Chirp Audiobooks Customer Service

After 40 years of travel and research, the author shares with us his findings and conclusions of his ambitious attempt to answer the question of why the Europeans colonized the New World rather than the New World colonizing Europe. The geography, the availability of native plants and animals, leading to agriculture and domestication, and in turn, leading to civilizations, weapons, and conquest, are examined in detail, painting a picture of how certain societies advanced while others did not. It’s an eye opening and convincing review of history and science to show how civilization evolved the way it did. On the other hand, the author asks the question whether European conquests were the result of differences in people or differences in environments. He devotes 400 pages examining the environmental differences in the continents, but less than a single page to the differences in races. He states up front that, based on his own personal experience, people of New Guinea appear to be more intelligent than Europeans. He expands this experience to assume that all people from New Guinea are at least as intelligent as Europeans, and therefore all people in the world are essentially equal in intelligence and capability to develop civilization. His evidence for environmental factors is compelling, but his assumptions about human nature, that is, his lack of evidence for human factors, leaves his conclusions in question. Overall, a fascinating read, which I recommend to students of history and the development of human civilization.

I haven’t had any issues with the app so far. I’ve only had it for a few months and I use it once or twice a week - for context of the review. The best parts of Chirp are the prices, the availability of independent authors in an audio version, and freebie Fridays, where they have the first book of a series for free - of course that’s a hook, but it gives you a chance to find out if you like the characters, the plot line, and the author’s writing style before investing in a series you don’t care for. Typically they offer seven different genres. So there’s something for (almost) everyone. I find it rare that audiobooks published by independent and lesser known authors are carried by my library. And if they do have them, it’s not usually the full series. Annoying! I really like that Chirp provides this format for those of us who use audiobooks. I know this review is more for the store and less for the app itself, but so far I have not had any issues with the app, either. If anything changes, I will update but right now, solid full five stars for both!

What are rich time I was just privileged to spend with a profoundly knowledgeable man of God who lived a generation ago. I just finished the book how to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and was profoundly challenged by the scriptural approach taken by A.W. Tozer. I would recommend this book to any Christian who has been born again but wants to live a more deeply scriptural experience of what God has in mind for all Christians. If the reader of this is not yet a Christian… I would encourage you to read a wonderful small little book just a few chapters long… Known as the gospel of John. Remember hearing about the four Gospels at the beginning of the new testament “Matthew, Mark, Luke & John?“ Just go to John and read those few chapters and you will meet the person of Jesus Christ. I read the writings of a profoundly scholarly man who had studied all of the philosophies and all of the religions of the world… Who had come up with what he believed to be the single most important question any human being will ever ask or ask themselves for an answer to. Go to the gospel of John and ask this question “who is Jesus Christ and what am I going to do with Him? God will use that honest inquiry to miraculously change your life for eternity. Guaranteed. Abundant blessings.

If you love listening to audiobooks then you found the right place to do it, and certainly at the right price.! Every day new deals abound. I enjoy listening to old time radio shows, and many a day they have them on sale for two dollars or possibly three dollars when the regular price is up to $22 or more.! This makes listening to Old time radio not only a pleasure but pure joy!!! They also have other categories of books that run on sale for 30 days or more, so if you think you might enjoy a book but I’m sure? Then at least you have 30 days to go back and get it before it goes off sale. Many books run anywhere from $.99 to five dollars. At any point if you have trouble you can always email customer service, I have done this a few times and they have always been very helpful and have gotten back to me right away. At any rate to make a long story even longer if you are not using Chirp for all your audiobook needs then you are missing the boat!!!! Hurry up and climb on board.

Years a go I was a librarian and listened to audiobook CD sets to keep up on new authors & books … I’ve been a member of Audible forever and have hundreds of books … a few years ago a friend was asking me if there was anything besides Audible as she was on a limited budget and had limited access to audiobooks in her remote area … I did a little research and found Chirp … the no subscription, discount premise the publishers use to introduce you to possibly new authors, titles or genres is great … I don’t buy near as many books anymore, but am I throughly enjoying Chirp as a secondary source to buy audiobooks … I’ve gotten a few non-fiction titles that have been on my wishlist for awhile and I was able to get the entire series of a new author to me on sale at a price I could afford now that my budget is more limited (BTW - I am loving the new series!) … the only hiccup I have is that I tend to use the online website to browse titles as the app can be tricky to do that … It’s worth trying Chirp out!

Who has time to pay $16 for an Audible audiobook that you can only get once a month, whether you use audiobooks that frequently or not? Certainly not me. That’s why I love Chirp Books. They do all the hard work for me, and send me severely discounted audiobooks in my preferred genres. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a price north of $6, with most being closer to $3 or $4. And as someone who’s on a budget, Chirp Books is a great something to have alongside my library card. The user interface can be a bit tricky to navigate between the play page and the chapter breakdowns/additional info, so I’d love to see that strengthened in the next update. (But that’s by no means a deal breaker.) The audiobooks are of great quality, you have your playback speeds and sleep timers if you want to use those. AND. YOU CAN BUY THE AUDIOBOOKS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PHONE. Be it the daily emails they send or from browsing the app, they make it SO easy to buy the app. I actually got my dad hooked on audiobooks thanks to Chirp Books. A definite fan!

