BorrowBox Library 3.15.00

Reviews

4 ★, on 2023-02-22
If you've used Kindle, it's like a basic version. When reading books, it does the job, but don't expect much more. The biggest bug-bear though is trying to find new books. The library (both app and website) has New Releases and New to Library categories. But neither correctly sort books - titles from months ago frequently appear at the top of results. "New to old" sorting does not work.

2 ★, on 2021-08-04
App works ok. The search function is pretty slow and does not yield the best results. Most annoying is the audio playback speeds. Whoever designed this clearly never listened to an audiobook. There needs to be smaller incrementals. Options start with: 1, 1.25, 1.5, etc. Most of the time 1 (normal speed) could use a bit of an increase but 1.25 is way too fast. On Audible, I usually listen back at 1.10 or 1.15.

3 ★, on 2022-08-01
Would love some more features. Great if I'm using just my phone to listen - BUT I often listen to audiobooks while I'm walking or driving. I would love to be able skip back 15 or 30 seconds by using the functions on my garmin watch or android auto in the car. If I'm listening to a podcast, I can do this, not with a book however - it's very frustrating to be wanting to just go back a little, bit, press the 'back button' and it skips back a whole chapter instead of just 15 or 30 secs. HELP!

3 ★, on 2023-12-31
Love being able to use this app, especially for audio books. However it's very difficult to search for titles and the categories seem to be entirely random. I also find when I get to a certain point, books randomly jump back to an earlier chapter and I have to skip through to find where I had got to last time I listened (this happens with all books and always back to the same point).

5 ★, on 2024-01-07
A great way to get hold of a large selection of e-books and audiobooks both legally and for free. Getting all set up was a mild pain as my library card was too ancient so needed renewing but it was worth the effort and the app has had occasional glitches along the way but currently seems solid and stable. My only minor criticisms would be the search function can be a little "loose" when searching for specific books/authors and I haven't found a way of reading the e-books on my kindle.

4 ★, on 2024-01-05
Generally a,great selection of books. Always quick to download them. Slightly annoying that it seems to stall and add the number of pages when I'm reading and just paused for a mo, I use the app on my phone and sometimes very hard to see whats available other the the most popular, new, etc etc which often are the same! But overall fantastic service. Thank you