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Create your stackSign up in seconds with a passkey. There’s no password to remember.1 min · 4 stepsImport from GoodreadsPaste your profile link once. Your shelves come in, and new ones sync every day.1 min · 4 stepsListen Together: read or listen with friendsStart a room around a book or show. Everyone uses their own app and keeps pace on one track, without spoilers.2 min · 5 stepsImport your Audible libraryOne click from your Audible library page. No export file needed.2 min · 5 stepsInstall Audiostacks on your phone or computerPut Audiostacks on your phone’s home screen, and in your computer’s Applications folder, Dock, Start menu or desktop. It opens like any app, works offline and can send notifications.1 min · 7 stepsForward receipts to add titles automaticallyYour private address turns purchase and library emails into titles in your stack.3 min · 4 stepsAdd a book or podcastSearch any title, author, narrator or show and put it on a shelf.30 sec · 2 stepsSave highlights and notesKeep the passages you love and your thoughts on any title, with the page, location or audio time.1 min · 4 stepsSeries: see every book, and what you haven’t readOpen any series to see every book in order, what you’ve finished, what’s next, what’s coming and what each costs.1 min · 6 stepsTrack podcast episodesTick episodes as you play them. Show notes and dates are one tap deeper.1 min · 3 stepsHow your picks workPicks are yours alone. They start from the genres you choose, then learn from what you finish, rate and are listening to now.2 min · 4 stepsSee what other readers thinkBefore you commit hours to a book: how listeners rated it, the most helpful praise and doubts, friends who’ve read it, and how well it fits you.1 min · 3 stepsRecommend a title to a friendSend a link with your note. It opens a page with where to read or listen.1 min · 3 stepsFriends on AudiostacksAdd friends with your link, see what each other is on, and send recommendations that land right in their app.1 min · 3 stepsSign in on a new phone or computerUse a code from a signed-in device or an emailed code, then save a passkey.1 min · 4 steps
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Getting started
Create your stack and find your way around.
- Create your stackSign up in seconds with a passkey. There’s no password to remember.1 min
- Find your way aroundThe five shelves, search, Add, Import, alerts, Listen Together and your menu, at a glance.2 min
- Set your formats and genresTell us how you take things in (audiobooks, ebooks, print, podcasts), the genres you like, and your favourite corners of them.1 min
- Install Audiostacks on your phone or computerPut Audiostacks on your phone’s home screen, and in your computer’s Applications folder, Dock, Start menu or desktop. It opens like any app, works offline and can send notifications.1 min
Bring your library
Goodreads, Audible, Kindle, Libby, receipts and files.
- Import from GoodreadsPaste your profile link once. Your shelves come in, and new ones sync every day.1 min
- Import your Audible libraryOne click from your Audible library page. No export file needed.2 min
- Import your Kindle libraryOne click from your Kindle library page, with reading progress.2 min
- Import your Libby historyPaste the link from Libby’s timeline export. Everything you’ve borrowed comes in.2 min
- Import from Apple PodcastsThree taps on iPhone, then one tap any time. Or every episode you’ve played, from a Mac.2 min
- Import from Apple BooksBring in your Apple Books library from a Mac, with what you’ve finished and when.2 min
- Import from SpotifyEvery podcast and audiobook you’ve played on Spotify, with dates, from Spotify’s data download.3 min
- Forward receipts to add titles automaticallyYour private address turns purchase and library emails into titles in your stack.3 min
- Import from other apps and filesStoryGraph, Bookmory, podcast apps, spreadsheets, or a pasted list.2 min
- Import from hooplaEverything you’ve borrowed on hoopla, in one click from your hoopla History. No export file needed.2 min
- Keep your library up to dateSee where your stack comes from and bring in only what’s changed.1 min
Every app, A to Z
Step by step for StoryGraph, Overcast, Libro.fm, Kobo, YouTube and more.
- Import from StoryGraphYour StoryGraph library with read status, dates and star ratings, from its CSV export.2 min
- Import from BookmoryYour Bookmory reads, dates and formats, from a Bookmory backup file.2 min
- Import from LibraryThingYour LibraryThing catalog, with ratings and the dates you read, from its export file.3 min
- Import from Libro.fmEvery audiobook you’ve bought on Libro.fm, from its library export.2 min
- Import from ChirpChirp has no export, so add your past audiobooks as a list and let receipts catch new ones.3 min
- Import from KoboKobo has no export button. Add your books as a list, and forward receipts for new ones.3 min
- Import from Google Play BooksAdd your Play Books library as a list. Google has no reading-history export we can use yet.3 min
- Import from Everand (Scribd)Everand has no export. Add your Saved titles and finished books as a list.3 min
- Import from StorytelStorytel has no export button. Add your bookshelf as a list, or request your listening history.3 min
- Import from BookBeatBookBeat has no export button. Add My History as a list, or request your data.3 min
- Import from NextoryNextory has no export button. Add My library as a list, or request your history.3 min
- Import from FableFable doesn’t offer an export yet. Add your shelves as a list.3 min
- Import from LiteralExport your Literal library from its settings, or paste a list.3 min
- Import from OvercastYour Overcast shows and every episode you’ve played, from Overcast’s “All data” export.2 min
- Import from Pocket CastsBring the shows you follow in Pocket Casts with an OPML file.2 min
- Import from CastroBring the shows you follow in Castro with an OPML file.2 min
- Import from Podcast AddictBring your Podcast Addict subscriptions with an OPML file.2 min
- Import from CastboxBring your Castbox subscriptions with an OPML file.2 min
- Bring your YouTube and YouTube Music podcastsYouTube has no podcast export, so add your shows by name. It takes a minute for most people.3 min
- Bring your Amazon Music podcastsAmazon Music doesn’t export the podcasts you follow, so add them by name.3 min
Your stack
Add titles, shelves, Up next, ratings and dates.
