# Dolphin EasyReader — user reviews > 132 indexed App Store user reviews of Dolphin EasyReader by Dolphin Computer Access Ltd, rated 4.00/5 from 123 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dolphin-easyreader/id1161662515/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dolphin-easyreader/id1161662515.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 72 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 15 ## Newest reviews (12 of 132) ### 3/5 — Useful but several issues for VI *2026-01-09, version 12.04* No dark mode, can’t Bluetooth to Alexa, no ‘End of chapter’ option on sleep timer. RNIB book cover often disappears. I have my phone on high brightens as vision impaired, so when the book cover disappears and lack of a dark mode option it’s blinding. Still, saves money on Audible. ### 2/5 — Brilliant but flawed *2025-12-10, version 12.03* I am partially blind and listen to books a lot, sadly they done allow 0.95 or .09 for slower reading or slightly faster . You can’t customise for longer the sleeper for longer than an hour . It does the basics but it’s a shame they don’t consider these options as standard for veterans ### 2/5 — works but needs improvement *2025-08-03* the tts voice for daisytext/ence-books sucks, its robotic and specially by today's hyperhuman sounding voices with AI. reading with voiceover doesn't work well because of the app's navigation system with e-books. other than that, audiobooks and all work well, but every screen no matter whether it feeds from a source like bookshare or not, takes time to load like an app from the 2000s. **Developer response:** Hi Shreybhatt, thank you for your review and feedback. The speech output of DAISY books can be customized to meet your needs with the use of our premium synthesizers or using the books built in human narration. Would you be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issues? ### 2/5 — I hate the new interface. *2025-06-12* I hate the new interface. It's so large that the sleep timer is almost off my phone screen. The old one was much better - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. **Developer response:** Hi BerengariaOfNavarre, thank you for your review and we are sorry you are having this issue. Would you be able to email inapp@yourdolphin.com with details of the device experiencing this issue as buttons being partially off screen is rather bad for the usability of the app on the device(s) where this occurs ### 2/5 — Not Easy! *2025-05-16* We encourage young people with a vision impairment and their schools to use RNIB Bookshare and the EasyReader app but there is always an issue with downloading a book, and/or using other features in the app. Please Dolphin and RNIB Bookshare make it easier for our SEN users to be able to access independently either on the app or on the website. It’s been too long for these ongoing issues to continue …. Thank you **Developer response:** Hi Purple4000, please update to version 12.01 where this issue has been resolved following RNIB's back-end changes that introduced this issue. Should you find the issue returns further down the line, please let us know via an email to inapp@yourdolphin.com ### 4/5 — Good, also could be a bit more accessible *2025-05-04* Happy to have this app so I can access books through CELA. It would be more accessible if there was a playback speed option between 75 and 100. I’m sure i’m not the only user who has ADHD with an audio processing delay. Too fast and I can’t comprehend, too slow and I can’t pay attention. Increments of 5 would be ideal. Accent options would be great too for holding attention. Slowed Irish and South African are less monotone. It would also be awesome if there was an option to turn off reading page numbers as they can be really disruptive. Great that i can adjust the screen and text colours and the font tho. **Developer response:** Hi GHGreer, thank you for the review and the feedback! Some of these limitations are due to the DAISY audio book format supplied by the library, where other libraries supply EPUB/DAISY 2 text/audio books so that EasyReader can optionally use TTS audio containing all the suggestions you have made including reading speed increments of 5%, customisations to pitch/volume/pause length, choosing between 60+ additional voices with differing accents, while being able to customise whether page number, footnotes, producer notes, and sidebar content are read or skipped. To test the functionality of these features, please download compatible content from a library such as Project Gutenberg (no sign-in required) and select the 'Speaker icon' to begin making all of the above adjustments, among many others. Alternatively, you may also contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com if you believe the content you are using should be able to benefit from the above customisations! ### 4/5 — An Issue… PLEASE HELP! *2025-02-01* So, I’ve been using the app for a few years now, and for some reason it doesn’t have that download button where it usually is… I find this strange, because it has never happened before. Nothing I do is working!!! I want to read my books, and I can’t. Please