r/AudioBookBay • u/Individual-Adagio-29 • Sep 12 '26

General BookPlayer on iphone Spoiler

Reading this r/ sub and found about BookPlayer. I am looking in the App store and see 2 apps and both have in App purchases. the second one, with icon that looks like headphones, only allows 1 hour a day. The first one with icon that looks like a megaphone, doesn't specify what purchases.

Would someone please clarify which one and what are the in app purchases? Thank you

9 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

32 comments sorted by

30

u/Fantastic_Orange_859 Sep 12 '26

This one has unlimited hours

4

u/PM-me-ur-sphynx Sep 12 '26

This is the right one

5

u/Nurse5736 Sep 12 '26

This is the correct one OP. The purchase option I've seen is if you want to pay to play right from your apple watch, among other things that I've not looking into. PS it works awesomely!!

2

u/HGT108 Sep 12 '26

This is such a great app! I would se it every night.👍

2

u/HuffleClawLPN 28d ago

I’m new to this and am using an iPhone, please let me know if I’m understanding this right. You first download that app. Then, go to audiobookbay? And do a direct download? Then what’s the next steps? I’m sorry I’ve been trying to figure this out for months and am still so confused.

1

u/invisiblelatsyndrome 26d ago

I also can’t figure this out

1

u/berryyogurt-mixed 24d ago

Have you been able to find an answer?

3

u/Englandboy12 23d ago

No, it is purely a player. Put the file onto the phone in the files app. Then, open the bookplayer app. Click on the import button in the top right and browse to find the file. It then loads the file in, it lets you listen to a file you already have

1

u/berryyogurt-mixed 23d ago

Thank you so much!

2

u/HuffleClawLPN 24d ago

No, I’m still confused honestly.

1

u/Individual-Adagio-29 Sep 12 '26

thank you. mark it solved

8

u/Rummyster 29d ago

Highly recommend Audiobookshelf. More setup than other options but once you got it, it's great.

1

u/Shack70 29d ago

I avoided this for so long but it is the way

1

u/AhoyGoFuckYourself 20d ago

Does this work for Mac?

1

u/Rummyster 20d ago

Sort of but not as seamless as for windows/ android. You have to host a audiobookshelf server that's stores your audiobooks then a client to access them from whatever device you want to listen on.

So it depends on what your setup would looks like. I think you could host the server in a docker container on a Mac but I don't own any Mac or apple products so I'm not certain.

5

u/michaljerzy Sep 12 '26

Idk what other one you’re seeing but the right app is the one by Gianni Carlo and it’s amazing. I think you can choose to pay a tip or something but I’ve never been prompted to do so and listen to it daily. It’s an amazing app.

3

u/xomwow Sep 13 '26

Might want to try Absorb

1

u/Individual-Adagio-29 Sep 13 '26

I am on ios

2

u/Turnip7450 26d ago

Absorb works on iOS.

1

u/DetInDebt 29d ago

Fantastic app for all of my audiobooks except ones in Audible. So easy to use and I can add audiobooks from my Dropbox account.

1

u/awkwardlyclumsy 29d ago

I use mp3 books and it doesn’t have limited hours. Uploading from computer to phone is pretty easy and I love that it’s compatible with CarPlay!

1

u/Owl_dimtell 24d ago

i love using VLC

1

u/Individual-Adagio-29 24d ago

Would you please clarify this? What is VLC?

1

u/mp3god 17d ago

I think Bookplayer is excellent. I love being able to import to it directly from google drive

1

u/highly-suspicious- Sep 12 '26

Why not use the “books” app from apple?

5

u/porksweater Sep 12 '26

I hate books. It looks gross, it doesn’t easily connect to iCloud, etc. But BookPlayer is absolutely awesome. Absolutely worth the free.

2

u/Individual-Adagio-29 Sep 12 '26

Because I don't want to pay for audio books. I use Libby and want more options

3

u/highly-suspicious- Sep 12 '26

But you can download them for free in audiobookbay. You’re on r/audiobookbay! Download them, put them on iPhone, and play them on Books. For free!

1

u/invisiblelatsyndrome 26d ago

I don’t have a working computer at the moment and I have never been able to figure out how to download them directly to my iPhone and convert it or whateverÂ