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What Audiobook player do you use? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
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Hey there, I was wondering if there are better alternatives than Voice, which is what I use

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In terms of Audiobook Players for mobile phones, i tend to divide them into 2 categories:

  1. Apps which play the media stored locally:

Android Clients: a. Smart Audiobook Player - Versatile, has almost all the required audiobook features. Very stable and one of the oldest players in the market (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&hl=en&gl=US)

b. Listen Audiobook Player: Newer, has a better UI (in my opinion). Cloud Sync of reading progress (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeandroid.listen&hl=en&gl=US)

c. Voice Audiobook Player: Good UI, FOSS (https://github.com/PaulWoitaschek/Voice)

iOS Clients: a. Bound Audiobook Player: Stable with most of the required features (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bound-audiobook-player/id1041727137)

b. Haven't used any other app

  1. Apps which work of server-client model

a. Audiobookshelf: New, still being actively developed. Android client though in beta is quite decent. iOS client still needs work. Multi-Platform (https://www.audiobookshelf.org/)

b. Plex with Prologue (https://prologue.audio/) (iOS)/Bookcamp (https://www.bookcamp.app/) (iOS/Android)/Symphonium (https://symfonium.app/) (Android): In terms of ease of use and features, Prologue beats all the other apps however the other apps mentioned provide a good experience

[โ€“] mkgtu 1 points 1 year ago

My preference of the above is LISTEN AUDIOBOOK PLAYER. I, too, think it has a better interface than SABP. Has as many if not more features. And if you have downloaded Libby or Overdrive mp3 files that can be played in third party players, the LISTEN can decode/display/use the "chapters" in those mp3 files. So can the Sirin Audiobook Player (Android) and Bound (iOS). SmartAudiobook Player cannot display "chapters" for these mp3 files, only "parts" or "files", which do not correspond to actual chapters.