Additional reason along with what others have said: my mom has been massively consuming books on Prologue. It’s easier to keep her on a single app than to switch her to ABS or Plappa.
Comment on Github advplyr/audiobookshelf v2.11.0
Eideen@lemmy.world 2 months agoI have not heard of Prologue and it support for Audiobookshelf (ABS).
Why would one choice Prologue over the ABS app?
Lumilias@pawb.social 2 months ago
maxprime@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Prologue is an iOS app that can play audiobooks from a Plex library. I didn’t know they were working on ABS compatibility but that would be great. As much as I love ABS, Prologue is far more polished.
Lumilias@pawb.social 2 months ago
It’s been the Prologue developer’s next biggest priority on their roadmap. Apparently it’s coupled with the v4 Swift rewrite. I just saw it in the subreddit posted about 3 weeks ago.
justcallmelarry@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The ABS app is also still in beta on iOS, so unless you are tech savvy enough to either sideload or try to get in on one of the windows when users are booted from the testflight beta, you are going to have to use one of the 3d party apps.
Prologue just seems to do many things nicely, and user experience seems very important to the developer, so there is a huge crowd that swears by the app.
harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
There’s also Plappa for iOS on the App Store. Great alternative to the abs beta app.
Lumilias@pawb.social 2 months ago
I’ve been using Plappa while waiting for Prologue. Pretty solid app so far.
justcallmelarry@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yeah, or Shelfplayer
I’m holding off on trying Plappa until they add session support, since I like the stats, heh.
Tho I do have a Testflight spot for the ABS app, as well.
jaykob@feddit.de 2 months ago
What’s with all the 3rd party clients for ABS on iOS? Pretty cool, and unfortunately that there isn’t much going on on android.
UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very happy with Plappa. Highly recommend. One off purchase, no subscription.