# PlayBook Lite Audiobook Player

> PlayBook Lite: Your Private Audiobook Companion

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodwy.audiobooklite](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodwy.audiobooklite)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.goodwy.audiobooklite`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Goodwy
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 173,823
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (1,723 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-18
- **First published:** 2020-05-13
- **Publisher country:** RU
- **Size:** 81 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodwy.audiobooklite)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.goodwy.dev/about/privacy-policy](https://www.goodwy.dev/about/privacy-policy)

## Description

**PlayBook Lite Audiobook Player** is your personal companion for enjoying audiobooks without interruptions. Designed to provide a private and secure listening experience, PlayBook Lite automatically detects your audiobooks or allows manual addition, eliminating the hassle of managing your library.

This extension offers a completely ad-free interface, ensuring your storytelling sessions remain immersive and uninterrupted. Customize your playback with adjustable speed, volume, and a convenient night mode for comfortable listening in any environment. Additionally, PlayBook Lite supports offline playback, so your favorite stories are always accessible even without internet connectivity.

Embrace a seamless and secure audiobook experience with PlayBook Lite, bringing your stories to life whenever and wherever you choose.

## Rankings

- #170,412 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.goodwy.audiobooklite.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

PlayBook Lite Audiobook Player is praised for its clean, intuitive UI, ad-free experience, and solid playback of various audiobook formats. Users value features like customizable playback speed, bookmarks, and cover management, enhancing audiobook listening enjoyment. However, some common issues include app crashes during device lock with power saver, playback interruption from notifications, limited bookmark features, inconsistent skip controls, and absence of backup options. Overall, it is regarded as one of the better free audiobook players with room for improvements in stability and usability features.

### Pros

- Clean, simple, and intuitive user interface with modern aesthetics and smooth animations.
- Does not contain ads or force subscription/paywalls for essential features.
- Supports a wide variety of audio formats and audiobook types, including multi-chapter files.
- Includes useful features such as bookmarks, playback speed control, sleep timer, volume boost, and customizable skip intervals.
- Allows importing of covers from web or device files, and supports managing audiobook metadata like title and author.

### Cons

- App occasionally crashes when device is locked on power saver mode.
- Playback sometimes stops or reduces unexpectedly when receiving notifications; no option to adjust this behavior.
- Bookmark functionality is basic; lacks easy bookmark access or editing features like note-taking.
- Some users experience inconsistent forward/rewind button behavior, including unexpected skips.
- Lacks backup/restore system for settings, covers, audiobook progress, and bookmarks; transferring data between devices is difficult.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodwy.audiobooklite)