OverDrive: eBooks & audiobooks App Reviews

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GREAT App!!!!

I love OverDrive and how its allowed me to access a treasure trove of audiobooks!!

Love It!!!

I love this app, I use All the time!!

Does the job

I do wish that there was the ability to highlight and not just bookmark. However the inter face is generally straightforward and easy to use. I do wish that there was a time of when you would lose the book and not just telling you how many days are remaining. But I like it and use it all the time for e-books and audiobooks and have found the service to be one that I use most often. Ive never had any issues with clunkiness or sluggishness and Ive been using the app for greater than three years.

Its okay

I enjoy this app when Im listening to books but searching for them leaves a lot to be desired.

Update?

I have been using this app for a few months now and I was loving it..not since the new update though reason being it doesnt give me the option of downloading the books on my kindle anymore..Im sorry but I do prefer my kindle over my phone for reading it works great on audiobooks but if that issue could be fixed it would be a 5 star app!!

Fix the font

The font is too small and cant be adjusted. Eye strain. Good app otherwise.

Easy Book Check Out

Do not have to buy books when you have this application. Saves lots of money with this app. Easy to use but there are some hiccups.

Font problem

This app used to be great, now the font is too small and cannot be adequately adjusted. Please fix this problem! Essentially unusable....

Buggy

I appreciate downloading library books but there seem to be more bugs with each new OS.

Great app

Update, Nov 9, 2016. Just used the new format and absolutely love it. Fixed things or added elements I didnt even know I wanted. Original review Ive given 5 stars because everything is working perfectly now. If you arent using this app you should start immediately its invaluable. Have fun reading! I go back-and-forth from Overdrive to Kindle and overdrive is much easier to use with bookmarking, moving around in the book, etc, plus it works with audio so much better. I especially enjoy the ability to add other libraries such as the Gutenberg free library, (things of that sort )to the app itself. It makes it much more robust. I dont know of another app that works so well with Library books as this one does, especially since its allows you to download the book in various formats including Kindle. So do yourself a favor if you havent used it , downloaded it, give it a try , I think youll fall in love with it. I use it every day on my iPad my iPhone and my computer. Enjoy.

Fun

Enjoy being able to look at all the books

Great app

This app is fantastic! I can listen to so many audiobooks on the go, downloaded, for free. I appreciate the different features allowing me to skip 15 seconds ahead or behind because sometimes you miss things, and the sleep feature is also great. The user interface is occasionally a bit confusing and difficult to understand when searching for books, but overall I really like this app.

SERIOUSLY SCREWED UP!!!

What, in the name of heaven, has happened with this latest "update/improvement"?!? You took an app that was working great .. was, in fact, the best of the library apps and "FIXED" if so it is now the worst!! Will no longer maneuver between screens, will NOT hold your sign in information while you try to browse the site!! I am visually impaired and it is VERY hard to constantly put in the info!

Amazing reading app!

This really is my favorite discovery. Who doesnt like reading for free? All you need is a library card! I love it.

Upgrade ruined ap

I wrote this review some time ago. Now the ap is lowered to one star. Totally useless. Latest changes to this ap took it from 5 stars to zero. Previously I could browse my local library, select several books, add each to cart and then or later download each title. Upgrade revived cart. Once you select a book you cannot do anything else until it slowly downloads that book. This is so irritating since I want to select several books to take on trip with me.

Crimes!

Well Overdrive you did it again, screwed up the app. Search is so cumbersome now. I indicated English language and also get Chinese??? I cant get just ebooks, audio comes up too. Argh!

So much better !

Before it was like signing in three times before you got to your book. Often it had to reload after a chapter. Im very pleased with the update version. The book continues promptly. Thank you!

Not optimized for iOS 10

The app supports the new iOS but is doesnt run all that smoothly. Glitchy at times. Audiobooks will crash, skip or repeat chapters and playback from the lock screen doesnt work 90% of the time. The same issue occurs when you try to hit play from your headphones. It will pause but it wont play after that. You basically have to unlock your phone and open the app for it to play again. Super obnoxious after awhile. The same issues occurred when the iOS 9 came out and it took Overdrive awhile to get it together. So dont get your hopes up for a fix any time soon.

Wont even open

App wont open on my phone anymore (iPhone 5 iOS 10.2) and "support" only brings me to contacting my library.

Now crashes at start-up

This update creates errors in playback. :( I really enjoy audiobooks from the library but the app seems to be functioning less well than in the past.

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