🚀 Piloting Penguin (v1.0.5)
• Android Auto: Full dashboard integration with gapless playback & steering wheel controls!
• Smart Downloads: Multi-file audiobooks now save to organized, readable folders.
• True Offline Mode: Bypass the login screen when in a dead zone to instantly access local files.
• Auto-Resume: Loads your last-played book on launch.
• Swipe-to-Home: Safely back-swipe without closing the app.

Added:
- Sleep Timer live activity
- Dynamic player theming based on cover art. Can be enabled from the player settings sheet (near playback speed/voice boost controls) either globally or for books on an individual basis
- Settings for the finished books widget (Include manually marked books / Include reset books)

Improved:
- Widgets now respect selected app font
- Playback started from intents (widget/siri/shortcuts etc) no longer clears buffer when the book is already queued

Fixed:
- [Audiobookshelf] Handle empty bitrate values
- [Plex] Skip load of embedded chapters with invalid duration/time values
- Various issues with tinted/accented widgets
- Multiple crashes

In 4.1.2:

Added:
- Chapter list on CarPlay now playing

Improved:
- Widgets use full resolution covers
- Libraries are displayed in alphabetical order

Fixed:
- Widgets not displaying progress indicators on iOS 26

In 4.1.1:

Added:
- Norwegian translation
- Spanish translation

Fixed:
- [Audiobookshelf] Books with no chapters are now handled correctly
- Purchase view displaying correctly when accessed from player context menu

Improved:
- Layout and spacing adjustments throughout the app
- Album search results and ordering
- Performance while playback is active

In 4.1:

Added:
- Support for reordering player pages
- Option to set default player page
- Search and pull-to-refresh to Collections tab

Improved:
- Player automatically dismisses when book finishes
- Player bar now hides when nothing is playing (iOS 26+)
- Audio playback interruption handling
- Streaming reliability and performance
- [Plex] Added insecure connection fallback when HTTPS isn't required

In 4.1.1:

Added:
- Norwegian translation
- Spanish translation

Fixed:
- [Audiobookshelf] Books with no chapters are now handled correctly
- Purchase view displaying correctly when accessed from player context menu

Improved:
- Layout and spacing adjustments throughout the app
- Album search results and ordering
- Performance while playback is active

In 4.1:

Added:
- Support for reordering player pages
- Option to set default player page
- Search and pull-to-refresh to Collections tab

Improved:
- Player automatically dismisses when book finishes
- Player bar now hides when nothing is playing (iOS 26+)
- Audio playback interruption handling
- Streaming reliability and performance
- [Plex] Added insecure connection fallback when HTTPS isn't required

Added:
- Support for reordering player pages
- Option to set default player page
- Search and pull-to-refresh to Collections tab

Improved:
- Player automatically dismisses when book finishes
- Player bar now hides when nothing is playing (iOS 26+)
- Audio playback interruption handling
- Streaming reliability and performance
- [Plex] Added insecure connection fallback when HTTPS isn't required

In 4.0.9:

Added:
- Restored metadata settings view
- Book metadata is loaded in background when device is charging
- Option to include downloads in iCloud/iTunes backups (Settings > Storage)
- Clear queue button and swipe-to-remove on individual queue items

Improved
- [Plex] Display more than two tags
- Tags are now displayed in same order as server

In 4.0.8:

Added:
- [Plex] Show connection type on server list
- [Plex] Show per-connection latency and connection status on server view

Fixed:
- Cached covers slow to load when on slow network
- Image cache limit in Settings > Storage not respected
- [Plex] Stale relay connections aren't cleared correctly
- [Plex] New book additions not being assigned to author

In 4.0.7:

Added:
- Option to export debug logs
- Finnish translation
- Ukrainian translation

Improved:
- Display of multi-disc books (#273)
- Seeking back/forward can move past chapter boundaries in multi-file books
- Correctly detect chapter additions to and removal from existing books
- Context menu in reading list interferes with drag gesture

