iPhone · iOS 26 or later M4B and MP3 audiobooks

Storyhour

An audiobook player for the books you own, that gets the things that matter right: real chapters, your place in every book, and one honest price.

Why Storyhour

One price, no catches. Try it with any 3 books, with every feature. Then unlock your whole library once, for your whole family. No ads, no subscription, no tip jar, no time limit, and no pop-ups asking for a rating.
Chapters that actually work. Storyhour reads the chapter markers inside M4B, M4A and MP3 files, and turns a folder of MP3 parts into one book with each file as a chapter.
You never lose your place. Each book remembers where you stopped, and iCloud keeps it for your next iPhone. The scrubber moves within the current chapter, so a slip of the finger can't throw you hours off, and Recent Positions takes you back after any jump.
Bookmarks you can count on. Tap once to mark a moment, or add a note. Bookmarks are in your iPhone's backup, and Storyhour also saves a copy to the Files app every week.
Your books stay where they are. Choose a folder in iCloud Drive or on your iPhone, and Storyhour plays the books from there. No converting, no copying. Prefer a copy? Import files, or drag them in with Finder on a Mac.

Screenshots taken on iOS 27, with public-domain classics.

Speed per book. 0.5× to 3×, tuned for voices so narrators sound natural, and remembered for each book.
Smart Rewind. After a pause, Storyhour replays a few seconds to help you pick up the thread, more after a longer break.
Sleep timer. Stop after 5 to 90 minutes, or at the end of the chapter, with a gentle fade. Add 5 more minutes with one tap.
Skips your way. Back and forward 10, 15, 30, 45 or 60 seconds, from the app, the Lock Screen or your headphones.
CarPlay. Continue your book, choose another from your library, jump to a chapter, and change the speed on the car's screen, with your skip buttons.
Pauses for Siri. Siri and directions pause the book instead of talking over it, then it carries on.
Fix what the files got wrong. Edit the title, author, narrator, cover and chapter names. Your files are never changed.
Dark mode. Follows your iPhone's light or dark appearance.

Open Storyhour and tap Add Folder. Choose the folder that holds your audiobooks, in iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, or another location in the Files app. Subfolders are included.
Or tap Import Files to copy books into Storyhour. You can also drag files onto Storyhour in Finder on a Mac when your iPhone is connected.
One M4B file is one book. A folder of MP3 files is one book, played in order.

Storyhour plays audiobook files you have: M4B, M4A, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. It doesn't sell or stream books.
It can't play copy-protected books from Audible or Apple Books.
iPhone only for now.

Free for any 3 books, with every feature. Storyhour Unlimited is $4.99, once, and Family Sharing is included. No subscription, no ads.

A book split into several, or several merged into one? Storyhour groups files by their album tag, then by folder. Put each book's files in its own folder.
Wrong title or missing cover? Touch and hold the book, then choose Edit Book.
Book in iCloud won't start? It downloads first. Check your connection, or choose Keep on This iPhone before you travel.

Anything else: support@voussoirsoftware.com, or Settings → Email Support in the app.