Audiobooks.com: Get audiobooks Reviews

by D'shiz

The product is great. Who doesn’t love audio books. And these guys have an ok selection. But Audiobookscom functions like crap. I always download a book I’m listening to, never stream. And yet Audiobookscom is nonstop trying to connect to the net. If you drive through a low signal area you will constantly be fumbling with your phone to restart your book and find your spot. This is very annoying and distracting while driving. Audiobookscom has overlong pauses between saved files that are totally unnecessary, it really takes away from the flow of the story even when it’s a great reader. I have some 30 odd books from this company even tho I’ve stopped my monthly subscription. It always annoys me when I have to come back to Audiobookscom. Wish I could listen to them through any of my other audio book apps.

“Response” I have more than sufficient room on my iPhone. And this is every book every time. There is absolutely no reason your app needs to connect to the net non-stop whyle I’m listening to my book and yet it is constantly checking for a connection. It’s a shame, I entered the audio book world with Audiobookscom and my Love for books made me overlook these issues. As I’ve branched our to other apps I’ve been shown how lacking this one is.

by Mpmusicny

Not ready for primetime, at least on my iphone 7 running 12.4.1. The basic problem is the thing is always looking for a network connection before it wants to play, even if you’ve downloaded the book to your device. Very often if you want to start listening when you don’t have a connection (and lots of us live in rural areas where the network goes in and out depending on where you are) Audiobookscom just refuses to open, sticking on a spinning logo. Further, once it does open, and the books is playing, it will shut down again regularly if it goes through an area with no connection - again, this is trying to play books that you have downloaded to your phone specifically to get around the problem of spotty networks. Finally, when you’re back up and running, it will give you a dialog showing a choice between two saved bookmarks and will ask you which one of these you want to start playing from - usually neither of these bookmarks are within 10 minutes of where you actually stopped listening.

I contacted the company once to see if I was doing anything wrong, and the nice young lady somewhat sheepishly acknowledged that the problems I outlined did indeed exist. There’s been at least one update since then, but it hasn’t got any better. It’s a shame, because I really want there to be a solid competitor to Audible, but Audiobooks dot com books can only be played on Audiobookscom, and Audiobookscom is really quite poor.

by 2luvjustice

I just typed a long review and it reset on me so I’m speaking this and if there are any errors I’m sorry anytime I leave Audiobookscom and leave it on or the Wi-Fi goes out or go to another app Audiobookscom locks and it’s splash refresh opening screen there’s nothing you can do you can’t reset your phone you can’t offload Audiobookscom you can’t close Audiobookscom and open it up again for it to come back you have to delete Audiobookscom and all your settings offloading would be great because you don’t have to delete your settings but you have to delete Audiobookscom I’ve already had to delete it several times I am reading Chris Duncan‘s I am not broken because it’s not an audible I’ve been a member of Audible since 2005 and have never had these issues I might have to cancel this and go with the Google version of ChrisDuncan‘s book if this doesn’t get fixed. I do love that you can do high-speeds because on audible for so long I only listen to books on high speeds now

by CSiegell

The Audiobooks player is packed with features and looks beautiful. However, the companion watch app on my latest IOS Series 5 watch shows left / right repeat buttons too small , too close to the lower side corners, and won’t register when tapped. Then I’ve had my watch freeze and I have to reboot watch. The shape of the repeat buttons isn’t right either as they should be fully round. The buttons on my iPhone 11 Pro Max show the adjustment i made to “15 seconds”. The watch app won’t update and still shows the default “30 seconds” before I changed It on my phone. Lastly, the watch app is missing next / previous track controls. I’m just now even noticing the watch app going to black screen and main app crashes. Also, while I appreciate Audiobookscom downloads the book, there are other things I don’t like and have questions about : 1. MP3 Audio books are available all over the internet, why is it Audiobooks will not let us download and play on our own players? 2. Why were we not told clearly in advance that we aren’t going to download a mp3? 3. Why are we not told whether we get to use the downloaded audio without time constraints without purchasing the membership? I hope there is a resolution quickly , as I can’t use this product at work without my watch very well and seems little shady not being informed as a customer.

by |)Rock

Overall, this is a really good app. It has great functionality and I really like that, unlike Audible, I can use my credits within Audiobookscom . I’ve also used the Scribd app in the past and whenever I adjust the volume in my car it pauses Audiobookscom , which is really frustrating. I never have that issue here though, which is great.