I love Chirp. It’s a great way to buy audiobooks you think you’ll like but aren’t sure so are wary about pay a lot. Prices range widely — when I decide I need more to listen to, I usually see several (okay, like maybe 10) that look promising or that I’ve always had on my mental list at ridiculously good prices, treat myself, and have a stash to dip into whenever. This includes both classics and best-sellers for a couple dollars apiece. It’s insane. You won’t always find a specific book on sale but you’ll always find ones you want on sale. It’s VERY fun to browse and the app is easy to use. Other Chirp customers provide book reviews but if I want more info I check on other book review sites but come back to Chirp to buy. Finding Chirp (when I Googled where buy affordable audiobooks) was a very happy moment for this avid reader/listener and the shopping experience did not disappoint!:)

Exciting, disturbing saga of the efforts of Stanley to lead an expedition across much of untraveled jungle in Africa to rescue the Pasha of Equitoria from being overrun by the fierce, fanatical dervishes. True tale of tremendous perseverance of the rescue column to overcome almost unspeakable hardships, thousands of miles of jungle never crossed previously by any Europeans, famine, cannibals, slave traders, and heroic natives helping a small group of extremely dedicated English traders, merchants, and British officers determined to rescue the forts and accompanying villagers surrounding the British settlements from the infamous Dervishes, fierce Moslem fighters bound to slaughter the Europeans with utmost savagery. Well articulated story that brings a bygone time and history to vivid life. I kept listening to the book for hours each day, while driving, while sitting in the driveway, and after dinner. Didn’t want the book to end. Great author!

I just wanted an app where I could buy a book no credits needed, and if I wanted to buy the next book, I would not have to wait until the next month or increase my fee for membership. I was so happy when I tried this out! Listening to audiobooks is really the only way I get my 10 year old son to enjoy reading! I mean he just listens to diary of a wimpy kid when he’s going to bed, but I’ll take it! So when he finishes (pretty quickly bc kid books are alot shorter than adult ones for example 3 hours compared to 7+ hours for adult books) I can get him the next one of the series, by just making a purchase of book at reasonable price. For example, the cost of all per book from this series is $7.99 to $9.99. Audible is fine. This is just a better fit for me in the way I use the app. So thanks Chirp! Love it!

I was captivated from beginning to end on several levels. As a sci fi it has to be among the best. As a thriller, extremely exciting. As a piece of literary writing, stellar. Philosophically, fascinating. I love Harry and enjoyed his progress through his many lives, with affection and satisfaction. The relationship with his nemesis was one of the most complex and real of its kind. The gentle visits with history a delight. I could have taken more. The narrator is the most skilled I've ever experienced in years of listening. I saw each character vividly from young girl to dying old men, from America's to Russians. From upper class to working class. He doesn't miss step once. I forgot instantly that it was all one reader. I am off to download TRUTH. Same author, same reader and if it is half as good I'm in for a great time.

Need to be able to make notes with each book for future use. I love the opportunity to purchase different authors at a discount because I don’t have the opportunities to skim thru the books to see if I’d really be interested. I need the ability to put notes with each book so that I know if it turned out to be one I love to listen to over and over, one I would like to recommend, or one I don’t even want to finish reading. I don’t want to get rid of the bad books, because I’d hate to accidentally but another of that author’s books and be disappointed again. I do want to be able to refer back to a book to discuss it with friends. My memory isn’t horrible, but just listening to the book, I need note triggers to discuss and share with others. Thanks

The storyline has some interesting surprises along with twists and turns. I thought how time travel was accomplished left much to be desired. I would have preferred something more technically believable (even though this was a fiction book, so, I’ll give it some grace there). Each of these three books are intertwined and you can’t just jump into book 2 or book 3 without having read or listened to book 1. Putting the time travel methodology aside, there are enough plot twists in the storyline to keep my interest. There’s more swearing in the book than I prefer - in fact, it doesn’t really need any swearing to carry the books’ storyline. I’d give it 3 out of 5 stars - I would have given 4 if the time travel method was more plausible.

Whatever your preferences when it comes to reading, bought hard bounds, borrowed paper backs, or even e-books, Chirp Audio and an ever expanding library of your own audiobooks is a marvelous way to enjoy reading wherever you happen to be and whatever you happen to be doing. Just download the app, set up your account, subscribe to an e-newsletter or two, and in no time you’ll not only have a lifetime of audiobooks at your fingertips but you’ll also have the perfect way to enjoy them. And when you use Bluetooth to connect to your home speakers or even your car’s audio system, you’ll be all set. The only limitations are the end of your journey (when you have to exit your car) and the requirements of daily life (when you’re forced to do other things). Nonetheless, I guarantee you will love Chirp.

My sister told me about Chirp and it’s improved my life considerably. I listen to books before bed, in my car (blue tooth) and on walks. My “library” is loaded w/books I have bought for 99 cents to $2.99 because there are great deals (always changing) offered regularly. There is a range of more costly books but I prefer the bargain offerings. The books do not expire! I’m listening to Langston Hughes autobiography right now, as well as a collection of 50 short stories. I discovered Gods, Wasps and Stranglers, a fascinating book about fig trees. There’s a Flannery O’Connor, a Kafka book and many others waiting for me to listen to on my shelves. There are mysteries, funny books....I am encouraged to get out and take walks so I can listen to these books! For real. Try it!!

