I wish you offered more coins for the price or have an option to purchase the whole series without having to do multiple purchases to get through a season. By this point, I've paid so much money into the app that I could pay my Netflix payment for 6+ months straight. I get it, but the option to buy a season or full series at a time would be better for your committed customers.
Reviews for Pocket FM: Audio Series
← Back to Pocket FM: Audio SeriesMy advice is don't get the app. It's a big trap. I started a story, the first few episdoes were free. Then you have to watch ads to collect coins or purchase coins. Fair! As you listen the coins per episode goes up astronomically. To finish the the story I will need more than 9000 coins or somewhere about $500 for ONE story and it may or may not have an ending. In addition to the ads for coins there are in story ads too. The story is good, but I have to abandon. I wish I never started
I'm having another issue with getting free coins from playing the games. I'm not receiving any coins from them, I'm only receiving them when I open the app. It's starting to get a little frustrating. Plus, the stories that I removed from my list keep coming up smh... I understand fixing some bugs for the update, but this problem, it's like it was better before the update happened.
Navigating this app can be very difficult. When returning to listen to new episodes I often have to search around for them instead of the book picking up where I left off. Also, random books that I have no interest in listening to randomly play and get added to my library. Honestly, I would stop using this app if not for one book being exclusive to pocket fm and can't be found anywhere else.
I really enjoy the storyline. Bella & Ebony are great. Can't wait until the prince reconnects with Ebony. by the time you finish the story, you would have spent a hundred and something dollars for this eventful story. I wish the app would've had the customers in mind and have a set price for the whole audiobook story. At this point, I think i'm done. I could just buy an audio book off of audiobook or kindle. If they change this feature, they'll definitely have me as a permanent customer.
Too Overpriced! avoid getting sucket into it! I got pulled in by a werewolf story ad, and it's good, but to keep enjoying the chapters, the pace of allowed chapters for free or low price is reasonable at first. but very quickly, one has buy the chapters become 10-20 coins. I made a purchase a few times, but it just doesn't make sense that one never would cost so much to enjoy. otherwise, I have to wait 24hrs to get 3 free chapter a day, and they are really short.
I got hooked on a story on FB. I really am enjoying the story and the voice. Periodically the voice does a William Shatner where it expected the sentence to end but no one put on a period so the line is a little awkward. The closed captioning is also inconsistent which can make some meanings tricksy. What I dislike the most is that you have no idea how expensive this app is. The first day listen as much as you want! Then it is restricted to x number per day for 3 days.
This app is pretty lacking in a lot of ways. It has many quirks that need to be worked out. Using it with Android Auto or CarPlay is more painful. The change to a 1 star is it intermittently works. Currently I can't even get the app to open. It has difficulty tracking what episode you're on, especially when using it in your car. The AI generated artwork isn't accurate with the stories. Also, a lot of the audio sounds AI. It has to work for 2 plus star though.
I absolutely love this app but I can't find the monthly subscription option anymore, just coin packs. They added a 'Blockbuster' thing that I can't get rid of. Some people might like it but maybe add a setting to be able to turn it off.? Also, every time I've bought the monthly subscription before it vanished I would start getting ads again 3-5 days before it was due again. It didn't really bother me but I want to continue getting the subscription.
I do like the selection of books, and the app is easy to navigate. I've listened to many different genres for a few years now. I like most of the stories. Earlier this year when Pocket FM updated the platform I lost many of the books I was listening to, which was disappointing, and after looking for them I only found some. One other thing, in my opinion the subscription cost is too high for a monthly price and I wish they would offer more coins for the deals they offer.
What did you do?!? Why did you now lace the whole app with ads at every turn. This was a good app for listening to some awesome stories. You had ads if you wanted to unlock stuff for free (but only if you wanted to) and reasonable prices for coins. Now i keep randomly getting thrown into an ad, that i can't just skip, when I'm just scrolling through my library. What the heck man.
Many awesome stories on here but it costs so much money. For example my vampire system has 2296 episodes ranging from 6 minutes long to 18. First 275 are free (if you wait for them to unlock) then they range from 15 to 39 coins most around 21 though. It would cost about $2500 to watch all of it. That's a ripoff! Also no way to earn coins either from what I can see. Also you can't just pick and choose episodes to buy, you must buy all up to the one you want to buy. So can't skip and buy 274.
It grabs your attention with short videos. But when you install to finish the story, it turns only into animated slideshows with audio. The voices sound corny compared to the real humans in the short videos. How boring! I thought I was gonna be watching videos, since that's what sucked me in, but I'm going to uninstall it..I don't really listen to audiobooks, I have ADHD and cannot pay attention too long. I prefer movies or just reading myself...should pay more attention to app names...my bad...
After this last review, you all corrected the problem and I was very satisfied. However, it is very aggravating that at any time I come back to the app to listen to my story, and it has returned to episodes way early in the story. I don't catch it at first, but it continues to take coins even though I have already listened. Now, it keeps going to the next story, like I don't have coins, but takes my coins. And starts makes me watch ads, or new stories but still takes coins. IM SO OVER IT!
It's confusing and it feels like they're constantly changing things in a manipulative way, i.e. less free episodes over time, taking away the auto unlock switch, completely unhelpful faq and "chat with us" section that puts you in a loop if you're not asking a prescribed question and no one else to answer any questions. Makes me hesitate to pay anything. Stories may have some entertainment value but aren't that great. I don't recommend being sucked in.
the microtransaction system makes the payment option 10x more expensive than a subscription base model or buying the book outright. not to mention the more episodes you watch consecutively, the more tokens they cost... making it possible to spend $60 or more every 2 hours of listening. they are generous with the free episodes at first, but after 50-80 episodes or so, they start to only give you 1-3 free episodes a day. and some audio books are only 5 min long episodes. makes this app expensive.
Really love how it plays in the background 👌 I also love that you can add to the library easily and remove books just as quickly. It's extremely nice how much of the book they give for free and how easy it is to get coins to get more chapters. I have NOT needed money to listen. The only downside is the "continue listening" section. No matter what you do, you can't remove books from the section. It just keeps growing even if you know you don't like the book. It remains annoyingly.
They have a few good stories. Unfortunately, some stories are good but the way they are voiced seems like it is AI or a person is bored reading. You only get a few chapters free a day. They charge coins and I find it not worth the cost. Cheaper to buy a book outright. Also, to get free chapters by watching ads...it works sometimes and other times you are forced to watch double the ads to unlock 2 chapters. So expect to be annoyed by watching a full ad without any credit for it.
I dropped my review from 5 stars to 1. My reason is this: 3 days ago I purchased the subscription where you get a month free of ads. You're also supposed to get a 3 day free trial, an allotment of coins etc. My card is supposed to be charged tomorrow (8/12/25) and I never received any part of this "free trial". I immediately notified them when I knew it wasn't working, sent every screenshot they'd need. their tech replied asking for every screenshot I'd ALREADY SENT in my bid for help. useless!
Love "My Vampire System." This app is great. It seems to go through phases where they take away the auto unlock toggle, though, which makes you spend all you coins unlocking chapters if you aren't vigilant enough. It tends to throw off their cycles of unlocking chapters for free. My toggle came back, which makes me happy, for now. We'll see if it stays.