Prologue Audiobook Player

For Plex & Audiobookshelf

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Listen to your Plex or Audiobookshelf library, download books for offline listening and read along with EPUBs, PDFs or live on-device transcripts. The self-hosted audiobook player for Plex and Audiobookshelf. Library - Keep your Plex and Audiobookshelf books together in one library - Browse by author, collection or series - Save books to your reading list - Download books for offline listening - Bookmark passages and add notes - Look back through your playback history, listening stats and streaks Reader - Follow the transcript as you listen, or open the book's EPUB or PDF - See the text highlighted as your book plays - Tap the text to jump to that part of the audiobook - Use ebooks from Audiobookshelf or import your own - Transcription happens on your device Playback - Adjust playback speed and save settings for each book - Set a sleep timer for a duration or the end of a chapter - Rewind automatically when you resume after a pause - Land at sentence starts when skipping or rewinding, once the audio is transcribed - Adjust the sound with Voice Boost and an equalizer Devices - Listen on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch - Download books to Apple Watch and listen without your phone - Use CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts and widgets Prologue plays the books on your Plex or Audiobookshelf server. It doesn't sell books or come with any of its own. Free to download, with additional features behind a one-time Premium unlock. Offline listening on Apple Watch requires the separate Prologue for Apple Watch unlock. Transcription and following along with audio require a supported device and language.

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Added: - Reader: read along with an imported EPUB or PDF as you listen, with the current word highlighted as it's spoken. Open it from the Reader tab in the player - Live transcripts: read an on-device transcript of a book as it plays, for books without an ebook - Snap to Sentences: once a book is transcribed, skips and automatic rewinds land at the start of a nearby sentence. Can be disabled from Settings > Playback - Play Collection shortcut action: plays a chosen collection, series or playlist - Server refreshes now show each step's progress in the server list - Support for iPhone Duo - [Audiobookshelf] Ebooks attached to a book on the server are available in the Reader - [Audiobookshelf] Filter book lists by language, with support for selecting multiple languages - [Watch] Downloads list on Home, showing every book downloaded to the watch - [Watch] Download Remaining for partly downloaded books - [Watch] Home now shows when the watch last synced with iPhone Improved: - Library imports and refreshes are much faster, especially for large libraries - [Audiobookshelf] Tracks, chapters and attachments are imported with the library, so books no longer need to load them when first opened or played - [iPad] Layout when rotating or resizing the window - [Watch] Tapping the book that's already loaded plays it without streaming it again - [Watch] Progress and listening history are kept on the watch until iPhone has received them, including across relaunches - [Watch] VoiceOver now describes downloading, paused, failed and partly downloaded books Fixed: - Bookmarks edited or deleted offline could be reverted by a library refresh - Listening sessions waiting to upload could lose their progress during a library refresh - Books removed from the server could stay in the library, and their downloads could be left behind when cleaned up - Quick refreshes didn't update changed book details, and could miss new authors - Playing a finished collection reset its books' progress without starting playback - [Audiobookshelf] Could be signed out if the app went into the background while refreshing its login - [Audiobookshelf] SSO sign-in could fail with "unsupported URL", or fail when signing in again - [Audiobookshelf] Sign-in could stay loading after a failed SSO sign-in - [iPad] Settings layout - [CarPlay] Possible fix for progress resetting when skipping, resuming or after an interruption - [Watch] Playback didn't start automatically after choosing AirPods or another audio route - [Watch] Progress from the watch could be rejected by iPhone or overwritten by older progress - [Watch] Downloaded books could be removed from the watch when they dropped out of recent or pinned books - [Watch] Progress received from iPhone during playback could stop the watch from saving progress - [Watch] Sync Now did nothing when the watch had no progress to send

The developer, Prologue Audio Pty Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Usage Data
  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Seller
Prologue Audio Pty Ltd
Size
125.8 MB
Category
Books
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.5 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 26.5 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 26.5 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 26.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 26.5 or later.
  • Apple Watch
    Requires watchOS 26.5 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
  • English, Croatian, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Premium $9.99
  • Premium (Family) $17.99
  • Prologue for Apple Watch $4.99
  • Premium (Family Upgrade) $7.99
  • Large tip $5.99
  • Small tip $0.99
  • Medium tip $2.99
Copyright
© 2026 Prologue Audio Pty Ltd