# 50000 Books, Audiobooks: Libby — user reviews > 169 indexed App Store user reviews of 50000 Books, Audiobooks by Free Apps LLC CA, rated 4.33/5 from 503 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/50000-books-audiobooks-libby/id1068772026/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/50000-books-audiobooks-libby/id1068772026.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 344 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 50 ## What do users think of 50000 Books, Audiobooks? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Lots of great titles - 🚀 Free books and audiobooks - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Soothing narration - 👍 Convenient for commuting **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent ads that disrupt reading - 🐛 Buggy and crashes often - 🔋 High battery consumption - 👎 Limited selection of modern books **Commonly reported bugs** - Books fail to download or open - App crashes when navigating menus - Audiobooks lose place when paused **Most requested features** - Add bookmarking and resume reading - Improve search and browsing functionality - Expand book selection beyond classics - Reduce intrusive ads or offer paid ad-free version ## Newest reviews (14 of 169) ### 4/5 — Bookmarks *2025-02-04, version 4.4* Great archive that is constantly updated, but NO bookmark option. This must be corrected! ### 2/5 — Needs help. *2024-11-19* Needs work. Also I wish they would go back to when one could just search three letters. After that was gone I regretted that I couldn’t search a wider variety of subjects and authors. I just sent an email because it’s not opening books that I’ve downloaded already. I don’t love it like I used to do. ### 3/5 — Good but.. *2024-09-24* Really unorganized and buggy. Search function doesn’t work. Also, wayyy too many ads. I’m talking an ad in between almost every time you navigate the menu or browse to another book. Great selection from what I’ve been able to see so far though. ### 4/5 — Good app but needs more titles *2024-09-21, version 4.4* I’ve used this app for years and I really enjoy reading on it I do however think that it needs more books ### 4/5 — Good few fixes would be great *2024-01-28, version 4.3* I love reading and online is just easier and less noisy I love oodles it’s great but there aren’t many well known books from 20th century for kids especially so if you could add more then that would be great other than that absolutely amazing definitely recommend especially if you like classics ### 2/5 — Cool.. *2024-01-03, version 4.3* This App Wont Download Books, Fix This Please ### 5/5 — Free as the web should be! *2023-12-10* I believe as soon as a app charges millions of users will miss out. Free is the way the web should be and free books must know that! Love this app! ### 5/5 — Good application *2023-11-10* It was better way way back when one could really comb through the application with a fine toothed comb. But now one has to be more precise. ### 3/5 — Very Good *2023-10-27, version 4.1* Seems good so far. ### 5/5 — Great App!! *2023-09-12, version 3.8* Love this app. Free classic books. I read every night before bed using this app. Have had it downloaded for a couple years now. ### 5/5 — Oz *2023-08-30, version 3.8* Great ### 5/5 — Thank you Oodles ! *2023-08-26, version 3.8* Great selections, easy to use app, and practically free !! 5 stars :) ### 5/5 — Great amount Of Books *2023-08-04* They have a great amount of books and Audiobooks. I wish they had C.S Lewis books though. Great app. If you like to read books please download this. They have lots of classics like, Secret Garden, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, etc. ### 4/5 — Nice app *2023-07-11, version 3.8* The reason that this app got 4 stars is because there should be more options for kids to read but overall this is a good reading app there is also audio readings. So yes I do recommend Oodles. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Overwhelmed by long ads *2025-03-13, version 4.4* I understand that the user can buy an ad-free version at a reasonable price. But before spending any money, I wanted to evaluate the app a little and see what it offered. That was next to impossible. Ad after ad popped up. It seemed like there was one every minute. And they weren’t short ads either. This gave me no chance to really evaluate the app. So it was a quick delete. ### 1/5 — Useless *2024-09-20, version 4.4* You have to listen to advertising while your book is playing at the same time. Who’s the idiot that planned this? ### 1/5 — Lost its appeal *2024-06-10, version 4.4* This used to be a good app when I first got it— the ads were there but not intrusive, and I had no trouble using the app to read books for free. It was particularly useful for accessing audio books to listen to while I did other things. All that changed when I got a more up to date phone though. I found that I could no longer access any of the audiobooks I had downloaded— they simply did not play. I have tried to open some of the written books, but the only thing I can access now is endless adverts and the book itself never opens. As for the adverts themselves— they now take over the entire screen, and there is no X in the corner until the very end of the ad, which is usually a minute or more long, so I have to sit through the entire thing without skipping. This happens with every book I try to open, and still I cannot get to read the book. This is all very frustrating. Please fix— I am on the verge of deleting the app altogether. ### 1/5 — Not good. *2024-01-07* Not a good app, the constant non-stop pop up ads are horrible I felt like I was going to go crazy because I could barely type in the name of the book/author without getting at least 5 ads just to find out the only type of books they have are old school type of books. No hate on old school their just not my type of thing. ### 1/5 — Free version impossible to use *2023-12-28, version 4.3* If you don’t pay for the app it is virtually impossible to read anything. I had 5 ads in under 3 minutes. They just kept popping up one after another. Seems like it would be great if you’re willing to pay for it. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2023-11-15, version 4.2* Fifteen minutes since downloading the app and still not listened to a single book due to constant ad breaks, no I won’t be scammed into paying £11.99 supposedly to go ad free. ### 1/5 — the worst EVER!!!!!! *2023-04-21* it's NO exaggeration to say there's a 60second ad for every 90seconds!!!!!! and there is no back button, no way to skip even 1 second of the vile filth!!!!!suppposedely u can get "ad free" for 13$ but after the disgusting experience with this version i am extremely hesitant to trust anything they claim!!!! don't waste a second of your time with this obcene an degenerate shipwreck!!!!! definitely stay away! flee in terror!! ### 1/5 — Unusable *2023-03-28, version 3.7* Literally unusable because of ads ### 1/5 — 50% adds *2023-01-11, version 3.7* Every 10 seconds a 10 seconds add appears. Should just be a paid app at this point. ### 1/5 — Absolutely the worst *2023-01-02, version 3.7* Cannot download the first book! Just ad after ad! Pure crap! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Lovely app *2025-11-29, version 4.4* I discovered so many great titles on this app! ### 5/5 — Oodles is Perfect *2025-11-14, version 4.4* So many titles and free. What's better than that? ### 5/5 — Love this app *2025-08-26, version 4.4* Love that I can read all the classics without lugging them around! ### 5/5 — I enjoy reading *2025-04-02, version 4.4* Reading is the best ### 5/5 — Thank you *2025-03-06, version 4.4* This is the best book app ever ### 5/5 — James Mitchell *2025-01-02, version 4.4* Love the app. ### 5/5 — Good Books *2024-06-01, version 4.4* They have such great books for free! ### 5/5 — Free as the web should be! *2024-03-24* I believe as soon as a app charges millions of users will miss out. Free is the way the web should be and free books must know that we all Love this app! ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-02-06, version 4.3* Thanks for as brilliant idea well executed! LOVE the audiobooks! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-02-05, version 4.3* Excellent --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*