Keep your stories organised.
Chapters, series, tags, a wishlist, personal ratings and notes.
MEINE ERSTE APP · ANDROID · VERSION 1.9
Your audiobooks.
Your Hörbuchzeit.
A personal player for the audiobooks you already own.
Aktueller Projektstand: Hörbuchzeit 1.14.0
Die Bibliothek wurde vereinfacht. Serien sind weiterhin über Filter und Sortierung erreichbar. Details zu den Verbesserungen findest du im Release history. Verfügbarkeit im Google Play-Test kann vom Projektstand abweichen.
Hörbuchzeit plays your own audio files. Choose a folder on your device and organise your library with chapters, series and personal details. The app does not provide audiobooks and is not an audiobook store.
Documented project version: Hörbuchzeit 1.14.0.
Whether this version is available in the closed Google Play test depends on the current rollout in the Play Console. Find the test access request and participation link here.
What Hörbuchzeit offers
Pick up where you left off.
Saved listening progress, bookmarks, section repeat and Android widgets.
Local and ad-free.
Your own audiobook files stay on your device. You can export backups as JSON files.
Read details from your files
Authors, narrators, series and volume numbers are identified locally from the files you select: audio tags, matching TXT files, folder names and file names. Technical suffixes are removed from displayed names; your original files are not renamed.
Your own corrections are preserved. If a detail is unclear, you can enter it yourself. Chapters appear as “Chapter 1” or, when a title is available, for example “Chapter 2 · The House of Riddles 1”.
Choose a cover
Google image search is still available: find an image, press and hold it, then confirm. You can also choose your own image or use the catalogue cover search.
Local detail detection does not use the internet. Online cover searches send search terms and technical connection data to external providers. Read more in the app privacy information.
Seit Version 1.9 weiterentwickelt
Die App hat neue Sprachoptionen, Teilen von Hörstellen, klarere Cover- und Buchangaben sowie eine vereinfachte Bibliothek erhalten. Alle Änderungen nach Version ansehen ↗
An honest look at development
According to the project, Hörbuchzeit 1.9 supports Android 8 and later and requires an up-to-date Android System WebView. I’ve tested it on my own device. Feedback from other devices about playback, folder access, Bluetooth and widgets will help prepare the release.
Your feedback helps
Tell me what works well and where you ran into trouble. Please include the app version, your Android version and the steps needed to reproduce the problem.
Send feedback by email ↗HÖRBUCHZEIT · CLOSED TEST OPEN
Would you like
to try it out?
Hörbuchzeit is my first app. I’m looking for people who listen to their own audiobook files on Android and can tell me honestly what works well — and what could be easier.
Android 8 or later · Your own audiobook files · Google account for Play Store
After I approve your access, I’ll send you a Google Play promo code so you can get Hörbuchzeit free during the closed test. You’ll be trying an early version, so you may encounter bugs. After testing, the regular app will cost €1.19 as a one-time purchase.
HOW TO JOIN
- Request test access. Email me the Google account address you use for the Play Store. The website does not send messages itself.
- Get approved. I’ll add suitable requests to the test group as space allows, then send you the opt-in link and your promo code.
- Join and listen. Open the test link with the same Google account, opt in, and redeem your promo code on Google Play. Please stay opted in for the 14-day test period.
Already approved? This link opens the closed test sign-up. Use the Google account I approved.
Open the Google Play testFeedback about importing, playback and listening progress is especially helpful. Privacy for test requests · App privacy information (in development)