Bound - Audiobook Player 4+

As an alternative to Audible when you already have audiobooks downloaded locally and just want to move them to your phone, there’s nothing better!

This app is really great. I love the smart rewind function in it to jog your memory when you have to pause for some reason.

My only problem with it, and it isn’t a small one, is that whenever I play a book with multiple parts/chapters, as soon as it is done playing one part the app refuses to play the next one. I’m only met with silence. What’s stranger still is that the scrub bar continues to progress as though it IS playing, but there’s not sound. To fix the issue, I have to close the app, reopen, and press play again and then it resumes. This is obviously not feasible when you have a book with 200 parts at 3 or 4 minutes a piece. I’ve tried contacting the devs, but have been met with no reply. I may need to switch apps if there isn’t a solution available which is shame considering the price tag on this one.

There are some apps that really change how you feel about developers, and this is one of them. Not only does this app does everything what you expected to do it does it effectively and flawlessly. Adding new books is a breeze, and it’s as enjoyable (if not more so) than other apps including Audible’s.