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Immerse Yourself in a Gripping Tale with iOS Audiobook Apps

No matter what type of book you enjoy listening to, you will find an app here to do it. From captivating classics to charming collections, these audiobook apps are awesome.

Listen to the Classics

For the best of the classics, from Charles Dickens to William Shakespeare, look no further. These audiobook apps give you those well-known authors and famous tales.

Audiobooks - Librivox library

Audiobooks - Librivox library

Le Thanh Quang

Audiobooks - Librivox library

For those who want an audiobook app with a large selection.

With Audiobooks 7000+ - High Quality Audio Book Library, you can enjoy the classics anywhere you go. You can browse the selection or search for a specific book easily. Then, view a brief description, check out comments from others, and start listening with a tap.

Why we love it

Audiobooks 7000+ - High Quality Audio Book Library lets you listen offline, making it perfect for commutes and travel.

Check Out a Collection

For terrific collections, these audiobook apps offer big selections. You can listen to a story from your favorite genre, learn something new with an educational book, or discover a different author.

Audiobooks HQ - audio books

Audiobooks HQ - audio books

Inkstone Software, Inc.

Audiobooks HQ - audio books

For those interested in a huge selection of free and premium audiobooks along with radio shows.

Free Audiobooks HQ offers 10,500 free and 250,000 premium audiobooks for an enormous selection. You can browse popular, top-rated, or a specific genre, preview the book before you download it, and use the handy bookmark feature. As a bonus, the app includes an Old Time Radio catalog that includes more than 77,500 episodes.

Why we love it

Free Audiobooks HQ provides a simple interface, great selection, and easy search feature.

Audiobooks

Audiobooks

Cross Forward Consulting, LLC

For those who want an audiobook app with a sleep timer and Apple Watch support.

Audiobooks provides thousands of free options, background and offline playback, and a customizable sleep timer. Check out popular titles, look for your favorite author, and discover interesting podcasts. The app includes Apple Watch support so you can quickly see how far you are in the current chapter. For a great selection, easy interface, and tons of free books, Audiobooks is a winner.

Why we love it

Audiobooks makes it super easy to enjoy your favorite books or discover something new.

Let It Play

If you have been looking for an audiobook player with great features, check out these excellent options.

BookPlayer
BookPlayer

BookPlayer

Gianni Carlo

A wonderful player for your M4B/M4A/MP3/FLAC based audiobooks.

Import

– Using AirDrop from your Mac or iOS device
– From Files and other apps on your device
– Via File Sharing in iTunes on your Mac or PC
– Zip files with your folders and books

Manage

– Maintain and see progress of your books
– Mark books as finished
– Drag & Drop to sort your library
– Create playlists
– Automatically play items in turn
– Play the first unfinished file by tapping on the playlist artwork
– Move files to playlists from the library or import them directly
– Edit your book details (title, author, artwork)

Listen

– Control audio playback from the lock screen, control center or from the companion app on the Apple Watch
– Play and navigate books with Chapters
– Jump to start of the current book
– Change playback speed
– Smart rewind
– Volume Boost
– Support for remote events from headset buttons and the lock screen
– Sleep timer with adjustable duration
– CarPlay support
– VoiceOver support
– Dark mode for night owls
– Continue listening across your devices with Cloud Sync

Supported

M4B/M4A/MP3

BookPlayer is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0. The source code and a list of all its contributors can be found on the GitHub page of this project at www.github.com/TortugaPower/BookPlayer

You can see our Privacy policy and terms of use in the following links:

– https://github.com/TortugaPower/BookPlayer/blob/main/PRIVACY_POLICY.md
– https://github.com/TortugaPower/BookPlayer/blob/main/TERMS_CONDITIONS.md


For help and ways to contribute to the project see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

If you enjoy BookPlayer, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.

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Big Finish Audiobook Player
Big Finish Audiobook Player

Big Finish Audiobook Player

Hughes Media

Official Big Finish - Audiobook and Audio Drama Player

The best way to listen to your Big Finish audio books on your iOS device.

Download and store your library of Big Finish audio files on your Apple device. Listen to great stories from the following ranges wherever your are: Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, 2000 AD (Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog), Terrahawks, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Torchwood, Survivors, The Omega Factor and more.

