Bookcamp

Requiring a login is lame. Charging a subscription is worse. Failing to find audiobooks on Plex or even prompting the user to select a library makes the app useless. If there is a specific setup required to make this work then it should be made known to users.

Decided to try this app as an alternative to prologue since prologue does not recognize book chapters in my m4b files. This app connected to my Plex library with no issues and finds the books and also chapters. However, it will not play any book and just says encountered and error please try again.

Just download Prologue and save yourself the hassle.

Shouldn’t be a subscription app. Requires no infrastructure and has no updates in 8 months. Abandonware.

I’ve had high hopes for Bookcamp since I learned about it a year back when looking for a good app to play my audiobooks from Plex on. I was bummed to find out there were major errors that didn’t allow the books to play, so I had to revert back to my old app. I really love the sleek look of Bookcamp and kept checking back for updates. Found out today there was an update 5 months ago and redownloaded to check to see if it was any better. The great news is, my books load now and start fairly quickly! The potential dealbreaker now though, is there isn’t a way to see info about a book, when you click into it it just plays. There also seems to be some issues with the main login page, as when I didn’t type anything and just submitted I got an object/object error. I want to encourage the developer(s) to keep refining this app, once everything is stable and smooth I can promise the subscription fee will be more palatable to consumers.

This app has essentially been abandoned since release with the creator investing all of their time on the Android version. The one iOS has is still awful and just doesn’t work. The subscription is solely to sync your playback location which is so limited in this space that it frankly isn’t worth the money. If you’ve got your own audiobooks and the knowledge to run a server, you’re better off with Audiobookshelf by a long shot.

Shows api error. Stopped working a few days ago. My plex is fine, works with Plexamp

This app is not free and requires a monthly or yearly subscription. Sticking with Prologue as it only has a one-time fee.

They ask for your email then ask for a subscription. There is no free functionality at all, I don’t understand why Apple would allow this app to advertise itself as free.

Don’t know why this shows up as free. It has no free component. There is no way to try it out without signing up and paying a subscription fee.