As I said Audiobookscom has great functionality, but there are a few things in the UI that didn’t seem the most intuitive to me as I read Gregg Horowitz’s Out of the Dark. First, the “hamburger” icon on the top right opens the left side nav, which is both unexpected an unintuitive.

There’s also kind of a high learning curve remembering where the wish list is. I expected this to be just another item listed within the side nav, but you have to tap on My Books to get to it. When you think about it, this is a very logical and useful place since it allows you to more easily compare what books you have now with what you want to read in the future, but I find I have to poke around almost every time to remember where it is.

by Sree0906

Just started using Audiobookscom by subscribing to a free trial, so far having good time with the audio books app. It has a range of genres to choose from and has good selection of books in each genre. It also has VIP books per month where you can choose from a wide range updated each month. You can also be a part of book clubs and access all books from a club for one credit. They also have special deals like Under $10 and Buy 2 for 1 price which is amazing. You can start listening to various podcasts, magazines, book summaries etc which is free for members. All these for $15 subscription a month makes Audiobookscom attractive. Audiobookscom has the ability to change listening speed and can write notes or bookmark at any place. I feel adding a chapter wise listing within Audiobookscom would be of great help to the listeners. I rate Audiobookscom 4 stars.

by Momma D On The Go

I tried out Audiobooks because they offered me some free books and a free trial period. I’m in my trial period and have been exploring Audiobookscom . I LOVE the way I can trade a credit for free access to a large library of popular books in the Audiobooks Club. It offers several categories to choose from and one of the categories includes selections available from all the categories. I can binge listen for free to books that would require a credit to be used on another reading app I have. Also it is cool that each month I receive one credit for any book along with one credit for a VIP book. The VIP section has a limited number of books to choose from, but there are many interesting titles. Also there are so many news casts, podcasts, magazines and free books available. The Free Books section has newer edition books and a lot of classic literature available. I get really caught up looking at the entire list and viewing a number of books written by writers from the past - Jane Austen, Mark Train, Aristotle, James Fenimore Lewis, Lewis Carrol and many more!
My first listen was The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennet for my book club. This was a very interesting read!
I rate this 4 stars rather than 5, because it was sometimes a bit difficult for me to fully navigate Audiobookscom at first. After some trial and error, I have no problems now.
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by Gung-Woo

I have been using Audiobookscom for a few days now. I am listening to “The 5am Club”. I love how I can use my credits directly within Audiobookscom . I can’t do this with Audible. However, I have experienced two notable problems: 1) I have tried listening to my book both on my iPhone and on my tv (using Apple TV). For some reason, Audiobookscom isn’t holding my place very well. A few times I have listened to the book on my phone, then come home and turn on my Apple TV to listen, and it is still at the place where I last stopped listening on the Apple TV, which could be an hour or so behind! To solve the synch problem I now just create temporary bookmarks when I stop listening. This is a bit inconvenient; 2) a few times I have hit the 30 second rewind and somehow Audiobookscom had fast forward instead. I thought it was user error, but it happened several times. This seemed to clear up on its own, as it hasn’t happened recently. But I wonder if it will happen again

by Sara Gheesling

Ok app, great service. Have only listened to one book so far but it was one of the 28 hour books in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King so I think I gave it a fair shot. I’d prefer if it allowed you to use chapter selections instead of choosing by track which just wasn’t the same since they aren’t labeled to give you an idea of what part of the book each track covers. Also the scrolling could use some work - it won’t allow you to simply drag to a different part. If I lost my place (used the book to help me fall asleep some nights) I’d have a hard time finding it again the next day - I’d screenshot the time I started and I’d then have to find the track that was closest then skip forward or backward in 30 second increments. There has to be a better way. But overall I like Audiobookscom and they have a large selection of books. There hasn’t been a single book I’ve searched for that wasn’t available. Although the search function is also lacking. I don’t think it can find books through a partial title search. I tried searching for “Stephen king dark tower” and it gave me an error. Tried searching for “Stephen king song of” and got an error. He’s written so many books that simply scrolling through a search just for his name wasn’t finding the specific one I wanted. Finally searched for “dark tower vi” and found it. Maybe the coders don’t actually use Audiobookscom , I don’t know, but I’m sure it would be better if they did.

