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1. [R5] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Wonderfully realistic speech makes everything more enjoyable: I love the new features that are added, but it does seem like each update introduces weird new bugs that make using it hard at times. Latest issue is fast forwarding sometimes randomly jumps playback to some random point far earlier.
2. [R6] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Declining app quality for otherwise spectacular voice quality: This is a confusing review to leave. On the one hand, the voice quality and selection from ElevenLabs is spectacular, and it's something I use nearly daily. But on the other, the quality and experience of using the app seems to have degraded over time. Frequently with longer text, the app loses its spot, and the text highlighting gets
3. [R7] ElevenReader 2/5 · US Buggy AF: Nearly unusable due to bugs. The app delays 10+ seconds on buttons, sometimes just hangs indefinitely: Confusing UI, changes to voice do not take effect for several minutes, if ever. Imported content is just stuck on whatever first voice was used. Mispronounces obvious words like “the”. Pretty disappointing.
4. [R12] ElevenReader 3/5 · US New version is glitchy: The app worked great a few weeks ago, idk what happened. Maybe they started vibe coding. Pausing and unpausing fasts forward about 20 seconds.
5. [R1] ElevenReader 1/5 · US Stupid violation: I pay for this app just to get violations on Books that have nothing to do with the violations I’m getting (child safety) I even made another account to get rid of the violations, but it says on a completely different fiction book. I don’t recommend this if you read fiction romance books it just makes you feel icky when you get a violation like that!
6. [R13] ElevenReader 1/5 · US Beware Scam: Signed up for the free trial to see if it liked the app. It was ok, but didn’t like it enough to continue beyond the free trial. Guess what? There’s no way to cancel the subscription. Then bam, charged for a full year. After the charge hit, I can now cancel. Scammers. Guess I should have known.
7. [R19] ElevenReader 1/5 · US NOT FREE!: Has a horrible selection of books and cost money. It practically can’t function without payment.
8. [R22] ElevenReader 1/5 · US If you recommend this to others: Your free tier access might be banned. I made the great mistake of recommending this app within my household and now NONE of us have free tier access because it’s “suspicious.” Really? There are just three people here. It’s not like 30 people were using this app from the same IP address. EVEN AFTER CONTACTING SUPPORT (at which point presumably they could’ve checked
9. [R3] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Love it, but don’t: Love the scan to read option, but all the books are expensive just to buy for one lesson so if you have a book and you don’t feel like reading it scan it and listen to it
10. [R11] ElevenReader 5/5 · US It’s good but also not good: It gets annoying that I have to take a picture of each and every page and the AI still gets some words wrong but it’s still a good reading app
11. [R15] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Partially worked: I could not get this to work right with loading books no matter which method I choose except taking a photo. I was able to load two books using a workaround, but really they need to make it accessible through third-party or file or something else. I’m not gonna pay $11 a month with that amount of limited access.If I can load my own books, then it’s worth it. I tried loading from
12. [R16] ElevenReader 1/5 · US Disappointed: I’ve been trying for 2 days to get this app to work and I am done. I scanned the book and it read it in German.
13. [R37] ElevenReader 2/5 · US offline downloads require internet: i paid for ultra to listen on plane, but u cannot listen to ur downloads unless u have internet connection. defeats whole point.
14. [R39] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Great iff the internet connection is perfect.: The app works well for the most, but the buffer is too small so it keeps pausing while it waits for the server to catchup. It would be nice if this could be adjusted but there is no option for that. When my internet is solid the app is great though.
15. [R4] ElevenReader 1/5 · US I can’t sign in!: Why I can’t sign in? Email or Apple ID neither.
16. [R31] ElevenReader 1/5 · US It can randomly stop working: This app is absolutely terrible. There are much more better options but that’s not even my main reason. For no reason, it suddenly stopped working. No, it won’t work even on a new account, it won’t work even on a different device, so i resorted to trying a vpn. Nothing works. It became entirely unusable on all devices for absolutely no reason, so if you have a lot of
17. [R32] ElevenReader 4/5 · US Saps Battery Like Crazy: I’ve noticed when using this app that my battery drains like crazy and my phone gets real hot. Not sure if there’s a bug in the latest versions or what. Works wonderfully apart from that!
18. [R91] Apple Books 1/5 · US Heats up and drains battery: Just listening to an audio book with the screen off, my brand new iPhone gets warm and drained 10% battery in just 20 minutes. Apple! Come on! It’s YOUR app! Why is it so poorly optimized?!
19. [R8] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Amazing app: I love this app & use it everyday. The only missing piece is carplay support.
20. [R29] ElevenReader 4/5 · US Needs CarPlay: Love this app but it needs CarPlay.
21. [R49] ElevenReader 1/5 · US New update trash: Used to read ahead. Now I can't. They had a better interface than kindle. Now everythings greyed out. Cant read ahead. Wtf. No option to return to old settings either.