I love to read. Then disaster struck. I developed macular degeneration! Oh no! I cannot read the words on the page clearly anymore. What shall I do? I found Audible and enjoyed their service but I wanted to read more books than I could comfortably afford. How sad to go days and weeks without a book to listen to. Along comes Chirp Books! Chirp invites me to join up and receive one email per day with suggestions of what to read from my selected genres. Heavenly day! I can read as many books _ and of course I mean listen to - as I please without going bankrupt! Thank you Chirp Books, you’ve certainly saved my sanity and protected my pocketbook/wallet too! I tell everyone I meet about Chirp Books. It’s the best!!

I started reading the karma book by Sadhguru and found myself crying out loud in excitement every few pages which is why I ordered the digits version. I started listening the content of the book and Sadhguru families voice over took me. With joy, excitement and a lot of crying I finish listening. This book is the absolute must read/listen for anyone who is interested in self transformation. As for me, I know that if I had not met Sadhguru and have gone through his Yoga programs, life would have pass me by, how tragic that could have been....... i can’t even imagine. I am so deeply indebted to Sadhguru for leading me to my new joyful amazing life. Thank you, Chrip for this wonderful quality audio. It was extremely easy to download and listen.

I had always gotten my audio books from the library. I had a Sony Walkman disc player that I dragged around the house and outside in order to listen to the books. I had a Tune Belt that it went onto, but lots of times it would fall out of the pouch when I bent over while gardening! When the library closed due to Covid, I found Chirp. Love the daily deals. I haven’t paid more the $4.99 for a book and most of the time a lot less. I love the convenience of being able to stick my phone in a pocket and still be able to work around the house or yard. The library is now “open” for pick up, but I haven’t gone back yet. Chirp is very affordable as long as you stick with the daily deals.

I'm someone who has always struggled with reading due to ADHD. Whether I'm having to reread the same sentence 15 times just for it to register or totally losing track of what the book is even about half way through it's always been very tough. Once I found the chirp books app this all changed. I've been able to find affordable books that I enjoy, and having them narrated to me has been the secret key for it to register with me. The UI is simple and easy to use and the audio quality is great. 5/5 from me. P.s. you can really save some cash with this app. They have regular deals where you can buy popular books for $5< - I've found all my favorite reads on there so far.

I absolutely love Chirp. I love to listen to audiobooks, but at MY pace. I don’t want to be in a subscription plan. Chirp lets you go to their website, listen to samples of the readers, decide which audiobook you want to buy and then it automatically downloads to the app. The app is awesome. Just so easy to use. I’ve been using them probably for a couple of years. Am listening to “Moonstone” right now. Just downloaded “Washington Square” for a book club. Oh, that reminds me, you can easily see the length of the audiobook as you’re comparing versions. This is a fast way to tell when someone has abridged a version without reading all of the description details.

The leader in studying success principles interviews one of the greatest businessmen ever to break down opportunity into steps and principles that we can all understand although I realize too few will follow. With an open mind and a willing heart anyone can improve their life in so many ways. Oh how I wish I could get those people that I love to put aside the distractions that lead nowhere and to put a small amount of energy into the listening of this message. Perhaps they then could come to understand the opportunity of controlling their own destiny and the satisfaction of accomplishment by taking appropriate actions on a daily basis that lead to a destiny of their choosing.

After getting tired of the lack of deals from audible and the inability to easily find or sort books on sale I was alerted to this app via bookbub. The app works just as easy as audible but doesn’t require a membership. Once you buy a book you can download it via the app. The sound quality is just as good as the Apple Books or audible which I have used frequently. So no worries here. The best part of chirp is the daily deal email which has several deals each day. Many exclusive to chirp also. Whereas Apple really only posts a new sale per week or occasional sales and audible only has a book on sale per day or no way to find sales, chirp puts all the sales into several sections and has a nice selection on sale. With sales I’ve been able to get several books off my wishlist for under $5 and discover books that looked interesting. My only complaint so far would be the site could mark a series more clearly. If book 3 is on sale it would be nice to know it’s not a standalone book or what order it is. Highly recommend

I am enjoying the books I have bought on Chirp’s. I would have given 5 stars but I can’t find books written by the same author. You can have the books sorted by authors first name(?). Who knows the first name? Library’s sort by authors last name. I have around 1600 books, to me that’s a library. I have many series that I would like to be able to find. Please, please, please make it so I can sort by authors last name. Also, why can’t I access collections on my Chirp access? It’s only available on the website. Still love the app. How about alphabetizing the collections ? I have over 300, it’s very cumbersome to try to add to the collections. It takes hours to find a certain author. Please, please, please!

I am a big time audiobook (Audible) user. I got this app and the prices are incredible and the books are too. I “was” not a fan of Anderson Cooper (a suggested book). When my guy would turn on something with him in it for some reason I would be rubbed the wrong way. Shame on me for judging this man when I had no right. And this all changed when I got his book with his mom and listened to it. I couldn’t quit. I had several emotions felt listening to this and to me this is what makes a great book. And I love to read/listen to the life stories. Try this. It works great for me. No issues. Thanks Chirp and all the “people” that mark it happen.

I did not see an app developers website choice. For two days now the download function has not worked for multiple books. It did earlier like a month or so ago. What’s up? How to choose earlier played track? Appending: A workaround. If I’m on track 17 and want to go to track 15, choose track one started playing, then chose track 15 and everything is A-OKI’m very very pleased with this app. One problem. When I go to sleep listening and then wake up I want to go to a previously played track. When I choose the previous track, the app goes to the background. When I bring it to the foreground it’s still on the track I was listening too. Unless you tell me how to do this, I may never find out why she’s mad at him!

