Downpour.com
Listen to all your downloadable audiobooks from Downpour.com with this free app.
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4.07
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spammy, or outdated. 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.
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-17 |  | | 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. |
| 2024-07-16 |  | | 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. |
| 2024-03-30 |  | | 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 |
| 2024-03-29 |  | | Downpour app does have the ability to adjust playback speed but only at specific speeds. This should be changed to allow the playback speed to be adjusted to any point in the range, as all other such apps do. If this is too difficult, at least the app should add points between .75 and 1, such as .8 and .9. Currently there is only one speed below 100%. A bug in how the playback speed setting works is that if play is paused or stopped, playback speed reverts to 100% and user must reset. |
| 2023-12-24 |  | | I was a big customer years back but stopped as prices rose and selection declined, but I'm back! Selection is now great and prices are good. Prices are a tad more than the major competitor, but that is more than made up by being DRM free! You can use this app to listen, or you can use any app you want! I buy my books from downpour and consume them in Audiobookshelf. If you aren't comfortable seeing that up, I highly recommend Listen Audiobook. Big thanks to downpour for being DRM free! |
| 2023-12-04 |  | | App is okay, but lacks some features such as - Auto saved view preferences (it resets upon opening and closing) - Play speed will not save or function with pre populated speeds, you have to drag it over and set it every time - Browsing is less intuitive and smooth on the app compared to the website - Would be nice to have goals and reading blocks for more listening They did implement dark mode, which is nice |
| 2023-11-29 |  | | The app used to work alright but after recent updates it won't remember where I was in the book and everytime I open the app back up it restarts on chapter 1. Big pain. On top of that the app has always had a problem with Google maps. It won't pop up as a bar on the bottom to be able to pause like other apps do while driving. They definitely need to make those improvements soon. Those are big enough issues to switch services over. |
| 2023-11-24 |  | | Solid alternative to audible, doesn't seem as greedy and allows you to have your account on multiple devices. Downsides are is the library is slightly more limited (still a huge selection) and it's buggier. Most recent update is causing me to periods reset my progress to 0 on the book. I'm listening to, and needing to often refind my place gets tiresome |
| 2023-08-06 |  | | App works well and the service is good. You can see % completed from the book info page (click the three dots andnselect book info). The speeds are in .25 increments, which is fairly standard. You can download the audio files and play with other applications if you want, mp3 download is from the website. |
| 2023-03-26 |  | | This is a poorly designed app. I it doesn't show how much total time elapsed for an audiobook. Therefore, no way of knowing how much is left. The book I listed to was not chapterized (Blood and Iron) so I couldn't easily find my place in the actual book to continue reading along. You cannot slightly increase or decrease the speed of the narration. Only huge amounts of 25% at a time. Needs to be redesigned completely. Not good! |
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