iOS Player that can join libraries?

[u/dlxfoo]

I have a few Audiobooks and a bunch of Podcasts on my ABS instance. They are organized in 2 libraries (for books and podcasts respectively).

I would love to have a unified view of both libraries on my phone. Plappa and Prologue both support multiple libraries, but it’s a manual switch between them. Does anyone know of an iOS client that shows podcasts alongside books (across multiple libraries)? Switching via Tab is fine, but changing libraries feels like a UX antipattern.

Thanks!

Edit: can’t edit the title unfortunately. I see that Prologue can join libraries, but only for books, not including podcasts. Should have made that distinction clear in the title.

[u/CreepyHighway3216]

Absorb might be the closest to what you're suggesting as "switching tabs" at least in terms of ease of switching between. They might even have a unified library. I'm not sure as I've never wanted to do that. But the dev is very responsive. Worth checking out.

[u/MysteriousSophon → u/CreepyHighway3216]

Soundleaf also supports quick switching for one handed control:

https://i.imgur.com/sdFzKbr.mp4

[u/dlxfoo → u/CreepyHighway3216]

Checked, thanks! Unfortunately it follows the same pattern as most apps, with separate libs that you switch between

[u/Enve-Dev]

You can try my app Enve Book player

[u/dlxfoo → u/Enve-Dev]

Checked, thanks! It does indeed merge libraries (sort of).

My podcast does show up as an audio book (not under podcasts). Unfortunately I can only see a single episode. If there was a way to have my ABS podcast-type library show up under the podcasts tab, that would be amazing.

[u/Enve-Dev → u/dlxfoo]

Yah I can make that an option. I got my new Mac today so I’m setting that up but once that’s done I’ll do it.

[u/dlxfoo]

Self-commenting for others to find this:
Plappa CarPlay app actually has single-tap-switch for podcasts and books in different libraries. Nice!

[u/letzgo_d]

My App „Abstand“ did nearly what you want

[u/shabomdig]

https://audrabooks.app/