I am so thrilled that Chirp came up in my Facebook feed a while ago. I read some of the comments that other people posted and decided to give it a try. I liked the fact that no subscriptions were required. I used to listen to audiobooks years ago and, for whatever reason, stopped. My only regret is that I did not continue back then BUT so happy that I did now! Some people feel they can’t stay focused when listening to an audiobook. For me, I find it easy. And I have my audiobook playing while I’m doing different activities around the house, like cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, relaxing…you name it! And the narrators are fabulous! The way they really become the characters in the book, change their voices if/when necessary, I’m being entertained without the visual. But then again, the visual is in my mind and I have a very creative mind! If you’re thinking about trying an audiobook, don’t think about it, just do it! You may be pleasantly surprised and then say to yourself “why did I wait so long to listen to audiobooks?

This is a wonderful app for audio books! I usually listen to a handful of books a year and so paying $15 a month or more is money better spent elsewhere. With Chirp there is no month subscription to pay so I don’t feel like I’m throwing away money, I can listen without that pressure. The selection of books seems endless and the monthly discounted selections are great. The app is so easy to use with your library of books purchased keeping tabs on how much you’ve heard of each. And if there is an updated version the app will ask if you want to download it. There is no downside, I really appreciate Chirp!

Chirp is a subscription-free app that offers a wide variety of high quality audiobooks at very reasonable prices. You can designate what genres you are interested in (fiction, historical novels, biographies, philosophy, non-fiction, etc). Chirp sends new offerings every day by email. You can listen to an audio sample before you buy, and there is always a generous window of time to select a title before the offer expires. The audiobooks are narrated by skilled actors, often by the authors themselves. I particularly enjoy listening while walking for exercise. The time flies by and I am benefiting both my mind and my body at the same time.

I love Chirp! The app is reliable. It remembers my place if I switch between books before finishing one. The deals are unmatched that I have seen by any other audiobook source. If you want audio for the price of an ebook or less, give Chirp a try. The selection continues to get better all the time. I prefer Chirp over Audible, but still use both. Only drawback is the proprietary format meaning you can’t listen to other books not purchased from Chirp. Same with Audible, but at least the books are still yours to keep with both. Just wish I could get down to only one or two apps for all my audio needs. If I could side load my mp3 books it would be perfect.

Pros: No monthly fees! Really greats sales often! Not just older books either. New & popular releases go on sale regularly! Seriously great deals. I’ve saved over $2,700 buying 150+ books at chirp. Good customer service when I did need to use it (which was only once). Immediate response & fix. Cons: My biggest complaint is playback speed. I really need 3.5-4.0 speed option. I’ve bought elsewhere for more money because the playback speed only goes up to 3.0. I’ve bought over 150 audiobooks from chirp and it would’ve been more if the playback speed went above 3.0. Would also like better organization & more options within the chirp app for my library but that’s not that big of a deal to me. Overall: Def recommend chirp for deals and no membership fees. Really great catalog to choose from. Please, please, please 🙏 🙏🙏 expand the playback speed to 3.5-4.0. I would’ve bought 100+ more books from chirp if not for the 3.0 speed limit. I would be able to cancel my 2 other audiobook subscriptions & exclusively buy chirp audiobooks if playback speed was 3.5.

I listen to audiobooks a ton. I’ve spent around $200 this past year on chirp without even realizing it. An audible membership is $159/year. The books I wanted were all $25-$30 each on chirp. I guess if you are okay not choosing what to listen to, you can get whatever is cheap. And if you are okay with wasting time with other books while you wait for the books you want to listen to to be on sale, then it might work. But I switched back over to audible because I get book recommendations and like to follow them, and I know what books I want to listen to.

So easy to use, especially after a promotion of a book, no fuss, basically a couple clicks and it’s in my library, so smooth I have several other memberships but Chirp is my absolute favourite hands down great prices too. Thank you.

Love the Chirp app! It offers so many books and especially series at fantastic prices. I listen to a lot of books so this makes a big difference. Love being able to download but then remove without losing the book from my library and taking up all the memory on my device. My favourite app.

This app is great. It’s very reliable and multi-device syncing is really solid. Never have to worry about books playing from the wrong spot. The interface is nice and clean (sad that Apple forces us to buy books from the website, but I understand that Chirp is limited by what Apple allows in trying to create their monopoly). Please add collections to the mobile app, it’s really hard to find books when you have multiple kids listening to multiple things). We want to have lists for each kid and one for me and one for the whole family so we can organize. Right now it’s a jumbled mess and we have to keep book lists in a separate place outside the app. The website allows collections but without having them available in the app I’m not sure what purpose they serve.

Love that there isn’t a monthly fee to pay and so many books for free or $1. Plus other books are reasonably priced for audio!!

