Offline listening lives in the OutaStory apps. It is not part of
the website — on the web there is nothing to download and nothing to
manage.
Downloading a story
There is no global "download everything" switch. You do it per
story, from the story's own page. The button reads "Make
available offline". If your account isn't Premium yet, the same
button reads "Make available offline (Premium)".
A Premium explicit download includes the chapter MP3s when
the story's audio is ready. If a story has no narration at all, the
download still succeeds — it simply comes down as text only, so you
can read it offline even though there is nothing to play.
If you are not on Wi-Fi when you start a download, the app asks
first — "Download over cellular? You're not on Wi-Fi. Downloading
now may use your mobile data." Answer it however suits your data
plan.
Managing what you've downloaded
Everything you have taken offline is listed at
/profile/downloads. Each entry shows what it
contains — " chapters · " when audio came along, or
"Text only" when it didn't — plus the storage in use and a
"Remove" action.
Two limits to know about
You cannot seek within a chapter while offline. Moving from
chapter to chapter works normally, but the seek slider will not jump
you to a point inside the chapter you are on until you're back
online. Plan for that on a long flight.
Your audio resume position does not sync between devices. Your
reading position does travel with your account, so picking up a
story on another device puts you on the right page. Listening
doesn't work that way — where you paused the narration stays on the
device where you paused it.
For the same reason, downloads themselves don't sync. Taking a
story offline on your phone doesn't take it offline on your tablet;
you download it again there.
How long an offline library keeps working
Your downloaded library keeps working for 30 days past the last
time your Premium status was confirmed online. Starting a new
download always needs a live online check, so an app that has been
offline for a long stretch can still play what it already has, but
won't add to it until it can reach us again.