- Add a book or podcastSearch any title, author, narrator or show and put it on a shelf.30 sec
- Move titles between shelvesUp next, In progress, Finished or saved: one tap on any title.1 min
- Put Up next in orderYour queue is ranked. Drag to reorder, or move a title from its page.1 min
- Quick check-insNow and then, a small card asks whether you finished a book and how it was. It goes by your own pace, and it’s easy to quiet.1 min
- Rate, review and track datesStars, a quick review, and when you started and finished.1 min
- Find something that fits your time and moodFilter by length and mood, set your listening speed, and let “Got some time?” plan a drive or a flight.2 min
- Search, filter and sortFind anything, in your stack or not, or narrow a shelf by genre, format, length, mood or order.30 sec
- Series: see every book, and what you haven’t readOpen any series to see every book in order, what you’ve finished, what’s next, what’s coming and what each costs.1 min
- Explore an author: every series, new and comingAn author’s page shows their series with your progress, their standalone books, and what’s new or coming, with prices.1 min
Podcasts
Episodes, played tracking and where you listen.
Picks and prices
What to try next and where to get it.
- How your picks workPicks are yours alone. They start from the genres you choose, then learn from what you finish, rate and are listening to now.2 min
- See what other readers thinkBefore you commit hours to a book: how listeners rated it, the most helpful praise and doubts, friends who’ve read it, and how well it fits you.1 min
- Find the best place to get itFree from your library first, then live prices across stores.1 min
Alerts and stats
What’s new for you, your year in numbers, narrators you follow.
- Alerts: what’s new for youA short list of things worth knowing: a book you want is free at your library, the next in a series, a new episode.1 min
- Choose your alerts and emailsTurn each kind of alert on or off, in the app and by email, and pick how often email comes.1 min
- Your stats and year in reviewBooks finished, hours listened, your streak, top authors and narrators, by year or all time. Share your year with one link.1 min
- Narrators and followingRate the narration separately, see everything a narrator has read, and follow narrators and authors.1 min
- Get notificationsHolds, library availability, live sessions and recommendations from friends, as phone or desktop notifications.1 min
Highlights and notes
Save passages and thoughts; bring in Kindle, Apple Books and Readwise.
- Save highlights and notesKeep the passages you love and your thoughts on any title, with the page, location or audio time.1 min
- Bring in your Kindle, Apple Books or Readwise highlightsAll your highlights and notes, matched to the books in your stack. Nothing is added twice.2 min
- Export your highlightsDownload them as Markdown or CSV, or send them to Readwise.1 min
- Share a quote as a cardTurn a highlight into a page with the quote and the book, to send anywhere.30 sec
Listen Together and friends
Buddy listens, book clubs, live sessions, friends and invites.
- Listen Together: read or listen with friendsStart a room around a book or show. Everyone uses their own app and keeps pace on one track, without spoilers.2 min
- Join a room you were invited toOpen the invite link, make a free account if you need one, and you’re in.1 min
- Change, mute or leave a roomRename it, change the schedule, mute its alerts, hand over hosting, remove someone, or leave.1 min
- Listen live togetherSchedule a time; a shared clock and countdown get everyone pressing play at the same spot, with live reactions and chat.2 min
- Run a book clubA schedule with check-ins, questions that open as people reach them, polls, and a vote on what to read next.2 min
- Invite friends to AudiostacksSend an invite with a book you love and a note. When they join, you’re friends right away and your pick is waiting for them.1 min
- Friends on AudiostacksAdd friends with your link, see what each other is on, and send recommendations that land right in their app.1 min
Account and sign-in
Passkeys, new devices, your data.
- Sign in on a new phone or computerUse a code from a signed-in device or an emailed code, then save a passkey.1 min
- Passkeys, explainedWhat they are, adding one on another device, and removing old ones.1 min
- Can’t sign in?Every way back in, quickest first.1 min
- Download or delete your dataTake a full copy of your stack, or delete your account.1 min
- My account is paused or closedWhat it means and what to do.30 sec
Common questions
Is Audiostacks free?Yes. Create a stack, import your whole history and use every feature at no cost.Do I need to download an app?No. Audiostacks runs in the web browser on your phone, tablet and computer, so there’s nothing you have to install or update.Does my stack sync between devices?Yes, automatically. Re-rank Up next on your laptop and it’s already in that order on your phone.What’s a passkey?A sign-in saved on your device and unlocked with your face, fingerprint or screen lock.Will importing add titles I already have twice?No. Every title is matched against your stack, whether it comes from an import, the daily Goodreads check or Add.Who can see my stack?Only you, unless you choose to share. Friends you add see what you’re on and what you finished lately (you can turn that off).
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