Audiobook player

An audiobook player that works offline.

Chapters, speed, a sleep timer and bookmarks: what you would expect from a dedicated player, in the same library as your EPUBs and PDFs. There is no account to make.

Move around: Chapters, a scrubber, and skips of 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds
Speed: 0.5× to 2× in steps, with pitch correction on by default
Sleep timer: After a set time, or at the end of the chapter
Bookmarks: Named by chapter, with the time. Tap one to play from there
Keep going: Mini-player while you browse, lock screen, background play and Android Auto
Stream or download: Stream from the free catalog, or download and keep a copy¹
Formats: Packaged .audiobook and .lcpa files²

The Fablum audiobook player on iPhone playing Grimms’ Fairy Tales, with a chapter scrubber, skip buttons, speed, a sleep timer and bookmarks

Chapters, skips and speed.

Jump to any chapter from the list, or drag the scrubber. Skip back or ahead by 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds, and step the speed through 0.5×, 0.75×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5× and 2×. Pitch correction is on by default, so voices stay natural when you speed up, and you can switch it off.

The Chapters list in the Fablum audiobook player on iPhone, over the cover of Grimms’ Fairy Tales: three chapters with their running times, the one playing marked

A sleep timer that can wait for the chapter to end.

Stop playback after 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or at the end of the chapter you are in.

The sleep timer in the Fablum audiobook player on iPhone, offering 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or the end of the chapter

Bookmarks, named by chapter.

Tap the bookmark button to save your place. Each bookmark shows its chapter and the time, and tapping it plays from that point.

Keep listening while you do something else.

The mini-player stays at the bottom of the library while you browse. Playback carries on in the background with controls on the lock screen, and on Android Auto the audiobook appears as a chapter list with the usual transport controls.

The Fablum library on iPhone with the mini-player across the bottom, playing Grimms’ Fairy Tales while the covers stay on screen

Free audiobooks from the built-in catalog.

Filter the catalog to Audiobooks, open a title, then choose Stream to start right away or Download & keep to listen with no connection.

The public catalog sheet in Fablum on iPhone, filtered to audiobooks, listing Sense and Sensibility read aloud

Fablum on iPhone asking how to listen to a catalog audiobook: “Stream”, which needs a connection, or “Download & keep” for offline listening

Which audiobook files work.

Fablum opens packaged audiobooks: .audiobook and .lcpa files. A folder of MP3 or M4B chapters is not one of those, so it stays out of the library.

1 Streaming a catalog audiobook needs a connection. Download it first to listen offline.

2 Fablum does not import loose MP3 or M4B files.

Start with 5 books.

Free on the App Store and Google Play.