CLUSTER AUDIOBOOK-DRM-FREE · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-01-31
DRM-free audiobook player apps
This cluster consists of apps that import, organize, and play DRM-free audiobook files, with offline listening, playback controls, and some variation in bookmarks, progress sync, accessibility, and CarPlay support. Before the index start, dated entries run from Oct 2015 to Jul 2026, but the pattern is sparse: single entries in Oct 2015, Mar 2016, Jan 2025, Oct 2025, and Dec 2025, followed by four dated entries in May–Jul 2026. Novelwave: An Audiobook Player leads the traction activity signal, ahead of StoryLogic: Audiobook Player and EPUB Reader: eBook & FB2, though all three are listed at 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 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled
Operator · 2 indie · 2 commercial · 9 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.
- 01Novelwave: An Audiobook Player0★1 moliveAudiobook player that imports, organizes, and plays DRM-free audiobooks on iOS.
- 02StoryLogic: Audiobook Player0★12 daysliveindieOffline DRM-free audiobook player that imports MP3, M4B, M4A, and zipped folders, with accessibility and CarPlay support.
- 03ShelfDrop Audiobook Player0★8 daysliveOffline-first audiobook player app that imports DRM-free files from local storage or Wi-Fi upload and plays them without a server.
- 04TaleReady: Audiobook Player0★10 daysliveAudiobook player app that imports DRM-free audio files and prepares chapters for offline listening on Apple Watch, syncing position back to iPhone.
- 05EPUB Reader: eBook & FB20★1 moliveE-book reader app that imports DRM-free books into a local library, enables offline reading with highlighting, notes, and full-text search.
- 06Drowsebook: Read Aloud eBooks0★4 moliveindieLocal-first iPhone app for importing and listening to DRM-free ebooks with customizable reading options.
- 07Vitreo: Audiobook Player0★1 molivePlays user-imported audiobooks with detailed listening statistics, auto-rewind, and a private, ad-free interface on iOS.
- 08mnml: audiobook player0★3 molivecommercialMinimal audiobook player app with no accounts or ads, supporting M4B and M4A files with private iCloud sync.
- 09AudiobookCast0★5 moliveAudiobook player that imports DRM-free audiobook files and offers playback controls, bookmarks, collection organization, and offline listening.
- 10Libro.fm Audiobooks0★3 molivecommercialAudiobook store app that lets users buy and listen to DRM-free audiobooks while supporting independent bookshops.
- 11Book Cast Player0★1 yrabandonedliveAudiobook player app that imports DRM-free audio files, organizes playlists, syncs progress across devices, and supports adjustable playback.
- 12Плеер для Аудиокниг0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedMobile app that plays MP3 and M4B audiobooks without conversion and imports books from computers or cloud storage.
- 13Aurum Audiobooks0★11 mostaleliveAudiobook player app that imports local audio files for simple offline listening without accounts, ads, or tracking.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.