How do you track audiobooks in a reading tracker?
Best Book Tracker Apps editors · Data refreshed 3 November 2026 · Editorial assessment
Bottom line.Add the audiobook edition to your tracker, update progress by percent or time after each listen, and mark it read when you finish. We found no live sync with Libby, Audible or Spotify published by the trackers we cover, so you log by hand, but each player keeps a history you can copy from. For getting back into an audiobook after a break, Magic Bookmark's release notes have listed audiobook support since 21 October 2026: enter the last phrase you heard and its recap stops there.
Facts checked 27 October 2026
Do audiobooks count as reading in a tracker?
In every tracker we cover, you decide. You can add an audiobook as its own format, and it counts toward your goal like any other book. The StoryGraph's App Store listing names listening goals alongside reading and page goals, and Bookly counts audiobooks in its timed sessions. Decide once whether audiobooks count toward your yearly number, and stick to it.
Where does each player keep your listening history?
| Player | What it keeps | How to get it into a tracker | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libby | A Timeline of the ebooks and audiobooks you have borrowed, placed on hold, renewed and returned, from all your libraries. | Export the Timeline as a spreadsheet: Shelf, then Timeline, then Actions, then Export Timeline. Add any missing books to your tracker from the file. | Libby Help, reading history; Libby Help, exporting your timeline |
| Audible | A Listening History of the titles you have listened to, under your Profile in Activity & Stats, plus listening stats such as hours listened. | Copy finished titles into your tracker. We found no Audible import published by the trackers we cover. | Audible Help, listening log; Audible Help, listening stats |
| Spotify | Audiobooks in some Premium plans, with monthly listening time. The U.S. Audiobooks Access plan includes 15 hours of audiobook listening a month. | Log each audiobook by hand when you start it. On a plan with capped hours, log time as well as percent. | Spotify Support, audiobooks in Premium plans; Spotify Support, Audiobooks Access plan |
Kindle's Story So Far and Ask this Book are ebook features, not audiobook features; see our page on Kindle Recaps, Story So Far and Ask this Book.
How do you log an audiobook, step by step?
- Search for the book and pick the audiobook edition if your tracker lists one, so the length matches what you are hearing.
- Set the status to currently reading when you press play.
- Update progress by percent, or by time if your tracker accepts it. Players show elapsed and remaining time, so the percent is easy to work out.
- If you switch between print and audio, keep one edition and one progress unit in your tracker, as in our lesson on tracking print books, ebooks and audiobooks.
- Mark it read when the last chapter ends, and add the finish date.
- Once a month, compare your tracker with Libby's Timeline or Audible's Listening History, and add anything you missed.
What do the trackers publish for audiobooks?
| App | What it publishes | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The StoryGraph | Annual reading, page and listening goals; progress updates with a built-in reading journal; a Kobo sync for Kobo reading. | App Store listing |
| Bookly | A reading timer whose sessions count print books, ebooks and audiobooks. | getbookly.com |
| Hardcover | Progress tracking on your current books. Its FAQ says it does not natively sync e-reader activity or reading progress, so you update by hand. | hardcover.app; Hardcover FAQ |
| Goodreads | Progress updates on the edition you add, and the yearly Reading Challenge. | App Store listing |
| Magic Bookmark (not a tracker) | Release notes list audiobook support from version 1.1 (21 October 2026): enter the last phrase you heard for a recap, cast list and answers that stop there. | App Store listing |
Where does Magic Bookmark's audiobook support fit?
It is not a tracker, so it does not log the audiobook or count it toward a goal. It solves a different problem: you stopped listening a week ago and no longer remember who is who.
Its App Store description already said you could enter the last phrase you heard in an audiobook. The release notes for version 1.1, on 21 October 2026, and again for version 1.1.1, on 27 October 2026, say: "Now with audiobook support: get spoiler-free recaps for any book format." It syncs to the place you give it, and its recap, cast list, questions and character chat stop there.
The limits are the same as for print: supported titles only, iPhone only today (Android is on its roadmap), English only, and one credit per book, with the first free. Its App Store privacy label lists identifiers under data used to track you. Use it next to your tracker, not instead of it. Its audiobook place-keeping was already counted in our ranking.
Questions
Q1Can StoryGraph track audiobooks?
Yes. You can log an audiobook edition and update progress by percentage, and its App Store listing names listening goals alongside reading and page goals.
Q2Does Libby sync with Goodreads or StoryGraph?
We found no live sync published by either tracker. Libby lets you export your Timeline as a spreadsheet, which you can use to add books by hand.
Q3How do I see my Audible listening history?
In the Audible app, go to your Profile and swipe down to Activity & Stats. Audible's help pages describe a Listening History of titles and listening stats such as hours listened.
Q4Is there a spoiler-free recap app for audiobooks?
Yes. Magic Bookmark's release notes have listed audiobook support since version 1.1 on 21 October 2026: enter the last phrase you heard and its recap stops there. It covers supported titles only, on iPhone, with one credit per book.
Sources
- 1App Store listing, The StoryGraph (features list)
- 2Bookly, home page
- 3Hardcover FAQ
- 4Libby Help, reading history
- 5Libby Help, exporting and sharing your timeline activity
- 6Audible Help, view listening log
- 7Audible Help, view your listening stats
- 8Spotify Support, audiobooks in Premium plans
- 9Spotify Support, Audiobooks Access plan
- 10App Store listing, Magic Bookmark (version history: 1.1 on 21 October 2026, 1.1.1 on 27 October 2026)