LibriVox Audiobooks – Ad-Free

Normally a great app, but in this latest version the navigation controls have gone! You can no longer jump to previous chapter or next chapter. Nor can you slide a control to go to a certain point within that chapter. Those control buttons and slider have simply gone! The only way now to go to another chapter is to go back to the chapter list and select that other chapter. (The 'skip' buttons are still there, but they only skip forward or back about 15 seconds. And on the lock screen you can still 'slide' forward and back within the chapter but you can't gi to next or previous chapters even on the lock screen.) I have resorted to using an old phone which still has the previous good version of the app on it. Kicking myself for 'upgrading' to this version when it was working ok before. Looking at how to 'downgrade' to the previous version, but that's never easy. I hope the developers can fix the problem soon!

LibriVox is such a wonderful idea and gives not only those who listen a great experience but also those who read the books. I can’t recommend it enough.

Most of the time the audio stops after 3-4 mins. This has only recently started happening. I’ve been an LibriVox app user for years. 🙁

This app appears to be more buggy than the free version but all is forgiven because Librivox is simply fantastic. If you’re looking for 1000’s of free fantastic audio books then you’re in the right place. Thank you Librivox and your brilliant volunteers and authors.

Great substitute for running soundscapes!

A great fat Trollope, it has to be said, but it makes for the most enjoyable and compulsive listening. The volunteers are all to be commended; what a great joy to come across Milne Nicholson’s voice, made so familiar by her rendition of Dickens. A couple of volunteers however where not so good, and it requires considerable effort to follow their reading.

It’s great to have a such a range of audiobooks available. There’s a few visual glitches, and a problem going back to a chapter that has just played (it will go back to the end of the last chapter, and then restart the current chapter). It’s nice to be able to favourite readers, and an improvement would be the ability to filter searches using only favourited readers. The LibriVox website has links to Gutenberg website to get the ebook version. Would be good if the app had an similar link. Perhaps even a follow-along reader thing which highlights the currently read text (using speech recognition on the audio file?)

LibriVox has kept me entertained for many years now. The quality of most of the readers is infallible, and the rest are still very good. There’s such a range of literature to listen to and it’s perfect for car journeys, bath time or before going to sleep... to name but a few. I recommend it to my friends and I rely on it during my downtime. Keep up the good work!

Very good app with huge selection of books to choose from and some excellent readers but sleep timer is unreliable and on going back to a book it goes back to the beginning of the chapter and not where you left off which is slightly annoying. Otherwise I'd have given 5 stars.

A great app. Stories are read seamlessly.