22. [R52] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US Love this app: This app is my vacation away from reality with all the luxury get away to far and distant lands when trying to get through day to day life great app great books and authors on here
23. [R53] Amazon Kindle 3/5 · US Kindle Books: I like KU but the slow release of subsequent books is annoying and just a way for Amazon to drag out your subscription
24. [R55] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US Best app I own!!: If you are a reader download the kindle! Take your book everywhere you go! It’s the best app I own!
25. [R57] Amazon Kindle 5/5 · US Love love kindle 💕: Love kindle I read every night for one hour before going to sleep. And some times during the afternoon but on vacation I read daily on the patio btw I am 91 🌺❤️
26. [R65] Speechify 2/5 · US Bait and Switch: The ad I saw for this app said “listen for free” but once I clicked it, I was taken to the pay monthly screen. I can’t believe I actually thought I could listen for free. They should at a minimum let you listen to 1 book free if they are going to say that.
27. [R66] Speechify 5/5 · US Speechify: I am looking so forward to having books read to me.
28. [R68] Speechify 2/5 · US Extremely deceptive ads: The ads show someone taking a picture of the outside cover of a book, and implies this is all you have to do in order for the app to read it to you. Of course this is ridiculous... you have to photograph/scan every page. The app then works very well. But in order to continue using the app, you have to pay a subscription.
29. [R69] Speechify 5/5 · US Reading: It is always difficult to me . Thx you for your app
30. [R80] Apple Books 4/5 · US Good but search engine sucks: The app overall is very good and is easy to navigate and usually has good recommendations however the search for this app is so unorganized and unreliable that it is hard to find what you want
31. [R83] Apple Books 5/5 · US Pls be free: Bro I’m trying to read my summer book homework 😭😭😭 but I need to pay more just to read than this iPhone
32. [R84] Apple Books 3/5 · US I just think the books should cost less: I still think Libby is better because all the books are free
33. [R85] Apple Books 1/5 · US A BAD BOOK APP!!: So I was scrolling through the app, and I only had three recommendations and had mass of little options to read. This was very disappointing and I couldn’t enjoy a good book.. this had me completely petrified to write this review. i’m sorry if this affected your so-called business. This was absolutely tremendous and I will not stand for this absolutely ridiculous app a part of th
34. [R94] Manobook 5/5 · US New to this: I’m new and just started reading. On chapter 82 and really enjoying this app. I highly recommend it!
35. [R95] Manobook 3/5 · US Good story but expensive: Hard to earn coins, expensive to buy. The further you progress through a story the more coins each chapter costs!
36. [R96] Manobook 2/5 · US Expensive: The stories are good but very expensive. If they had a monthly fee then I could get on board with that. But $15 to $25 a week is a rip off
37. [R98] Manobook 3/5 · US Love: I’ve really enjoyed using this app! There are lots of interesting stories to choose from, and it’s easy to find something new to read. The app is simple to use, and I like being able to read whenever I have some free time. Overall, it’s been a fun reading experience!
38. [R108] Kobo Books & Audiobooks 4/5 · US Great app but confusing payment system: The app is great! Runs nicely, dark mode, nice UI, and also has a dictionary option to look up unknown words! The only thing is the payment system. From what I can tell, a subscription only covers some books, and not all in its collection. Some ebooks and audiobooks you just have to purchase.
39. [R111] Kobo Books & Audiobooks 4/5 · US Kobo audiobooks: I like just paying a flat monthly fee and listen to as much as I’d like. The type of books I like are limited but still worth price compared to others. Wouldn’t pay more than current fee but I will continue to use for now.
40. [R112] Kobo Books & Audiobooks 3/5 · US Eh: I like the app but don’t like that when I want to get a book you can’t buy it in the app it takes you online and you have to sign in every single time
41. [R114] Kobo Books & Audiobooks 5/5 · US Love it: I really enjoy using the Kobo app. It’s really easy and convenient to use.
42. [R2] ElevenReader 4/5 · US Accessible and Free: okay, when I first downloaded this app, I was honestly irritated. Because of my reading disability, I had already gone through 4, 5 different read-aloud apps just trying to find one that actually worked. every single time, the natural sounding AI voices were locked behind an expensive paywall, making it even harder for people with disabilities to access something as basic as re
43. [R20] ElevenReader 5/5 · US This app is amazing: I love that you can use so many useful features and tools straight from the app and 100% free🎉 if you’re looking for something to read your books or your apps I recommend this as a MS2!! It has been so helpful to get my books read to me. Thank you and I will not stop bringing this app up to my friends and colleagues!!!
44. [R38] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Best TTS App: I’ve tried out at least a dozen different AI text to speech apps and websites. All of them either had character limits, voices that were too robotic, or everything was behind a paywall. This app has THE MOST expressive AI voices I’ve ever heard and the best part is they’re completely free! And I’m not aware of any character limit yet. This will be my go-to app to listen to fanficti
45. [R34] ElevenReader 1/5 · US No longer works: Doesn’t parse urls, share sheet broken, voices still suck, app is user hostile and gets no updates. Honestly, a really terrible app and experience and it doesn’t seem like they care at all. So disappointed!
46. [R10] ElevenReader 1/5 · US AI generated voices: All these books are narrated by AI.