Your audiobooks and podcasts, in one player.
Yarnplayer keeps your audiobooks and the podcasts you follow in one library. It also finds the ad reads so you can skip them, builds transcripts right on your device, and lets you search every word of them.
One library for books and shows
Most apps handle podcasts or audiobooks, not both. Yarnplayer keeps them together in one player and one queue, so you can finish a chapter and start an episode without switching apps.
Ad Analysis Pro
Yarnplayer scans an episode for the sponsored segments. Skip the ad reads one at a time, or a whole category at once.
On-device transcripts
Make a transcript for any episode or book, right on your device. Each line highlights as it plays, and you can tap one to jump there or search the full text.
Search across your whole library
One search field covers podcasts, episodes, chapters, and transcripts. Tap a result and playback jumps straight to it.
Audiobooks made from podcasts, linked back
If you've used Yarnripper to turn a podcast into an audiobook, Yarnplayer spots it and matches the episodes back to the original show. You can check or change any match yourself.
Private by default
Yarnplayer has no ads and no trackers, and there's no account to sign up for. Your library stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud.
Bring your own audiobooks
Import your own audiobooks and audio files, or stream and download from your own Plex server. M4B files keep their chapters.
Everywhere you listen
- CarPlay Full chapter controls while you drive.
- Apple Watch Start and control playback from your wrist.
- Home Screen widgets Play, pause, and jump back in.
Playback, your way
- Speeds from 0.5× to 3× One setting, or one per show and book.
- Voice Boost & leveling Clearer speech, fewer volume jumps.
- Sleep timer Shake to add a few more minutes.
- Smart Rewind Backs up a little when you come back.
Podcasts & audiobooks
- Follow any feed Search, paste an RSS link, or import OPML.
- Smart Rules Set a show up once and forget it.
- Your own audiobooks Import files or connect a Plex server.
Library & sharing
- Up Next, bookmarks & stats Keep your listening in order.
- Listening history Look back on what you've finished.
- Share audio clips Clip a moment and share it as audio or video.
- Shrink downloads Re-encode bulky files smaller, chapters and all.
Built to know as little about you as possible.
Yarnplayer has no ads, no trackers, and no analytics. There's no account to create. Your library and listening history stay on your device, and sync only through your own iCloud.
Transcripts are made on your device. The one feature that sends anything out is Ad Analysis, and all it sends is the episode's transcript text, with nothing attached that points back to you.
Free to use, with an optional Pro upgrade.
Yarnplayer is free. Your library, playback, podcasts, transcripts, CarPlay, Watch, and widgets are all included, with no ads.
Yarnplayer Pro unlocks Ad Analysis, which has a small per-request cost to run. Subscriptions go through the App Store.