MP3 Audiobook Player Reviews

by Uthubomb

I loved MP3AudiobookPlayer, but they added an EQ which even when turned off ruins the sound quality of the books, since changing and the last several updates, it has remained horrible. Ever audiobook now sounds like it was cheaply recorded, the narrator voices now sound hollow, thin, tinny and just down right horrible, I was in the middle of a number of books, which I can’t finish since tragically updating my app🙁 I sure hope they revert to the older version, until then back to the horrible iPhone audiobook app.

Old review. iPhone book app continues to get worse and worse, so I am so glad to find this alternative. MP3AudiobookPlayer comes up fast and have multiple playing speed options, it remembers my spot and I find it easy to add audiobooks.

The only problems I’ve had is a black out freeze, I’ll think my battery completely died, eventually the phone comes back on line though, it is an odd short of app crash, very Rare but it happens occasionally.

The other thing is even after leaving a book, and turning on music, if I want to switch a song without fully entering my phone, sometimes iPhone shows the book instead of currently playing song. Restarting the phone is needed to correct this.

by Dev-Razz

Don’t bother getting the free version if you listen to books that are over 12 hours. MP3AudiobookPlayer will lock up and demand money to finish. The so called free version of this application is not really a free version. Up front it should be noted that this is truly a crippled demo of the paid version that is ad supported. The inability to finish books over a specific length is ridiculous, as you will watch ads the whole time. This would be equivalent to watching television with commercials then being told you have to pay to watch the last 15 minutes of the program. To the developer, please update in the description right front this is a purposely crippled ad supported app so that people don’t get frustrated when it just locks up. State up front in the storeyou can only listen to 12 hours per book while being forced to watch ads. MP3AudiobookPlayer is great, but the way it’s delivered is disingenuous. Ad supported usually means I watch ads but don’t pay but I get most functionality.

by Tower Luvs

The sound quality at faster speeds has not been as good since the previous update, and now with the most recent update a few days ago there are more problems. Every time my book goes to the next track it actually skips a track. And, when listening at double speed it will go back to normal speed. Really hard to listen to a book this way since I have to restart the speed each time and try to get to the right track. Plus the sound quality at more than normal speed...really needs to be fixed.

by JimGee75

Firstly I would like to say that MP3AudiobookPlayer when working properly is awesome and I have no complaints on that front. FYI I am running this on an IPhone 6, and I have paid for MP3AudiobookPlayer . It is very buggy. Sometimes when playing a book it does not display on the lock screen or react to headphone inputs. Sometimes MP3AudiobookPlayer itself does not react to pause/play inputs right away. I have to his pause, play, then pause again and it teleports me back a few minutes in the recording. Right now the playback speed changer is not working at all for me. Also the sleep timer seems to reset randomly. Overall great app, but it needs to fix some bugs.

by Bill&$)(;

I have only experienced 1 issue with app but it is annoying enough for me look for other apps. The book will restart from the beginning about every other time of listening. I do like the bookmark option but I often stop listening because of interruptions. Phone, people etc. And if I forget to go back and bookmark. I lose my spot when book restarts. What makes this more frustrating is there is no easy way to skip around. If you use bar at bottom it is not for fine tuning and moves in large chunks especially on longer books. I even paid for MP3AudiobookPlayer to see if remembering last spot was a premium function. It is not. I tried help section but it is small and only is for importing books. Good app except for this quirk which is a big one for me. It would be 5 stars from me if I could use it without cussing every time it restarts my book ha

by Music-meister

It's a good app and does exactly what it says it'll do. I was glad to pay the upgrade price to unlock all features.

What mostly surprised me is that after syncing a handful of Audiobooks I own in mp3 format, when playing the files MP3AudiobookPlayer shows the file name, and not the track name.

For those unfamiliar with metadata tagging, this means that if I've taken the effort to tag all of my files so that TRACK name would appear correctly when playing the book in iTunes or another app (eg. Chapter 14: Felix Felicis), MP3AudiobookPlayer will instead show the FILE name (eg. Harry Potter 6 - 15).

