CLUSTER AUDIOBOOK-BOOKMARKS-FILES · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-08-17
Local audiobook player apps
This cluster consists of audiobook player apps designed to play users' own audio files, offering features like sleep timers, bookmarks, and speed control. The dated history before the index start shows sparse entries in 2014, then a gap until 2021, with additional entries in 2024 and a concentration in 2026-04. Traction leaders are VoicePlus – Audiobook Player, Cloud Audiobooks Player, and Voice Audiobook Player, each with 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 4 open source · 6 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01VoicePlus – Audiobook Player0★1 moliveai-builtopen sourceOffline audiobook player that tracks listening sessions, provides statistics and character lists, and includes a smart sleep timer.
- 02DreamRead: Audiobook Player0★1 moliveindieAudiobook player that auto-pauses playback when the listener falls asleep, using Apple Watch heart-rate signals to detect sleep, and offers sleep timers and library management.
- 03Cloud Audiobooks Player0★3 moliveAudiobook player app that lets users listen to their own MP3 and M4B files with sleep timer, bookmarks, and speed control.
- 04Voice Audiobook Player0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceAudiobook player for local audio files with sleep timer, bookmarks, and playback controls.
- 05AudiV0★3 moliveAudiobook player that plays a user's own audio files and provides chapters, bookmarks, sleep timer, speed adjustment, and optional parental controls.
- 06Murmur: Audiobook Player0★3 moliveAudiobook player for evening listening that uses sleep detection to rewind to where the listener fell asleep.
- 07Book Mower Audiobook Player0★8 yrabandonedlivehand-codedAudiobook player app with precise skip controls, automatic bookmarks, sleep timer, and driving mode for safer listening.
- 08Cozy0★unknownliveopen sourceDesktop application that organizes and plays a personal audiobook collection with playback position memory, sleep timer, and speed control.
- 09LocalAudioBooksPlayer0★4 molivehobbyPrivate audiobook player that plays user-provided MP3 folders with resume, variable speed, chapter navigation, lock-screen controls, and offline listening.
- 10MP3 Audiobook Player0★6 mostalelivecommercialAudiobook player for Apple devices supporting multiple formats with features like speed control and sleep timer.
- 11BookPlayer: MP3/M4B/M4A/MP40★5 moliveAudiobook player that supports MP3, M4B, M4A formats with sleep timer, playback speed control, and remembers position.
- 12Easy AudioBook0★6 mostaleliveAudiobook player designed for users with impaired vision or limited motor control, providing large controls, sleep timer, and remote library management.
- 13Cozy0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop audiobook player that organizes a personal library, remembers playback position per book, and offers sleep timers and speed control.
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