an optional note, jump back to it later. • Lock screen and Control Center support — title, cover art, scrub bar, transport buttons. PODCASTS • Subscribe to a podcast feed by URL. • Auto-downloads the most recent 20 episodes for offline listening, up to 4 at a time, with progress per file. • Continuous play: when one episode finishes, the next starts automatically. ⏮/⏭ jumps between episodes. PRIVACY • No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. • All audio files and listening progress stay on your device. • The only network traffic is local Wi-Fi (when you enable the web server or LocalSend) and direct downloads from podcast feeds you explicitly subscribe to. Built for people who buy their audiobooks, rip their own, or follow podcasts they care about — and want a player that respects that.
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Verdict
Easy AudioBook and Cynapps AudioBook Player are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Easy AudioBook | Cynapps AudioBook Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bouncing Ball Games | Cynapps Limited |
In-app purchases
Easy AudioBook
No in-app purchases
Cynapps AudioBook Player
No in-app purchases
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