Fixed:
- [Watch] Books not syncing to watch (#243)
- [Watch] Chapter display on multi-file books
- [Watch] General stability and improvements
- [Plex] "Request timed out" errors when starting playback
- [Plex] Missing books due to latin1 decoding error
- [CarPlay] Downloaded multi-file books displaying multiple times (#270)

In 4.0.6:

Added:
- Support for Siri "skip back" and "skip forward" commands

Improved:
- Offline mode behavior and reliability
- Player seek bar now shows loaded buffer

Fixed:
- Images being cleared when offline

In 4.0.5:

Added:
- Grid view option for collections
- Playing a collection will now queue up all unfinished books in that collection
- Tap Now Playing button on player view to view playback queue
- The Start Sleep Timer shortcut action now supports different modes (time/duration/chapter)

Fixed:
- Player context menu flickering
- Loading of some embedded chapters
- [Plex] Narrator being cleared after library refresh
- [Plex] Books not sorting correctly by author last name

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.8:

Added:
- [Plex] Show connection type on server list
- [Plex] Show per-connection latency and connection status on server view

Fixed:
- Cached covers slow to load when on slow network
- Image cache limit in Settings > Storage not respected
- [Plex] Stale relay connections aren't cleared correctly
- [Plex] New book additions not being assigned to author

In 4.0.7:

Added:
- Option to export debug logs
- Finnish translation
- Ukrainian translation

Improved:
- Display of multi-disc books (#273)
- Seeking back/forward can move past chapter boundaries in multi-file books
- Correctly detect chapter additions to and removal from existing books
- Context menu in reading list interferes with drag gesture

Fixed:
- [Watch] Books not syncing to watch (#243)
- [Watch] Chapter display on multi-file books
- [Watch] General stability and improvements
- [Plex] "Request timed out" errors when starting playback
- [Plex] Missing books due to latin1 decoding error
- [CarPlay] Downloaded multi-file books displaying multiple times (#270)

In 4.0.6:

Added:
- Support for Siri "skip back" and "skip forward" commands

Improved:
- Offline mode behavior and reliability
- Player seek bar now shows loaded buffer

Fixed:
- Images being cleared when offline

In 4.0.5:

Added:
- Grid view option for collections
- Playing a collection will now queue up all unfinished books in that collection
- Tap Now Playing button on player view to view playback queue
- The Start Sleep Timer shortcut action now supports different modes (time/duration/chapter)

Fixed:
- Player context menu flickering
- Loading of some embedded chapters
- [Plex] Narrator being cleared after library refresh
- [Plex] Books not sorting correctly by author last name

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.7:

Added:
- Option to export debug logs
- Finnish translation
- Ukrainian translation

Improved:
- Display of multi-disc books (#273)
- Seeking back/forward can move past chapter boundaries in multi-file books
- Correctly detect chapter additions to and removal from existing books
- Context menu in reading list interferes with drag gesture

Fixed:
- [Watch] Books not syncing to watch (#243)
- [Watch] Chapter display on multi-file books
- [Watch] General stability and improvements
- [Plex] "Request timed out" errors when starting playback
- [Plex] Missing books due to latin1 decoding error
- [CarPlay] Downloaded multi-file books displaying multiple times (#270)

In 4.0.6:

Added:
- Support for Siri "skip back" and "skip forward" commands

Improved:
- Offline mode behavior and reliability
- Player seek bar now shows loaded buffer

Fixed:
- Images being cleared when offline

In 4.0.5:

Added:
- Grid view option for collections
- Playing a collection will now queue up all unfinished books in that collection
- Tap Now Playing button on player view to view playback queue
- The Start Sleep Timer shortcut action now supports different modes (time/duration/chapter)

Fixed:
- Player context menu flickering
- Loading of some embedded chapters
- [Plex] Narrator being cleared after library refresh
- [Plex] Books not sorting correctly by author last name

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.6:

