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What’s New Version 3.1.1
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more organized layout with richer detail about your listening for every audiobook
Fixes & Improvements
- Refined for iPadOS: Polished the interface to look and feel right at home on iPadOS
- Open with Abookio: You can now set Abookio as the default App for audiobook files
- Auto Import Metadata: Fixed issues that could interrupt auto importing metadata
Description
Your audiobooks deserve a better player.
Abookio is a premium audiobook player built for people who care about their library. Bring your own audiobooks, connect your preferred storage, and listen without subscriptions, ads, or tracking.
BUILT FOR AUDIOBOOKS
• Supports all major audiobook formats, including FLAC
• Browse by author, narrator, series, genre, tags, and more
• Create collections, wishlists, and custom reading lists
• Save bookmarks, notes, and ratings
• Rich metadata editing with automatic lookup
• Track finished, in-progress, and planned books
DESIGNED FOR LONG LISTENING
• Smart rewind after breaks and overnight pauses
• Sleep timer with shake-to-extend
• Rotate the cover artwork to precisely scrub through a book
• Skip silence and volume normalization
• Live Activities with remaining listening time
• Pick up exactly where you left off
• Progress is preserved even if books are re-imported later
LISTENING STATS
• Track listening time, finished books, and streaks
• View top authors, narrators, and genres
• Explore listening patterns over time
• Share beautifully designed listening cards
WORKS WITH YOUR LIBRARY
Supports local files, cloud storage, and self-hosted servers including:
• Audiobookshelf
• Plex
• Jellyfin
• WebDAV
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive
• Box
• pCloud
FEELS AT HOME ON APPLE DEVICES
• iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
• Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
• Siri support
• Secure iCloud sync across devices
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No accounts
• No analytics
• No tracking
ABOOKIO PRO
Unlock cloud and self-hosted integrations, unified libraries across sources, and advanced sync features.
Your books. Your data. Yours alone.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://abookio.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://abookio.app/privacy
In-App Purchases US pricing
Abookio Pro Subscription
Yearly · Yearly 7-day free trial$5.99
Monthly · Monthly 7-day free trial$2.99
One-Time Purchases
Selfhosted Integrations Add-on$4.99
Abookio Pro Lifetime$6.99
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Version history 18 versions
Build 888109568v3.1.12026-07-10 22:00:59
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more organized layout with richer detail about your listening for every audiobook
Fixes & Improvements
- Refined for iPadOS: Polished the interface to look and feel right at home on iPadOS
- Open with Abookio: You can now set Abookio as the default App for audiobook files
- Auto Import Metadata: Fixed issues that could interrupt auto importing metadata
Build 888069220v3.12026-07-09 20:19:55
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more organized layout with richer detail about your listening for every audiobook
Fixes & Improvements
- Reliable Playback Progress: Your listening position is now saved more reliably, so you always pick up right where you left off
- Refined for iOS 18: Polished the interface to look and feel right at home on iOS 18
- Smoother WebDAV Browsing: Resolved issues with folder listings on WebDAV servers
- Dependable Imports: Fixed issues that could interrupt importing your audiobooks
Build 886125392v3.0.22026-05-26 18:04:23
• Improved the reliability of automatic iCloud syncing
• Updated the calculation of certain listening statistics
• Includes additional stability improvements and bug fixes
Build 886063305v3.02026-05-25 00:10:30
• Brand new Home tab with rich listening insights, daily activity, milestones, and monthly recaps
• Beautiful new shareable listening cards
• New Discover tab with curated audiobook recommendations
• Deeper Audiobookshelf integration:
• Push metadata changes
• Sync listening progress
• View and edit collections
• Redesigned and refined throughout the app
• Countless improvements, polish, and quality-of-life updates
Build 886086718v3.0.12026-05-25 17:58:50
Resolved an issue where the app could unexpectedly quit when loading existing library data.
Build 885451356v2.0.82026-05-10 17:00:25
- Home Tab (Preview)
A new Home dashboard is now available as a preview feature. See your currently playing book, pick up where you left off, track your weekly listening time, and get a snapshot of your library. (Enable it in Settings → Preview Features.)
- Audiobookshelf Connection Fixes
Resolved issues that could prevent Audiobookshelf from connecting or syncing your listening progress correctly.
- Google Drive Folder Fix
Fixed a bug where Google Drive folders were not appearing when browsing your cloud library.
- WebDAV Subfolder Fix
Fixed an issue where WebDAV subfolders returned a 404 error when the server URL included a path prefix.
- Improved Apple Intelligence Location Extraction
Added additional validation to location extraction, reducing false positives and improving the accuracy of locations shown on audiobook maps.
Build 884406033v2.0.22026-04-11 22:06:53
Custom Sleep Timer: Set any duration with the new hour and minute picker. Your last choice is saved and pre-filled next time.
Progress Label in Now Playing: A new label below the progress bar shows your completion percentage. Tap it to switch to time remaining.
Audiobookshelf SSO: Sign in using your server's OpenID Connect provider. The option appears automatically when your server supports it.
Live Widget Progress: Now Playing widgets now update every minute while listening, no need to reopen the app.
