It’s good, kinda buggy though
Downpour is pretty good, I switched to this from audible because you can’t load your purchased books to another device on audible, but you can on downpour. Also, I found out the hard way that audible can simply not permit you to listen to your books after a specific date, and since you can’t load your books, you just lose access to them forever or until audible buys back the rights to have the book on their services, and if they never get the rights to do that, you will never be able to listen to it again and they don’t even refund you for it!!! Now downpour’s UI is ok, it sometimes has issues scrolling between chapters, and there are occasional issues playing the book where it says “request timed out. Please try again later.” Overall, it’s good, definitely better than audible when comparing it to usability and flexibility with the purchased titles, definitely recommend!
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Buggy bad performance
I can’t even get the app to work now. I kept getting some kind of connection error which made no sense. And now, after purchasing a new item the app refuses to load.
New Changes, Now Broken
Since an update where ai was used to create the user i terfsce, the mobile app will no lner work, library is empty, lost all books
Terrible!!!!
Downpour recently made changes to their platform. It went from 100% reliable to garbage. There was no warning. The app still doesn’t work properly. I can’t see my wishlist from the app, can’t search for new titles in the app, and I have to do everything online from their website. I’ve signed in and out of the app and deleted and redownloaded the app. If you buy a new title from their website it won’t automatically load into your list of purchased titles on the app. I have to delete the app and download it again for any new purchase to show up. This is absolute garbage!!
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Love this app after 2 months of use so far
I really enjoy using Downpour! The app is easy to navigate, and I love that it offers both rentals and purchases, which gives me flexibility depending on what I want to listen to. The audiobook selection is great, the audio quality is always clear, and the prices are so much better compared to other audiobook platforms. I also appreciate that it’s DRM-free, so I can listen across different devices without any hassle. Overall, it’s been such a smooth and enjoyable experience, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves audiobooks!
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The best!
My favorite place to listen to audio boooooks!!
Audio Stops
Consistently will stop playing in the middle of audio. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading both the app and the book, but it’s a consistent glitch.
Review
App is frozen. No response. Downloaded Audible. Working fine. I’ll cancel the app once I figure out how. Colin Milde
Downpour
I have been using this app for a few years now and I love it. This week I was having trouble with the app on my phone and I reached out to them and they replied immediately and fixed my issue. I would recommend this to anyone who loves audiobooks.
Response from developer
Hello - thank you for your review and for letting us know about these issues. We have recently released an update that addresses each of these issues! Please let us know if you need anything and we will be sure to help you.
Glitching
I have been using this app for a couple of years and until recently have been happy with it. This year however, it has been having issues such as randomly stopping while listening to books, and if that wasn’t bad enough yesterday my library has been rendered frozen. For example, it will let me play some of my books but it won’t let me scroll down to the rest of my books forcing me to look them up by title, which for me as a voracious reader is not ideal since I have forgotten some of the title names.
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Response from developer
Hello - thank you for your review and for letting us know about these issues. We have recently released an update that addresses each of these issues! Please let us know if you need anything and we will be sure to help you.
Almost There
It just needs a little tweaking. If you could have collections so you could group the books. Also a little more control over the speed and it would be there.
Response from developer
Hello—Thank you for reviewing this and for letting us know about these issues. We will be sure to take your requests into consideration for future builds. Please let us know if you need anything, and we will be sure to help you.
Loved it until last update
it was exactly what i needed: play my books with a shutoff timer.
but a couple weeks ago suddenly my library no longer loads. The only book available is the one i was apparently listening to when the app updated and broke. Downpour now tells me that it requires iOS 18 - even though the compatability list here says iOS 15.
Unless they can make an older version that will work on iOS 15 available, i guess i get to go back to downloads into Books or iTunes. This iPod works perfectly and there's no reason to replace it.
iPod Touch (7th Gen), iOS 15.8.3, Downpour v7.0.2 build 8
but a couple weeks ago suddenly my library no longer loads. The only book available is the one i was apparently listening to when the app updated and broke. Downpour now tells me that it requires iOS 18 - even though the compatability list here says iOS 15.
Unless they can make an older version that will work on iOS 15 available, i guess i get to go back to downloads into Books or iTunes. This iPod works perfectly and there's no reason to replace it.
iPod Touch (7th Gen), iOS 15.8.3, Downpour v7.0.2 build 8
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No longer supports iOS 15
This isn’t a problem for iOS 18 but the app no longer works on my iPod touch (my favourite listening device), for example. All of my other audiobook apps work fine on that device. Don’t know how this affects older versions of iPadOS and hence older iPads. Don’t see any options to downgrade to earlier version either. A pity because Downpour offers real bargains.
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This isn’t a review. I’m just letting you know the UX changed from good to terrible
[Removed negative review reaction to a broken app upgrade. Issue was fixed in less than a week.] Y’all rule, and I hope you know that. <3
Response from developer
Hello - we appreciate your feedback. We have released version 7.0.3 today and urge you to retry the app. Please contact us at customercare@downpour.com to provide additional screenshots and comments, as they are very useful to us. Thanks!
Recent release does work on iPad
Fortunately I only have a couple of “unread” Downpour books left. 7.0.1 doesn’t work on my iPad.
REVISED-the app works on iPad now. 7.0.2.
REVISED-the app works on iPad now. 7.0.2.
The update works
The update fixes the problems.
This isn’t a review. I’m just letting you know the UX changed from good to terrible
I started clicking on other fields about leaving feedback, but it just led to “FAQ” style documentation, so, I tried to make this private feedback, and I’m sorry to make it public, but I couldn’t find a private channel. Everything has been fine, even great, for years. But now, suddenly, the entire UX is a narrow column to the left of a blank screen, with most buttons inaccessible. It’s still usable as long as I don’t want bookmarks and am happy to use iOS play/pause/back/forward controls instead of the ones which are cut off and inaccessible by this new design. It is usable, but it’s a major downgrade, and I hope you consider it a bug, and that you’ll fix it soon. I also hope that, when you fix it, iOS gives me a way to adjust this review, because y’all have mostly been excellent, and I don’t feel good giving you a bad review. If I had found a way to keep this feedback private, I promise I would have done so. I’m happy to provide screenshots and OS details or whatever, if there’s a way for me to do that. Let me know, and I hope I get a notification if you do.
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Response from developer
Hello - we appreciate your feedback. We have released version 7.0.3 today and urge you to retry the app. Please contact us at customercare@downpour.com to provide additional screenshots and comments, as they are very useful to us. Thanks!
Love it - but a few technical glitches of lately
I have used it for now 8 years and absolutely love it - but in certain iOS versions it has had glitches of lately preventing me from logging in which is super annoying
AMAZING
This app has helped me so much and is easy to use! I really appreciate how great the audio quality and prices are! Worth the download
Gone to ruin
Mostly the same books available endlessly. In recent months books that sell for the likes of $29.99 have appeared in 99 Cents deals. Clearly, nobody is minding the store. Hoopla does a much better job of providing new books (for free), and Audible (and sometimes Apple) are better buying options. Blackstone Audio, Downpour’s owner, is flailing.
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