A unified library
The audiobook and the ebook of the same title show up together as one book, across all of your libraries. No more hunting for the other format.
For Audiobookshelf, on iPhone and Android
Unlimited shelves, no bookends. Endless stories, no book ends.
NoBookEnds is a beautiful audiobook player and ebook reader for your own Audiobookshelf server. Your whole library, listened to and read in one place, with your progress kept in sync.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.
The name
Two ways to read it
No bookends
A shelf without limits. NoBookEnds opens your whole self-hosted library, however big it grows, with nothing to rent and no catalog to run out of.
No book ends
A story that keeps going. Listen on the drive home, read in bed, and pick up exactly where you left off, because your progress lives on your server.
What it does
One app for listening and reading
Built for people who run their own book server and want an app that feels as good as the big stores.
A real audio player
Background playback with lock screen controls, speeds from 0.5x to 3x, a sleep timer that can stop at the end of a chapter, chapter lists and adjustable skip buttons.
A comfortable EPUB reader
Read in continuous scroll or turn pages, your choice. Pick dark, sepia or light, and set the text size and line spacing that suit your eyes.
Progress that follows you
Listening and reading positions sync with your Audiobookshelf server, so the web player, other apps and NoBookEnds always agree on where you are.
Your server, your books
NoBookEnds connects straight to the Audiobookshelf server you choose. There is no NoBookEnds account and no cloud in the middle.
No tracking
No ads, no analytics and no crash reporting SDKs. Your sign-in stays in your phone's secure keychain. Read the privacy policy.
Free to start
Streaming, speed controls, the sleep timer, chapters and reading are free. Premium is a single one-time purchase. See pricing.
Recommended
NoBookEnds Sync, for the full experience
NoBookEnds Sync is a small server you run next to Audiobookshelf. It is optional, but we recommend it: it unlocks the parts of NoBookEnds that need a home on your server.
Word-by-word Listen & Read
The narration is lined up with the ebook, so the sentence and the word being read light up as the narrator says them.
Podcast subscriptions
Subscribe to shows right in the app. Episodes stream straight from the show's feed, and your progress is synced.
Your notes on every device
Ratings, highlights, notes and clips sync across all of your devices.
NoBookEnds still works fully without it: Listen & Read follows along by chapter, and your ratings, highlights, notes and clips stay on the device (in iCloud on Apple devices). Sync runs on an NVIDIA GPU or on any CPU, and everything stays on your server.
Premium
Go further, pay once
Premium is a one-time $9.99 unlock with a 3-day free trial. No subscription needed.
Offline downloads
Take books on a plane. Progress waits and syncs when you are back online.
CarPlay and Android Auto
Your library on the car's screen.
Read-along sync
Switch between the ebook and the audiobook and land at the same spot.
Multiple servers
Add more servers and libraries and switch between them.
Your library has no ends.
NoBookEnds is almost here. All you need is an Audiobookshelf server.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. New to Audiobookshelf? Start here.