Chapter Navigation Fix: Skip Silence no longer triggers immediately after tapping previous or next chapter, making it easier to jump through multiple chapters quickly.
Storage Cleanup: Duplicate audio files left over from a previous import bug are automatically removed on first launch.
Bug Fixes: Progress is reliably saved when leaving the app or when the sleep timer fires.
Build 883947946v2.0.12026-03-31 17:48:27
Bug Fixes: Various stability improvements.
Progress Tracking: Audiobook progress is now always saved when you leave the app or the sleep timer fires, so your position is never lost.
Build 883903700v2.02026-03-30 20:29:04
iPad Support
Abookio now runs natively on iPad with an optimised layout designed for the larger screen.
Redesigned Audiobook Detail View
The audiobook detail page has been completely redesigned with a cleaner layout and improved navigation.
Home Screen Widgets
New widgets show your currently playing book and recently played titles at a glance.
Rotary Cover Scrubbing
Press and hold the cover art in the Now Playing screen to scrub through your audiobook with a rotary dial — one full turn equals one hour.
Instant Bookmark
Hold the bookmark button in Now Playing to drop an instant bookmark without opening the sheet.
French Accented Characters Fixed
Audiobooks and folders with accented characters (é, î, â, ü) can now be imported correctly.
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed widget progress percentage for multi-file audiobooks. Fixed sleep timer firing unexpectedly. Weekday labels in Listening Stats now adapt to your device language.
Build 883322596v1.52026-03-14 03:09:30
Skip Silence: Tired of long pauses between sentences? Abookio can now automatically skip silent gaps
during playback. Choose from three sensitivity levels in the playback speed sheet.
Volume Normalization: No more reaching for the volume knob when chapters get too quiet or too loud.
Enable normalization in the playback speed sheet and choose Light, Medium, or Strong to keep loudness
consistent throughout your book.
Discover Tab: Explore top audiobooks across genres like Fiction, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Biographies, and
more, all in one place. Sections load simultaneously and are cached locally, so browsing is instant
even offline. You can hide the tab in Settings → Appearance if you prefer a cleaner look.
Read History Preserved: Deleting the files of a locally imported audiobook no longer wipes it from
your Started and Read lists. Your reading history stays intact.
French, Spanish & Chinese: Abookio is now available in French, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese.
Bug Fixes & Improvements: Improved iCloud sync reliability, fixed a startup warning related to cloud
accounts, and various under-the-hood stability improvements.
Build 881261136v1.3.52026-01-07 21:33:19
• Personalized Look: Customize the app’s theme color in Settings > Appearance
• Improved iCloud Sync: Playback progress now tracks correctly across devices
• More Reliable Bookmarks: Bookmarks in multi-file MP3 audiobooks now save the correct position for the entire book
• Playback Speed Improvements: The playback speed slider now displays correctly in Light mode
• Library Filtering Fix: Dropbox is now categorized correctly in Library filters
• Bug Fixes and performance improvements
Build 881162528v1.3.12026-01-03 02:41:53
Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the artwork to activate the new precision scrubbing dial.
Metadata & Chapters: The new Abookio provider (Beta) improves metadata accuracy and allows importing chapter timestamps for single-file audiobooks.
Playback Improvements: Custom skip intervals now work systemwide, plus new headphone button customization options.
Library Updates: You can now add files directly to existing audiobooks.
Fixed an issue where the new metadata provider wasn't enabled by default.
Build 881103888v1.32025-12-30 23:58:38
• Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the Now Playing cover artwork to rotate it and precisely scrub through the audiobook timeline.
• Chapter Timestamp Import (Beta): Import missing chapter timestamps (currently supports single-file audiobooks).
• Abookio Metadata Provider (Beta): New built-in metadata service delivering more accurate book information with reduced reliance on third-party sources.
• Library Stats: Added a new Library Stats tab with detailed insights into your audiobook collection.
• Enhanced File Import: Files imported via the native file picker can now be added directly to existing audiobooks.
• Systemwide Custom Skip Intervals: Custom skip durations now integrate with native system media controls for consistent playback behavior.
• Custom Headphone Controls: Configure headphone next/previous buttons to skip forward or backward instead of changing tracks.
• Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements
Build 880861882v1.2.22025-12-20 17:00:16
Various bug fixes and system stability improvements have been made:
• Added a precision playback speed slider and quick fine-tuning controls
• Fixed read status reliability: "Read" is now correctly prioritized and progress resets when marked as “Not Started”
• App now resumes your last played audiobook automatically on launch
• Introduced debug logging to help diagnose issues (logs can be shared from Settings)
• Fixed unresponsive skip forward and backward playback controls
• Resolved playback and connection issues with Plex Media Server and pCloud
• Updated for iOS 26.2: fixed an issue where the tab bar player could not be hidden
Build 880201873v1.2.12025-11-30 19:47:35
This update delivers major new features and improvements:
• New playback speed system with fine-tuned control from 0.5x to 3.99x
• Press and hold the bookmark button to instantly save your position with haptic feedback
• EPUB Reader (Preview): enable in Settings > Preview Features and add EPUBs from the audiobook detail view
• Improved self-hosted integrations with fixes for Audiobookshelf and Plex Media Server (Windows)
• Enhanced WebDAV with two-level folder discovery and smart caching for large libraries
• Native Google Drive file picker and improved reliability for cloud providers
• Improved memory efficiency by up to 75%
• Added a new filter option to organize content by source
Build 880020465v1.12025-11-26 13:18:02
Several issues have been addressed to improve stability and library management:
- Cloud Accounts: Resolved a critical issue where OneDrive and other cloud service credentials were not saved after restarting the application.