by R M27

Downloaded Audiobookscom because vision problems make reading difficult and audiobooks allow me to continue to pursue my life-long love of books. I’ve been using both OverDrive and Audible in the past.
Chose Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George as my first selection because it is not available from my library. There is a nice selection here, which is very appreciated for future audiobooks.
Audiobookscom works well so far but I would recommend two areas for improvement. I fall asleep while listening and as many other reviewers have stated it is not easy to scroll back to find where I fell asleep usung either the total time Seekbar or the Track Seekbar. The second improvement I would recommend is related-I wish a dark mode of Audiobookscom were available because the play screen is largely bright white and a dark mode or less white space on the screen would make restarting the audiobook more pleasant in the middle of the night, especially since scrolling to find my spot is more difficult using Audiobookscom.

by Rovrallovr

Audiobookscom isn’t as intuitive as it could be - fly overs would help a lot over icons at the bottom. It would be excellent if it displayed the chapter that is currently playing. Tracks aren’t very helpful in trying to sort out where you are in Audiobookscom .

I like the fact that I can boost or slow the speed. More control from a locked screen would be excellent or even better it would be awesome to add some SIRI controls when in the car or even at home showing the chapter. For instance, it would be excellent to easily pause Audiobookscom from any app - widget for while doing other things when the phone rings. Similar to the small PIP of TV or video so control is offered no matter what screen or app I am in (transfer control to the widget to pause or speed up slow down)

It would be nice to display on the Lock Screen (and the proposed widget) the sleep timer in effect and how much time remains before cutoff - you could EVEN offer the option to add X number of minutes easily to an existing timer. A quick add of a bookmark from the Lock Screen would be extremely useful if someone is using in the car - of course it would help if voice control could be implemented but a one button push for a quick bookmark would be excellent

by J.Wood1023

I just got Audiobookscom yesterday but so far so good. There is one feature I can’t seem to find and am slightly annoyed by. However that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, but if it does I wish it was easier to figure out. Here it is, it seems like you get to select a playback option in the settings (for example mine is 30 seconds) but after you choose it seems you’re stuck with just that option. Sure change it again but I’d like to be able to go back 30 seconds AND go back a chapter. There doesn’t seem to be an easy way to restart a chapter or select a chapter specifically. Now like I said I haven’t spent any time looking for any tips or instructions for using Audiobookscom, so maybe it’s right there and I haven’t realized it yet. But if that’s the case then I’d say Audiobookscom is quite similar to audible, but not as user friendly in that way. Still, I’d recommend Audiobookscom for anyone wanting to listen to audiobooks. The playback thing is minor and may not bother most people so clearly they’re doing everything else ok, so worth a download if you’re interested in audiobooks.

by Goodfelladh

Like many others, I signed up when up when I saw the offer of 3 free credits during the trial. As others have mentioned, this is somewhat deceptive because the third credit is limited to VIP selections, but it’s still a good introductory deal. So far, the book selection looks fine to me - maybe not quite as extensive as Audible, but pretty close. I primarily read history and most everything f I searched for was available. My one key complaint is that the books download as one large block - no chapter headings or any way to really navigate the book outside of manually fast forwarding or setting your own bookmarks. I’ve been listening to Margaret MacMillan’s “The War That Ended Peace,” which is a 30+ hour book on the causes of the First World War. It’s a great listen and I haven’t had issues with it this far, but with a boom this dense I can see a situation in the future where I might want to jump to a particular chapter or section of the book and that’s going to be much harder to do without any sort of chapter links/headings. I assumed that chapter breaks would be kind of standard for streaming audiobooks at this point t, so hopefully those will be added at some point. That’s my main complaint, but otherwise a solid experience so far.

by Tatalavera

I’m a new user and signed up for the free trial bc I couldn’t find some audiobooks I really wanted to listen to through my library or library apps. I just finished listening to my first book (Man of the Family by Ralph Moody) and loved it! Audiobookscom makes it so easy to download and listen to books, and the only thing I didn’t like is I don’t think tracks line up with chapters so occasionally when I wanted to restart a chapter (bc I had listened ahead but my kids, who were listening to the book with me, had missed a part when they weren’t with me) I had to just keep skipping through thirty seconds rewinds to get where I wanted to go. (In retrospect , I probably could have bookmarked the spot before going on, but didn’t think of that since I am new to audiobooks.) I like that I can see how much time is left in the book and have been very impressed at the fast download time and how easy it is to find books I am looking for.

