Connect to your own Audiobookshelf server. Stream or download books. Sync progress, organize with custom shelves, clip passages, add ambient audio, and listen offline.
Requires Audiobookshelf server v2.3.0+
Your Audiobookshelf server stays in control of the library. LAABS Audio adds the mobile experience around it.
Foundation
Sign in to your own server. Stream from anywhere, download for offline listening, and keep your progress synced automatically.
Home Screen
A visual home screen organized by shelves — not a flat list. The books you want are always close.
Organization
Shape the Home screen around your listening life. Create shelves for bedtime reading, a long series, research, or anything else that matters to you.
Listening Intelligence
Sometimes you want to know how far you've come. Other times — can you finish this on your commute? One tap switches the view.
Library
Find exactly what you want in a large library without endless scrolling.
Uncommon Feature
Layer rain, music, fireplace, or focus audio quietly behind the narration. Attach it to a book, control the volume independently, and let it pause with your audiobook.
Annotation
Standard bookmarks are just the start. Mark a moment, or define a range and clip up to one hour of audio from any book.
Premium Feature — No extra cost
Turn a clipped passage into a shareable audio file or a formatted text transcript. Hard to find in any other audiobook app.
Reliability
Downloaded books keep playing when the network doesn't. Progress syncs automatically when you reconnect. The app is always honest about what's available.
Every screen is designed around real listening workflows.
Home Screen
Visual shelves give you fast access to Continue Listening, Recently Added, Discover, and any custom shelf you create. Progress, favorites, and offline status — all visible at a glance.
Book Detail
Download a book for offline use, or stream it directly from your server. The app always tells you which mode you're in, so there's no guessing whether you're using data.
Search & Filter
Search by title or author. Filter by genre, tag, finished status, or favorites. Sort by author, title, added date, duration, or published year.
Ambient Audio
Choose any ambient track — rain, music, fireplace, focus audio — and play it quietly behind your audiobook. Attach it to the book, control the volume, and let it pause with your listening session.
Clips & Bookmarks
Set a start and end position, lock the end, preview the range, and save. Clips become permanent bookmarks you can export, transcribe, or revisit later.
Export
Export a clip as M4A audio, or transcribe it to text on supported iOS devices. Share a favourite quote. Keep a note. Turn an audiobook into something you actively work with.
More screens →
Create bookmark or clip
Ambient audio settings
Toggle: time listened ↔ time remaining
Reorder your bookshelves
Add book to any shelf
"LAABS Audio is for listeners who want their Audiobookshelf server to stay in control of the library — while the mobile app makes listening, organizing, clipping, and revisiting books feel more personal."
A focused mobile companion to your self-hosted library
Stream or download from your own Audiobookshelf server
Organize with shelves and playlists, your way
Ambient audio layered behind narration — uncommon and genuinely useful
Clip up to an hour of audio. Export as M4A. Transcribe on-device.
Works offline. Syncs when you're back.
LAABS Audio is available on the App Store for iPhone. Connect it to your Audiobookshelf server and start listening in minutes.
Requires Audiobookshelf server v2.3.0 or higher