Bound - Audiobook Player

Name: Bound - Audiobook Player
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 4.6 (1982 reviews)
Author: Deadpan, LLC

By: Deadpan, LLC App

Play MP3/M4B/M4A audiobooks

Overview

Version:

2025.2

Last updated: 2025-02-25

Features & Capabilities

Bound is a modern DRM-free audiobook player with a clean interface and cloud imports. It supports MP3, M4A, M4B, and AAC, automatically saves your listening position, and offers themes and CarPlay for hands-free listening.

Key features include chapter support, adjustable playback speed from 0.5x to 3.0x, sleep timer, bookmarks, and robust library management (rename, move between books, change cover art, and sort by author or title).

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Music & Audio Education

By:

Deadpan, LLC

Rating:

4.60

(1,982) 3 new ratings

Version:

2025.2 Last updated: 2025-02-25

Version code:

872793757

Creation date:

2015-12-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

48.30MB

Price:

4.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 43,069 ▼ 25

Other rankings

#1 in Books (Paid)

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Developed by:

Deadpan, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bound-audiobook-player/id1041727137

Website:

https://deadpan.io/bound/

User Reviews

Bound is praised for its simplicity, one-time purchase model, and solid handling of personal audiobook libraries with easy import and cloud storage support. However, the most common criticisms are the lack of a built-in search, absence of folder/playlist organization, and unreliable chapter metadata recognition for imported files.

Pros

Easy import/upload of books and playback of own MP3/audiobooks; supports local files and cloud sources
One-time purchase with no subscription; good value
Simple, intuitive UI; easy to use
Strong cloud/storage integration and automatic detection of MP3/audiobook files across services (Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive)

Cons

Missing search feature; cannot easily find titles in large libraries
No folder/organization system to group books (no folders or playlists)
Chapters/metadata not reliably recognized for imported books

Recent reviews

I’ve been using this app for about 15 months. Every few months the app crashes into an unrecoverable state where I can open it but when any of the audiobooks are selected the app instantly crashes and closes. The only way to fix this is to uninstall it entirely, reinstall it, and then re-download the books.

by pr*****, 2026-06-28

Love using the app although I wish there was some quality of life improvements. 1. A watch app to control the app. 2. Force focus of the audio over other apps, it’s annoying that Reddit will pause other apps even if you have sound muted in Reddit, Audible is able to keep playing while scrolling Reddit. 3. I wish Bound was remembered more when I hit play awhile after playing, I realize if I open another app and play a video or something the phone doesn’t know to play Bound again but if it’s just a matter of time idle it should start back up. 4. I wish there was a widget or something I could access and control the app on my home screen.