New to this audiobook scene! So far the prices are good, no spam, no monthly fees! I’m on my second audiobook and I really have to say that I love Chirp. I’ve already recommended it to a friend, and I’ve already got a couple of books in my library ready to be heard! Obscene deals! 📚 Seriously 10/10, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yay for Chirp! 😁👌🏻🤓

Chirp has become one of my favourite apps! Love funding great audiobooks at very good prices! (actually found a few of my favourite audiobooks on offer😍) Also design of app is great, especially the playback page for audiobooks! And the different ways to search for audiobooks using Chirps webpage in a browser is lots of fun and easy to use! As a book & audiobook lover Chirp is now in my top 10 of favourite apps! 5 STARS

Parts of this app feels glitchy

Why go spend on a monthly subscription when you can buy a book as you go So glad I stumbled upon this book app

I like Chirp, and they do offer some good deals on certain audiobooks. However, the biggest feature missing from the app is the ability to search for available audiobooks and play previews. Chirp could be made similar to the Google Play Books app which has both the search and play previews. You can still leave the purchase of audiobooks to be via the website, and hence avoiding the Apple 30% charge for allowing purchase inside the app. Unless, I’m missing something? Thanks

Love, love, love my CHIRP audiobooks! While I don’t have the visual issues which often accompany the progressive neurological condition I have, I often choose an audiobook as I can puzzle while “reading”, and my occupational therapist tells me that multitasking is very good for my brain! And I can sync my hearing aids so I don’t even need headphones!

Very good deals and easy to navigate.

Great deals and great service

Chirp is easy to use, has a broad range of books and has affordable prices. I have used the Chirp app regularly for almost a year and I love the convenience of quick downloads and endless entertainment.

So many good books for great prices and no monthly membership fees! My favourite audiobook app by far!

I love this app! The prices are great, they have a very good selection and the quality is perfect!

Good choice fiction and nonfiction, good sound quality. Find it very easy to use. Listen daily.

I get great deals with lots of genres from my favourite authors to choose from and I get to discover authors new to me that I enjoy! Chirp is quick to access and download. I’ve been using Chirp for years without having any problems. Highly recommend this app and website!

I enjoy the deals on your books, also the opportunity to explore new authors.

I have found several books through this app and am very happy with it.

Great variety of audiobooks which are on sale often, great customer service. Many great authors and genres.

I enjoy the books in this app.

I heard about Chirp through a Facebook group, the selection of books is smaller than my other platform. I receive a daily email with books on sale. The app is simple to use.

Chirp is an excellent source to purchase novels according to your desired gender. It is my main source of audio books.

I live in a rural setting and am often in my car for at least 1/2 hour at a time. Between driving and listening to great books and walking the dog, I must log at least an hour (most days) a day “reading”. Chirp has great prices and great choices of books. Also, it’s wonderful that there is no subscription fee. Thise monthly fees really start to add up!

The reading was extremely well done! One could well imagine exactly what was happening and how people looked. The speaker was also very good at changing voices for each character . It was my first time listening to a recorded book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Cliche all the way.

Excellent can’t wait for book 2. Narration was superb, put you right into the story.

It so nice to be able to try out new authors without having to pay top dollar for an audiobook. I’ve found some great reads that I probably wouldn’t have picked up otherwise

Sale Prices can't be beat! Options change frequently. Sends out sale options in your choice of genres every day. Also let's you know if anything on your wish list goes on sale.

This app lets you read any books that you can get on the website that as so many AMAZING BOOKS! Hope when you download this app you well love it!

It feels like I just watched the 22 hour extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring. Andy Serkis brings the characters and Middle Earth to life! Onto book two!!

You have provided me with many great reads!! Wayne Dickson I really like westerns, biographies, and positive novels not murder mysteries. When I find those on chirp I really find Chirp first rate. Wayne Dickson

For one who has trouble reading this is a great app

I enjoy the fact that I don’t have to carry a bunch of books with me when I go away. My only problem is that when I don’t have WiFi, I have to use my data, and when I’m outside Canada, that is quite costly, so I can’t use it on trains or planes or in my automobile!

Superb- narrated by Miss Andrews herself- just love her voice. Thank you!

I have found many books by my favourite authors. Much easier to download than similar services. Works very well even when I can’t find an internet connection. Well done!!!

I thought I would try this app out but the more I look at it the more I'm seeing more female authors over male authors. To give you a gist of what I'm referring to here, I checked out the free library and the male authors shown were about 5-6. When I counted all the female authors they exceeded that number greatly, 40 female author's books were given freely but only 5-6 male authors were given out free. And there were no books I would read in this list. Mostly romance was given freely while there were very few adventure or mystery novels. The pricing seems like a no brainer for the most part, I have yet to purchase a book, let alone download any of the free stuff because nothing appeals to me. There is nothing wrong with female authors, my only complaint would be the lack of male authored novels given out as free. To me, that's not very inclusive. Also, the app redirects you to a web page to purchase the books you want. Nothing is included in the app it seems. And I am not seeing very good deals except for maybe books that are not popular. Those are the cheapest. I looked up Tom Clancy and they are full price audio books with maybe two dollars knocked off the pricing. To me, that's not a very substantial deal.

Ordinarily I really enjoy this app despite its many flaws. Like turning the audio to absolute trash when listening to a book and going into another app on the phone. Sure I have to close the Chirp app to restore sound quality constantly but that’s not a huge issue right? (It is.) Sure I get annoyed that the normal features (like the ability to pause or forward to another chapter…) when connecting to CarPlay completely vanish. But what got me today is that despite updating my app I no longer have any visibility to the chapters of any book I listen to. Also not helping? DEVS STOP PUTTING THE GENERIC FIX MESSAGE SAYING YOU “FIXED” ISSUES. What issues? Why be vague? Where is the change log?Why not cite what has been fixed so users will know what issues have been addressed? We may not pay for the app but we pay for the audiobooks and as customers we deserve and expect the app to run seamlessly across platforms and for known issues to be fixed. I shouldn’t have to use Google and Reddit to find out the chapter thing was supposedly fixed four months ago and “just update”. The issue isn’t fixed. I’ve invested a lot of money into Chirp but the fact that I cannot even view the chapters is the final straw. As consumers and customers we deserve an app that WORKS.

