Shelved vs Kasane

Shelved is the ultimate mobile companion for your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server. Seamlessly stream, listen, and read your favorite audiobooks and ebooks anywhere, anytime. Designed for speed, flexibility, and a distraction-free experience, Shelved syncs directly with your server so your progress, bookmarks, and stats stay completely up to date across all your devices. KEY FEATURES: • ADVANCED AUDIOBOOK PLAYER - Granular playback speed controls and customizable skip intervals. - Custom sleep timer: set a countdown or automatically pause at the end of the chapter. - Full chapter navigation, bookmark management, and audio position saving. • EBOOK & EPUB READER - Built-in reader tailored for EPUBs and digital books. - Adjustable text sizes, fonts, themes, and reading modes. - Instant progress sync between audiobook and ebook versions. • OFFLINE ACCESS & MEDIA SYNC - Download audiobooks and ebooks directly to your device for offline listening and reading. - Seamless background syncing with your Audiobookshelf library whenever you re-connect. • STATS & LIBRARY MANAGEMENT - Keep track of your daily listening habits and overall reading progress with visual stats. - Organize audiobooks, podcasts, and ebooks in a unified, clean interface. REQUIREMENTS: Shelved requires a connection to a running, self-hosted Audiobookshelf server instance.

Kasane (重ね, かさね) derives from the Japanese word for "stacks". It is dedicated to seamlessly aggregating your scattered comic resources into one organized place, providing a fluid and immersive reading experience. Whether your comic library is treasured locally or hosted on remote servers, Kasane helps you connect and manage them effortlessly. Say goodbye to constantly switching between apps, and browse your entire collection within one elegant interface. Core Features & Management • Multi-Instance Aggregation: Connect and manage multiple library sources simultaneously. Bring all your scattered collections together in one place. • Local Comic Management: Efficiently organize your local library. With native support for reading ComicInfo.xml metadata, your covers, authors, summaries, and tags are always perfectly organized. • Universal Standard Protocols: Fully compatible with OPDS 1.2 and OPDS 2.0. Easily connect to self-hosted comic servers like Komga and Kavita. Furthermore, it supports two-way reading progress write-back via OPDS 2.0, ensuring your reading progress stays perfectly in sync across all your devices. Powerful & Flexible Reader • Multi-Format Support: A reading engine highly optimized for comics, smoothly parsing mainstream formats including CBZ, PDF, and EPUB. • Authentic Reading Experience: Features a dual-page reading mode, perfectly recreating the page-turning feel of physical comic books. • Smart Image Splitting: Intelligently splits wide or double-page spreads, ensuring large illustrations remain clear and highly readable on any phone or tablet screen. Layer your comic world within Kasane.