help! *I use Bookshare **Developer response:** Hi rghjutryf. aaaaaaaaasaaassdlzq, thank you for your suggestion; I will pass this up to the relevant parties for consideration. Should you have any further suggestions, please email them to us at inapp@yourdolphin.com ### 1/5 — App crashes on start *2025-01-16* The app is unusable because it crashes when I try to open it **Developer response:** Dear TommyRandom74753, thank you for your review. Would you please be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com for us to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issue? ### 1/5 — $50/year for personal use *2024-12-28* You must be completely out of your mind. Not everything needs to be software as a service and this is barely a service to begin with. Shame on you. **Developer response:** Hi trclocke, thank you for your suggestion; I will pass this up to the relevant parties for consideration. Should you have any further suggestions, please email them to us at inapp@yourdolphin.com ### 4/5 — Great River *2024-12-24* This is a nice tool for the visually impaired. Its voice is clear and easily understood the price for Dolphin God connect should be a little cheaper than 600. It should have a subscription model white jars and sitting text **Developer response:** Hello Chinese 30th 1976, thank you for your review. We are glad you are enjoying EasyReader! If you have any specific feedback for the app, please let us know in an email to inapp@yourdolphin.com! ### 2/5 — Audio app Could be improved. *2024-11-04, version 11.03* Visually impaired and I can only use the audio function. It would be good if it could be connected by Bluetooth to speakers or set sleep timer to end of chapter. ### 4/5 — There’s some bad stuff that I’d like to address… *2024-11-03* Hi, Firstly, I love that you can set a sleep timer, but can you make it so we can customize the time? I just don’t really like the options, but it’s understandable if this is something your hesitant to fix. I just want to give my honest feedback on this app. Another issue that I have is the book will set me back 2-3 chapters back, which gets kind of annoying after a while. I don’t know if it’s because of what app I’m using to get the books or how I’m doing it… Is there a specific way to close the book? I don’t know, just something worth fixing. I have another miner issue with the app. For some reason there’s random bookmarks in the book that I didn’t place. But I guess it’s not a huge problem, I was just pointing it out. Info *To get my books I use Book share. **Developer response:** Hi rghjutryf. aaaaaaaaasaaassdlzq, thank you for your suggestion; I will pass this up to the relevant parties for consideration. Should you have any further suggestions, please email them to us at inapp@yourdolphin.com ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — EasyReader does not remember reading position *2026-08-27* The app has big problems keeping track of where I have listened to, numerous times I have to find where I am up to as the booking lock has not been remembered. This is especially prevalent when I've got more than one book on the go. This is fundamental to a book reading app. I would love to have the chance to use a different app but obviously I'm fixed to this one. Sometimes it opens and just reads loading…, This is when you know you've lost all your bookmarks and all your reading library selections. The other criminal problem is that the feedback button produces five smiley to less smiley faces when you slag one the app crashes, for God sake. There are another issues where the book won't stop playing when you press pause and when you can try and control using Siri shortcuts the book does the opposite to what it is commanded to do. I've also got auto start read selected even though the setting does not exist anymore, it did once so I can't turn it off now. a shambles. **Developer response:** Dear pat visually impaired customer, thank you for your review. Would you please be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com for us to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issue? ### 1/5 — Well, it’s free so what do I expect? *2026-07-02* For years now I’ve had issues with this app. First of alll, books it claims are downloaded are not. Then, you pick a book and guess what? ‘Download failed, please try again llater’. What, again? Then, when I close the app the book, if it opens at all once the app is reopened is a different book from the one I was reading. It used to be at the top of the page but now the book in progress could be just about anywhere in my reading list. Frankly, it’s pathetic but It’s free I suppose. Having said that, thank goodness I don’t have to pay for it, it wouldn’t be worth the money. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback Powerbunny13 . We're sorry to hear you've experienced issues with downloaded books, failed downloads, and the app not returning you to the book you were reading. We understand how frustrating that can be, especially when it affects your reading experience. The behavior you've described is not what we expect from EasyReader. Download and book-position issues can sometimes be related to specific libraries, account synchronization, or app versions, so we'd like to investigate further. If you're willing, please contact our support team using the link below with details of your device, iOS version, and the library service you're using. This will help us identify the cause and work towards a solution. https://yourdolphin.com/EasyReader/Report-a-Bug ### 1/5 — Bug *2026-06-01* À chaque MAJ tous les livres disparaissent, ça devient franchement pénible **Developer response:** Hi Arore0701, thank you for reporting this issue and for sharing your feedback. I can confirm that we’ve included a fix for this problem in the latest update. This should prevent your books from being lost and allow you to continue reading right where you left off. If you have any further feedback, please don’t hesitate to get in touch using our form below: https://yourdolphin.com/EasyReader/Report-a-Bug ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Open *2026-03-26, version 2026.01* I just downloaded it and it keeps loading. It doesn’t open. ### 1/5 — Son güncelleme *2025-05-24, version 12.01* Son güncellemeyi tanıtırken daha erişilebilir özellikler getirdiğinizi söylediniz ancak bir görme engelli olarak bu değişikliklerden hiç memnun kalmadım. Bir çok görme engelli de bu uygulamadan memnun değil. O yüzden Voice dream Reader kullanıyor. Uygulamayı giderek bozuyorsunuz. Sadeliğini değiştiriyorsunuz. Son güncellemeyle birlikte, uygulamanın arayüzü iyice kalabalık olmuş. Her şeyden önce kitabın ne kadar kaldığını gösteren bir zaman göstergesi eklemişsiniz. Bu biz görme engelliler daha çok zor durumda bırakıyor. Böyle bir düğmeye gerek yok. Kitabın ne kadar kaldığını zaten sol taraftaki göstergelerden görebiliyoruz. Yer imi ekleme düğmesini bir sonraki düğmesinin hemen sağına eklenmesi benim işimi zorlaştırıyor. Sözlüğe bakmak ya da yapay zekaya kitapla ilgili soru sormak için uygulamadan çıktığımda tekrar uygulamaya girersem, oynat veya duraklat düğmesini bulurken sürekli karşıma çıkıyor ve bana zaman kaybettiriyor. Yer imi ekleme düğmesinin eski yerinde olmasını talep ediyorum. Arayüzünün kalabalık olmaması için basit gezinmeyi açık hale getirme düğmesi koymuşsunuz. Ancak kitapta gezinme düğmesinin yerini değiştirerek ta en başa koymuşsunuz. Bu da bir görme engelli kullanıcı olarak bana aşırı derecede zaman kaybettiriyor. İşimi zorlaştırıyor. Kitapta gezinme düğmesi bu ayarı kullanan görme engelli kullanıcılara zaman kazandırmak için, tıpkı eskiden olduğu gibi, önceki düğmesini hemen soluna eklenmeli. Uygulamada iyileştirmek amacıyla güncellemeler yapılmalı fakat bu güncellemeler uygulamayı daha kötü hale getirmemeli. Uygulamanın sade ve kullanışlı hali korunmalı. Biz görme engelliler için bu uygulama, hem kütüphanelere direkt bağlanma imkanı sağladığı hem de ücretsiz ve kolay bir uygulama olduğu için çok önemli. Biz bu uygulamayı sadeliği ve kolay kullanımı için seviyoruz. Ancak sizin yanlış eklemeleriniz yüzünden Voice drim reader’a kayıyoruz. Ben de bu uygulama yeterince kullanıcı dostu olmadığı için diğer uygulamaya geçmeyi düşünüyorum. Lütfen uygulamayı tekrar eski erişilebilir ve rahat arayüzüne çevirin. Bu arada hata bildirimi imkanı sağlayarak uygulamaya doğrudan sorun bildirimi yapmamızı kolaylaştırdığınız için çok teşekkür ederim. Bu özellik güzel olmuş. Lütfen kullanıcılarının fikirlerini dikkate alın. ekleme noktası Son ile güncellemeyi arasında, 4. konumda ### 1/5 — hate the update *2025-05-21, version 12.01* I HATE the new blue update. it’s AWFUL and inaccessible. You’ve taken away the slider so the only way to wiz ahead and back is to click the little arrow fifty times ### 1/5 — EasyReader does not remember reading position *2025-05-20* The app has big problems keeping track of where I have listened to, numerous times I have to find where I am up to as the booking lock has not been remembered. This is especially prevalent when I've got more than one book on the go. This is fundamental to a book reading app. I would love to have the chance to use a different app but obviously I'm fixed to this one **Developer response:** Dear pat visually impaired customer, thank you for your review. Would you please be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com for us to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issue? ### 1/5 — perte de données *2025-05-10* il y a plusieurs semaines que j'ai été déconnecté de mon compte et en essayant de m'y reconnecter j'observe que seule quatre livres audio sont toujours téléchargées dans la rubrique mes ouvrages. Les dizaines d'autres accumulée avec le temps ont disparu, je ne trouve aucun emplacement sur mon téléphone où il serait rangé et la reconnection à la bibliothèque Eole sur laquelle je récupérais les livres n'y change rien. Je voudrais des explications. **Developer response:** Dear Burneij, thank you for your review. Would you please be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com for us to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issue? ### 1/5 — No longer saves my place *2025-02-03, version 11.05* The app no longer saves my place in a book. ### 1/5 — poor quality garbage *2025-02-02, version 