Litres: Books
★ 4.7What it actually doesService for e-books and audiobooks with a catalog of 800,000+ titles, convenient reader and player with device synchronization, but occasionally logs out users and does not work with VPN/whitelists.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader35% of reviews
- ✓Audiobooks40% of reviews
- ✓Sync across devices10% of reviews
- ✓Note taking(bonus)5% of reviews
- ✓Subscription25% of reviews
- ✓Text-to-speech(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode15% of reviews
- ✓Free trial8% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Podcasts
- ⚠Offline-first
- ⚠Cashback and Rewards
- ⚠Умные рекомендации
- ⚠Social network
- ⚠Data export
Common complaints
- ✗Account and purchased books lost without explanation18% of mentions
«All my purchased books suddenly disappeared... my bought books vanished since yesterday, I got kicked out of my account with a bunch of purchased books»
- ✗Offline mode doesn't work — requires internet even for downloaded books8% of mentions
«even purchased and pre-downloaded books, without internet you can't open them»
- ✗Doesn't work with VPN and whitelists12% of mentions
«Can't read with VPN enabled! The app doesn't work when whitelists are turned on»
- ✗Issues with payment and charge processing12% of mentions
«I paid for the subscription but the money wasn't processed, money was charged after I canceled the subscription, payment doesn't always work correctly»
- ✗App constantly freezes, crashes, shuts down for no reason15% of mentions
«awful app constantly freezes, nothing loads, shuts down after 5 minutes of listening»
What people praise
- ★Huge book catalog (800k+), many genres and exclusive titles
«Sea of books for reading and in audio format, variety of books»
- ★Great audiobooks, convenient to listen to
«Audiobooks are awesome, I love ЛитРес for reading and listening convenience»
- ★Reading synchronization across phone, tablet, and PC
«Read in the evening from the tablet, listen in the morning from the phone — progress is always synchronized»
- ★Convenient reader with font and background customization
«I love ЛитРес for variety of books and reading convenience, you can highlight and copy quotes»
- ★Good price-to-quality ratio for the subscription
«I have a subscription, which itself says I'm happy with everything and willing to pay for it»