Not worth the money
If I spend money for a subscription to purchase books I shouldn’t lose access to already purchased books when my subscription is canceled. Not worth your money, don’t fall for a scam.
App issues
I’m hoping this will catch some attention there a serious problem recently now when I’m in a audiobook and I stop listening the app doesn’t save where I left off now I’m having to keep remembering where I left off and I didn’t have to do that before and it’s effecting my progress on fable too this is pretty inconvenient
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Unhappy
I unsubscribed and lost access to the book I had unlocked immediately although there were 29 days left in my subscription. This doesn’t happen with audible. Also can only play x1.2 or 1.5 speed- no in between
Don't Update
I had no problem with this app until I updated it this morning. Now I get nothing but a black screen. Hope they fix this quickly.
Very glitchy
I have many days where I cannot open the app, listen to the book that I’ve paid for. All morning, my app has shown just a black screen… How do I even get help??
Black Screen Drama
Everand works well most of the time, but not quite as well as audible. At the moment or like it is a black screen.. Not happy I guess I’ll have to delete my subscription if I can’t find the solution.
App
App not working. I click on and only get black screen. Have to come to Apps store to click “open” to get it to work.
Weird subscription terms
You only have access to the books you buy while paying for the subscription, and you lose access to your unused “unlocks” if you don’t use them in 6 months. I don’t understand why you have to use unlocks to read books, if you can only access them while paying for the subscription. With Kindle Unlimited, you keep the access to the books you purchase with your monthly point, AND you can borrow up to 20 books at a time that are available with the membership. I’d love to stop using Amazon, but this membership just doesn’t make any sense. It would be like if Hulu or a Netflix only let you watch 1-3 shows a month.
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Glitchy
Not sure if it’s just my phone but the app constantly signs me out even while in the middle of a chapter and then doesn’t let me sign back in without a million tries first, restarting my phone and turning my WiFi off and back on. I’m currently on my free trial and if this is how the app runs I don’t think I’ll be keeping this subscription.
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Terrible UI, poor chapter partitions, poor audio quality, worse DRM than Amazon
Why on earth does this app create chapter partitions that don’t align with the actual chapter partitions within the book you’re reading/listening to? Just makes it impossible to track where you’re at for folks who cycle between reading/listening, which i assume a lot of folks are. The app generated chapters label themselves too, choosing random word phrases from the 30 sec passage they’ve been partitioned from, extremely confusing and hard to track spatially through any given text. I won’t be subscribing after i finish my first audiobook via this app.
The app also plays at a significantly lower volume than Audible or Libby and has a worse selection. It also appears you do not retain listening rights without an active subscription. I didn’t think DRM could get much worse than Amazon but apparently it can.
The app also plays at a significantly lower volume than Audible or Libby and has a worse selection. It also appears you do not retain listening rights without an active subscription. I didn’t think DRM could get much worse than Amazon but apparently it can.
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Sketchy Audio
I have two complaints, with the second being a direct result of the first.
1 - The main issue here is that I’ve had multiple books’ audio cut out while the player shows it is still playing. The only way to get the audio to play is to close the app, reopen it, and rewind to wherever you were before the audio cut out. This isn’t a permanent fix either as it’ll cut out again within minutes.
2 - This app is not safe to use via Bluetooth while driving. With the audio dropping out and the only way to fix it being closing and reopening the app, this is not a hands free compatible app. I’m not sure how many of you also like to listen to books while driving but if that’s your thing - this app isn’t safe for it.
I wish I could blame the audio on spotty signal but it still happens on Wi-Fi at home and at work.
I was just charged for my membership this morning and noted that the price was raised by a couple dollars. I didn’t think it was worth $9.99 when these issues started so I definitely don’t want to pay more than $10. I’ll be looking for an alternative audiobook service after this month runs out.
I’ve come to update this review a while later. I left the app and came back after the rebrand to Everand. For the most part they have fixed the spotty connection issue but it is far from perfect. I still experience random disruptions and it’s not on my WiFi’s end so it has to be on the developers. Since the rebrand - you get 3 books a month instead of 1 so honestly that’s the only thing keeping me here since they’ve only halfheartedly fixed the spotty connection issue.
1 - The main issue here is that I’ve had multiple books’ audio cut out while the player shows it is still playing. The only way to get the audio to play is to close the app, reopen it, and rewind to wherever you were before the audio cut out. This isn’t a permanent fix either as it’ll cut out again within minutes.