Features

Download audio files direct to your Apple device.
View a list of all your available audiobooks.
Play each chapter in an audiobook in sequence or choose your starting chapter.
Skip and scrub between chapters.
Listen to your audiobooks while using other apps.
Remembers playback position.
Set a sleep timer
Filter your purchases by title, release date and purchase date.

WiFi is recommended when downloading large audio files. Downloading files over data connection may incur a cost from your telecommunications provider.

Let us help you at www.bigfinish.com/pages/v/contact-us or get in touch on Twitter @bigfinish

Big Finish: We Love Stories.

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MP3 Audiobook Player Pro

MP3 Audiobook Player Pro

Oleg Brailean

MP3 Audiobook Player is the easiest and most convenient app for listening to audiobooks in MP3, MP4, AWB, OPUS, OGG, FLAC, AWB, M4B, M4A formats on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad!

••• The app does not feature any audiobooks, but only plays your own audio files •••

The purpose of this app is to make listening to audiobooks in different formats easy and convenient!
There are lots of websites with all kinds of audiobooks dubbed by professional actors and enthusiasts. Most of such audiobooks are distributed as folders with multiple audiofiles in different formats.
I'm, the author of the app, listen to audiobooks all the time. Therefore, I did my best to make MP3 Audiobook Player a tool that has everything necessary to make this process intuitive and convenient.

• Plays audiobooks in MP3, MP4, OPUS, OGG, FLAC, AWB, M4B, M4A formats (without DRM protection).
• Adjustable playback quality (0.5x to 5.0x).
• Boost sound ( for audiobooks with low volume )
• The book cover is loaded from an image file in the book’s folder or from an embedded image from an audio file.
• Automatically saves the current playback position for all audiobooks.
• Supports CarPlay and integrations with over 50 other car models from Ford, GM, Mazda, BMW, Jaguar, Landrover and many more
• Jump to any file (can be enabled in settings).
• Supports standard headphone controls.
• Supports Apple Watch.
• Playback control from the Control Center and Block screen.
• A sleep timer with adjustable sleep periods or sleep after the end of the current chapter.
• Possibility to add/remove books through iTunes and from the computer via Wi-Fi
• Support WebDav for adding audiobooks directly from Explorer on PC or from Finder on MacOS

If you enjoy MP3 Audiobook Player, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.

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CloudBeats: audio book player
CloudBeats: audio book player

CloudBeats: audio book player

Roman Burda

Listen to your audiobooks, podcasts, lectures and other audio files anywhere directly from Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive and more. Save space on your device as you no longer need to keep large audio files on your iPhone and sync with iTunes.

SUPPORTED CLOUDS
・ Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, Box, pCloud, Mediafire
・ My Cloud Home devices by Western Digital
・ personal clouds that support webDAV, including ownCloud and Network-Attached Servers (NAS) by Synology, QNAP, WD and others

FEATURES
・ play audiobooks and podcasts files in mp3, m4b and wav formats
・ remember last played position for each file
・ mark tracks as finished or unfinished
・ download folders, files or playlists onto device for playback in offline mode without internet
・ connect to shared cloud folders
・ create multi-cloud playlists and synchronize them between multiple devices
・ import m3u playlists
・ access library by Authors, Titles and Genres
・ optional service for Synchronization & Backup to keep your listening progress, playlists, My Library database in sync between multiple devices.
・ Carplay support
・ Siri and Shortcuts support

PLAYER
・ flexible narration speed control in the 0.5x-3x range
・ configurable seek buttons in the 3-60 seconds range
・ multiple bookmarks per file with text notes
・ resumes playing where you left off
・ sleep timer (can be reset when device moves)
・ embedded lyrics display
・ plays via Airplay and Bluetooth

Synchronization & Backup is an optional service to keep your playlists, My Library database and audiobooks listening progress in sync between multiple devices. It can also be used to backup and restore your music data. CloudBeats account is required for this service.

We offer 1-year auto-renewing subscription for $4.99 per year. The price may vary from country to country.
If you choose to purchase Synchronization & Backup, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. You will be charged the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to the user’s Account Settings in the App Store after purchase.

Cloudbeats privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.cloudbeatsapp.com/privacy-policy/

* Please note that the app cannot play drm protected files purchased on iTunes Store.

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