Penguin Random House Audio

Name: Penguin Random House Audio
Rating: 2.9 (45 reviews)
Author: Penguin Random House LLC NY

A B2B Audiobook Reviewer Tool

Only for iPhone

Free

45 Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Category

Books
Developer

Penguin Random House LLC NY
Language

EN
English
Size

39.8
MB

iPhone

Listen to full-length audiobooks from the Penguin Random House Audio catalog, including thousands of adult, children’s, and young adult titles. Book reviewers, booksellers, librarians, and other publishing industry professionals can create an account to download audiobooks for review or promotion. Accounts are subject to verification and approval. • Listen to audiobook samples and access review copies of new and past releases. • Offline listening with downloaded content. • Simple and easy to navigate audio player. • Sleep timer and variable narration speed. • Add favorites for easy retrieval. • Bookmark your favorite passages. • Easy-to-use chapter navigation. • Share recommendations through email or messaging apps.

Ratings & Reviews

2.9

out of 5

45 Ratings

Could use some updates
11/22/2023
ijulianicole
I’m thankful for the opportunity to be an influencer for the Penguin Random House, audio app, however, I have a few suggestions to make the app even better for fellow readers. My first suggestion would be to have other options for playback speed. I would love for the playback speed to increase beyond 2x. I would also appreciate if there was a visible percentage. also, there are times when I pause the audiobook, swipe to another app, and then when I come back to this app, it needs to completely restart. Again, I love the audiobooks on this app, but there are just some areas where this app could improve in order to make a comparable to other audiobook apps.
Could use some updates
11/22/2023
ijulianicole

I’m thankful for the opportunity to be an influencer for the Penguin Random House, audio app, however, I have a few suggestions to make the app even better for fellow readers. My first suggestion would be to have other options for playback speed. I would love for the playback speed to increase beyond 2x. I would also appreciate if there was a visible percentage. also, there are times when I pause the audiobook, swipe to another app, and then when I come back to this app, it needs to completely restart. Again, I love the audiobooks on this app, but there are just some areas where this app could improve in order to make a comparable to other audiobook apps.
Solid audio app
03/03/2024
Loskamo
This is a pretty solid audiobook app — has all the standard features like sleep timer, quick buttons for rewind/skip, and speed adjustment. My main complaint is that the speed is capped at 2x, and I normally listen at 2.5-3x (I know, it’s fast). Also, playback resumes as soon as I open the app, which is sometimes annoying if I’m in public and haven’t gotten my headphones in yet. But otherwise, really nice so far!
Solid audio app
03/03/2024
Loskamo

This is a pretty solid audiobook app — has all the standard features like sleep timer, quick buttons for rewind/skip, and speed adjustment. My main complaint is that the speed is capped at 2x, and I normally listen at 2.5-3x (I know, it’s fast). Also, playback resumes as soon as I open the app, which is sometimes annoying if I’m in public and haven’t gotten my headphones in yet. But otherwise, really nice so far!
Much improved and great support!
12/05/2022
Tricia Rowan
I previous had a 1 star review because of lots of technical issues with this app. The developers listened and the current version is much improved. The sound retains quality when sped up and the app doesn’t automatically log me out every time (though it still does log out regularly). Hopefully future updates include better interplay with Apple Car Play and the ability to further customize the playback speed.

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. Version 1.3 addresses your concerns. Please update for an improved experience.
Much improved and great support!
12/05/2022
Tricia Rowan

I previous had a 1 star review because of lots of technical issues with this app. The developers listened and the current version is much improved. The sound retains quality when sped up and the app doesn’t automatically log me out every time (though it still does log out regularly). Hopefully future updates include better interplay with Apple Car Play and the ability to further customize the playback speed.
Developer Response 07/05/2022
Thank you for your feedback. Version 1.3 addresses your concerns. Please update for an improved experience.
Playback issue
09/28/2024
Nottobrite
Update: Still horrible. I will stop at the store and when I get back in the car, it has lost my place. Will start over from a different spot. Makes it almost impossible toListen to an audiobook. Any time they say they fixed the issue, they haven’t. Truly hate this app. Love their audiobooks, well produced with some of the best narrators yet the app has one issue that really annoys me. When I stop listening for a while (even just 20 minutes) then restart the app the book goes back about 5 minutes. This usually doesn’t happen if I bookmark but otherwise I either have to relisten to about 5 minutes or try and FF to where I stopped. Otherwise the app is fine.

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We are unable to reproduce the issue you have described. Please contact us directly at audioappsupport@penguinrandomhouse.com so that we can try to resolve your issue.
Playback issue
09/28/2024
Nottobrite

Update: Still horrible. I will stop at the store and when I get back in the car, it has lost my place. Will start over from a different spot. Makes it almost impossible toListen to an audiobook. Any time they say they fixed the issue, they haven’t. Truly hate this app. Love their audiobooks, well produced with some of the best narrators yet the app has one issue that really annoys me. When I stop listening for a while (even just 20 minutes) then restart the app the book goes back about 5 minutes. This usually doesn’t happen if I bookmark but otherwise I either have to relisten to about 5 minutes or try and FF to where I stopped. Otherwise the app is fine.
Developer Response 11/25/2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are unable to reproduce the issue you have described. Please contact us directly at audioappsupport@penguinrandomhouse.com so that we can try to resolve your issue.

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Seller: Penguin Random House LLC NY
Size: 39.8 MB
Category: Books
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 13+

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