Why I hate it
This audiobook app that says it’s free without subscriptions. You have to buy it. You never told us that.
Cool Concept, Terrible App
Read title. Says it all.
Frequent interruptions
Recordings keep stopping. Usually at the start of a new track/chapter. Hard to get to “restart” recording.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Chirp!
I can’t recommend this app enough! I listen to a ton of audiobooks and I find this so much better than audible. The interface/look of the app and website are much better, it’s easier to navigate and so much more affordable. Love the free book Friday and they are always running specials. Get this app you will be so happy you did!
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Great when it works
I really love the app. Books aren’t horribly expensive and great selections. But often when I restart the books throughout the day I have to close and reopen the app to get it to play. A bit frustrating.
Good
It is a fast read and suspenseful, but I did figure out who it was around chapter 10 or 11
Read/unread status
I use this app daily and have hundreds of books in my collection. I used to be able to filter my books based on whether I have previously read them. That feature has been removed from the interface. Now you can sort based on author’s first name. I need to be able to filter the collection based on whether I have already read the book or not. Please bring that feature back. Using the app is much harder otherwise.
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Great collection
I’ve found numerous great non-fiction works that have improved my daily Bible study,
First time user
I love this app. So easy to use and no subscription!
Only semi-functional
Chirp is a clunky app. I’ve listened to many audiobooks it, and it is functionally okay, though I wish that the forward and back buttons could be set to something other than 15 seconds. Most annoying to me is that after I finish a book it never registers as finished. I’ll even manually use Mark as Finished in the menu and it continues to keep all these books I’ve already read in the currently reading category. Which makes for a mess.
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Love it so much
Books for a fraction of the cost. I love that. Found so many great books AND with the addition of Apple Pay👍👍👍👍
Really GREAT!!!
Wonderful titles at incredible prices. So far, I have been educated, entertained, delighted, and scared!
Player sucks
I like the prices of some of the books, the deals and all. But when it comes to the player part of it… it’s the worst I’ve ever used. Sometimes it just won’t play when I hit play. No matter how many times I press it. It does nothing. Or when I miss something and want to go back 15 seconds, it won’t play after that. It’s very glitchy. If you can play your audiobook on a different app, do that. Cause this one sucks. I regret smoking money into audiobooks on this app that won’t even play half the time I want to listen.
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Series Book deals.
What a great way to discover new authors. I am enjoying the adventure.
Easy
Great selection, no monthly billing fees.
ToC
Love the books available. Very seamless. Can you please add a Table of Contents function? It’s rather annoying clicking though the chapters everyone.
Loved the journey
I really enjoyed Calamity Club and found it to be a very good read; however, for a book of this length, the ending didn't quite deliver the payoff I expected. Given the significant time investment, I wanted a more thorough conclusion and better closure for the characters. Still highly recommend the journey, but the finale left me wishing for a bit more!
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Superior to Audible
What an amazing app! I’ve looked for something to replace Audible for a long time. I’m aware of Libby, but I hated the idea of waiting for my books!
Audible has gotten more predatory-feeling as time has gone on. Now, you have to buy their most expensive subscription, in order to keep the book you spend your miserly one credit on, or else you’re paying over 10 dollars a month to “rent” one book. It’s insane! And the cost of buying an extra book is about the same price as buying its paper form at the big chain book stores.
Chirp is the perfect alternative! The subscription is ZERO DOLLARS, and I can buy books cheaper than even going to the used book store for the paper copy. My first day, I bought 8 books for around $30, and I own them forever. That’s two full series for about the cost of two Audible books I would get to keep.
Thank you Chirp, for finding a way to make audiobooks binge-able at a reasonable price! I wish I could give you 10 stars!
Audible has gotten more predatory-feeling as time has gone on. Now, you have to buy their most expensive subscription, in order to keep the book you spend your miserly one credit on, or else you’re paying over 10 dollars a month to “rent” one book. It’s insane! And the cost of buying an extra book is about the same price as buying its paper form at the big chain book stores.
Chirp is the perfect alternative! The subscription is ZERO DOLLARS, and I can buy books cheaper than even going to the used book store for the paper copy. My first day, I bought 8 books for around $30, and I own them forever. That’s two full series for about the cost of two Audible books I would get to keep.
Thank you Chirp, for finding a way to make audiobooks binge-able at a reasonable price! I wish I could give you 10 stars!
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Okay
I think chirp is okay. Do like the Friday sales. But my reason for mid range rating is the app freezes way too often. Am looking at other options because of this issue.
Chirp Audiobooks
Their prices have really gone up! I know we have ridiculous tariffs now but I don’t see how this should affect the cost of audio books…especially when most of the books are not current books.
