# Audiobook Player SmartBook

> Play MP3 audio book librivox

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1228166161](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1228166161)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1228166161`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Teleprompter LLC
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (255 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-18
- **First published:** 2017-04-24
- **Size:** 62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/audiobook-player-smartbook/id1228166161)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://matekovacs.com/Smartbook/](http://matekovacs.com/Smartbook/)

## Description

SmartBook is an audiobook player designed to simplify listening to downloaded books on your phone. It supports MP3 as well as M4B/M4A formats and gives access to thousands of free titles, including LibriVox recordings. The app remembers where you left off, lets you adjust playback speed, shorten silences for faster listening, and supports sleep timer and remote control from Control Center and the lock screen.

Import your books easily via your computer's browser or cloud services, add or remove files over local Wi‑Fi, and use Siri Shortcuts for hands‑free control. It also auto-loads book covers, saving your place across sessions and providing a smooth, distraction-free listening experience.

## Rankings

- #99,801 — Overall
- #3 — smartbook

## Review summary

Users like the clean UI, easy file import via Wi‑Fi, and fast, flexible playback (including 3x speed) with cross-book speed. The free tier is praised for not imposing a hard listening limit. However, stability issues, unreliable resume from the lock screen, absence of bookmarks, buggy upgrade flows, missing/weak format support (M4B chapters, cover art), and restrictive free-library access significantly hinder the experience.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use layout and clean UI.
- Quick and reliable file import via the Wi‑Fi website, with fast transfers.
- Supports playback up to 3x and keeps speed across books.
- Free version reportedly has no time limit on listening.
- Sleep timer feature and remembering last position after relaunch (improved with updates).

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and stability glitches (including during deletion and playback).
- Lock screen pause resume is unreliable and there is no bookmarking feature to easily return.
- Pro upgrade flow is buggy; upgrade prompts and licensing not consistently recognized.
- Missing or weak format/feature support (no proper M4B chapter handling, limited cover art, and basic organization).
- Free-version limits (two books) and library access gaps; claims of 11,000 free books not accessible and iTunes access blocked.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1228166161)