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title: "ShelfPlayer - Audio Book Shelf - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "ShelfPlayer is a powerful iOS app for listening to audiobooks and podcasts, built for people who run their own self-hosted Audiobookshelf libraries. Written in Swift 6 for iOS 18+, it's fast, privacy-"
---

# ShelfPlayer - Audio Book Shelf — United States
> Reading Player for Audiobooks

![ShelfPlayer App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/2b/c8/8e/2bc88e4a-d864-459f-06c7-9beb5e06cfe5/ShelfPlayer-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-sRGB-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [AI Tools Apps SRL](https://apptail.io/developer/ai-tools-apps-srl-eRhkeb) (Italy)
**Category:** Books
**Rating:** 3.9/5 (168 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** io.rfk.shelfplayer
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 3.3.1 (released 2026-08-25)
**Original Release:** 2024-03-13
**Languages:** Spanish, German, Chinese, Korean, French, Greek (modern), Indonesian, English, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id6475221163)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/united-states)

## ShelfPlayer Description
ShelfPlayer is a powerful iOS app for listening to audiobooks and podcasts, built for people who run their own self-hosted Audiobookshelf libraries. Written in Swift 6 for iOS 18+, it's fast, privacy-respecting, and deeply integrated with the Apple ecosystem.

ShelfPlayer does not include any media content. A running Audiobookshelf instance is required to use the app.

Why Choose ShelfPlayer?
- One app for everything: A single native experience for audiobooks, podcasts, episodes, authors, narrators, series, collections, and playlists
- Connect your own libraries: Works with multiple Audiobookshelf servers and libraries at the same time
- Flexible sign-in: Supports both username/password and OpenID, plus custom HTTP headers for advanced setups
- Find anything fast: Global and per-library search across books, podcasts, people, series, and episodes
- Stay in sync: Listening progress and sessions stay synchronized with your Audiobookshelf server
- Made for Apple devices: Native iPhone and iPad layouts, CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Home Screen widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island

Features at a glance:
- Listen Now to continue and discover content across connected libraries
- Chapter navigation with quick-access controls in playback
- Configurable skip intervals for forward and backward jumps
- AirPlay and native Apple media controls
- Bookmarks with optional notes to save key moments
- Detailed, item-level listening history and daily listening goals
- Offline mode with manual and automatic background downloads
- Built-in tools to create, edit, and organize collections and playlists
- In-app PDF viewer for attached documents
- Customizable tabs, sorting, and filters

Premium features
ShelfPlayer subscription unlocks the following:
- Offline listening: Download audiobooks and episodes and keep listening without a connection
- Custom playback speed: Adjust the rate beyond the default 1×
- Flexible sleep timer: Choose any duration or a chapter-based timer, beyond the default 5 minutes
- Bookmarks: Save and revisit key moments with notes
- Add to queue: Build your own listening order with the main and Up Next queues
- Statistics: Track your listening time, streaks, and finished titles

Download ShelfPlayer today and get the most out of your Audiobookshelf library!

Subscribe to access premium app features; subscription details are the following:

- Length: weekly or yearly
- Free trial: only on selected subscriptions
- Your payment will be charged to your Apple Account as soon as you confirm your purchase
- You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase
- Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
- The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period
- When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription

Terms & Conditions:


Privacy Policy:


If you have any questions, please contact us at aitools@gmail.com

## ShelfPlayer Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/8a/78/dc/8a78dc51-f4fa-c3ae-bf48-f5e07c2596eb/0fae6c7e-8c15-480b-945f-867837369475_S1.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/fa/93/09/fa9309d9-763f-616b-456f-5d7a5f65adae/40e27f9e-5fb4-45ab-a976-d721896f862f_S2.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/9d/0b/66/9d0b666c-974a-b70e-bf05-b273442fcbfe/f7842f90-4fdb-4b35-80ae-d49c450ef774_S3.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/6e/22/01/6e220150-a704-afb7-b64a-c00413861656/16ba3a0f-012a-46cc-81df-bec2b0438702_S4.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ce/78/5a/ce785af8-9660-0a8c-ae6c-ccbca1f834d1/5b11e084-5caf-4cbc-a4c6-b6b21fbccf34_S5.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/74/26/61/742661c3-66bd-a3a5-34d7-030db149be05/c190cb3a-d73b-479a-bd86-92e4c090f315_S6.png/1242x2208.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/21/df/fd/21dffdcb-59b4-4443-1e89-4e3c2f5deb11/3980d8f6-b9e2-4d92-b8af-fd809017a7e5_S7.png/1242x2208.png)

## ShelfPlayer Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 98 (58%)
- 4 stars: 20 (12%)
- 3 stars: 12 (7%)
- 2 stars: 11 (7%)
- 1 stars: 27 (16%)

## ShelfPlayer Reviews in United States

### *---- "Lost Progress"
Editing my previous review as I now see where the percentage of progress is shown (only when online), but now the app is losing my progress when closed online. If it can get online at all as it now seems permanently stuck in offline mode.
-- Shawn Shawn Shawn Shawn, 2025-01-02