- Audiobookshelf: Fixed a bug that prevented books from appearing in the library.
- Plex Integration: Addressed an error causing book imports to fail.
- User Interface: The "Sort By" indicator in the Library tab now correctly reflects the active sorting preference.
Build 879950516v1.0.92025-11-23 09:27:52
New Features:
Added 5 Widgets
New Playback Controls
Full EPUB Reader
Updated Interface
Improved WebDAV support
Added new Pro Lifetime Purchase and seperate selfhosted integration add-on
Fixed Bugs:
Resuming play from native media controls now respects custom playback speed
Audiobooks in top level selected folder are now individually recognized
Build 879250062v1.02025-11-13 10:30:08
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Change log 22 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more org
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description updated
Your audiobooks deserve a better player.
Abookio is a premium audiobook player built for people who care about their library. Bring your own audiobooks, connec
✎
subtitle updated
Listen Beautifully
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name updated
Abookio Audiobook Player
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Version 3.1.1 released
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more organized layout with richer detail about your listening for every audiobook
Fixes
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Version 3.1 released
- Audiobooks on Apple Watch: Download audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch and listen anywhere, no iPhone required
- A Smarter Book View: A cleaner, more organized layout with richer detail about your listening for every audiobook
Fixes
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Version 3.0.2 released
• Improved the reliability of automatic iCloud syncing
• Updated the calculation of certain listening statistics
• Includes additional stability improvements and bug fixes
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Version 3.0.1 released
Resolved an issue where the app could unexpectedly quit when loading existing library data.
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Version 3.0 released
• Brand new Home tab with rich listening insights, daily activity, milestones, and monthly recaps
• Beautiful new shareable listening cards
• New Discover tab with curated audiobook recommendations
• Deeper Audiobookshelf integration:
• P
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Version 2.0.8 released
- Home Tab (Preview)
A new Home dashboard is now available as a preview feature. See your currently playing book, pick up where you left off, track your weekly listening time, and get a snapshot of your library. (Enable it in Settings → Pre
◆
Version 2.0.2 released
Custom Sleep Timer: Set any duration with the new hour and minute picker. Your last choice is saved and pre-filled next time.
Progress Label in Now Playing: A new label below the progress bar shows your completion percentage. Tap it to swit
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Version 2.0.1 released
Bug Fixes: Various stability improvements.
Progress Tracking: Audiobook progress is now always saved when you leave the app or the sleep timer fires, so your position is never lost.
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Version 2.0 released
iPad Support
Abookio now runs natively on iPad with an optimised layout designed for the larger screen.
Redesigned Audiobook Detail View
The audiobook detail page has been completely redesigned with a cleaner layout and improved na
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Version 1.5 released
Skip Silence: Tired of long pauses between sentences? Abookio can now automatically skip silent gaps
during playback. Choose from three sensitivity levels in the playback speed sheet.
Volume Normalization: No more reaching for the vo
◆
Version 1.3.5 released
• Personalized Look: Customize the app’s theme color in Settings > Appearance
• Improved iCloud Sync: Playback progress now tracks correctly across devices
• More Reliable Bookmarks: Bookmarks in multi-file MP3 audiobooks now save the corre
◆
Version 1.3.1 released
Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the artwork to activate the new precision scrubbing dial.
Metadata & Chapters: The new Abookio provider (Beta) improves metadata accuracy and allows importing chapter timestamps for single-file audiobook
◆
Version 1.3 released
• Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the Now Playing cover artwork to rotate it and precisely scrub through the audiobook timeline.
• Chapter Timestamp Import (Beta): Import missing chapter timestamps (currently supports single-file audio
◆
Version 1.2.2 released
Various bug fixes and system stability improvements have been made:
• Added a precision playback speed slider and quick fine-tuning controls
• Fixed read status reliability: "Read" is now correctly prioritized and progress resets when mark
◆
Version 1.2.1 released
This update delivers major new features and improvements:
• New playback speed system with fine-tuned control from 0.5x to 3.99x
• Press and hold the bookmark button to instantly save your position with haptic feedback
• EPUB Reader (Previ
◆
Version 1.1 released
Several issues have been addressed to improve stability and library management:
- Cloud Accounts: Resolved a critical issue where OneDrive and other cloud service credentials were not saved after restarting the application.
- Audiobookshelf
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Version 1.0.9 released
New Features:
Added 5 Widgets
New Playback Controls
Full EPUB Reader
Updated Interface
Improved WebDAV support
Added new Pro Lifetime Purchase and seperate selfhosted integration add-on
Fixed Bugs:
Resuming play from native media controls
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Version 1.0 released