Lorecaster App
Your audiobooks, anywhere
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Stream and download your personal audiobook library from your Mac. Native, fast, and beautiful — with gorgeous cover art and controls that stay out of your way.
Lorecaster turns your Mac into your own private audiobook server and streams your entire library straight to your iPhone — no subscriptions, no cloud lock-in, no accounts to hand your data to.
Point Lorecaster at the free Lorecaster server (available on the Mac App Store), and your whole collection appears instantly: covers, chapters, and where you left off. Listen at home over your network, or download books to take them anywhere — on a flight, a run, or anywhere without signal.
Built entirely in Swift and designed for the latest iPhone, Lorecaster is fast, lightweight, and effortless. It launches quickly, scrolls smoothly, and sips battery — so nothing gets between you and the next chapter.
Beautiful to look at, effortless to use
• Gorgeous, full-resolution cover art across a clean, modern library
• Simple, focused controls — play, skip, and navigate chapters without hunting through menus
• A distraction-free player that puts the story first
Made for listening
• Stream over your local network, or download for full offline playback
• Accurate resume — pick up exactly where you left off, every time
• Chapter navigation, adjustable speed (0.5×–2×), and a sleep timer (including End of Chapter)
• Smart Rewind nudges you back a few seconds after a pause, so you never lose the thread
• Full lock screen, Control Center, and headphone controls
• Your progress syncs back to your Mac automatically
Private by design
• Your library lives on your Mac — not on someone else's servers
• Connects automatically on your network, or by simple address entry
• Optional multi-user sign-in lets you share your library and keeps everyone's progress separate
Lorecaster requires the free Lorecaster companion app for Mac, available on the Mac App Store.
Ratings & Reviews
What's new in 1.1.3
• An Apple Watch app controls playback, chapters, speed, and the sleep timer. Plus unlocks it, and it installs with the iPhone app. Listening on iPhone and CarPlay stays free.
• Drop audiobook files onto Lorecaster to import them. Import stays part of Plus.
• iPad and the open iPhone Duo use a side menu. iPhone, the Duo's front display, and Split View keep the tab bar. The closed Duo front display rotates when the hinge is at the top.
• One downloaded book is free. Plus keeps more than one offline, along with local import and the Watch app. Books already on the device are left where they are.
• On a book page, the Hardcover link and the download suggestion start as a single line. Open either one and it stays open for that book.
• CarPlay shows Loading while a book is opening, then switches to Now Playing when it's ready.
The developer, Justin James, 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.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Justin James
- Size
- 11.1 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lorecaster Plus $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Justin James