Added:
- Support for Siri "skip back" and "skip forward" commands

Improved:
- Offline mode behavior and reliability
- Player seek bar now shows loaded buffer

Fixed:
- Images being cleared when offline

In 4.0.5:

Added:
- Grid view option for collections
- Playing a collection will now queue up all unfinished books in that collection
- Tap Now Playing button on player view to view playback queue
- The Start Sleep Timer shortcut action now supports different modes (time/duration/chapter)

Fixed:
- Player context menu flickering
- Loading of some embedded chapters
- [Plex] Narrator being cleared after library refresh
- [Plex] Books not sorting correctly by author last name

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.5:

Added:
- Grid view option for collections
- Playing a collection will now queue up all unfinished books in that collection
- Tap Now Playing button on player view to view playback queue
- The Start Sleep Timer shortcut action now supports different modes (time/duration/chapter)

Fixed:
- Player context menu flickering
- Loading of some embedded chapters
- [Plex] Narrator being cleared after library refresh
- [Plex] Books not sorting correctly by author last name

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.4:

Added:
- Migrate 3.x bookmarks from iCloud
- Download button on collection view

Improved:
- Plex connection reliability
- CloudKit sync reliability
- Maximum automatic rewind after interruptions increased from 10 to 60 seconds
- More detailed logging

Fixed:
- Display of books with multiple files where only some files contain embedded chapters
- Sort menu display on macOS

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.3:

- Fixed migration of old book history data. Bookmarks will be migrated in the next update. Apologies!
- Fixed books in Finished section displaying "Now" instead of date finished
- Restored displaying chapter headings when book consists of multiple files with embedded chapters
- Fixed potential freeze/crash when scrolling grid view quickly
- Tapping a book in search results should no longer cause the book to jump to a new position

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

In 4.0.2:

- [Plex] Support for quickly switching between Plex home users
- [Plex] Improved book load performance
- [Plex] Fixed a few issues when re-authenticating
- [Plex] Potential fix for embedded metadata not loading correctly
- [macOS] Fixed crash when attempting to add bookmark or present playback info
- Potential fix for occasional freeze when searching

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

Prologue 4.0 is here, rebuilt from the ground up with a fresh new look.

Highlights:

- Audiobookshelf support
- Per-book playback settings
- View listening stats and streaks
- Countless fixes and improvements across the app

If you encounter any issues, please report them via the settings tab (issue tracker or email).

I hope you like it!

Development of Prologue v4 is ongoing but taking longer than anticipated. Apologies for the long wait.

In the meantime, this update includes a bug fix related to a recent Plex API change.
- Plex Home users should now load correctly again

- Fixed collection import on newer Plex Media Server versions

In 3.5.7:

- [Watch] Tweaks to progress sync to (hopefully) make it more reliable
- [Watch] New sync button on main watch screen (forces a full progress sync to the paired iPhone app)

In 3.5.6:

- Fixed issue causing books to fail to sync to watch app
- Added Polish translation

In 3.5.5:

- Temporarily disable HTML formatting for book/author/collection descriptions. This should fix an issue causing the app to freeze when displaying some books. Proper fix coming soon.

In 3.5.4:
- Support for basic html formatting in book/author/collection descriptions (e.g. bold, italics, etc)
- [Watch] Support for finer-grained playback speed. Tap the label (e.g. “1x”) to show presets
- [Watch] Fixed an issue where chapter skip controls could show “x of 0” chapters
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing book title to be displayed twice on placeholder covers (i.e. when cover images haven’t yet loaded)
- [Watch] Potential fix for additional “Other” storage usage after downloading a book

In 3.5.3:
- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- [Watch] Tweaks to progress sync to (hopefully) make it more reliable
- [Watch] New sync button on main watch screen (forces a full progress sync to the paired iPhone app)

In 3.5.6:

- Fixed issue causing books to fail to sync to watch app
- Added Polish translation

In 3.5.5:

- Temporarily disable HTML formatting for book/author/collection descriptions. This should fix an issue causing the app to freeze when displaying some books. Proper fix coming soon.

