High confidence · Latest 100 of 125 total reviews analyzed · Based on 125 reviews. Signal may be noisy.

Mixed

Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate ui and aesthetic design and advanced power-user features, but report broken offline mode and playback progress & sync issues.

Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 125

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
3.9/ 5
(125)
Current version
3.9/ 5
0.0 vs overall
(125)
Main signal post-update: uI and Aesthetic Design.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • UI and Aesthetic Design
    • This the most elegant and beautiful app I have ever used.
    • The design is great, and it’s ridiculously full featured.
  • Advanced Power-User Features
    • I particularly like the integration with Shortcuts.
    • Only app I’ve found that can add books to Collections.
Complaint

Common complaints

  • Broken Offline Mode
    • When you try to open and play a book off-line, it just hangs.
    • App tried to connect to server and wouldn’t play downloaded books.
  • Playback Progress & Sync Issues
    • App constantly loses the place of a book anytime listening is interrupted.
    • Occasionally starts the book from the beginning... Infuriating.

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