by Redhead_6

This is an awesome app! I stumbled across it searching online for an audiobook I couldn’t find anywhere else, and wondered why I’d never heard of it before as I’m addicted to audiobooks. I honestly signed up for the free trial to get two audiobooks I’d been dying for, but have realized I like Audiobookscom so much I might pay for it. I’ve found audiobooks I can’t find anywhere else. I also love their selection of free books - I immediately discovered an audiobook by my favorite author I was totally unaware of narrated by a voice actor I’d never heard of but is better than any other I’ve heard. I couldn’t find it in any other audiobook app or online bookstore. Not to mention Audiobookscom ’s interface is so easy to navigate, and I love the audiobook clubs idea. The one thing I haven’t figured out yet is how to remove a downloaded book from my device but I’m sure I will. I’m so glad I discovered Audiobookscom!

by RPinkerman

Hesitantly did the free trial; immediately downloaded 3 books totally free. I was recovering from an illness & thought it would be a good idea to listen to one of my favorite series while bed ridden - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings. To my surprise, the books were available & included in the free trial credits. It was very nice to actually get what was advertised as well as what I wanted. Beyond that, the actual app was very easy to use, had the sleep timer I needed as well as a “bookmark” feature you can leave notes on so that when/if I fell asleep while listening I could easily find my place again. I have read that you get “free” credits for books each month as well. That will be great & I’m looking forward to using Audiobookscom for a long time in the future. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves to read.

by 518&

it’s clear that this small audiobooks company goes out of its way to make the user experience the best in the industry. When compared to the audiobooks app offered by Apple and other competitors it has thawed out what makes a better product. The limitations of having one device to hold one audiobook by Apple is vastly Limiting in the age of 2018. The customer service offered by this small upstate New York company is superior to all other companies on the market. Whenever I have called with a problem they go out of their way to be helpful and find a solution, which addresses my problem even if they don’t have a design solution. whenever I’ve asked for an answer to a problem they have truly been helpful. It’s always inspiring when a small business tries hard to help their customers. Keep up the good work and positive business attitude.

by JustABarbiGurl

I have had a few different audiobook apps, this one by far is my favorite. The selection is varied and amazing and it does cost you a monthly membership fee for a credit but one credit covers the book. I also pay a for a second credit every month because I can buy a pass for a book club and choose the genre of the club and all books in that club are free while I have the pass. It’s sooo worth it I have found nearly every book I’ve wanted on here. Even older lesser known books and authors. The Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey, written in 1968 is even on here, I never expected that. When I found them, my decision was made for me, this was Audiobookscom I was going to use. This is my go to for everything I want to read but don’t have time to sit down and do so. Granted some narrators aren’t all that great but I’ve only come across a few books that I passed on after listening to the previews.

by LCDairy

I have about a 45 minute drive to and from work every day, so that’s 1 1/2 hours of listening to radio stations that get fuzzy or have commercials. I decided to try Audiobooks and much to my surprise, I actually get excited about my drive now. I can’t wait to see what happens next in the book. I’m not fidgeting with the car radio trying to see which station isn’t fuzzy. I’m currently listening to Virgin River by Robyn Carr. I just read the paperback versions of the 2nd and 3rd books in the series but didn’t have the first book in paperback, so I decided to use my trial credit to get the first book. I love this! The female voice who reads is amazing. She can change her pitch for each character and has a great quality to her voice. She knows just the right times to emphasize certain parts. It’s wonderful. If only the price was a little lower it would be perfect.

by Skylermarie39

I don’t have a ton to say just yet, as I am new to audiobooks. But I used to have audible for couple years and it was ok but audiobooks offers so much more especially with the use of their app. I really like the features much better for instance just to name a couple the sleep timer since I listen every night which last I checked audible didn’t have since I fall asleep during listening it makes it much easier to find where I left off instead of continuing to play only to wake up to see the book is finished and have to try and remember where I left off. Also like the ease of fast forwarding and track list. I decided recently to try and find audio app that better suited me so I decided to give audiobooks also another one a try to see if I liked them better or if I should just go back to my old subscription. And as of right now I’m definitely leaning towards audiobooks. I definitely like it best of the three I have tried.