Rating continuing to go down due to lack of QoL improvements. -(I won't actively request store integration due to programing and CS reqs but also if you're going to force us to buy and listen separately, could you at least do us the courtesy of) remove the ads on the front screen... or at least make them less clutter or accidental click magnets. Being yanked to a webpage constantly is aggravating. -They still don't let the app sort by collections. No, really, the collections (not well programmed even on their website) refuses to be accessible in the app. Idk why they bother to give us the option to customize it at all. -Also, the app often insists on only showing you unread (or in-progress) books when you search or sort. Which sounds fine until you realize you triple checked for a book in the app, to think you didn't own it because you can't fine it any way you look, to track it down on the site only to find out you do already own it! The app just won't show it to you unless you're willing to scroll through your whole library in the app. ((As an aside here, the search/sort issue is especially frustrating with how the app doesn't make it obvious it's adjusted your parameters. Then at the bottom of your "whole series should be here but it only displays the last book because its unread" search results, it tries to redirect you to the website to buy more. No, just let me actually see my books!)) TLDR: still better than scamazon but I really wish they did more work on the app

I love the idea of Chirp—buying audiobooks at a discount. I do not love the continued bugginess of the app. For instance, if you close the app while you are in the middle of listening to a book, the file will lose your place and start over from the very beginning of the book. If you put a book on the back burner and stop listening to it for a time (it’s not clear to me how long), the app will automatically delete the file of the book from your phone which will, you guessed it, lose your place. (To be clear, it does not delete the book from your library, it just seems to delete the downloaded copy of the book that I find helps to avoid issues of losing one’s place). This review is just based on the use of the app. In general, if you listen to a book quickly and carefully, you will be fine. If you do some things you should be able to do with apps on your phone, you may have problems. (And, at least in my experience, it is not especially easy to find one’s place again without a fair deal of searching in an audio file).

Sometimes you can find a gem of a title, but not like on Audible. I use both apps because I just want bestsellers sometimes, or new releases, and Audible lets me do that. But Chirp does give me access to books for cheaper that I otherwise wouldn’t spend $35 a title on which is nice. I will say, though, I don’t know what it is, but the quality is incomparably bad. Chirp regularly sounds like it’s skipping - which is literally impossible. Like every single person reading stutters on the word Chapter. It’s not like I don’t update the app, and it’s digital, so it can’t be skipping, but it’s always like that, no matter what. I also regularly hit play and have it bump back an entire 4, 6, 9 minutes and I’m confused and trying to find my place again, which, when I’m in the car, is impossible unless I pull over. I guess these are annoying things to complain about considering the price, but I just wish it was a little cleaner. I guess for a free app and some random cheap titles though, I shouldn’t complain about any of this.

Chirp often has good deals on books by favorite authors, along with some cheap but amusing titles, and the app playback works fine. But I now have over 100 titles and has become really frustrating to view, scan, or manage them. I used the website to create collections (itself an awkward and slow process), but then found that I can’t view collections in the app. The closest I can come is to page and page through the large grid with books listed by author’s FIRST name. What were they thinking? As many other reviewers have noted, you also can’t buy books in the app, but for an impulsive buyer like me that’s probably for the best. Just give me use of collections and I’ll be happy. p.s. I also found that my public library lets me check out audiobooks (free of course) and listen to them with Libby which is an awesome app, so now I only use Chirp if it’s a book I really want to own.

I really wish this app would work. I love buying books from Chirp because they have great deals and I like supporting the “smaller” guys. However, if I can’t PLAY those books, it’s not a great deal. Once I’ve started a book, it seems to “stick” in one spot. If I pause the book or stop to do something else, when I return, the book is in a spot I’ve already listened to. I jump ahead, and sometimes it stays there - other times it goes back again. And if I close out of the app for any length of time, it returns to that original frozen spot. The time stamps freeze on that spot, so I can’t see where I am in the book - and it eventually jumps back to that original “stuck” spot. I’ve tried streaming the books, downloading the books, closing the app completely, deleting the app and redownloading. That last one works for about 1-2 listens before it freezes again. It’s EVERY book, not just one or two bad files. I’ve switched phones since the problem began - from an iPhone 11 to an iPhone 15 now. Same issues. I’d stopped buying Chirp books because of this, but I thought by now it’d be fixed and bought some books this week. Nope. All my recent (and older) purchases are unlistenable. It’s quite frustrating because when you buy a Chirp book, the only way to listen is through their app. I can’t play the file anywhere else. So I’ve basically just tossed another $30+ out the window. I contacted support months ago about this issue and never heard back. Just contacted again - hope they get back to me this time.

I like that you can buy audiobooks from chirp without needing to get locked into a subscription. However, the app itself is pretty glitchy and could use some updates. First, it’s annoying that the “track” numbers and the chapter numbers don’t match. Second, the app seems to stall or freeze anytime I try to jump to a different part of the book, which is annoying since I often listen when falling asleep and often want to go back to catch anything I missed, which usually requires a few jumps to find the right spot. (This remained true even after I downloaded the book rather than just listening to it streaming.) Third, once or twice the app has just completely lost my place in the book and kicked me back to the beginning. That wouldn’t be a huge deal if it were easier to find my spot again, but as I mentioned above, the app seems to get really glitchy when I try to jump to different spots. Finally, it would be nice if they figured out a way to make purchases in the app possible instead of needing to log on to a computer to buy new titles. TLDR: I will definitely use it for audiobooks I cant borrow from the library and appreciate the non-subscription model, but the app is clunky and could use improvements.

