ShelfHead

Player for Audiobookshelf

Free

Built for iPhone Duo: your library on the left and your book on the right when it's open, and a player that lays itself out around the fold when you half-close it. ShelfHead is a streamlined player for your self-hosted Audiobookshelf server. It connects straight to the server you run: no ShelfHead account, no middlemen, no ads. Built for people who just want to listen. A clean, focused interface, fast browsing, and playback that remembers exactly where you left off on every device you own. YOUR SERVER, YOUR WAY • Sign in with username and password or SSO (OpenID Connect) • Works behind Cloudflare Access, Authelia and other reverse proxies via custom HTTP headers • Progress, bookmarks and finished status sync back to your server, and a clear prompt appears if two devices disagree LISTEN ANYWHERE • A Downloads tab with cover art, progress, length and size, swipe to play, and Download Health to verify and repair files • Download a single title or a whole series; everything works offline and syncs when you reconnect • CarPlay with series, authors, genres, bookmarks and chapters, an alphabet index for big libraries, and Continue Listening always first • Apple Watch that works with your iPhone nearby or entirely on its own, with its own downloads • Lock-screen, widget and Control Center controls; Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight and Handoff A PLAYER THAT FITS • Variable speed with per-book defaults, volume boost, and bass/treble tone control • Chapter navigation, bookmarks, and sleep timers by duration, end of chapter or a nightly schedule • Listening Profiles for Driving, Sleep and Work; Driving can switch on automatically in CarPlay • An Up Next queue that skips finished books and adds the next in a series A LIBRARY THAT UNDERSTANDS YOU • Browse books, series, authors, narrators, collections and playlists, with search everywhere • Smart filters: Nearly Finished, No Progress in 30 Days, Unplayed in a Started Series, Downloaded but Not Finished, and more • Follow narrators and authors, play podcast episodes, and read ebooks and PDFs with your PDF position synced back to the server • Listening stats, streaks, a swipeable Year in Review, and shareable images colour-matched to the cover Also: optional Face ID or passcode lock, playback history with one-tap undo, full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support, and a native design with a touch of cassette-deck character. ShelfHead requires an existing Audiobookshelf server (audiobookshelf.org). It plays the library you already host and includes no content of its own. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising: it talks only to the server you configure.

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ShelfHead 7.0: made for iPhone Duo, inside and out. Library side by side • Open your iPhone Duo and Library spreads across the big screen: your books on the left, the book you pick on the right. Tap another book and the right side changes, with no going back and forth. • Books you open from Series, Authors, Narrators, Genres, Collections, Playlists and Downloads open on the right too, and so do links and Spotlight results. • The book you're looking at is highlighted in the list and the grid. Around the fold • Half-fold your iPhone Duo like a book and the player puts the cover on one side and the controls on the other. Fold it like a laptop and the cover sits above the fold with the controls below. • Driving Mode does the same, so the big buttons never land on the fold. • Library's grid uses an even number of columns when folded, so no cover is split down the middle. Outer display • Toolbar buttons now fit the side bar on iPhone Duo's outer display, and the most important ones stay visible. • The A-Z scrubber in Library moves to the side away from the bar.

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

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    Provider
    Justin Rahme
    Size
    23.3 MB
    Category
    Books
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and Simplified Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Juzzycooks