by Carl Cann

While Audiobookscom works well and has a good selection of books, the billing and credits I feel are not good service. There are several books that I personally enjoy but understandably aren’t popular enough to make it to their selection. At that point I find myself listening to other things and the billing continues regardless. That is a bit annoying but what I think is unethical and nonsense is the 15$ I spent is essentially stolen from me if I don’t use it. I think it was after about 3-4months which I think is just absolutely unfair and offensive. To stop payments I have to call in and deal with someone who in the past gently tried to prevent me. If there was an option to control on Audiobookscom it wouldn’t bother me as much, but to have a business model that tries to have loss prevention measures by inconveniencing customers instead of make a quality model that works for them is wrong in my humble opinion. I give 2 stars instead of 1 because Audiobookscom does work well, other than it draining money from me if I don’t pay close attention.

by Ilssim

I’m on the second day of my 60-day trial. I like the interface of Audiobookscom - the part that controls playback and bookmarking and things like that. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of titles in my favorite genres - sci-fi and fantasy (mostly fantasy). I wish there were better search, sort, and filter features, as well as a more effective recommendation feature. One should be able to sort and filter by sub-genres, author, series, narrators, etc. For instance, fantasy has many genres- dark/grim dark fantasy, epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, classics (wheel of time and fellowship of the ring) etc.
in Audiobookscom , “Adult” appears to mean fantasy with sex and romance. What I thought it meant, and what I wanted it to mean Was that it filters out all the kids’ books. It also would be helpful to be able to filter out books you’ve already read - especially for the recommendation feature. It seems logical that if a person has rated a book, then he or she has already read it, and the book shouldn’t appear under the recommendation list. Maybe these features are available but I haven’t learned to use them properly. After all, it is only my second day. Despite all my griping, I really think I will have fun learning the new app and exploring its many offerings.

by Flagplayer

I would far prefer to check out audiobooks from my library, but the titles are limited. I am pregnant for the first time and wanted to read some books my friends had recommended, and I only found them here. It’s a good service for listening straight through a book, but since the books I’m listening to are informational, and I don’t care to listen to every chapter, as not all of them pertain to information I am seeking, I wish the book could be navigated by chapter. Instead I have to keep skipping ahead or back 30 seconds at a time and try to figure out where I am in the book this way. Other than that, Audiobookscom is efficient. It leaves off at my last listening point and can easily be activated in a few seconds before starting my commute. I don’t experience loading times and gaps in playback when I leave the reach of home WiFi, so it’s completely seamless for me. I would recommend.

by Kat18328

So far Audiobookscom has been great. It has clear sound, isn't glitchy and it has not froze up on me. So far they have had every book I have searched that I would be interested in listening to. Audiobookscom itself runs smootly and is easy to figure out.

I started my trial by listening to The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer. It was my book groups book this month and I had started reading it but needed to listen to it while getting things done if I was going to finish it in time.

That being said the one thing that I wish I could have done in Audiobookscom is to jump to a different chapter easliy. I wanted to start listining where I had left off reading. I eventually found my spot but it would have been nice to just be able to pick which chapter to start on. But everything else so far has been great about Audiobookscom so I am still giving it a 5 star rating.

by Saraemilypoarch

I’ve just started using Audiobookscom, but it seems to be everything you need and nothing you don’t. Not only does it have a good selection of books, plus an additional VIP book per month, Audiobookscom function itself is ideal. It’s got a sleep timer, bookmarks for when you want to go back to something that really impacted you, plus the ability to change the speed which I usually bump up to 1.5 when I listen to audiobooks now. It helps me get so much more reading in, and you don’t sacrifice quality in the process. I also LOVE that it shows where you are in the book as a whole (like 1:55 of 7:42) but it gives you different tracks within that too! It’s really nice to get to see it broken down in little chunks in addition to your total progress. I first listened to the free VIP book “Nudge” and it was surprisingly good! Something I wouldn’t have normally picked to read but thought “why not” and I’m glad I did. We’ll see how things continue to go, but so far I think it’s a good service and a well functioning app.

by BigBen219

I have two tween/teen boys that found books they really enjoyed listening to during long car rides this weekend. They didn’t have any issues at all stoping and picking back up where they left off over the last two days. It was amazing how they were so quiet and no one was fighting. They couldn’t take their headphones off as we were running around, except for to excitedly discuss what they had listened to so far. One read Ghost by Jason Reynolds and one is still reading Ready Player One. They have to read so much for their school AR program, it is nice to give them the option to occasionally listen to a book. I think it will only encourage a desire for them to read more in time. I am also excited to use this service as I am in the car a few hours a day and love being able to use that time to take in new books.