Probably because we’ve read countless stories or seen movie plots that involve variations on making a deal with the devil to secure an advantage, this story was very familiar from the outset. I’m a cat lover, so that part of the story resonated deeply. The story was at times sweet, and at others thought provoking as we follow the main character on his journey, navigating his choices at each turn. Despite that connection, it seemed to lack the depth and tension that draw the reader completely into another world: I never really felt compelled to root for the protagonist. In part, I think that’s because death is inevitable for all of us; the only unknowns are how and when, and no amount of dealing will stave it off forever. But maybe I’m taking it too seriously. Maybe it wasn’t intended as anything more than a light-hearted tale that would be the perfect complement to a lazy afternoon in a hammock, enjoying an iced drink.

I finished a book and went on to another book. Well, first off I tried to download it and it wouldn't download. I tried over wifi and over phone service. Then I moved on and decided to try to listen to it anyway. Well, everything was fine until I got to the end of the track and it said conclusion. I went to chapters and they were all check marked. So at the end of every track, it tells me I've finished the book. So I have to manually select my track each time. To make matters worse, chapter 10 is track 9. So I get confused which track to select. And since they aren't downloaded, if I pick the wrong track it takes me 5 minutes before it starts playing and I realize it's the wrong track. Needless to say, this is very inconvenient. I'd rather pay for audible to have a reliable player. I listen in the car and can't be messing with my phone while I'm driving.

I love chirp. And get books through chirp more and more now. I really dislike the app. I can never pause the book from my phones locked screen and then if using CarPlay it doesn’t always pause for me. Making it so frustrating. Because I’m often driving or cleaning etc when using the app I need to be able to hit pause. I’ve had to turn volume all the way down when something comes up and cannot get into phone and open the app and hit pause. Then I find I have to rewind until I find where I left off. Also wish we could set the rewind seconds. I often use it especially if driving or someone interrupts me. At least allow us to change it to 30 seconds. 15 seconds isn’t much. But truly if the app could be fixed that it works on my phones locked screen and CarPlay that would be awesome.

Yes, there are audiobooks available for cheaper than Audible, but they are older or lesser known books. Popular or recent books are the same cost as Audible, making Audible the better choice because with a subscription I can get a $25 audio book for $15. If you are a random reader and enjoy taking chances on books, Chirp can be the better choice. I gave one of their daily bargains a chance and the book was fine, but the app is a mess. The audio has skipped a few times backtracking a min or two. This I can live with. What really frustrates me is that it rarely starts my listening where I left off. A few times it started me a chapter or two behind, but this last time it started me in such an odd spot I couldn’t even find where I left off! And I had only paused it for maybe 5 min! I’m glad I tried it, but I won’t do it again.

Edit of review- the support group took forever to respond. They pleasantly suggested I re-install the app and retry (I had but did it again). The exact same thing happened (books stop while playing, have to open app and it’s swirling it thinks it’s playing, it restarts in the wrong place). I reached out again and am waiting again for a response. Poor support. App does not work. First off- it’s theoretically a great service with reasonably priced books. It would be a usable app if it worked correctly. As another reviewer stated, it just stops working while you’re using it- usually driving- and you have to stop and open the app to restart it. Dangerous if not simply annoying. Sometimes it starts back at the beginning of a chapter too. I have emailed the support twice with no response. I won’t get another book until this is resolved. And can someone reply?

I like to listen to books at night. I need the timer so my book doesn't play all night. This may sound silly to some but I will use the timer to work during the day. It is a great way to time how much I get done. I need the timer. Why was it taken away? I also don't like that the information page is gone. I'm sure lots of people will miss this page. I used to be able too start a book, but still browse my other books. Now if I try to go to another page on the app, my book quite playing. I am not a fan of having the library use pages either rather than just the scrolling down. I have 21 pages and now it takes so long to browse through. The app in general runs clunky now. It's slow to start and if I change the place where I am at in the book, I often have to restart the app because the book will not play once I moved my place. I went to search for a book today, but the app would not show it in the search. Other books showed up in the search by that author. I finally had to go to my email and search for it there. When I found it, I had to click on it and open it from there. How many of my books are missing like this? Any book I have forgotten that I payed for, I may never run across again. I've spent so much money on Chirp and now I wish I had spent more on audible.

I love that I can get great deals on audiobooks on this app and that it’s available to use without a subscription but it never works right when I’m trying to listen to a book. It constantly starts my books over in the middle and I can never find my place again or in the case of the current book I’m trying to listen to a chapter will end and it will go back several chapters and replay them instead of the next chapter and it’s made trying to follow this book very hard. When I try to download the books to my phone they won’t actually download which also annoying and I think why I keep having issues with playback. It’s frustrating because I’ve bought at least 75 books from chirp and I don’t really listen to them because of all the issues I have when trying to use the app.

