[bueno]

I created and maintain an audiobook iPhone app, Bound. I’ve been meaning to integrate LibriVox as a source but the API leaves a lot to be desired. Has anyone had experience with this? It seems like I should just use Archive.org as the source instead.

If anyone wants to check out my app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bound-audiobook-player/id10417...

[hombre_fatal]

One of the first 100% SwiftUI apps I made to practice it was to build a librivox client.

Download the librivox iPhone client and use mitmproxy to see the endpoints it hits.

Oh yeah, looks like it hits https://librivox.app 's api (not the .org). Don't remember if there was/wasn't a relationship between the services. For all I know it's a full 3rd party content mirror.

[hombre_fatal]

Oh, this is a completely different entity.

Seems a bit hostile to sweep up the branding of librivox like that.

[drummer]

Their about page says that Archive.org hosts their audio files for free.

[rrrrobi]

I’ve been using Bound for a couple years and I absolutely love it.

[parkersweb]

Looks great - but the App Store says it requires iOS13. iPhone 6 user so I’m stuck on iOS12 - I couldn’t see from the release notes when that change came in?

[elektor]

Bound was the best $4 I’ve spent on an app, thanks Tim.

[squillful]

Came here to say the same thing. Awesome app. Great to be freed from the shackles of Audible and the likes :)

[bueno]

Wow! Thank you for the compliment. I really appreciate it.

[askjdlkasdjsd]

As an android user, I'm so jelly. Those screenshots look delicious, well done.

I feel like amazon literally hasn't bothered updating their UI since the 90s. I love audible, but god damn their UI is depressing and actually makes listening to audiobooks a worse experience. There's no better alternative either :(

[glomph]

I can recommend Voice https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ph1b.audiob... which is open source!

[JadeNB]

I haven't done much comparison, but Smart Audiobook Player has always served me well.

[ziftface]

Your app looks very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Kind of off topic, but is it possible to sync your current time with a cloud provider using this app?

[bueno]

At this time no. Audiobooks and their current progress are local to the device.

This is a fairly complicated feature to implement and I haven’t had a chance to do it yet.

[ziftface]

Understandable, thanks

[mxcrossb]

It seems like there are a lot of LibriVox items available as podcasts on iTunes. Maybe there are similar feeds you can use.

[sodium83]

Your app is awesome. I use it every day. I really like the smooth streamlined interface. Thanks for your effort.