plappa 4+
Self-hosted Audiobooks
Leo Wehrfritz
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Disclaimer: plappa only works in connection with a Jellyfin or AudioBookShelf media server!
plappa is an audiobook player/client for Jellyfin, Emby and AudioBookShelf, the popular self-hosted media server.
Features:
- Support for most common audio formats
- Purpose built for audiobooks
- Save and sync playback states via iCloud or your AudioBookShelf server
- Reads metadata like author, narrator and others
- Download audiobooks and podcast episodes for offline listening*
- Support for podcasts, collections and series with AudioBookShelf
* plappa allows you to unlock additional features like downloads and customization options through optional in-app purchases:
You can choose between a one-time purchase or an auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included).
The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription.
Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family.
plappa is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s New
Version 1.1.4
New Features:
- Added customizable tabs and a series tab for ABS
- Added support for SSO with ABS
Changes:
- Improved CarPlay usability, sync reliability on startup
- Improved performance when dragging down the now playing view
- Chapters in the now playing view now automatically scroll to the currently playing chapter
- Improved error messages for failed logins
Ratings and Reviews
Great for books!
This is great for books and podcasts. However, CarPlay mode for podcasts needs a lot of improvements. New episodes are not displayed. You have to start the podcast in the phone and then continue to listen on CarPlay. No way to see new episodes in CarPlay mode. Also I have noticed that podcasts won’t resume automatically if paused by maps or any other apps.
The phone experience is amazing and very polished.
Developer Response ,
Hey Bibin, thank you for your Feedback!
I'm actively working on the CarPlay implementation! The bug that caused podcasts not to resume after interruptions has been fixed with the 1.1.3 update released on Monday :)
Exactly what I needed
I have my own audiobook server (audiobookshelf) and I was sorely in need of an iOS app to use with it. This app has filled that void. It’s intuitive, easy to use and works great.
Better than nothing, but needs more usability features
I want to like this app, as I really wanted a solution to work with my audiobookshelf server.
The apps worked, but was to hard to deal with a large library of audiobooks. What I wanted was to go to an Author and go to the next book in the Series I was listen to. Problems:
1. No series tab
2. If you go to all books you can collapse series, but cannot search by author, series name else
3. If you go to author tab, the series info does not show, ie. Series name , number or order
4. No sort by date, as that would at least show me which book came first
5. No link back to Series
6. No search/ filter screen to help find book
So good start, and if you have a small number of audiobooks you may find this software useful, but for those who have a sizable library you should probably pass for now.
Developer Response ,
Hey Gilbert, thank you very much for the feedback!
Im actively working on many of the things you mentioned, especially better support for series.
The books tab does have a search bar that supports searching by author, title, narrator, series and books within a series.
You can change the sort mode by tapping the icon with the two opposing arrows in the top right of the books tab, both release and added dates are supported. Audiobooks within a series are sorted by the series order (first to last).
If you have any other feedback, questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out at contact@plappa.me.
App Privacy
The developer, Leo Wehrfritz, 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
Information
- Seller
- Leo Wehrfritz
- Size
- 3.9 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Leo Wehrfritz
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Subscription (1 Year) $1.99
- Full Version (Lifetime) $4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.