Novelwave Downloads & RevenueNovelwave: An Audiobook Player · App Store
Not in any tracked top chart right now.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperMihai Petrenco
CategoryBooks
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (11)
Version3.1.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
7 Oct 2026
7 Oct 2026Installs (est.)5k+ worldwide
Novelwave: An Audiobook Player update history & changes
Last change · 11 events since 31 Jan 2025Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 3.1.1📦Updated to version 3.0.5📈Dropped out of every chart we track🆕First spotted by AppInsider📈Entered the top 100🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 11 events
- ✏️Novelwave: An Audiobook Player: app got bigger13 MB → 18 MB (+42%)
- 📦Novelwave: An Audiobook Player updated to version 3.1.1This small release fixes the mini player layout issues for pre-iOS 26 devices.
- ✏️Novelwave: An Audiobook Player: app got bigger7 MB → 13 MB (+93%)
- ✏️Novelwave: An Audiobook Player: runs on older iOSiOS 18.6 → iOS 17.0
- 📦Novelwave: An Audiobook Player updated to version 3.0.5Bug fixes:
- Fixes a crash on the “Setting up your library…” screen when updating from an older version of Novelwave. This mostly affected large libraries on iPhones running iOS 17.
- Fixes a crash that could stop an older library from being brought across when two of its folders had been saved with the same ID.
If your library looked empty after a recent update, it hasn’t gone anywhere. Update to this version and open Novelwave. Your books, folders and bookmarks will be brought across.
Thank you to everyone who reported this and sent in details. It made the fix possible.… more - 📈Novelwave: An Audiobook Player dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 7 Oct
- 🆕Novelwave: An Audiobook Player first spotted by AppInsider#25 in Top Free · Books · United Kingdom
- 📈Novelwave: An Audiobook Player entered the top 100Top Free · Books · CA
- 📈Novelwave: An Audiobook Player charting in a new country in 2 chartsCanada · United States
- 📦Novelwave: An Audiobook Player version 2.7.1- Playback speed value is now directly visible in the player screen;
- Fix an issue with Opus timestamp calculation; - 🆕Novelwave: An Audiobook Player released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.9 ★
11 ratings
Measured
Novelwave: An Audiobook Player on the App Store
App details
App ID
6720100886
Publisher
Mihai Petrenco
On the store since
Jan 2025
1 year on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
18 MB
Also listed in
Books, Entertainment
Novelwave: An Audiobook Player downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
11 ratings
Measured
Ratings
11
Measured
About Novelwave: An Audiobook Player
Novelwave plays the audiobooks you already own. Bring in your DRM-free files, organize them on shelves, and pick up exactly where you left off, on your iPhone or in the car.
IMPORT FROM FILES OR ICLOUD DRIVE
• M4B, M4A, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Ogg Opus and MP4
• Add many files at once, then keep them separate or merge the parts into one book
• Open audiobooks straight from Files or other apps, or share several at once
• Books in iCloud Drive stay there until you press play, so they don’t fill up your iPhone
EVERYTHING A LISTENER NEEDS
• Any speed from 0.5× to 6×, in 0.05× steps
• A sleep timer from 5 to 90 minutes, or at the end of a chapter or file, counting down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Skip back and forward from 5 to 45 seconds, each set separately
• Rewind a few seconds when you pause, so you never lose the thread
• Jump to any chapter in books that have them
• Bookmarks with names and notes, saved in one tap
• Picks up again after calls, Siri and alarms
• Control playback from the Lock Screen, Control Center, AirPlay devices and your headphones
CARPLAY, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
• In CarPlay, continue where you left off or browse your shelves, then change chapters and speed from Now Playing
• Ask Siri to resume, skip, change chapters, set the speed, add a bookmark or start a sleep timer
• Shortcuts actions for playback, chapters, speed, bookmarks and the sleep timer
• Find your audiobooks in Spotlight
SHELVES INSIDE SHELVES
• Group books by author, series or mood, as deep as you like
• Sort by title, date added or date updated
• Filter by in progress, not started, finished or downloaded
• Search across titles, authors and shelves
EDIT EVERY DETAIL
• Change the title, author, description, genre, composer and year
• Add covers from Photos, Files or the clipboard, even for books still in iCloud
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Progress, shelves and bookmarks sync through your own iCloud account
• Novelwave can only see its own folder in iCloud Drive, nothing else
• No account to create
AND MUCH MORE
• Now Playing widgets for your Home Screen, plus Play/Pause and Sleep Timer controls for Control Center
• Export your whole library to any folder in Files
• Light, dark or system appearance, and a Minimal style without illustrations
• Two alternate app icons, including the original Novelwave icon
• VoiceOver support
Your next chapter starts here.
IMPORT FROM FILES OR ICLOUD DRIVE
• M4B, M4A, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Ogg Opus and MP4
• Add many files at once, then keep them separate or merge the parts into one book
• Open audiobooks straight from Files or other apps, or share several at once
• Books in iCloud Drive stay there until you press play, so they don’t fill up your iPhone
EVERYTHING A LISTENER NEEDS
• Any speed from 0.5× to 6×, in 0.05× steps
• A sleep timer from 5 to 90 minutes, or at the end of a chapter or file, counting down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Skip back and forward from 5 to 45 seconds, each set separately
• Rewind a few seconds when you pause, so you never lose the thread
• Jump to any chapter in books that have them
• Bookmarks with names and notes, saved in one tap
• Picks up again after calls, Siri and alarms
• Control playback from the Lock Screen, Control Center, AirPlay devices and your headphones
CARPLAY, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
• In CarPlay, continue where you left off or browse your shelves, then change chapters and speed from Now Playing
• Ask Siri to resume, skip, change chapters, set the speed, add a bookmark or start a sleep timer
• Shortcuts actions for playback, chapters, speed, bookmarks and the sleep timer
• Find your audiobooks in Spotlight
SHELVES INSIDE SHELVES
• Group books by author, series or mood, as deep as you like
• Sort by title, date added or date updated
• Filter by in progress, not started, finished or downloaded
• Search across titles, authors and shelves
EDIT EVERY DETAIL
• Change the title, author, description, genre, composer and year
• Add covers from Photos, Files or the clipboard, even for books still in iCloud
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Progress, shelves and bookmarks sync through your own iCloud account
• Novelwave can only see its own folder in iCloud Drive, nothing else
• No account to create
AND MUCH MORE
• Now Playing widgets for your Home Screen, plus Play/Pause and Sleep Timer controls for Control Center
• Export your whole library to any folder in Files
• Light, dark or system appearance, and a Minimal style without illustrations
• Two alternate app icons, including the original Novelwave icon
• VoiceOver support
Your next chapter starts here.
Latest updates
3.1.1
This small release fixes the mini player layout issues for pre-iOS 26 devices.
3.0.5
Bug fixes:
- Fixes a crash on the “Setting up your library…” screen when updating from an older version of Novelwave. This mostly affected large libraries on iPhones running iOS 17.
- Fixes a crash that could stop an older library from being brought across when two of its folders had been saved with the same ID.
If your library looked empty after a recent update, it hasn’t gone anywhere. Update to this version and open Novelwave. Your books, folders and bookmarks will be brought across.
Thank you to everyone who reported this and sent in details. It made the fix possible.
2.7.1
- Playback speed value is now directly visible in the player screen;
- Fix an issue with Opus timestamp calculation;
Store changes
What Novelwave: An Audiobook Player changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
13 MB → 18 MB (+42%)
App got bigger
7 MB → 13 MB (+93%)
Runs on older iOS
iOS 18.6 → iOS 17.0