Reviews for LibriVox Audio Books Supporter

since 2018 more and more download and play problems

This is such a fantastic app, it's well worth paying the few quid to get the ad free version. I have been using this app to help me fall asleep for about 8 years now. There is a fabulous variety of books, and a wealth of different readers. You can even read a book yourself, should you so desire. As long as it's public domain, Librivox has it. Just wonderful. I wouldn't be without it

Great app with tonnes of books to choose from. Well-designed catalogue & easy to use. Three wishes; I'd like to see the favourites & downloads folders transfer between devices, I'd like to choose how to sort my favourites (by author, by title, by hand...), & I'd like to have a list of titles I want to listen to in future (I'd trade the favourites folder for that).

Excellent app, does exactly what the description says. Good range of books to listen to, read by many different people. Many thanks to you all for finding the time ( without being paid ) to read these books. Sometimes, I realize it can be hard to identify with a reader but that is to be expected. Remember if you are not happy then why do YOU not volunteer and do better? The ability to download a book helps solve poor internet connections and is much appreciated. Cheers, - Rob.

Mostly good. Some of the readings can be a bit hit and miss. The audio quality and listenability of the Librivox reader can be highly variable. I use this so as to listen to translations of classical Latin works, and some of these recordings are very poor indeed. However, the foregoing issues could be largely fixed if more people volunteered to do alternate readings. Also, this site uses mp3 exclusively instead of a more modern lossless format like mp4A.

LibriVox Audio Books *Supporter* is the only one of the two versions of this app that supports Google Cast correctly for me. Most of functionality is pretty intuitive to use, but the playback options are definitely primitive, and the default screen doesn't reliability reflect what you last played, perhaps because the app doesn't request any permissions. LibriVox, as a service in general, is wonderful. Volunteer readers will always be hit and miss, but it's better than nothing.

This type of application is exactly what humanity needs right now. I think with more investment into the library and a few updates, and the application will be in a field of its own. Tip to new listeners: find a narrator you like first, and then every story becomes more interesting than if read by a voice you don't recognize.

I have to say for the most part I really enjoy the app. My only real problem with this app is more often than not when it reaches the end of the chapter playback will stop and I'll have to take out my phone or tablet and press play. It gets extremely annoying at work when my hands are dirty or I'm just busy working. Other than that there is a great selection of free books and many many more to purchase.

App stops playing randomly, have to keep closing the app and reopening to continue listening to an audio book, but half the time the place is lost and I have to skip ahead to find where I was then 5 minutes later it stops and does it all over again. The ad version never did this, wish I never bought the paid version.

Everything I wanted. I love having the classics at my figure tips in an easy to digest (and free) audio format. This app works great and I haven't had any issues with it. (Edit 2022) Even after 5 years, I still love this app and service. It has been my steadfast companion on my trips to work. I really can't express in 500 characters how great it is to have classics in literature, theology and more in such a easy format. Even with regular updates I've never experienced a disruption or issue.