CLUSTER AUDIOBOOKS-READING-ACROSS · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2009-02-26
Ebook and audiobook reading apps
The cluster consists of 11 apps centered on reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks, with features like cross-device syncing, store access, and importing personal content. Their dated entries are sporadic: one per month scattered across 2009 to 2026, with no clear clustering or trend, so the timeline is thin but spans over a decade. Traction leaders, based on activity signal, are BookFunnel, Continuum: Read & Listen, and tolino – eBooks & audiobooks, though all show zero 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 · 11 unlabelled
Operator · 1 indie · 7 commercial · 1 enterprise · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Continuum: Read & Listen0★2 moliveindieReading app that synchronizes e-book text with audiobook narration, letting users switch between reading and listening without losing their place.
- 02BookFunnel0★1 molivecommercialMobile app for managing and reading purchased books and audiobooks, with syncing across devices and a built-in reader and audio player.
- 03Witbound: Audiobook Read-Along0★13 daysliveAudiobook read-along app that synchronizes an owned audiobook with ebook text word-by-word to support readers with dyslexia, ADHD, and language learners.
- 04Unison Reader0★7 daysliveMobile app that pairs ebooks with audiobooks, aligns narration with text, and lets readers switch between reading and listening without losing their place.
- 05tolino - eBooks & audiobooks0★1 molivecommercialApp for reading eBooks and listening to audiobooks with store access and sync across devices.
- 06Audiobooks from AudiobookSTORE0★2 molivecommercialMobile app that lets customers of an audiobook retailer stream, download, and manage audiobooks and podcasts they own.
- 07Kobo Books & Audiobooks0★22 dayslivecommercialMobile app for reading eBooks and listening to audiobooks with a store and cross-device syncing.
- 08Legimi - ebooks and audiobooks0★3 molivecommercialSubscription app offering unlimited access to ebooks and audiobooks, with device syncing and personalized statistics.
- 09Barnes & Noble NOOK0★6 mostalelivecommercialDigital bookstore app that offers ebooks and audiobooks with customizable reading experience and progress syncing across devices.
- 10Simon & Schuster Books0★7 mostaleliveenterpriseOfficial app that lets customers read ebooks and listen to audiobooks purchased from the publisher’s website, with syncing, bookmarks, and playback controls.
- 11NetGalley Shelf0★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialReading and listening app that gives book reviewers access to publishers' digital review copies and audiobooks.
- 12Music Player for Audiobook0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedMobile app that plays music simultaneously with audiobooks or podcasts and provides detailed volume adjustment in 100 steps.
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