Reviews for Black Library Audio

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20 reviews

Review by Adam “Adamski” Cowen
(3/5) February 20, 2021

If they add a audio book queue and improve some of the lower level functions such as the search engine having more targeted search options and its power consumption this would be a 5* easy. The audio book selection is really good though and it’s updated regularly which is also a plus. A rating system […]

Review by Matthew Powell
(2/5) May 19, 2022

Needs the option to download over mobile data. Bought two books while I was at work and found out it wouldn’t allow me to download at all because there was no wifi. a lot of people have enough data to not care about downloading a book. Regularly closes the book if paused for a while […]

Review by Tomas Duarte
(3/5) October 20, 2023

Good books, but the app is terrible. Any notification causes the book to pause and be removed from now playing. Other media being played, however, does not pause book playback. Please allow playback to continue through notifications. Or at least to resume playing after the notification. Occasionally, the playback is stopped without any accompanying notification […]

Review by A Google user
(3/5) May 28, 2019

I love the audio books but gosh, every time my phone gets a notification they pause. That means that if I would like to listen to them in bed without blasting light into my eyes to unpause it then I have to put my phone in aeroplane mode. you can’t even remedy this by using […]

Review by A Google user
(3/5) April 13, 2020

It’s ok. Simple platform. However it has issues when scrolling in the store (flicking off what I’m trying to select and opening something different), when I receive notifications the audio stops and doesn’t restart, and the player doesn’t keep track of what’s playing making me have to go into library to select my file to […]

Review by Benjamin Waters
(1/5) February 23, 2025

Bizarre app for a few reasons. Not only do the books I’ve purchased directly through black library not appear in the app, but books are actually more expensive via the app compared to buying directly on Black Library or through Audible, etc. I’m not sure what the point of this app is in it’s current […]

Review by Mobius Nesbit
(3/5) May 29, 2020

Not a bad little app, only complaints is even if you’re not listening to anything the app inserts itself into your notifications with a resume button that doesn’t work, and also the last few minutes of every book don’t play – they’re there, I can move the timeline to them but when I hit play […]

Review by Matt
(2/5) May 1, 2020

Have only tried out one book so far, but it works just fine. Like any other podcast/audiobook app except for 40k. EDIT: I cannot download unless on WiFi. Very frustrating. Aren’t most people listening to audio books while traveling? Traveling most often equals using 4G or 5G. Severely cripples the usefulness of this app.

Review by Tom Bytheway
(1/5) February 23, 2022

This app is horrendous. It’s constantly closing the audio book, forcing me to pull my phone out and re-select it. Almost always it’s starting up minutes off from where it should be. Anytime I get a message I have to start it up again it doesn’t auto play. What a totally frustrating app. Use Audible. […]

Review by Ryan Devlin
(3/5) September 16, 2020

I’ve downloaded the app intermittently but the problem I face is that the app drains my battery even after I’ve left the app. The only thing I can say it does well is facilitate the listening to audiobooks and dramas that I don’t have in my Audible library. Then again, the technical issues are more […]

Review by Sean McAninch
(2/5) August 11, 2020

A decent app, but only real reason to use is that there are audio books on here not available through audible. Biggest issue causing it to be 2 stars is that it gives no option to download stuff when you aren’t on wi-fi. I shall out for unlimited data, I shouldn’t be blocked by an […]

Review by Even Skjervold
(1/5) June 15, 2020

Edit 6/15: It doesn’t even play paid content correctly. Just started to play the same chapter twice, with a several-second delay on each track. No options for Support in the app, of course. Pauses playback anytime your phone received a notification. Back/forwards skips entire chapters rather than small chunks like every other audiobook app does. […]

Review by JM Williams
(1/5) June 25, 2020

Downloaded it to buy the Angels of Death soundtrack. It keeps getting stuck at preparing to download; the progress bar just keeps moving a little and resetting. Left it for several hours and it never changed when I’d check it. Hoping their servers are just slammed but doesn’t look promising. Going to email them about […]

Review by A Google user
(3/5) December 21, 2019

The app is a convenient way to access all of BLs audio work and they organize it between books and fully developed audio dramas which is nice. What isnt nice is the lack of a settings panel. Theres no way to tell the app to allow downloads over mobile data. And audio files are downloaded […]

Review by A Google user
(3/5) September 12, 2019

This app is both good and fustrating. Its good because what it does (give you 40K books in an audio format) is really good and solid I never have an issue with this app freezing or anything. Whats bad is that its missing alot of key features to make it more user friendly. Not complex […]

Review by Seth Wilson
(1/5) December 17, 2021

This is obviously just a money grab for Games Workshop. They’ve put next to no effort into its actual use. There is no Settings to work with. Notifications stop whatever you’re listening to immediately. No way to control the book without having to go directly to the app itself. No organization for your Library. And […]

Review by jefferey thomas
(3/5) August 17, 2023

The app is pretty good and a nice place to have all your auidobooks in one place. However, the only main issue i have with it is that in order to run the app, you cannot have any other apps open at all. If you wish to listen to a book you have to close […]

Review by A Google user
(2/5) June 4, 2020

Overall I’ve enjoyed this app. It can be a little buggy, which brought it down to a 4/5. It’s goes down because I recently downloaded an audio drama that didn’t download the entire thing. It’s listed at 1 hr 12 mins and I only got about 52 mins. When I emailed the team about it […]

Review by Rickey
(2/5) February 23, 2024

Absolutely garbage, but seemingly the only way to get the best books. Can’t download. App will suddenly stop playing if other audio prompted (like Google maps). When audio stops, it clears the “now playing screen,” and you have to go find your book again (I have a large selection). It doesn’t have great filtering options […]

Review by Derrick H
(2/5) August 17, 2024

While the app does give access to many of the great audiodramas and audiobooks, the app itself works horribly. Every time you back out of a book, your filtering options get reset. The option to “hide completed books” never actually works. These and other minor annoyances just get frustrating beyond belief. I hope that they […]