Volume.

Expressive Audiobooks

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Now with Audiobookshelf support, CarPlay, AirPlay and iCloud sync. Your self-hosted library, chapter by chapter, on every Apple device you own. Your audiobooks. Your server. Played beautifully. Volume is an expressive, privacy-first audiobook player built for people who host their own libraries. Whether your books live on Audiobookshelf, Jellyfin or Plex, Volume brings them together into one fluid, customisable listening experience, built natively for iOS in SwiftUI. WHY VOLUME Audiobooks are not long albums. They have chapters, you lose your place in them, and you return to them over weeks. Most players treat them like music. Volume doesn't. I built it for my own library first, as an indie project, and it connects straight to your server with nothing in between. MULTI-SERVER AND MULTI-ACCOUNT Connect to Audiobookshelf, Jellyfin or Plex. Switch between libraries and servers without losing your place. CHAPTER-FIRST PLAYBACK Per-chapter progress and time remaining, so you always know how far you are from a sensible place to stop. Full M4B chapter support, including parsing chapters Jellyfin doesn't expose through its API. UNDO LAST SKIP Clipped the next-chapter button in your pocket? Volume remembers your previous position and puts you back with one tap. CARPLAY AND AIRPLAY Browse your library, control playback and move between chapters safely from the car. Send audio to a HomePod, Apple TV or any AirPlay speaker straight from the player's route picker. ICLOUD SYNC Your library stays in step across every Apple device you own. OFFLINE LISTENING Download books to your device for flights, commutes and anywhere off-grid, with full download and progress management. ADVANCED PLAYBACK Variable speed to 3x, customisable skip durations, and a smart sleep timer with duration, end-of-chapter and fade-out modes. BOOKMARKS AND NOTES Save the moments that matter with timestamped bookmarks, attach notes to exact playback positions, and export everything to CSV, Markdown or YAML. A playback timeline keeps a record of how you actually listen. EXPRESSIVE, CUSTOMISABLE DESIGN Dynamic theming repaints the app around the cover art of whatever you're reading. Reorder your home screen sections, configure player button layouts, filter by genre, and enjoy a serif-led typographic design built for iOS. METADATA ENRICHMENT Integrates with Open Library for cover artwork, author information and descriptions, falling back to embedded file metadata. PRIVACY AND FREEDOM Volume is strictly client-side. Your server credentials, library data and playback statistics stay yours. No accounts, no ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking. Listen to your audiobooks, expressively. Questions or bugs: feedback.hyperfixation.dev

  • 4.0
    out of 5
    2 Ratings

This one is mostly about the parts you touch every day: the timeline, the scrubber, and getting back to where you were. TIMELINE, REDESIGNED Your listening history is clearer and easier to read, with sessions grouped sensibly and dates that don't repeat themselves down the page. UNDO LAST SKIP, PROPERLY Skips are now logged as you make them and the undo banner shows up when you need it — so clipping the next-chapter button in your pocket really is one tap away from being fixed. A STEADIER SCRUBBER Dragging through a chapter no longer snaps back when you let go, and short chapters scrub smoothly instead of jumping. Pull down on a book's detail page to refresh it. MULTI-FILE BOOKS, MADE WHOLE Audiobooks split across several files on Jellyfin are stitched back into a single book with chapters in the right places, matching how Android has handled them. AUDIOBOOKSHELF Listening sessions are now recorded back to your ABS server, so your stats and progress stay in step with every other client you use. TIDIER LIBRARIES Titles sort by their real name, ignoring a leading "The" or "A", and author sections sort the same way. Your Continue shelf now also picks up books your server already knows you're partway through. EASIER SERVER SETUP Type a bare hostname and Volume tries https first, then falls back to http — handy for LAN-only servers. Plus faster reconnection when your network changes, and a pile of smaller fixes. As always, feedback goes to feedback.hyperfixation.dev — it genuinely shapes what I build next.

The developer, Morgan Archer, 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 Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Seller
    Morgan Archer
    Size
    12.1 MB
    Category
    Books
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © Morgan Archer