I’ve been a bit quiet around here recently so I thought I’d provide an update on what I’ve been working on.

Prologue v4 is a nearly complete UI rewrite using SwiftUI. The core of the app doesn’t need to change much, but this is a chance to clean up some old UI code that I’ve never been happy with.

By the time it’s released (hopefully around iOS 18 release) I’m aiming to bring across 100% of the features in v3, and in addition:

• Refreshed (but familiar) UI
• Support for Audiobookshelf servers

I’m also looking at how to best support multiple active libraries - whether ABS, Plex, or a mix thereof. This is a fairly complicated change, so no promises for 4.0 at least.

I’ll leave a link here

Update: seems like there's an issue causing widget book covers to not load correctly. Looking into it now.

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Widget preview 1

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Widget preview 2

Book covers in the previews from r/AudiobookCovers.

This is a smaller release, mainly adding widgets and updating the project behind the scenes for iOS 14.

Important: on iOS 14, when prompted, allow Prologue to connect to devices on your local network. This

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Note: this is a phased release - you can update manually from the App Store updates section.

NEW

• iPad support
• Book progress, reading list, bookmarks and book history are now synced between devices using iCloud
• Added German, Turkish, Czech, Chinese, Spanish and UK English localizations. Thanks to the translators! If you’d like to translate the app into your language, head over to Settings > Help Translate or click here.
• New design for book history view. Includes time an event occurred and l

This is a phased release, so you may not get the auto-update until later this week. To update manually, open the App Store, tap your account in the upper right and find Prism in the list.

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The new album view with record label + review

The new (very basic) equalizer

Note: Starting with this version you can add your Plex account to Prism for free (additional purchase no longer required).

NEW

• Added a basic

This is a phased release, so you may not get the auto-update until later this week. To update manually, open the App Store, tap your account in the upper right and find Prologue in the list.

Release Notes:

NEW

• Support for adding timed bookmarks with an optional note. Use the new bookmark button on the Now Playing view or the new Siri shortcut to add bookmarks.
• New “history” section on book view displaying your play history for that book
• Basic Siri support (iOS 13 only):
  • “Play *bookname* using Prologue”
  • “Play Harry Potter using Prologue“ - continues playing books matching “Harry Potter”
• Basic Siri Shortcuts support (these aren’t surfaced in the UI - use Shortcuts.

It took longer than I’d have liked, but 2019.7 is now available on the App Store. I hope you like it!

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New chapter controls

NEW

• Support for embedded m4b chapters
• Support for displaying book narrators (read from m4b composer tag)
• The app now uses a soft-delete system for missing files and libraries, similar to Plex. Items missing from the source library after a refresh will be hidden but not deleted. Clean up under Settings -> Storage.
• Customise image cache size under Settings -> Storage
• Playback rate can now be adjusted from C

Prism 2.0 is the culmination of the past year of feedback, with a focus on improved navigability and proper playlist support

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Image gallery

FEATURES

• The app now uses tab based navigation
• Dedicated tabs for: Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists, Tags, Search, Settings
• In general, each tab can have its own sort order and set of filters
• Playlists are now sorted in proper playlist order by default 🎉
• Support for iOS 13 dark mode

Since this is a big change and I likely broke a bunch of things the first few beta versions will be on a separate TestFlight track. You can sign up [here](https://testflight.apple.com/join/