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i dont think the price is awful but I also dont know if its worth it. after paying, today it took me all day to get my library to load. ligging in and out on plex and bookcamp, finally restarting my phone fixed it.
They don't tell you that it's a paid subscription only app until after you've made an account. That's shady. Delete
listening experience is better than plex, but downloads don't work and there's no useful feedback about how to fix it. not gonna pay a subscription for something that only works when I'm at home, connected to my home wifi
Its a monthly subscription. I self host to avoid those.
I host the books, why would i pay for another subscription?
After a year with no updates, and active comparable open source alternatives, this app is no longer worth the subscription.
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Developer reply
Hi, thanks for the feedback. The bookmarks feature will be implemented as part of the next major update!
It's a pain. My books keep stopping, disappearing, stopping completely, even the downloads stop.
I mean it works. Provides chaptered m4b playback unlike PlexAmp, but a monthly fee for that feature isn't worth it for me. Might be for you. If it were a onetime purchase around $5-$9, maybe. To be fair, it looks good, works, and connected easily to Plex. Just didn't seem to provide a service worthy of another monthly fee.
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I have revisit the app after some time. This is software as a service without actually offering a service. I'd be happy to pay a one off fee to use this product. I've paid for the audiobooks, for the server and for Plex, I can't justify paying for a subscription when free alternatives exist. I still feel 1 star is reflective of the app given the circumstances, especially after the reply to this review and others.
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Developer reply
Hi, this is an indie app built with passion and for the long run. There is a one-week free trial to decide if the support is worth about 1$ a month, because this is what the subscription is about. I understand it might be too expensive for you, but giving one star while saying the app is nice is only hurting the people involved for no good reason.
A subscription model for a Plex app? Bless your heart. Also I can't delete my account without subscring. This is poor. be better.
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“It's a subscription service without the service, because you provide your own server.”
“It's a subscription service without the service, because you provide your own server.”
“It wanted me to create an account.”
“Great UI and features, but too buggy and doesn't fit the spirit of self hosting.”
“Great UI and features, but too buggy and doesn't fit the spirit of self hosting.”
“My issues: I constantly had the "Your audiobook is loading..." message appear.”
Share of the 67 positive reviews that mention it
“look forward to any Settings option that allow for minor or fun changes to some functions, but overall I'm much happier with this then the current state of C…”
“It's quite beautiful to look at.”
“Easy to set up, easy to use, always picks up where I left off.”
“Just think it could use 2 separate ones for audiobooks.”
“The annual subscription for the service is totally worth it with the playback features, downloading and ease of syncing your place in playback across multipl…”
A drop after an update usually means the update broke something.