Novelwave: An Audiobook Player

Name: Novelwave: An Audiobook Player
Rating: 4.8 (51 reviews)
Author: Mihai Petrenco

By: Mihai Petrenco App

Offline player for audiobooks

Overview

Version:

2.5.4

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Ranking

#193,957 ▲ 571

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Discover the ultimate audiobook experience with Novelwave, the player designed for your personal DRM-free audiobook collection. Effortlessly import, organize, and customize your audiobooks for a truly personalized listening journey.

FLEXIBLE IMPORTS: Support a variety of audio formats to bring all your audiobooks into one place.

EASY ORGANIZATION: Create collections, merge multiple audio files into a single audiobook, and edit titles, authors and artwork.

ADVANCED PLAYBACK OPTIONS: Adjust playback speed, skip forward/backward or to a specific timestamp and schedule sleep timers.

INTUITIVE CHAPTER NAVIGATION: Quickly jump between chapters (if available) for a smoother experience.

HEADPHONE CONTROLS: Use your headphones native gestures to control playback, skip forward or rewind.

BOOKMARKS & NOTES: Save and annotate important moments for easy reference.

AIRPLAY SUPPORT: Stream your audiobooks to other devices seamlessly.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Mihai Petrenco

Rating:

4.80

(51) 1 new ratings

Version:

2.5.4 Last updated: 2026-07-04

Version code:

887811727

Creation date:

2025-01-31

Compatible devices:

Size:

6.05MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-23

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Ranking

# 193,957 ▲ 571

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Developed by:

Mihai Petrenco

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/novelwave-an-audiobook-player/id6720100886

Website:

https://www.novelwave.app

User Reviews

Overall, users praise Novelwave for its clean, minimalist UI and straightforward audiobook experience. The app shines with the ability to import personal books, a clutter-free library, and a solid feature set—sleep timer, bookmarks, notes, and precise playback speeds—without requiring an account. Reviewers also highlight the developer’s responsiveness and rapid improvements based on feedback. However, recurring complaints center on playback reliability and keeping track of position, with some users reporting lost progress and the need to re-add books after issues. CarPlay is discussed variably, but the core experience remains praised when behavior is stable.

Pros

Clean, minimalist, clutter-free UI that's easy to use.
Allows importing/adding personal audiobooks without storefront restrictions or an account.
Feature-rich playback: sleep timer, bookmarks, notes, precise speed controls (0.05x steps), and stop-at-end-of-chapter.
Responsive developers with frequent updates and improvements based on user feedback.

Cons

Occasional playback reliability issues: places can be lost, playback stops unexpectedly or won’t stop, and progress isn’t always saved, sometimes requiring re-adding books or re-seeking.
CarPlay support appears inconsistent across reviews: some users request it as a feature, while others note Now Playing works, indicating variability in availability.

Recent reviews

So, the fact that there were so few reviews made me doubt the high rating, and the fact that it was free had me doubting it was any good at all. But, after reading the other reviews, AND seeing the praise for and responses from the developer, I decided to give it a chance. In a word…? SUPURB!!! Interface and controls and pretty intuitive, and I love the prompting for combining files into one book and the details box. Only thing I can see missing is being able to grab that details info from the file meta data. Maybe that a future update?

by Re*****, 2026-06-27

This is a great example of an app that is well designed and coded to accomplish the single purpose it was created for. I use it to listen to audiobooks that I bought without DRM on my iPad Pro. Just enough customization and features to make the player disappear into the background while enjoying the audiobook. I honestly wish there was a “tip” in-app purchase available. This app is WORTH a contribution in my opinion. The only “wish list” feature I can suggest would be to allow access to audiobook files outside of the app versus importing them. I have many already stored locally on my iPad in the Files app but they have to be copied into Novelwave to be used which uses more storage of course.