In 3.5.4:
- Support for basic html formatting in book/author/collection descriptions (e.g. bold, italics, etc)
- [Watch] Support for finer-grained playback speed. Tap the label (e.g. “1x”) to show presets
- [Watch] Fixed an issue where chapter skip controls could show “x of 0” chapters
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing book title to be displayed twice on placeholder covers (i.e. when cover images haven’t yet loaded)
- [Watch] Potential fix for additional “Other” storage usage after downloading a book

In 3.5.3:
- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- Fixed issue causing books to fail to sync to watch app
- Added Polish translation

In 3.5.5:

- Temporarily disable HTML formatting for book/author/collection descriptions. This should fix an issue causing the app to freeze when displaying some books. Proper fix coming soon.

In 3.5.4:
- Support for basic html formatting in book/author/collection descriptions (e.g. bold, italics, etc)
- [Watch] Support for finer-grained playback speed. Tap the label (e.g. “1x”) to show presets
- [Watch] Fixed an issue where chapter skip controls could show “x of 0” chapters
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing book title to be displayed twice on placeholder covers (i.e. when cover images haven’t yet loaded)
- [Watch] Potential fix for additional “Other” storage usage after downloading a book

In 3.5.3:
- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- Temporarily disable HTML formatting for book/author/collection descriptions. This should fix an issue causing the app to freeze when displaying some books. Proper fix coming soon.

In 3.5.4:
- Support for basic html formatting in book/author/collection descriptions (e.g. bold, italics, etc)
- [Watch] Support for finer-grained playback speed. Tap the label (e.g. “1x”) to show presets
- [Watch] Fixed an issue where chapter skip controls could show “x of 0” chapters
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing book title to be displayed twice on placeholder covers (i.e. when cover images haven’t yet loaded)
- [Watch] Potential fix for additional “Other” storage usage after downloading a book

In 3.5.3:
- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- Support for basic html formatting in book/author/collection descriptions (e.g. bold, italics, etc)
- [Watch] Support for finer-grained playback speed. Tap the label (e.g. “1x”) to show presets
- [Watch] Fixed an issue where chapter skip controls could show “x of 0” chapters
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing book title to be displayed twice on placeholder covers (i.e. when cover images haven’t yet loaded)
- [Watch] Potential fix for additional “Other” storage usage after downloading a book

In 3.5.3:
- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- [Watch] Complications should update more reliably when playback progress changes on the iPhone app
- [Watch] Fixed a crash when downloading large files (2.1gb+)
- Don’t show watch app purchase button on Settings tab when a paired Apple Watch is unsupported

In 3.5.2:
- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- [Watch] Added chapter skip controls (under the “...” menu on the now playing view)
- [Watch] Fixed an issue causing the initial watch app data load to fail
- [Watch] Fixed a couple of crashes

In 3.5.1:
- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

- Fixed a crash when starting playback from CarPlay when “Show automatically” player setting is enabled
- [Watch] Fixed a widget/complication load issue

In 3.5.0

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

Prologue is now available for Apple Watch!
• Stream books you're currently reading, or books in your reading list
• Download books to listen when you're offline
• Widget and complications

Prologue for Apple Watch is the culmination of months of work by a single developer.
To keep Prologue financially sustainable, I’ve decided to ask for a small extra payment to use the app.

Thank you for the continued support!

This version contains a bunch of behind the scenes changes to accomodate the watch app (coming soon).
In addition:
• Changed the way widgets load their data. This should make widgets more reliable in general.
• Fixed a long-standing crash caused by database file locks (0xdead10cc for those in the know)
• Fixed an issue causing excessive background usage

In 3.4.2:

• Book, author and collection summaries now support basic markdown syntax (bold, italics, etc)
• Fixed a memory leak

In 3.4.1:
• 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