App Detail » Prologue

What's New

• Fixed a couple of performance issues
• Potential fix for background crashes
• Use sentry.io for crash reporting

In 3.4:
• Widgets can start playback without launching app (iOS 17)
• New “Play in Background” widget option to restore iOS 16 functionality on iOS 17
• New “End of next chapter” sleep timer option
• New “End of selected chapter” sleep timer option
• Chapter-based sleep timers now display correct time remaining based on current playback rate
• New gold accent colour (default for new installs)
• Fixed an issue where widgets wouldn’t refresh after switching libraries
• Prologue now requires iOS 16

App Description

The original & best audiobook app for Plex.

LISTEN ANYWHERE
• Stream your audiobook collection from anywhere in the world
• Never lose your place: Prologue remembers playback position across all your audiobooks, synced via iCloud

MANAGE
• Download books for playing any time, even when offline*
• Organise audiobooks into collections*
• Bookmarks
• Listening history
• Reading list

ADVANCED PLAYBACK
• Variable playback speed (from 0.5x to 3x)
• Custom sleep timers: stop playback at specific time, after a specific duration, or at the end of chapter
• Automatically rewind after pauses and interruptions
• Voice boost: equalise voices and boost volume for loud environments

SYSTEM INTEGRATION
• Siri
• Shortcuts and suggestions
• Widgets
• CarPlay

* Feature requires a one time purchase to unlock

App Changes

• July 20, 2019 Initial release
• August 16, 2019 New version 2019.3
• September 24, 2019 New version 2019.4
• September 25, 2019 New version 2019.5
• November 04, 2019 New version 2019.6
• January 28, 2020 New version 2019.7
• July 15, 2020 New version 2020.9
• October 23, 2020 New version 2020.15
• November 12, 2020 New version 2020.16
• August 06, 2021 New version 2.0.2
• October 04, 2023 New version 3.3.7
• November 03, 2023 New version 3.4.0
• November 15, 2023 New version 3.4.1