Litres: Books and audiobooks
★ 4.7What it actually doesRussia's largest e-book and audiobook service with subscription access to 800,000+ titles, featuring a built-in reader and audio player, but suffering from stability, synchronization, and VPN compatibility issues.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader70% of reviews
- ✓Audiobooks60% of reviews
- ✓Subscription50% of reviews
- ✓Text-to-speech10% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode10% of reviews
- ✓Cashback and Rewards10% of reviews
- ✓Available in Russia100% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Offline-first
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Podcasts
- ⚠Free trial
- ⚠Timer / alarm
- ⚠Система отзывов и рейтингов книг
- ⚠Умные рекомендации на основе истории чтения
Common complaints
- ✗Entire library suddenly disappears after update25% of mentions
«I've been buying ebooks for over 10 years. Three days ago everything disappeared. My entire library accumulated over many years is gone»
- ✗App blocks access when VPN is enabled28% of mentions
«Restore access to reading books with VPN enabled. I often listen to audiobooks in the background, but now I can't. What are you trying to achieve? Making people read less?»
- ✗Lost downloaded books and resets to chapter start35% of mentions
«Now it constantly resets audiobooks to the chapter start from where I was listening. I updated the app and everything vanished, all I bought over several years, give it back!!!»
- ✗Black screen, freezing and app crashes22% of mentions
«Doesn't open after the last update. Black screen. This mess has been going on for two weeks. Got logged out and can barely log back in.»
- ✗Non-functional support (bot auto-replies instead of real help)20% of mentions
«Technical support sends stupid auto-replies (bot). Contacting support is useless, the stupid bot writes the same thing over and over.»
What people praise
- ★Huge book collection (800,000+ titles)
«You can find a lot of books here»
- ★Convenient reader settings (font, color, brightness)
«The ability to customize reading to your preference is really nice. Nice discounts too.»
- ★Loyalty program with cashback up to 15%
«Nice discounts, the loyalty program works»
- ★Good quality narrators for audiobooks
«Everything is great, would love to have more good narrators with unique voices»
- ★Built-in text-to-speech for reading aloud
«The reader has the option for a bot to read books aloud»