uLIBRARY

But…its functionality is quite lacking. When listening to audiobooks, there’s no way of knowing (that I can see) how many hours I you are into the book or how long you have left. If this was added it would make the app experience much nicer!

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and like that uLIBRARY often has the full series of books available (eg, Wallender, Ann Cleeves, etc). I recently contacted customer support over a problem with the app and the next morning, received a courteous and helpful reply explaining that the problem was being fixed by the developers. The following day I was emailed instructions on how to reinstall the app, which worked perfectly. I think it’s a great library service.

Update: took a few days, but the app does seem to have been fixed. I did appreciate that when the app first went down, I was able to contact the developer via email using the “send feedback” option within the app’s “More” menu, and not only got an email reply in 24hrs to say they were working on the problem, but then also a further email to notify me when the app had been updated with fixes, as well as details of how to apply those updates to the app on my phone. Thank you for the individual response - I know that’s not a given. And it’s otherwise been a good app - basic in some respects (eg. doesn’t show how long each chapter is in the chapter list of audiobooks - would help me estimate where to rewind to next day, after I’ve fallen asleep listening!) but easy to use, including to browse and search the catalogue, and to reserve or borrow items. Thanks for the continued development work - I’ll definitely continue using it :-) *** Worked fine until the latest update a few days ago - can’t listen to anything for more than a couple of minutes now, before the app shuts itself down…. You only get to borrow the audio/ebooks for a few days, so this is cutting into valuable listening time! Any chance you could roll back to the previous version while you fix the fixes? Happy to re-review once this gets sorted as it was basically a decent app before if a bit limited (eg. no durations given in chapter lists).

So good to be able to access free audio books. Slightly clunky app as mentioned. I had downloaded a book but it kept stopping and so deleted app and reinstalling. Hoping to fix problem.

Constantly freezes. Returns process is quite ridiculous

This app is sub par compared to others on a basic level. Audio Books frequently don’t download, the return button disappears and the search comes up with no results when I’m aware the author and/or books are in the library. There also seems to be no facility to add books to a wish list for future loans. It’s now unusable with the latest update. I listen to an audiobook for 5 to 10 minutes then silence and the app has thrown me out. I have to open it, choose the audio book and press play only to get another 5 minutes.

This is quite a nice app that gives me access to my public library’s selection of audio-books. In general it’s OK, and does mainly what it needs to do, but it’s distinctly clunky in places. In particular the search facility needs some serious attention, as does the method of reading through the the list of search results. I understand from the developers that this is in the process of being re-designed, so I won’t go into detail here. With such design issues one would not expect things to change quickly, though change they must. However, the authors have shown themselves able and willing to fix bugs, as the most recent releases have demonstrated.

I cannot speak highly enough of uLIBRARY. I would be absolutely lost without it.. there are so many audiobooks to choose from, I regularly listen to one a week and am a very happy user of this free, top quality service. The customer support is absolutely superb, they have always got back to me immediately and sorted any issues. I cannot emphasise enough how brilliant uLIBRARY is, I am always telling my friends about it, I cannot believe that people still pay for audio books which you can just get free on uLIBRARY! It is a million times easier to use than Libby or Dropbox. Give it a go, I would be lost without it.. it is easy to use, accessible, free, an excellent way to get free top quality audio books on your phone or iPad.

Okay so it is limited at the moment but I found it has a lot of missing books fro other apps I use. My big bugbear if you don't have internet it won't load even if you have fully downloaded the books.

This app is easy to use. You can download and listen to multiple books, search titles and authors. It also suggests titles and keeps a history of books. Free audiobooks. What’s not to like?