Pocket FM: Audio Series 17+

Great App

So this is a great app with a lot of stories on it. I’m confident that everyone will find something that interests them up here. I do love that all of the stories I have listened to so far gives you a good amount of chapters for free so you can get a sense of if this story is really for you. Fair warning there are some stories that get really long (1000+ ch) and if you’re like me and can’t wait to find out what happens next, you can pay to unlock the next chapter but that can get a little pricey. Most stories will let you unlock a certain amount of chapters daily for free, I suspect using ads to offset the cost. I will admit the timing of the ads can be a bit annoying, often triggering mid-sentence in a story. There is a VIP coin package that disables ads for a certain period of time. I like listening to the stories while driving so If that interruption bothers you I would recommend getting the package if it’s in your budget. But overall very good app and the only criticism I have is I would like to see more customization options for arranging favorite stories in my collection/library. Thanks and keep up the good work.

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Thank you so much for the positive feedback and detailed review! We're glad to hear that you're enjoying the stories on the app. We'll take your feedback into consideration, including the suggestion for more customization options. Thanks for using our app and sharing your thoughts!

I love the App

My only complaint is that you can only hear a few chapters or episodes & then you have to wait usually 20 hours for them to open. The first time I was really enjoying the book & it said that this would be the last episode. When I downloaded the App, this week it gave me 10 free coins, so I used 9 of them to open more episodes. I’m a single mom of 3 so it’s very difficult to find time to sit & enjoy a book. So when it cut off again, I decided to treat myself to a $4.99 pack; which included some extra free tokens. I began listening again and then it stopped again. It had said open for 9 tokens but I had bought more than that, plus with the free ones, it should have lasted longer. Waiting 20+ hours for more episodes to open after listening to only 5 episodes is just too long. Then I started looking ahead, to see if every day, more would open. I’ll still have to wait or purchase more, as some that I’m listening to now don’t open for months (June, August, September) for episodes to open. That’s just too long; especially most people like to read/listen to a book within a month or two. I get that creators need to make money off of their Apps but if I can find this series at the library on audiobooks, then why would I spend money & not own it for good. Besides, it’s not like it’s a classic novel by Jane Austin, it’s just a guilty pleasure of a fantasy novel. That shouldn’t cost anyone $50-$60, if I’ve calculated each time I’ll be asked to pay to listen to it!

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We're sorry to hear about your experience with the limited number of episodes and the waiting time. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration for future improvements. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

Not bad but needs improvement

Developers have made it so that when you are using coins, the story continues without letting you authorize it so it will continue spending your coins unknowingly to yourself.
Developers have also gotten rid of the X, which would allow you to stop something from playing. You’re only allowed to pause it not having an )x button does not allow you to close it out/stop it.
Seems like they’re doing more and more little things like this, where you cannot have control of when to end the story, or stop a story from playing that you don’t want to hear, or spend coins on. (I feel it is sneaky and underhanded schemes.)
Coins are spermatic sometimes people get free coins when a story ends and sometimes they don’t- there’s seems to be no stability with coins being given.
They’re also is no easy way to cancel a subscription! 🤬I believe this is done on purpose. A lot of underhanded things going on with the app, which is quite sad because some of the stories are enjoyable. There is a lot more I could say, but as you’re going down this journey of listening to stories on your own, you will come across them yourself. The ones I have mentioned are the ones that have upset me the most. I don’t have a problem with spending coins, but I have a problem with the app make it difficult for me to choose when I want to use my coins.