The iOS app is great; I love the functionality. I was excited when I saw that they were adding CarPlay support because I use Chirp for 90% of my audiobooks, and I mostly listen in the car. However, so far there’s really no improvement over the stock CarPlay player functionality. In fact, it looks like that’s primarily what Chirp is using; it appears that the only thing Chirp has added is a selectable list of the audiobooks, but most of the time when I open the app, it says I have no books. When it does show what I have, it’s just a list with no way of searching, and scrolling through a long list of books is not a very good interface for the car. I’m hoping this improves because having a robust Chirp CarPlay app will make driving a lot nicer for me.

I live in Alaska. I work in very remote areas with no internet or cell service. Unlike other books-on-tape apps, it is often impossible to access your DOWNLOADED books on the Chirp App. You are required to log in on the internet repeatedly to access your DOWNLOADED books. If you do not have internet or cell service, this is simply not possible. I twice reached out to customer service about this issue. I requested a telephone call to discuss. Chirp will only provide form emails in response and will not engage with you by telephone. Accordingly, I recommend that you use a different app than Chirp if you intend to listen to your purchases offline in areas without internet or cell service. I additionally recommend you use a different app than Chirp if you have problems requiring customer service.

The deals are good, but I think it’s really frustrating that I can’t access playback controls from the lock screen. What makes it 10 times more frustrating is that sometimes I can and I can’t figure out WTH is preventing me from doing it all the time. The app and phone are updated. I have disconnected and reconnected headphones. I’ve tried it without headphones. Restarted everything I’ve canceled and restarted everything. after leaving feedback about this last week I could control it again from the lock screen, and I thought it was something as simple as closing out the background apps but now I’m trying it again and I can’t play, pause, rewind or fast forward from lock screen so I basically have to drain my battery when I want to read a book. Not worth it to me.

I loved Chirp until recently when their site became unusable and impossible to browse. Books are miscategorized (like shoving Marcus Aurelius, George Eliot & other much older works under “Historical Fiction” instead of “Classics”.. you’d think people selling books would know the difference.) But worse is they’ve recently added a ton of shorter media that seems to outnumber the actual books. And I don’t mean an occasional novella, I mean a PBS interview with Jerry Seinfeld under “Teen Fiction” for some reason. If you try to sort any category by price low-high, you’ll see nothing but garbage you don’t want (assuming what you do want is an actual book). Really hoping they get their site under control because until now I was buying from them pretty regularly. Now I’m just saving my money & using Libby.

I have purchased a number of audiobooks through Chirp, however, I have finished few. The app is so glitchy I cannot seem to complete a book. First off, the player often freezes either when I have paused it or randomly well I am listening. If I try to get the audiobook to play, I get a loading symbol and nothing happens. Closing the player and restarting it does not fix it. The last time this happened the player did not work for several days. restarting, the phone did not help either. Additionally, the player frequently kicks me back to the beginning of a book. I can be on chapter 20, and when I open the player, it has set the book back to the beginning. It has also played chapters out of order or the same chapter repeatedly. I have spent far too much time trying to find the spot I was at in a book after being sent back to the beginning or to a random spot. I have deleted the app and reinstalled it, restarted my phone, and nothing helps. I have been using this app for quite some time, and it has been glitchy since the beginning. I will not be buying any more audiobooks from Chirp until they fix their app. It does no good to buy audiobooks you cannot listen to.

No free you have to pay for the books

Most books are not available in Canada

I haven’t listened to one book where the app doesn’t Glitch. I need to close the app and reopen, but then it starts 2 chapters back to where it first started to glitch. I have also not been able to play certain chapters, I need to go to the web to listen to the chapters or remainder of the book. It certainly takes away from the experience and hard to review a book that is difficult to listen to without so much fuss.

This is not an app it just takes you to their website and you have to pay with a credit card that they keep on file. Not gonna give them my credit card info. Would prefer an App that accepts Apple account payments.

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Performance - glitches 2/5. Love the books but app is not the best. Sudden stops or just closes itself.

Good prices but it sounds like AI readers and glitches/loses my place regularly

If you want an audiobook app with a cupboard sized library/database, chirp is your thing! Searched for random big names off top of head: Clive Cussler, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Steven King, THE FREAKIN BIBLE… It only had one title. Elon Musk biography. 🤡🌎 Not into Steven King novels, but I figure he’s big enough that a bookshop is bound to have them. Nope! HOPELESS. Back to Apple Books I suppose!

Thanks a lot. The new update requires IOS 16 or later, and my iPad will only update to IOS 15.8.3. This means I will be unable to listen to all the books I have bought, and will even be unable to listen to the end of my current book. I am not happy. Maple Tree 43 And another thing. I have tried 9 nicknames and it keeps telling me « That nickname is taken. Try another. «

I have enjoyed listening to the books I have bought on Chirp. It has good choices on books on your interests. However, I have had many problems with the App which has made the experience of listening to audiobooks less enjoyable.

I can’t tell if this is any good. Every time I go back to it it starts at the beginning and it is very difficult to fast toward. Sorry

I love the deals and I really like the UI/UX of the app, it one of the most important things for an audiobook is being able to pick up where you left off. This app consistently loses the spot. I come back to the app, hit play, and I’m back at the beginning of the track/chapter. I’ve needed to start adding bookmarks so I can actually pick up where I left off

I have no issues with the audio quality, and I love the chance to get discounted audiobooks but multiple times it’s forgotten my progress and just starts me over from the beginning.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. It’s great when it works, but it’s unreliable. Also, beware that it will track all the data and link it to you. If that’s a concern for you, then be mindful before buying any audiobooks.