Chirp Audiobooks reviews
What users love and hate · 500 reviews analyzed · ★ 4.6
Chirp brings you huge audiobook deals — without a monthly commitment or subscription.
What users love
Цены и модель pay-to-own
Никакой подписки — книги покупаются раз и навсегда по распродажным ценам; пользователи особо ценят отсутствие ежемесячного платежа.
love this app! such a great selection of different genres for very affordable prices. never had any playback issues. Between chirp and my Libby app (for my library card) I never run out of something to listen to.
Also very nice to see a "pay-to-own" service rather than a subscription based service.
can't wait to read just joined easy to install and great prices
Нарраторы и качество начитки
Когда нарратор хорошо подобран, это отдельно отмечается — многоголосие, оживление персонажей, внятность речи; плохой нарратор — повод бросить книгу.
The narrator was great! She did voices for all the characters, and made it interesting. I will be buying more!
The narrator did a good job using different voices for different characters.
the speaker (AI generated?) did not convey the emotion of the words.
What users hate
Приложение вылетает в фоне
Chirp полностью закрывается каждые несколько минут и исчезает из активных приложений — при нажатии кнопки наушников запускается Spotify, а не Chirp.
love the books, great prices. the app is terrible though. it just closes every few minutes. like completely. isn't even an "active app" I'll press play on my head phone and it'll will start playing Spotify as if the chirp app doesn't even exist.
It really drives me crazy when the book has to be downloaded several times because of "and error on the page", or when the pause between chapters seems five minutes long.
The books are much less expensive, which is good. They are almost impossible to delete, which is BAD. They use up space and there is no way to get it back.
Android Auto отсутствует
Поддержка Android Auto обещана два года назад и так и не появилась — для слушателей в машине это принципиальный барьер.
update 3/2026 Chirp now works with android auto. Can't use chirp with android auto. Been 2 years since they claimed to be working on it.
I listened to the book on my commute back and forth to work, and really enjoyed it! The narrator was great! She did voices for all the characters, and made it interesting.
I was disappointed that even after downloaded the internet was needed to listen to your books.
Шаги скорости воспроизведения
Шаг скорости — 10%, от 20% до 300%; пользователям нужна точная подстройка в диапазоне 90–110%, чего нет ни в одном конкурирующем приложении.
The playback speed steps down and up by 10%: from 20% to 300%. I have never wanted to go above 100% (1x), and I would love to slow down many audiobooks just a bit. 90% is really too slow.
Great character development, pace and plot. Voice was clear and nuanced, a delight to listen with.
interesting story but didn't care for narrator