OverDrive

Name: OverDrive
Rating: 4.7023253 (207467 reviews)
Author: OverDrive, Inc.

By: OverDrive, Inc.

Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, & streaming video from your library using OverDrive.

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-08-18

Features & Capabilities

OverDrive is the original app to borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming videos directly from your library. Supported by over 40,000 libraries worldwide, it offers convenient 24/7 access to digital titles without late fees since titles are automatically returned. Users can place holds, create wish lists, and easily manage returns. The app syncs your libraries, bookmarks, and recent reading positions across mobile devices for seamless access.

A valid library, school, or institutional account is required to use OverDrive. Each library curates its own digital collection, so users are encouraged to contact their libraries with suggestions. For a newer user experience, consider also trying Libby, OverDrive's award-winning app. OverDrive brings the library to you wherever you are, enhancing your reading and listening experience with ease and flexibility.

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3.11.0 Last updated: 2024-08-20

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an*****@overdrive.com

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Google Play Store

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2025-08-18

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Developed by:

OverDrive, Inc.

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overdrive.mobile.android.mediaconsole

Email:

an*****@overdrive.com

Website:

http://app.overdrive.com

User Reviews

OverDrive is widely appreciated for providing free access to thousands of audiobooks via public libraries, with easy downloads for offline listening, making it convenient for travel and daily use. Users value features like multiple library support and reading history tracking. However, common issues include random pausing of audio, inconvenient hold limits and waits, occasional incomplete audiobook chapters, and playback glitches such as app stopping when the screen turns off. While generally user-friendly, some find navigation and certain controls less intuitive or limited compared to desktop versions.

Pros

Provides access to thousands of audiobooks for free through library integration.
Easy to use and allows downloading books to listen offline.
Convenient for traveling and accessing books without physical copies.
Supports multiple libraries allowing users to switch between them easily.
Helpful features like bookmarking, tracking reading history, and renewing loans.

Cons

App randomly pauses audio playback without reason, causing frustration.
Long wait times for holds and limited number of items that can be held simultaneously.
Books sometimes have incomplete audio with missing seconds at chapter ends.
Playback issues such as stopping when the screen turns off or Bluetooth connectivity problems.
Navigation can be unintuitive and awkward, including page turning and lack of read aloud in mobile app.

Recent reviews

I LOVE audio books. This app allows me to download hundreds of books from my library right from the comfort of my own home or anywhere there is an internet connection. Quick, easy amazing! Update: 5/14/22 It's been several years and I still love this app. I switched to another library app and it is not as reliable as this once. You can download the books onto your phone so you can listen when your off line.Try it. Please don't get rid of this app.

Ve*****, 2023-02-07

Editing review: I've been using this app for years and love the concept, the variety, everything. But the past 6 months to a year the narration just pauses. There seems to be no rhyme or reason, doesn't matter if my screen is on or off, app is open or closed, close to my phone or far when using BT, it just randomly pauses whenever it wants. It's extremely annoying. I hope this is fixed with the new app Libby. Easy to use and tons of new books and classics!!