2 - This app is not safe to use via Bluetooth while driving. With the audio dropping out and the only way to fix it being closing and reopening the app, this is not a hands free compatible app. I’m not sure how many of you also like to listen to books while driving but if that’s your thing - this app isn’t safe for it.
I wish I could blame the audio on spotty signal but it still happens on Wi-Fi at home and at work.
I was just charged for my membership this morning and noted that the price was raised by a couple dollars. I didn’t think it was worth $9.99 when these issues started so I definitely don’t want to pay more than $10. I’ll be looking for an alternative audiobook service after this month runs out.
I’ve come to update this review a while later. I left the app and came back after the rebrand to Everand. For the most part they have fixed the spotty connection issue but it is far from perfect. I still experience random disruptions and it’s not on my WiFi’s end so it has to be on the developers. Since the rebrand - you get 3 books a month instead of 1 so honestly that’s the only thing keeping me here since they’ve only halfheartedly fixed the spotty connection issue.
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Best audio book app
I have used this app for 8 years. And Scibed before it was bought by Everand. I absolutely love it and it’s was cheaper than audible
Very poorly created app
Poorly created app and make it so difficult to sign in
Misleading adds
So I have been a long time user of both audible and Scribd and now it’s evolved product Everand from
Its very beginning as I had been saving and listening to audiobooks on Scribd for many years already. Eventually as money got thinner I made the choice to remove one of the audio books apps and specifically chose to keep Audible because once I purchased a book, I was able to continue to have access whether for my membership with Amazon or not, I may not have gotten any more books, but I could always and re-listen to anything I had already purchased, and that was not the way it was with this app. So when the new commercials came out, I decided to give this app another chance and I actually went as far as purchasing additional credits to buy entire series only to find out that the books I purchased before and saved before we are no longer available to me and if I stopped paying the new books, I bought cease to be available to me.
Its very beginning as I had been saving and listening to audiobooks on Scribd for many years already. Eventually as money got thinner I made the choice to remove one of the audio books apps and specifically chose to keep Audible because once I purchased a book, I was able to continue to have access whether for my membership with Amazon or not, I may not have gotten any more books, but I could always and re-listen to anything I had already purchased, and that was not the way it was with this app. So when the new commercials came out, I decided to give this app another chance and I actually went as far as purchasing additional credits to buy entire series only to find out that the books I purchased before and saved before we are no longer available to me and if I stopped paying the new books, I bought cease to be available to me.
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Issues with trials & subscriptions
I signed up for a 30 day trial via App Store, but nothing appeared to work in the app (and the onboarding flow looked broken). I then signed up for a 30 day trial directly with Everand. Ultimately the service wasn’t right for me, so I cancelled well before the 30 days, making sure to cancel both within Everand app and App Store, and yet I was billed for a full month regardless.
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It sucks now
The whole reason I downloaded it in the first place was because I hated audible and wanted an audiobook app that had a monthly subscription where you could listen to as many books at once and not have to wait a month later for another one.
Very slow
It takes forever to pull up your audio book and it is not user friendly.
Please fix the interface
The main page is too saturated with different titles and other unnecessary things. At points I’m unable to find the books that I’ve unlocked. I think the main page should be your unlocked books. Overall, the app is just not intuitive and that’s a shame.
New changes may make sense, but they’re also really annoying!
Everand used to be one of my favourite audiobook apps; don’t be fooled by earlier reviews, before they ruined everything, now this app is worth much less. They decided they didn’t care about “fast readers” like myself anymore, just so they could get more money. Even for slower readers, it’s like a lazier more annoying version of audible, that’s only worth using if you enjoy cheaper, older, non-premium books. Since they got rid of the unlimited account and replaced it with what you see now. If you can listen to six hours of an audiobook in two days or less, you’re definitely better off with Libby or Audible, but it’s still a good backup for non-premium books. Only buy it if you’re completely sure it’s worth it for the books you like. g, now this app is worth much less. They decided they didn’t care about “fast readers” like myself anymore, just so they could get more money. Even for slower readers, it’s like a lazier more annoying version of audible, that’s only worth using if you enjoy cheaper, older, non-premium books. Since they got rid of the unlimited account and replaced it with what you see now. If you can listen to six hours of an audiobook in two days or less, you’re definitely better off with Libby or Audible, but it’s still a good backup for non-premium books. Only buy it if you’re completely sure it’s worth it for the books you like.
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Pure trash
Too many things wrong with the app to list just trash!! I say just use Audible!!
