Simply Better. Easier-to-use, clean design, full control, and audio from more sources. Bookmobile provides a better experience for listening to audiobooks than any other app.
An interface optimized for listening to spoken word content:
- No sliders, coverflow or other "dangerous" button placement that cause you to lose your place.
- Skip 5 and 30 second/minute increments for exact control over playhead position
- Swipe the title right/left to move to next or previous part/chapter/episode.
- Double-tap title area to jump to part/episode list.
- Shortcuts Drawer makes switching audiobooks or podcasts super easy.
- Swipe up or down left side for cover mode: shows larger cover image and removes jump buttons - great for listening in the car.
Continues playing in the background after leaving the app, and automatically transitions between parts/episodes of books and podcasts.
Get, play and manage audio content from a wide variety of sources -- iTunes, Audible.com, Librivox.org, CDs, public library downloads, RSS feeds, M4B audibooks, zip files, and more.
- Works with both DRM-enabled content (from Audible.com or iTunes Store) and non-DRM content (from CDs, MP3s, LibriVox, etc.).
- Search or Browse through thousands of FREE books at Librivox.org.
- iTunes Store audiobook search built right in. Downloaded purchases automatically added to Bookmobile.
- Download non-DRM audio directly into the App. iTunes sync not required.
Bookmark Creation could not be easier:
- Automatically created every time an event occurs (startup, switching books, phone calls, etc.).
- Just press Pause for a new bookmark.
- A "current position" bookmark keeps the latest playhead position.
Bookmarks:
- Customize with name, notes and color.
- Export in three formats: text, HTML or CSV.
- View by Recent/Custom/All.
- Available even after audio files have been deleted.
- Easily remove old, auto-generated bookmarks that you haven't customized.
Complete control over audio files:
- Reorder parts/episodes.
- Rename audiobooks, podcasts, parts, episodes.
- Cover art images can be added or replaced -- just a simple copy-and-paste of any image from web or photo library. Use hi-res images for Retina display devices.
- Download/delete audio files, but keep bookmarks and notes.
- Re-download files as needed.
- Hide any podcast or part.
Audio Import Options:
- add from iTunes Library (audiobooks, podcasts, music albums)
- download from any accessible URL, on web or local computer
- RSS podcast and audiobook descriptions (like from Librivox.org)
- M4B audiobooks, including multi-part
- download individual or Zip archive audio files
- mix-and-match audio sources (iTunes sync, download, RSS) -- Bookmobile keeps track and provides the appropriate management options for each.
Sleep Timer
- Easy access from main screen.
- Shake to add time.
Podcasts
- import from RSS feed or iTunes Library
- check for new episodes in all podcasts or individually
- change play order
- change cover image
- bookmarks fully supported
- podcast/episode descriptions
- download audio files all at once or individually.
Playback Speed
- supported for any non-DRM audio (audiobooks or podcasts)
- non-linear increments: slightly faster increase/decrease (10%) to double speed
- use Music player to adjust speed of DRM audio, and Bookmobile will remember rate.
M4B Audiobook support
- title, author, cover image, chapters
- swipe between chapters.
MP3 support
- IDTags (title, author, cover image)
- add more mp3 files to existing audiobook
- import individually, in Zip, or RSS.
Bluetooth controls
- Pause/Play
- 30 sec jump (for non-DRM audio).
AirPlay support
- redirect audio output.
Easy creation of Facebook and Twitter book reviews
- tap-to-add title, review, star ratings, ...
- customize with your own description
- includes cover image, even if replaced.
and more!!!
New:
- significant performance improvements
- Podcasts added in 25 episode batches (pull-to-add-more)
- Top Free Audiobooks list
- Option to disable idle timeout (double-tap on cover view)
- Protection against selected audio causing crash on startup
- Reorder parts of multi-part M4B audiobooks
- minor UI enhancements
Many bug fixes, including:
- Bookshelf podcast table was not updating with refreshed podcasts.
- Fixed crasher when attempting to play after setting a cover image on a mp3/zip import.
- fixed crasher when iTunes changed ID of audiobooks
- Audio automatically continues at correct location after interrupting phone calls more consistently.
- M4B audiobooks that get backgrounded paused don’t automatically play when foregrounded, and when they do play, it is at the right location.
- Audiobooks that are backgrounded before they are ever played start playing at the right location when foregrounded.
- Selected color scheme maintained after backgrounding.
- Lock screen (and Apple TV) shows currently playing audio correctly, and custom images shown for non-DRM audio.