# ListenBook: audiobook player — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of ListenBook by Oleg Brailean, rated 3.60/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/listenbook-audiobook-player/id1621926254/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/listenbook-audiobook-player/id1621926254.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (9 of 29) ### 2/5 — Agree ….Messy *2026-07-31* Good be brilliant but interface is clunky and quite difficult to use to its potential. As an example moving forward and backward is a a nightmare. ### 3/5 — Painfully Slow Transfers to Apple Watch *2026-07-11* 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. ### 3/5 — Okay but messy *2025-12-07* 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. ### 1/5 — Сыро *2024-11-20* Скачалась только одна книга с ютьюба. Дальше ни в какую. Либо это это уже в платном приложении. 🤷 **Developer response:** Проблемы со скачиванием с ютуба бывают из за ограничений самого ютуба или региональных блокировок. Этот функционал никак не ограничивается в бесплатной версии ### 1/5 — Really bad and useless *2024-07-22* 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. **Developer response:** 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. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2023-12-24* App doesn’t contain audiobooks and doesn’t clearly state that on the front page **Developer response:** 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. ### 3/5 — Could be better *2023-09-14* Could be better. The simple fact that you have to enter the settings to change playback speed and that causes it to stutter is a big fail. That option should be available on the main now playing screen. ### 3/5 — Nice but... *2023-06-15* The look and feel is nice, logical structured. In the free version 6 hours limit... Pro version 20€ (!!). Sorry, that's ridiculous. 9€ sounds like a good price, not for annual, but for lifetime. So far, there are other audiobook players out there. ### 4/5 — 🇸🇦 *2023-04-03* There are some problems with the program, including slowness and sudden shutdown when raising the volume Use the Arabic language ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Transfer to Apple Watch didn’t work *2026-08-09* Transfer of books to Apple Watch doesn’t work. The progress bar goes to 100%, but the watch library still empty. Very outdated and convoluted design. Way to expensive, you need to pay the full version to use it longer than 6h ### 1/5 — Only 6 hours a day limit! *2026-05-19* Only six hours a day limit otherwise you have to pay That’s why I only give it a one star ### 1/5 — Looping an audiobook chapter doesn’t seem like it would be so hard. *2026-04-19* 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. ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-03-03* 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. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-02-07* 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. ### 1/5 — Website misleading *2025-12-15* 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 ### 1/5 — length limitation in free *2025-11-26* bookplayer is a far superior product that doesnt force you to buy a subscription ### 1/5 — Can’t download to Apple Watch *2025-04-01* 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. ### 1/5 — Not what it says *2025-02-02* 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. ### 1/5 — Poor *2025-01-18* 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. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app to use as an audible alternative(with a little extra work) *2026-05-06* 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! ### 5/5 — Great options *2025-07-20* Wonderful little app glad I stumbled on it ### 5/5 — Great option for audiobooks with responsive devs *2025-03-07* 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! ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2025-03-02* Elegant design, simple to use, upload and play your mp3s with a sleep timer ### 5/5 — Close, but fails in one crucial area *2025-02-24* 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. ### 5/5 — Works Great *2024-12-31* 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. ### 5/5 — Best audio book player! *2024-07-16* Amazing player. It just do what it needs to do. No useless or unnecessary features (gamification of every app is a horrible trend). Extremely reasonable pricing. All in all fantastic software. ### 5/5 — Best audiobook player EVER! *2023-09-24* I’ve spent a lot of time and money searching for the perfect player and this is it!! You can access from folders stored in your Documents app on the phone which I love as well as half a dozen other ways - there is a very nice equalizer - you can control the speed, up or down and the sound is still perfect - you can edit the album covers easily - change the pitch and several other changes. I’ve had a lot of players but they were always missing one or more of these. THIS player has it all. A bit expensive but that’s ok. ### 5/5 — Optisch ansprechende App *2023-09-08* Ein Player, der den Timer stoppt, wenn man die Wiedergabe unterbrechen muss. Bei allen anderen mir bekannten Playern (außer MP3 Audiobook Player vom gleichen Autor) läuft der Timer weiter, was mich persönlich sehr stört. Optisch sehr schön und modern umgesetzt. Mit 20,- € für Lifetime-Nutzung kein Schnäppchen, aber auf die Jahre gerechnet dann doch lohnenswert. ### 4/5 — Pretty good! *2026-05-23* 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. --- *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 2026-08-28.*