vBookz Audiobooks App Reviews

The description says that there is Russian language, but there is not!!! I do not know what to do, I want my money back!!!!

Sadly, it does not see my network connection and wont look for any additional books. I may be stuck with the boks that came with the app.....

Rip Off

I have emailed them twice, no answer yet. Update removed the ability to add books. I had previously paid for another language pack (Italian - but there were so few books available) and with the update that was removed with no way to add it back. Ill change it to 4 stars once they fix the problems.

I thought this would be good for school because we read a lot of books in English class but it is not. Its a waste of 3 to 4 dollars and I want my money back! I cant buy any books its only the 10 books that they give to you that I read back in 6th grade.

Okay the male voice is a little better than the female one

This app is gear about reading the few books that come with it. I cannot get it to access any of my thousands of books already in my ipad2. I bought this to read to my sight impared relative. I also got it to read to when my eyes were tired. Only get this if you want the 10 books that come with it.

To upload your own ebooks you need to connect your Idevice to your computer and open iTunes. There go to your device on the left hand side and select your device. On the top of the screen select apps and on the bottom where it says file sharing you can upload epubs. Works as advertised, all the other reviewers are incompetent.

I also experienced the same problem as other reviewers. It appears that version 2.4 does not have the "new book" option, but that version 2.4s only accompanying documentation is for an earlier version (one that had the felature). For a new user like me, this was absolutely frustrating, as I wasted a lot of my time searching for the "new book metal plate" and tried tapping and swiping all over the app. It is SIMPLY INEXCUSABLE for the app to have been released with such a wild goose chase in the documentation. The other reviewer who says all the negative reviewers are incompetent is missing the point. After some investigation, yes, I was able to surmise that I can probably use my desktop machine to fetch texts from Gutenberg, and use iTunes to deposit them into my iPad so that vBookz can read them. (I havent verified that this works.) It is ludicrous that that reviewer would think a user that doesnt go to the lengths I did is incompetent. It is the company that screwed up the documentation that is incompetent, and I strongly suspect that reviewer is a shill for that company. All that aside, the apps text to speech technology is barely adequate. It may well represent the state of the art (I really cant judge that), but anyone expecting it to sound at all natural will be very disappointed. Having contacted the company, I have been offered a refund. I will gratefully accept that offer.

There is a problem with this app on the iPad 3. It shrinks the text and does not highlight what its reading. Works well on iPad 1 & 2 with unprotected ePub files that have the language set to English (use Calibre).

Hate it! Waste of money!

I bought the Vbookz app expecting that I could import my own ePub files and have them read to me. A previous reviewer suggested to use calibre to convert non-drm protected books into the right format (epub). I tried this and copied the ePub file via iTunes into the app. Vbookz recognizes the file and opens it, but each chapter of the book I was reading showed only the first page of that chapter. When syncing the same file to iBooks the whole chapter is visible. I will now use the VoiceOver feature in iBooks instead.

It uses pretty good TTS voices, they dont get everything perfect, but thats ok. I like that you can import from Dropbox, and so far I have had no problems importing my own books in ePub format. one bit of advice I will give, when you want to exit vBookz, press the button in the upper left to go back to your bookshelf so it put the bookmark back in to save your progress.

I love this app this app should be for anyone who likes books I cant really read all that well but I cant spell at all but this app rules Im giving it five star and plus its an awesome app just to kick back relax and listen to the story

The current version does seem to have resolved the issues of importing your own files, but playback immediately ceases if you lock your device or exit the app. As a primarily audio-based app, it would be ideal for on-the-go listening, but the inability to lock the touchscreen while playing severely limits its usefulness in such situations.

I bought this specifically to be able to listen (from my iPad 3) to my ebooks (ePub) while Im at my desk or driving. I dont use Dropbox nor while I download it to use with this $4.99 app. I followed the directions per vbookz website for saving an ePub converting it to text then converting back to ePub with success. While that was a bit interesting in itself I could not upload the saved ePub back to vbookz. This was a complete waste of money for me. I hope the other buyers have better success than I did.

I love it!! I have read at least 10 books a month if not more since I bought this program I love it so much. My toddler will sit in my lap and watch my iPhone while it reads.. And my toddler will not sit still for anything. I also have to hold him to put him to sleep at night and he listens and falls asleep within minutes

It does everything I had hoped, makes my commute enjoyable... The only improvements I would like to see is place in book syncing across multiple devices... And if there was a way to upload to directly from the iBooks app this would be the best app ever! Very Good Job by the developer!

The fact it does not work, cant use it since it closes on phone lock and it will NOT remember the last page read, dont buy it

How can I uninstall this app and get a refund? They have a very limited selection none of the books Im looking for for school.