Audra is an offline-first player for your own AudiobookShelf server. Download your audiobooks and
podcasts to your iPhone, then listen anywhere — on a plane, the subway, off the grid — with no
connection required.
AudiobookShelf (audiobookshelf.org) is a free, open-source, self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
Audra is a client for it: point it at your server, and your library comes with you.
Features:
• Offline first — download books and episodes and play them with zero connection
• Audiobooks and podcasts together — multi-track books play as one seamless timeline
• Find new podcasts — search the Apple Podcasts directory and download episodes into your library
• CarPlay — your downloaded library, hands-free, with Now Playing controls
• Playback progress backed up to your private iCloud, so it survives a reinstall or a new phone
• Adjustable playback speed, skip controls, and a Mini-player that follows you across the app
• Private by design — connects only to your server; no account with us, no tracking, no data collected.
Your credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain
• Supports self-signed HTTPS certificates for home servers (Synology and similar)
Requires your own AudiobookShelf server, reachable from your iPhone. Audra is not a content store and
does not provide any audiobooks or podcasts itself.
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Audra can now reach your server at more than one address, and CarPlay shows what you're listening to
right at the top of the list.
• Alternate addresses: list the other addresses your server answers at, one per line, in Settings.
Audra switches to one automatically when the main address doesn't answer — at home, on the road, or
over a VPN — and comes back to your main address when it's reachable again
• Setting Audra up for the first time now works from anywhere, not just on your home network
• Downloads use whichever address is currently working
• Your iCloud listening position is unaffected by alternate addresses — nothing to re-pair
• CarPlay: what's playing is now pinned to the top of the list under a "Now Playing" header, so you can
see it without leaving the list
• CarPlay: the pin stays while you're paused and steps to the next item as playback advances
• CarPlay: removed the per-row progress bars for a cleaner list
• Mark as Read now marks an item finished on all your devices, not just on the server — including Apple
Podcasts episodes and imported files
Version 1.5
The developer, Kyrylo Gerasymenko, 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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Kyrylo Gerasymenko
Size
3.9 MB
Category
Books
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.