Admittedly, MOST of my files are music related, so I have carefully tagged the metadata in ALL of them so that the track name will appear correctly in any app or software that plays media files. This is the first time I've ever used a audio file app that recognizes mp3 files but only by the file name. I've checked and rechecked the settings and don't see a way for MP3AudiobookPlayer to recognize the files differently.

Yes, I can go back through all of my files are rename them so that the file name and the track name are identical, but that's a lot of time and energy, and I'm not sure it's worth it.

So yes, this is a good, almost great app. But those who are like me, and choosy about how you've organized the metadata on your audio files may want to know going in that MP3AudiobookPlayer only shows the file name.

by Peacewarrior

I love MP3AudiobookPlayer for many reasons. I don’t use it for general music. I have too much. I use it for books (duh), guided meditations and solfeggio healing tracks. I set up my list using bk, med, and snd in the title as the sort item so I can see each media form in its own space/order. I would give MP3AudiobookPlayer 4.5 stars if I could. The only thing I would like to see is to have the ability to hit “replay” as an option.

by Jbearontheair

Wish they had the functionality of knowing how much time you've listened to total or for a given period. But adding books from my collection is a breeze and playback is great. Every once in a while it'll behave strange in car play (time moves on like it's playing but no audio. Stop and start and it's fixed) but otherwise it's a spectacular alternative to audible.

by Jkl5876

I check out lots of audiobooks from the library , and they have long waiting lists for newer books, plus limits to time allowed to keep them. MP3AudiobookPlayer is helpful, as I can do a couple simple steps to transfer the files into MP3AudiobookPlayer, then return the book to the library , giving others the chance to listen to it, while giving me time to complete it.
I have yet to purchase the upgrade , but after I try this a bit longer, as long as it works well, I probably will, as the free app has a limit to 10 hour audiobooks. That’s a bit of a problem, since many of the books I listen to are much longer than that.
Other than that, no problems so far.

by Young Goze

I think MP3AudiobookPlayer is pretty awesome, BUT it takes about 13 SECONDS to play the book when you press the “play button”, instead of immediately. I even purchased the pro thinking that the issue will be resolved with the upgrade; sadly no such luck. Could you guys PLEASE fix that issue. Other than that, I really like the interface and the fact you can Google book covers through MP3AudiobookPlayer . But ultimately, that’s pretty much the main issue keeping me from 5 stars at the moment haha. Thank you

by Dävïd:

I really like MP3AudiobookPlayer. I was looking for something to replace another app I was using, which would be more capable and easier to use. This is it. The interface is very easy to figure out, and there are many configuration options. The only thing keeping it from being five stars is that the speed selection only goes in tenths, e.g., 1.2, 1.3, 1.4. Better would be to have it go by hundredth’s instead, or at least by 0.05 instead of 0.1. Sometimes you can’t quite get the perfect speed, but otherwise this is a great app.

by Kwikknick

MP3AudiobookPlayer has a ton of features for listening to your audiobooks. The shake to extend the sleep timer is very convenient and a feature I miss when I switch back to the Audible app for my library there. Also, the equalizer has been a really nice addition along with the audio preset built in. I can keep my books out on my iCloud Drive and download them when I’m ready to listen. Great app!

by Hart316

Loved the free version so much, I upgraded to the Pro version. Love how it can play numerous formats. Easy to use, and navigate.

Hope in a future update they include the ability to autoplay the next book after the previous one ended. Not all files are always a book, so in those cases this would be perfect, as some files are per chapter from some online sources.

by Trooly

I've used a couple different MP3 players, but this one is the best I've used. I've been using if for at least 2 years. It's never failed me. I love the bookmarking feature but mainly love how it remembers my spot when I close MP3AudiobookPlayer . I've even deleted an audiobook half way and re installed it and it kept my place.