11.05* this app is persistently problematic, crashing, not able to login in our library accounts the list is never ending. it’s clearly an app that’s not been created by an intelligent being nor maintained by competent and skills tech team members. it’s about time the owners got off there lazy buts and made this app better quality and not a hindrance to disabled people ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Très bonne application *2026-08-19* Je l’utilise sur mon iPhone ou mon iPad pour écouter les livres audio destinés aux personnes handicapées visuellement. Merci aux concepteurs développeurs **Developer response:** Bonjour PascaleD Merci beaucoup pour votre avis et votre soutien. Nous sommes ravis d'apprendre qu’EasyReader vous aide à écouter des livres audio sur votre iPhone et votre iPad. Rendre la lecture accessible aux personnes malvoyantes ou aveugles est au cœur de notre mission, et vos encouragements sont très appréciés par toute l’équipe. Bonne écoute et merci de nous faire confiance ! ### 5/5 — Best option for reading Bookshare books as a Blind person *2026-08-13* I started using this app when my VoiceDream appr which I was using for my BookShare books kept crashing. Using this app I easily accessed my bookshare account and books. I’m talking about the free version. I don’t do anything else with the app but I really only have this one purpose. I know it can do a lot more, and I really appreciate that even for free I have full access to my books, that it’s not truncated in any way. I also found it easier to navigate than BookShare’s own app. So, for Blind users, I highly recommend getting this app, even if it’s just to use as backup. It’s really nice to have a basic tool that really works that the developers have made available for free, for which I am very grateful. **Developer response:** Hi WearyMouse, thank you so much for your kind review and recommendation. We're delighted to hear that EasyReader has provided a reliable and accessible way for you to enjoy your Bookshare books. Making reading accessible and straightforward for everyone is at the heart of what we do, and it's especially rewarding to know the free version has been so useful. We truly appreciate your support and feedback! ### 5/5 — Bête humaine *2026-07-01* J'utilise Éole c'est vraiment bien même s'il manque des livres des classiques français de Zola Tel que la bête humaine **Developer response:** Hi Emmmancheur, thank you for your feedback. We're glad to hear you're enjoying Éole. EasyReader provides access to content made available by partner libraries, but we do not manage or control the titles in their collections. If there's a specific book you'd like to see added, such as La Bête humaine, we recommend contacting AVH Éole directly to request it. Library feedback helps them understand which titles their readers are looking for. Thank you for using EasyReader! ### 5/5 — It is the most beautiful place to read in *2026-03-14, version 2026.01* It is the most beautiful place to read in ### 5/5 — Merci *2025-06-13* Bonjour, merci, j’ai 69 ans, atteint de la maladie de Leber (maladie génétique, néphrite optique) à l’âge de 27,ans, je n’arrivais plus à lire (trop fatigant, trop long avec une loupe), vous m’avez permis de retrouver « la lecture »,un très très grand merci à vos lecteurs, Christian **Developer response:** Hi LOSC MON CLUB, thank you for sharing your story, it's great to hear how EasyReader is helping! If you have any specific feedback for the app, please let us know in an email to inapp@yourdolphin.com where we can consider your suggestions! ### 5/5 — EasyReader *2025-06-09, version 12.01* It helps me read and has free books ### 5/5 — Going backwards *2025-02-07* I’ve been using this app for a number of years, and as you can understand from that it must be quite good. However, in the last few months it had become infuriating. It periodically tells me that my password is incorrect and just send me round in a loop. It’s happening again at the moment, which of course is why I’m on the App Store. Maddening! **Developer response:** Dear Xanjero, thank you for your review. Would you please be able to contact us at inapp@yourdolphin.com for us to gain further information so that we can help resolve your issue? ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2025-02-04, version 11.05* An excellent app that delivers content, in a highly accessible way, from a wide range of libraries. ### 5/5 — Blind bookworm *2024-07-04, version 11.01* My most loved app as it gives me access to thousands of books from my accessible library services. Thanks Dolphin EasyReader ### 5/5 — Students with Dyslexia *2024-03-14* This app is ideal for students who need their textbooks, required reading and worksheets read to them. And it’s FREE, really free! Just so you know, for students to benefit they need to have a Bookshare account. **Developer response:** Hello MaryJo9, thank you for your review. We are glad you are enjoying EasyReader! If you have any specific feedback for the app, please let us know in an email to inapp@yourdolphin.com! --- *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 2026-09-10.*