Reviews of BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books

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List of user reviews and ratings for BookBeat Audiobooks & E-books

Total ratings

3.65 (Rating count: 42,198)

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Review summary

Users praise BookBeat for its large, multilingual catalog and easy-to-use interface, with good value for money and features like saved lists and responsive support. However, recurring complaints focus on subscription drawbacks: access may be lost when not paying, complicated cancellations, and confusing trial terms. Other frequent issues include weak search and filter tools, language and regional restrictions (locked languages, currency issues), and platform limits (no browser playback, Wear OS not supported). Overall, the app is strong for content and usability but hampered by policy/region constraints and search quality.

Pros

Extensive multilingual catalog with new releases available quickly.
Easy-to-use interface and overall good usability.
Good value for money, including student pricing and flexible tiers.
Useful saved-lists feature to organize titles.
Responsive customer support.

Cons

Subscription model can cut access when you stop paying; cancellation and trial terms are confusing.
Weak search and filters; hard to discover titles, and language filters are often locked.
Language and regional restrictions and localization issues (locked languages, currency/pricing oddities, playback language bugs).
Platform limitations: no browser playback and Wear OS support is missing.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.30

All time rating average: 3.65

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36% (45)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-10	Ch*****	the app is great but the free trial is hard to use. When you cancel the subscription the free trial stops immediately. That means that, to use the full free trial, you have to set reminders to cancel on the last day of the period. It feels designed to trick people to keep paying for subscriptions they no longer use.
the app is great but the free trial is hard to use. When you cancel the subscription the free trial stops immediately. That means that, to use the full free trial, you have to set reminders to cancel on the last day of the period. It feels designed to trick people to keep paying for subscriptions they no longer use.
2026-06-30	Sa*****	Charged me without expecting it
Charged me without expecting it
2026-06-22	Ma*****	No warning agents AI books and no filter option to hide AI books.
No warning agents AI books and no filter option to hide AI books.
2026-06-22	Iv*****	Very good although it doesn't have all the books I want
Very good although it doesn't have all the books I want
2026-06-19	Pa*****	hangs. The only app where 30 days test period pas the same as 90 days.
hangs. The only app where 30 days test period pas the same as 90 days.
2026-06-17	Me*****	just because I've signed up from Finland, 90% of the content and 75% plof the menus are in Finnish and there is no way to change it. I contacted support, but they were so dismissive and ignorant that they simply didn't care. my suggestion: don't waste your money on it. There are far far better platforms that respect user, have better support, and their app doesn't have 1960's graphics design. P.s: there is no way to know in which order books of a sequel you should listened.
just because I've signed up from Finland, 90% of the content and 75% plof the menus are in Finnish and there is no way to change it. I contacted support, but they were so dismissive and ignorant that they simply didn't care. my suggestion: don't waste your money on it. There are far far better platforms that respect user, have better support, and their app doesn't have 1960's graphics design. P.s: there is no way to know in which order books of a sequel you should listened.
2026-06-10	Cl*****	Amazing app. Well worth the money. I've listened to 33 books this year. I don't think I've ever read 33 books over my 40byears of life Lol.
Amazing app. Well worth the money. I've listened to 33 books this year. I don't think I've ever read 33 books over my 40byears of life Lol.
2026-06-06	Me*****	would have loved to have tried this app but seems it's only for Swede's 😭
would have loved to have tried this app but seems it's only for Swede's 😭
2026-06-05	La*****	the app was fine but I learned that I don't like audiobooks. I thought I had cancelled my subscription but apparently not. was charged without warning and waiting to hear back about a refund.
the app was fine but I learned that I don't like audiobooks. I thought I had cancelled my subscription but apparently not. was charged without warning and waiting to hear back about a refund.
2026-06-02	Em*****	every time I try to listen to something, I just get prompted to log in, even if I already just did
every time I try to listen to something, I just get prompted to log in, even if I already just did