Downpour.com

Listen to all your downloadable audiobooks from Downpour.com with this free app.

Downpour.com - Audiobook Listening App

"Downpour.com" is a free Android app that provides access to downloadable audiobooks from the Downpour.com website. It allows users to download, listen, and manage their audiobooks effortlessly, with features like background downloading, playback controls, and cross-device syncing. New updates include audiobook rentals, improved downloads, variable playback speed, and the ability to save books to SD storage.

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App stats

By: Blackstone Audio Books

Users: 214,473

236

Rating: 4.07

(1,232)

Version: 3.2.2 (Last updated: 2024-11-19)

Creation date: 2012-10-28

Email: cu*****@downpour.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Other:

view network connections
full network access
run at startup
prevent device from sleeping
modify system settings

Ranking

# 135,242 ▼ 230

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App summary

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The free Downpour.com app gives your Android device access to all your downloadable audiobooks from the Downpour.com e-commerce website, complete with “single-touch” full library and audiobook list views.

No Wi-Fi connection is needed to download your audiobooks. As long as you have a cell connection you can begin your download—but data rates may apply. Once downloaded, you can take your audiobooks with you on the go.

Quick listening — You can start listening to your audiobook as soon as the first track is downloaded to your device. All additional tracks will continue to download in the background.

The Downpour.com app contains well designed playback functionality and controls, including track advance and previous track selection and bookmarking—the app saves your place automatically so you can pick up right where you left off without having to remember where you were. Other key features include track-list view and time elapsed by track/chapter, with on-screen track scrub bar functionality.

Easy Syncing — There is no need for difficult and time consuming transfers/syncing of files between your computer and your Android device. The Downpour.com app will handle all of the technical aspects for you—no more worrying about which file type is the most appropriate for your device.

WHAT’S NEW

◥ AUDIOBOOK RENTALS - First car rentals, then movie rentals, now save a boatload of money with audiobook rentals!

• Get 30-60 days to complete an audiobook.
• Free up space on your device.
• Save up to 70% off retail pricing.

CROSS-DEVICE SYNCING - Now you can listen to your favorite books on all your devices and never lose your place.

OTHER UPDATES
▰ Improved downloads on slow networks.
▰ Added variable playback speed.
▰ Added variable scrub speed.
▰ Individual track downloads.
▰ Individual track deletion.
▰ Save non-rental books to SD storage.

User reviews

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Pros

DRM-free audiobooks allow downloading and using on various platforms.
Good selection of audiobooks compared to competitors.
User-friendly purchase and download process.

Cons

Frequent crashes and bugs, especially after updates.
Playback speed settings do not save properly and are limited.
Poor integration with car systems and Bluetooth functionality.

Most mentioned

App crashes and forgets playback position.
Playback speed resets each time playback is paused.
Limited playback control features, especially in the car.

User reviews

Downpour's App is a complete fecal show, at least on OneUI 6. Crashes out every other chapter in spite of the latest fix allegedly addressing it. Oh and spare your sanity by not using this app with a car's Bluetooth. After turning off the radio, Downpour will crash and /forget where it was in the audio book/. Bit lost at how an audio file player in 2024 can fail this hard. My advice? Buy the books from Downpour, download the e-book audio file, and listen to it with some other audio player.

Jerr Justicat, 2024-11-17

For several months at least, the app has been super flaky. I don't dare use the buttons to skip +/-15 seconds because there's a 90% chance Downpour will freak out and refuse to play audio until I force quit the app. Same thing if I try to change the play position any other way. Plus, as other reviews have mentioned, the play speed keeps resetting to the app default whenever you pause playback, which is awful because the app settings page only lets you choose default speeds in 25% increments.

Kelly B, 2024-07-16

Have liked the app. There seems to be a rewrite that doesn't work and just installed. All my 30 plus books need to be reloaded. The timer doesn't work. The speed of reading doesn't stay at the setting. Of course no way of contacting company. Downpour got back to me but problem still persist. They tell me to reach out to customer care. Which I have. But they cannot seem to fix the issue. I would love to buy more books but as long as the reader is not working correctly it is not worth it