Painfully Slow Transfers to Apple Watch
I’d like to give this app a better rating based on playback features but the transfer to Apple Watch makes this a deal breaker if that is the reason you purchased this app. Their disclaimer noting slow Bluetooth speeds are limited by hardware constraints isn’t cutting it. I’m going to ask the App Store for a refund.
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Pretty good!
There are a few hiccups when trying to rewind or fast forward. It seems to lose the place and get “stuck” and I have to shut the app down re-open and start over. But otherwise I’m happy with functionality. It has the ability to slow down or speed up narration, and a sleep timer.
Only 6 hours a day limit!
Only six hours a day limit otherwise you have to pay
That’s why I only give it a one star
That’s why I only give it a one star
Great app to use as an audible alternative(with a little extra work)
So I use audible to my audiobooks and have hundreds of titles but I’ve had issues with the recent digital “ownership” problem going on. So I did some research and figured out a way to get my own audiobooks that are mine to keep. The issue then is having a reliable audio player that you can upload the files to. This app has been one of many I use and I absolutely love it! It has a simple interface and uploading files is pretty easy. There can definitely be some minor improvements but the team seems to accept feedback well and I can see them continuing to work on the app. Highly recommend if you’re using MP3 or M4B files. I haven’t tried other files yet so I cannot comment!
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Looping an audiobook chapter doesn’t seem like it would be so hard.
I’m searching for an audiobook app that will let me loop a chapter. This one does, if I’m in music mode, but then it doesn’t let me skip backwards 30 seconds.
Useless
I don’t understand the point of this app. It doesn’t actually have any audiobooks on it; you have to download them yourself. Every phone and computer on the planet can play audio files and saves your progress. This app is literally just a waste of time and money.
Not worth it
Bought this to access a book I couldn’t get anywhere else. The book disappeared after a few days but I continued to be charged monthly. Misleading.
Website misleading
Downloaded app because their website required it to listen to an audiobook. There’s no way to listen with the app, you still have to source the audiobook yourself. Website is intentionally misleading to get you to download the app with no direct link to advertised content
Okay but messy
It’s an okay player, but really messy to get content to it. Can you send an audio file from another app to it? No! Can you send a URL to download audio? Yes! It’s built for a kind of ios6 model, where you plug your phone into a Mac and transfer items from iTunes.
I paid pro to get the watch version, but I have no idea how to get files on to my watch from it. There’s some there, but how I chose them or how to tell is beyond me. It integrates okay with watchOS, at least.
So much is scrappy and confusing - it needs a review and overhaul. Everything is there, it’s just clunky. With all that said - it’s the least bad audiobook player for iOS.
I paid pro to get the watch version, but I have no idea how to get files on to my watch from it. There’s some there, but how I chose them or how to tell is beyond me. It integrates okay with watchOS, at least.
So much is scrappy and confusing - it needs a review and overhaul. Everything is there, it’s just clunky. With all that said - it’s the least bad audiobook player for iOS.
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length limitation in free
bookplayer is a far superior product that doesnt force you to buy a subscription
Great options
Wonderful little app glad I stumbled on it
Can’t download to Apple Watch
The contact page doesn’t work. I tried to ask for help, but I couldn’t. The app doesn’t allow for download to Apple Watch for off-line listening.
Great option for audiobooks with responsive devs
When I tried this app out, I encountered a few issues and left a review about my experience. A few days later, a new update came out that seems to have fixed my complaints.
This is a great player for audiobooks. I love that the default page is your current book. I like the tiled view for the books. I’ll likely use this app regardless, though I do have a wish list for future development:
- The option for the library tile view to be four wide
- Collapsible folders
- Idk how complicated this would be, but having iCloud integration so my library could be on my phone, computer, and iPad with synced playback bookmarks would be great.
Super excited for the future of this app and i plan to buy the full version after I’ve tried it out a bit more!
This is a great player for audiobooks. I love that the default page is your current book. I like the tiled view for the books. I’ll likely use this app regardless, though I do have a wish list for future development:
- The option for the library tile view to be four wide
- Collapsible folders
- Idk how complicated this would be, but having iCloud integration so my library could be on my phone, computer, and iPad with synced playback bookmarks would be great.
Super excited for the future of this app and i plan to buy the full version after I’ve tried it out a bit more!
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Excellent app
Elegant design, simple to use, upload and play your mp3s with a sleep timer
Close, but fails in one crucial area
I wish this app were just a bit more functional. I like the look and the functionality. I wish there were folders but that’s not a deal breaker. What is a deal breaker is how often the audio skips when listening. I generally play books at 2x speed and just a few minutes in, I noticed the skipping. Every few seconds, it skips. Every time a setting is changed, the audio skips. I thought I could look past it, but I don’t think I can. I was prepared to make a purchase. Good thing I got to try it first.
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Not what it says
No detailed description of the app. Paid for the pro and still no audio books available . Apps is hard to navigate as well and you can even sign out.
Poor
Don’t bother.
I paid for the “lifetime license”. (£17).
I ran out of storage on my device, so tried to install on another iPad Pro, but found that I could only install the free version.
It would not “restore’ to the pro version.
An email to the support email address has gone unanswered.
Not at all impressed.
I paid for the “lifetime license”. (£17).
I ran out of storage on my device, so tried to install on another iPad Pro, but found that I could only install the free version.
It would not “restore’ to the pro version.
An email to the support email address has gone unanswered.
Not at all impressed.
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Works Great
This is just what I was looking for, for an audiobook player for my iPhone. It makes downloading audiobooks from my private website so easy because I can load a book in directly from a web link rather than going through Files or having to plug my phone into my Mac to use iBooks. The functionality of the program is perfect. Easy to navigate. And easy to leave detailed bookmark notes as well.
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Сыро
Скачалась только одна книга с ютьюба. Дальше ни в какую. Либо это это уже в платном приложении. 🤷
Response from developer
Проблемы со скачиванием с ютуба бывают из за ограничений самого ютуба или региональных блокировок. Этот функционал никак не ограничивается в бесплатной версии
Really bad and useless
It doesn’t have any books it’s completely useless don’t even bother installing I don’t get how you can even read anything because it literally has zero books in there completely useless.
Response from developer
The fact that the app does not contain audiobooks, but is designed to play your audio files is written in the very first lines of the app description in the Appstore.