I'm a truck driver so this is an essential for me. And as I've said, it's the best one I've found, by far.

by J.Glover86

Worked perfectly. I’ve listened to countless books using MP3AudiobookPlayer and upgraded. I’ve loved it until today when it just stopped working for some reason. I deleted it and redownloaded it. I was able to reupload my mp3s but now they won’t play. They work fine on my computer. It’s been hell trying to get support.

Edit: there is a setting I needed to change. If phone volume is on zero, it doesn’t work 🤦🏽‍♀️ changed the setting and has no problems.

by Tom1142

After having many problems with the built-in audiobook player that comes with Apple products I was so happy to find this application. Not only does it accept MP3 files it joins them together. I have experienced numerous problems where an MP4 book will play in iTunes but would not play in MP3AudiobookPlayer that comes with my iPhone. This application plays them all flawlessly. And the increased speed is perfect. As one who consumes 2 to 3 audiobooks a week this is just what I needed.

by Stillcrazy

I have used MP3AudiobookPlayer to listen to my audio books for several years now. I keep several book series, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc., add new books, remove after read, etc. While I currently have 17 books loaded, with several books in progress, MP3AudiobookPlayer has never lost a reading place. Bookmarks work like a charm. I not only listen to audio books at home, I also listen while I drive. I appreciate that MP3AudiobookPlayer pauses during turn-by-turn directions.

Thank you for an app that just does its thing flawlessly.

by Shakurav1

Fits the bill perfectly to play audiobooks ripped from other media: premium version allows bookmarking, reading rate change (the best I've ever seen from .5x through 3x and every variation in between) and sleep timer.

Plays files in multiple formats, including mp3s and m4b (audiobook version of m4a). Easy to load books through iTunes file sharing. I haven't tried the wireless method.

Well worth the money for the premium version (which you can just purchase outright, but I got it free first, liked it, and almost immediately did the IAP for the pro features).

Been looking for a solution since Audible discontinued the feature to play your own iTunes audiobook library and iBooks is inadequate.

This is it. Highly recommended.

Found this while trying to figure out how to play a library of audiobooks from a favorite author ripped from cassettes and CDs (not available on Audible - always my go-to).

by Valdysses

I have a number of audiobooks of various formats and ages, collected over decades. I digitized them all to use on mobile devices before iPhones even existed, but obviously now I’d rather not carry a separate device around with me. MP3 Audiobook Player to the rescue!

MP3AudiobookPlayer lets me load books wirelessly, even via WebDAV, and has excellent usability features like playback speed. It can also be the target of a timer on iOS, so you can set a bedtime timer and automatically stop playback when desired.

I just love it, and immediately bought the full version after I saw what it could do.

by Stahlbrenner

I use MP3AudiobookPlayer. to hear the Bible, usually while exercising on a ski machine (with a separate Bluetooth speaker). The audio Bible I have is in German, so I get some language practice, too. MP3AudiobookPlayer . keeps the files in their proper order, which iTunes did not. I see MP3AudiobookPlayer . has a procedure built in for uploading files to the iPhone. I had already used 3rd party software to do that for a previous iPhone, and these files came over to this phone when I got a new phone. MP3AudiobookPlayer. clips the chapter number just a little when starting a new chapter, but only when using the Bluetooth speaker, so that may be a problem wit the speaker software. My previous audio book player did not do that. Other than that, it does what I want.

by TravisBickle2

A month ago, I would have given MP3AudiobookPlayer four stars. Shows what can happen in a month when you mess with a good thing. All of a sudden, MP3AudiobookPlayer no longer remembers where you stopped listening. Instead, it goes back to about 30 seconds left on the previous file, and you have to search for where you left off. If I’m listening on my IPhone speaker and turn on my Bluetooth speaker, it just quits playing. And you can’t start it back up again from the lock screen. You have to unlock the phone to start it playing again. I’ve been using the pro version for a couple of years now and I used to love using it. I don’t know what you did in the last couple of updates to screw it up, but please get to work on unscrewing it and return it to the way it was!