Bookcamp

Decided to try this app as an alternative to prologue since prologue does not recognize book chapters in my m4b files. This app connected to my Plex library with no issues and finds the books and also chapters. However, it will not play any book and just says encountered and error please try again.

I’ve had high hopes for Bookcamp since I learned about it a year back when looking for a good app to play my audiobooks from Plex on. I was bummed to find out there were major errors that didn’t allow the books to play, so I had to revert back to my old app. I really love the sleek look of Bookcamp and kept checking back for updates. Found out today there was an update 5 months ago and redownloaded to check to see if it was any better. The great news is, my books load now and start fairly quickly! The potential dealbreaker now though, is there isn’t a way to see info about a book, when you click into it it just plays. There also seems to be some issues with the main login page, as when I didn’t type anything and just submitted I got an object/object error. I want to encourage the developer(s) to keep refining this app, once everything is stable and smooth I can promise the subscription fee will be more palatable to consumers.

While still in the early stages this app exceeds pretty much everything that came before it. If you have your Plex server open to the outside, you are golden. The annual subscription for the service is totally worth it with the playback features, downloading and ease of syncing your place in playback across multiple devices is a godsend and I don't have to rely on Audible anymore and can use my DRM free files in the same manner. Looking forward to new features and continued cleanup of the app.