Customization

Personalize FableFrog with 20 themes, custom app icons, customizable lock screen widget icons, adjustable text sizes, per-book playback settings, and configurable controls.

Themes

FableFrog ships with 20 built-in themes organized into three categories. Four themes are included free; the remaining sixteen are unlocked with Premium.

Light Themes

• Default: a clean, adaptive theme that follows iOS system appearance. The standard light look. (Free)
• Parchment: warm, paper-like cream tones that evoke a physical book. Softer on the eyes than pure white. (Premium)
• Lilac: a gentle lavender-tinted light theme with soft purple accents. (Premium)
• Electric: high-energy hot pink accents on a bright yellow background. Bold and unmistakable. (Premium)
• Terracotta: earthy warm orange accents on a sandy tan background. Natural and grounded. (Premium)
• Rosé: deep rose accents on a blush pink background. Elegant and soft. (Premium)

Dark Themes

• Midnight: deep navy and steel blue tones. The flagship dark theme and the one used in most FableFrog marketing materials. (Free)
• Nebula: rich purple and cosmic-inspired tones. Bold and distinctive. (Premium)
• Ocean: cool cyan and teal accents over dark navy. Calming and easy on the eyes at night. (Premium)
• Forest: earthy greens on a dark woodland base. Natural and grounded. (Premium)
• Espresso: golden yellow accents with warm dark brown tones. A sophisticated alternative to pure black. (Premium)
• Sunset: warm orange accents over a dark plum background. Vibrant without being harsh. (Premium)
• Lavender: muted soft lavender tones on a dark blue-purple base. A softer alternative to Nebula. (Premium)
• Neon: vivid neon pink accents on a deep purple-black background. Eye-catching and modern. (Premium)
• Deep Sea: acid green accents on a dark teal-navy background. Unique and atmospheric. (Premium)
• Mocha: warm amber accents on a dark burgundy-brown background. Cozy and refined. (Premium)
• Noir: near-white silver accents on a true black background. Maximum contrast for OLED screens. (Premium)

Accessibility Themes

• High Contrast: golden yellow text and accents on a pure black background. Designed for maximum legibility in any lighting condition. (Free)
• Blue-Orange: optimized for deuteranopia (red-green color vision deficiency). Uses bright blue and orange as primary differentiating colors. (Free)
• Pink-Teal: optimized for tritanopia (blue-yellow color vision deficiency). Uses magenta-pink and teal as primary differentiating colors. (Premium)

Switching Themes

Go to Settings > Theme to see a grid of all 20 themes with preview swatches. Tap any theme to apply it instantly. The change takes effect across the entire app immediately.

App Icons

FableFrog offers alternate app icons so you can match the icon on your home screen to your preferred style. Alternate icons are a Premium feature.

Available Icons

• Neon: the default FableFrog icon with vibrant neon-green accents
• Sunset: warm sunset tones with orange and red gradients
• Forest: earthy green tones matching the Forest theme

More icon options will be added over time.

Changing the Icon

Go to Settings > App Icon and tap your preferred icon. iOS will confirm the change with a system prompt. The new icon appears on your home screen, in the app switcher, and in notifications.

Text Size

FableFrog supports six text size levels to accommodate different reading preferences and visual needs.

Adjusting Text Size

Navigate to Settings > Text Size and choose from XS, S, M (default), L, XL, or XXL. A live preview shows how the selected size looks before you apply it.

Impact on Layout

Text size affects all text throughout the app, including navigation labels, book titles, descriptions, chapter lists, settings, and the player interface. The layout adapts to larger text sizes by reflowing content rather than truncating it, ensuring readability is never sacrificed.

Playback Preferences

Global playback settings establish your defaults. All of these can be overridden on a per-book basis (see below).

Default Speed

Set your preferred playback speed from 0.5x to 3.0x in 0.25x increments. This speed is applied to every new book you start unless you set a per-book override.

Volume Boost

Set a default volume boost level from 0% to 200%. This amplifies audio output above the normal maximum, useful for consistently quiet recordings.

Skip Durations

Configure how far the skip buttons jump:

• Skip forward: 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, or 60 seconds
• Skip backward: 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, or 45 seconds

Headphone Double-Press

Choose what happens when you double-press the play/pause button on your headphones:

• Skip to next chapter: jump ahead to the beginning of the next chapter
• Create a bookmark: save a bookmark at the current position without interrupting playback

Scrubber Auto-Lock

Enable scrubber auto-lock to prevent accidental seeking. When enabled, the scrubber locks after a configurable delay of 10 to 60 seconds. See Playback > Scrubber Auto-Lock for details.

Shake to Extend

Toggle whether shaking your phone extends an active sleep timer. When enabled, a shake adds the original timer duration to the remaining time. Disable this if you find it triggers accidentally.

Listening Goal

Set a daily listening goal in minutes. Your progress toward this goal is shown on the Home screen's weekly stats section. The goal is purely motivational and doesn't trigger any notifications or restrictions.

Per-Book Settings

Any global playback setting can be overridden for a specific book. This is useful when different books demand different listening configurations. Per-book overrides persist across sign-out and are tied to your account, so they're restored automatically when you sign back in.

Setting Overrides

Open a book's detail page and navigate to its playback settings. You can override:

• Playback speed: listen to dense material slower, light material faster
• Volume boost: compensate for quiet narrators on specific titles
• Skip forward / backward durations: adjust for books with shorter or longer chapters
• Scrubber auto-lock delay: change the lock timing for specific titles

Per-book overrides are shown with a visual indicator in the player so you always know when a non-default setting is active.

Resetting to Defaults

On the per-book settings screen, tap Reset to Defaults to clear all overrides for that book. It will revert to using your global playback preferences.

Widget Icon

The lock screen widget displays a circular progress gauge for your current audiobook. You can customize the icon shown inside the gauge to match your style.

Available Widget Icons

• Frog: the default FableFrog frog silhouette (Free)
• Frog Foot: a frog footprint silhouette (Premium)
• Headphones: a headphones icon with audio bars (Premium)
• Sound Library: a music note inside a rounded rectangle (Premium)

Changing the Widget Icon

Go to Settings > Appearance > Widget Icon and tap your preferred icon. The lock screen widget updates instantly — no need to remove and re-add it. Lock screen widgets render in iOS monochrome template mode, so the icon automatically adapts to your system appearance.

Resetting on Sign-Out

When you sign out, the widget icon resets to the default Frog. Your preference is restored when you sign back in to the same account.

Cover Icons

Cover icons are small overlay badges displayed on book covers throughout the library.

What They Show

Cover icons indicate two types of status:

• Download status: whether a book is downloaded, downloading, or has a failed download
• Completion status: whether a book is finished

Toggling Visibility

If you prefer a cleaner library view without overlay icons, go to Settings and toggle Cover Icons off. The information is still available on each book's detail page; this setting only controls the overlay badges on cover thumbnails.