v5.5.1

Improvements

• Update synced time for the last played item in the Watch app after pull-down-to-refresh
• Add swipe actions for the last played item row in the Watch app
• Add a tooltip about swipe actions in the Watch app
• VoiceOver: add remaining time information for books in the main app

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe! or you can also become a sponsor in Github

v5.5.0

Improvements

• Add stand-alone playback for the Apple Watch for existing subscribers
• Add support for importing books from your own Jellyfin server (thanks @lysanntranvouez !)

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe! or you can also become a sponsor in Github

v5.4.2

Improvements

• Add support for looping books (see new setting from the player screen → More options action sheet)
• Add percentage completed to the book details screen
• Update Greek translation

Bugfixes

• Add recovery option in case the app fails to launch due to a malformed database file

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe! or you can also become a sponsor in Github

v5.4.1

Hotfix

• Fix crash for widgets on devices running iOS 17
• We also updated VoiceOver translations for the player screen

Don't forget to check out what we introduced in the previous version:

Improvements

• Show the internal chapters of each file during playback when they are combined into a volume
• Add support for iOS 18 dark mode icons for the main app icon
• Add new widget for the control center to resume the last played book
• The play action for the last-played and recent-books widgets now work regardless if the app has crashed or was force-quit (this also applies to the app shortcuts)
• Revamp the widgets to better support iOS 18 transition between small and medium sizes, we recommend re-adding the last-played and recent-books widgets
• Update Portuguese translation (thanks @wu0lss4j !)

Bugfixes

• Rework how the widgets load their data to avoid empty states
• Fix autoplay when books have encoded chapters with 0 duration

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe! or you can also become a sponsor in Github

v5.4.0

Improvements

• Show the internal chapters of each file during playback when they are combined into a volume
• Add support for iOS 18 dark mode icons for the main app icon
• Add new widget for the control center to resume the last played book
• The play action for the last-played and recent-books widgets now work regardless if the app has crashed or was force-quit (this also applies to the app shortcuts)
• Revamp the widgets to better support iOS 18 transition between small and medium sizes, we recommend re-adding the last-played and recent-books widgets
• Update Portuguese translation (thanks @wu0lss4j !)

Bugfixes

• Rework how the widgets load their data to avoid empty states
• Fix autoplay when books have encoded chapters with 0 duration

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe! or you can also become a sponsor in Github

v5.3.6

Hotfix

• Fix crash on launch for users on iPadOS 18
• Fix widgets not being shown in the search list

Don't forget to check out what we introduced in the previous version:

Improvements

• Move the import / add button to the top right corner in the library screen
• Add new orientation lock setting

Bugfixes

• Fix crash when loading a volume with no playable items
• Fix crash when the player does not have the current time loaded

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a [tip jar link] (https://buy.stripe.com/dR64klbt3gX5drO144) powered by Stripe!

v5.3.5

Improvements

• Move the import / add button to the top right corner in the library screen
• Add new orientation lock setting

Bugfixes

• Fix crash when loading a volume with no playable items
• Fix crash when the player does not have the current time loaded

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a [tip jar link] (https://buy.stripe.com/dR64klbt3gX5drO144) powered by Stripe!

v5.3.4

Bugfixes

• Fix crash on app launch due to stored invalid values for decimal fields

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a [tip jar link] (https://buy.stripe.com/dR64klbt3gX5drO144) powered by Stripe!

v5.3.3

Improvements

• Add new App Shortcuts for Rewinding and Skip Forward with custom intervals
• Support direct download when using shared links from Dropbox and Google Drive (thanks @nithya2511 !)
• Add Greek language support (thanks Stelios !)

Bugfixes

• Fix crash when importing the backing files for existing books

Support

• For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer
• We now have a tip jar link powered by Stripe!

v5.3.2

Improvements

• Add support for OverDrive chapter markers
• Add support for dragging and dropping folders on the Mac Silicon app
• Update the artwork sizing on the player, and get rid of the vertical black bars to the sides

Bugfixes

• Fix autoplay and time skipping for volumes with artwork files
• Fix 'Combine into volume' option not enabled when importing a single folder

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer