Audible for Android

by Audible, Inc.

Product Details

• ASIN: B004GJ6BY0
• Original Release Date: March 22, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2011
Rated: Guidance Suggested This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (314 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,019 Free in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Free in Appstore for Android)
  • #12 in Appstore for Android > Books & Comics > Books & Readers

Product Features

• Download audiobooks directly from your Android device
• Get one free audiobook with a 30-day free trial to AudibleListener Gold
• Listen to all your favorite titles on-the-go
• Find out about upcoming releases or the next author chat
• Earn stats and badges for listening to books
• Switch between reading and listening with Whispersync for Voice (compatible Kindle device required)

Technical Details

• Size: 4.6MB
• Version: 1.4.6
• Developed By: Audible, Inc. (Privacy Policy )
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Expand or collapse the status bar
  • Connect to paired bluetooth devices
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
  • Access information about networks
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

94 of 117 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Multiple small problems make this app a pain May 4, 2011

By Camelfoe

I wish there were other options to listen to Audible content on my Android, because this app just isn't ready for release yet. I subscribe to a radio show (3~4 hours a day, 5 days a week) through Audible, and using this app to control the episodes become tedious very quickly.

1. The Library system is cumbersome. It is very difficult to manage shows more than a week old. On my device, any shows over a week old are no longer shown grouped with the more recent shows, and it becomes a scavenger hunt to find a screen that will show them. On top of that, older shows no longer show the date, which makes it difficult to figure out which show you're managing without playing it. Give me a screen that lists every show on the device, in chronological order (or any order I pick) with the show title and date prominently displayed, and you'll get another star.

2. There is no option to seamlessly start the next show when one is finished. Which means I need to go into the library system and try to figure out which show is next. There's no indication in the library system if a show has been played or not, and if I'm more than a week behind, as I said before there's no indication of the show date, either.

3. Sometimes it loses my Audible login information. Seems to happen randomly when I reboot the device. I've had to make my Audible password ridiculously easy to accommodate the Android keyboard.

4. There's no way I can find to completely delete the show "Your First Listen", which means it sits in my library listing taking up space.

Two stars because it does work to listen to Audible content. But the file management side needs serious work.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars unhappy October 14, 2012

By cg

Amazon Verified Purchase

Unfortunately I was unable to use Audible for Android at all. It doesn't work on the Kindle Fire that I recently purchased from Amazon. And there is apparantly no other app available to allow audible downloads for the Kindle Fire. Was hoping to be able to read the same book on my Kindle that I am listening to as an audible book in the car.

113 of 149 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Audible March 22, 2011

By tivonator

I listen to audiobooks on my commute to/from work, and I love the Audible app. After sampling several different audiobook apps, I settled on Audible's due to its clean interface, stability, and its features. The interface looks nice, is simple, and is responsive (no random hanging). I've never had it crash - kind of a given nowadays but all the other apps I tried crashed at some point. The features really set it apart though. Simple things like the sleep timer, button-free mode (great while driving), ability to download your titles right from your Audible library (on wifi), and listening stats are all really nice.

Best audiobook app out there.