### *---- "Doesn’t work and developer unhelpful"
I get about 5 minutes of audio book playback then the app dies every time. I reached out to the developer with steps to reproduce and he didnt try to debug.
-- hortisimo, 2024-12-17

### ***** "possibly the perfect iPhone app!"
this app literally hits every note perfectly!

It’s tailor-made for a very specific niche use case: that being folks who run the Audio shelf self hosted audiobook software - but it does it so well that I now prefer it as my ex exclusive full-time way of listening to audiobooks! It’s that good! it’s worth every cent of its price and more. I can’t say enough good things. This is really outstanding work and I deeply appreciate all of the care the authors clearly lavished on this application! It really shows!
-- feoh, 2024-12-11

### ***** "Love the app"
The latest update broke viewing chapters in CarPlay.  I can still view them on the phone.  I also noticed a delay when starting books in this newest update that wasn’t there before.
-- greysave, 2024-11-29

### ***** "Great app"
Saw some people complaining that it’s $5. This price is absolutely worth it. It’s an open source app that is filling the gap left by another open source project. A one time payment to support this project is entirely reasonable.

This app integrates well into iOS and is regularly updated to improve the UX and maintain functionality with the backend that’s not directly under the maintainer’s control.
-- marzvrover, 2024-11-10

### ****- "Love it"
Sometimes presses play instead of “skip 30 seconds back”, touch targets might need some refinement.
-- Sammmichh, 2024-11-04

### ****- "Great App. Wish it had a Widget with the play-pause/open-book buttons"
I love the app. One thing I thought was missing was the ability to clear the cache, in case I updated the metadata of some book that was currently being played. However, the option is available, it just isn’t visible on the main page. I had to go to the rightmost (search) view, and the settings button was there.

The one feature that I miss vs other audiobook apps like Libro.fm or Audible or podcast apps like Pocketcasts is a widget. I wish it had a widget similar to Pocketcasts, that would take you to the book/podcast if you click on the album artwork, and had a button to play/pause the current book/podcast.
-- idkAtom, 2024-10-20

### ***-- "Best on store, but not better than official app"
Happy to support this developer, but I ran in to consistent issues with the app. Local books frequently wouldn’t play, organization in the app is non-existent, and navigation of library is obtuse. I found myself having to stop the app frequently, and finally just went back to side loading the official app for ABS. 

Not a bad app, and if you’re just trying to keep things local for trips without coverage it’s a reasonable option, but otherwise not a great ABS client.
-- Everglow, 2024-10-03

### *---- "immediately crashes"
after working for a couple weeks, it suddenly and repeatedly crashes. even uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't help. server continues to function and stream podcasts as expected, even while I write this review. but the app does not work.
-- no buzz off, 2024-09-30

### ***-- "Disappointing"
I expected a lot more from a $5 app that is written to take advantage of the latest iOS features. While the interface generally looks nice, it is actually less user friendly and less functional than the first party Audiobookshelf app (beta is unfortunately full and it’s not yet on the App Store). Just in the first week of use, I noticed a number of issues that really need to be addressed:

* Mysterious slowdowns that bring the app to a crawl such that force closing and restarting the app was the only option (encountered while queuing multiple downloads)
* Mostly unusable search; searching anything other than author just doesn’t work (searches for title and other metadata just run indefinitely, never returning results)
* The interface, while pretty, is just not at all intuitively designed. Finding settings was difficult, for example
-- Raptorious Dan, 2024-08-24

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## ShelfPlayer Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Grossing | Belgium | Books | #56 |
| Top Grossing | Chile | Books | #64 |
| Top Free | Finland | Books | #142 |
| Top Free | Poland | Books | #236 |

## ShelfPlayer Discovered Keywords
- shelfplayer

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## ShelfPlayer Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/germany)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/united-kingdom)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/australia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/canada)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/china)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/russia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/sweden)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/poland)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/austria)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/finland)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/norway)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/czechia)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/switzerland)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/belgium)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/denmark)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/mexico)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/slovakia)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/spain)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/italy)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/india)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/netherlands)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/south-africa)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/france)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/ukraine)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/argentina)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/taiwan)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/malaysia)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/romania)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/latvia)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/japan)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/israel)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/ireland)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/saudi-arabia)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/mauritius)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/nigeria)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/nepal)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/peru)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/pakistan)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/portugal)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/paraguay)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/qatar)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/singapore)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/slovenia)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/suriname)
- [El Salvador](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/el-salvador)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/thailand)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/turkey)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/uruguay)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/uzbekistan)
- [Venezuela](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/venezuela)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/vietnam)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/kuwait)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/armenia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/azerbaijan)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/barbados)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/bulgaria)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/bahrain)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/belarus)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/chile)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/colombia)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/cyprus)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/ecuador)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/estonia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/egypt)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/hong-kong)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/honduras)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/croatia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/indonesia)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/iceland)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/kenya)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/south-korea)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/united-arab-emirates)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/lebanon)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/sri-lanka)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/lithuania)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/luxembourg)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/madagascar)
- [Macao SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/macau)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/shelfplayer-audio-book-shelf-ijwp/malta)

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