Reviews of Sermons by SermonAudio

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List of user reviews and ratings for Sermons by SermonAudio

Total ratings

3.31 (Rating count: 417)

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Review summary

Users appreciate the Sermons by SermonAudio app for its extensive and spiritually enriching sermon content, personalized following features, and offline listening capabilities. However, multiple Android users report significant issues after updates, particularly with Android 14 compatibility, causing playback problems, forced use of browsers, loss of progress tracking, and frequent crashes. The lack of background play and playback controls further impairs usability, making the app frustrating for daily use despite its valuable content.

Pros

App provides a vast selection of sermons and series, which users find spiritually enriching and valuable for daily devotions.
Ability to follow specific preachers, churches, and sermon series, allowing personalized content tracking.
Originally supported offline downloads, which was highly appreciated for listening without internet connectivity.
User-friendly compared to previous versions before recent updates.
Content quality is consistently praised as excellent and encouraging.

Cons

Recent updates caused Android compatibility issues, especially with Android 14, making the app nearly unusable on many devices.
App no longer plays sermons natively; many users are forced to use an external browser, losing app functionality like tracking progress and downloads.
App frequently crashes or stops playback unexpectedly, including issues with audio cutting out after a set time (common around 7 minutes).
No proper playback controls like background play, fast-forward/rewind buttons, or lock screen controls, which hampers usability while multitasking or driving.
Inability to keep track of progress in sermon series, marking completed sermons, or resuming where left off, frustrating regular users.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.30

All time rating average: 3.31

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34% (10)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-10	Da*****	The app is unusable for Android users. I listen to 3-4 different series at a time. I can no longer keep my place in a series. Tracking my followed series was the main reason I used the app. It shouldn't take half a year to fix a compatibility issue. None of my other Android apps have had this problem.
The app is unusable for Android users. I listen to 3-4 different series at a time. I can no longer keep my place in a series. Tracking my followed series was the main reason I used the app. It shouldn't take half a year to fix a compatibility issue. None of my other Android apps have had this problem.
2025-01-06	Da*****	I loved this app before the Android 14 compatibility issues. I am giving it 1 star to further bring this issue before the developers. The app no longer crashes, but since I have to listen to a sermon in the browser, the app no longer marks sermons as complete. This makes it frustrating to find your place in a sermon series since you can't see your finished sermons. Please fix the android 14 issues!
I loved this app before the Android 14 compatibility issues. I am giving it 1 star to further bring this issue before the developers. The app no longer crashes, but since I have to listen to a sermon in the browser, the app no longer marks sermons as complete. This makes it frustrating to find your place in a sermon series since you can't see your finished sermons. Please fix the android 14 issues!
2025-01-02	Pr*****	WAS a great app ...I have android, and now can't listen in the background, goes to chrome,can't save nothing....it use to work just fine,those were the good old days,guess I'll have to delete the APP due to it being worthless now
WAS a great app ...I have android, and now can't listen in the background, goes to chrome,can't save nothing....it use to work just fine,those were the good old days,guess I'll have to delete the APP due to it being worthless now
2025-01-02	Ja*****	Why do you guys keep breaking your app? You have a download function but now it opens the browser to play the file online. What's the point? At least you can download it from the site. App is pretty much redundant.
Why do you guys keep breaking your app? You have a download function but now it opens the browser to play the file online. What's the point? At least you can download it from the site. App is pretty much redundant.
2024-12-24	Je*****	The app has no native player but sends you to Chrome. It could also use a widget that allows you to just start and stop and skip forward 10-15 seconds and back 10-15 seconds just from your home screen. It can definitely be improved. Other than that, it's a great app and the content is solid.
The app has no native player but sends you to Chrome. It could also use a widget that allows you to just start and stop and skip forward 10-15 seconds and back 10-15 seconds just from your home screen. It can definitely be improved. Other than that, it's a great app and the content is solid.
2024-12-04	Jo*****	This was a great app, then they stopped helping Android after update 14. Sermons now open in chrome. Once they open in chrome, you can't save where you were, so the sermon restarts if you go back to chrome. The app is literally useless on Android at this point. I've asked for an update but got no response. The content? Absolutely amazing. Implementation? Horrible. (Updating to three stars for now just for the response. It's a 5 star app when working right! Thank you for the update)
This was a great app, then they stopped helping Android after update 14. Sermons now open in chrome. Once they open in chrome, you can't save where you were, so the sermon restarts if you go back to chrome. The app is literally useless on Android at this point. I've asked for an update but got no response. The content? Absolutely amazing. Implementation? Horrible. (Updating to three stars for now just for the response. It's a 5 star app when working right! Thank you for the update)
2024-12-03	St*****	I really enjoyed listening to the many sermons available. I'll go back to a 5-star rating when you get the app fixed so I can listen and keep track of the sermons within the app. Being a software engineer, I understand the irritation from new OS. Any thoughts on when things are going to be fixed?
I really enjoyed listening to the many sermons available. I'll go back to a 5-star rating when you get the app fixed so I can listen and keep track of the sermons within the app. Being a software engineer, I understand the irritation from new OS. Any thoughts on when things are going to be fixed?
2024-11-29	Jo*****	Loved it for years but no longer works on current version of android. Have to open the sermons in a browser now, wish y'all could fix it.
Loved it for years but no longer works on current version of android. Have to open the sermons in a browser now, wish y'all could fix it.
2024-11-14	Ai*****	I love this app and depend upon it for my weekly church sermons. I spend most of my working day without an internet connection and the ability to download and listen ofline is the reason I use Sermon Audio. I'm going nuts since the last Android update left this app useless for my needs. Please fast track your update!!!
I love this app and depend upon it for my weekly church sermons. I spend most of my working day without an internet connection and the ability to download and listen ofline is the reason I use Sermon Audio. I'm going nuts since the last Android update left this app useless for my needs. Please fast track your update!!!
2024-10-20	Da*****	Like a Yugo, this app is the bottom of the barrel on the performance level. Will the app start? Probably. Then it will shut down a few seconds later. If your primary goal is to have an app on your phone, this is the one for you. If you have a goal in mind as far as listening to content, look elsewhere.
Like a Yugo, this app is the bottom of the barrel on the performance level. Will the app start? Probably. Then it will shut down a few seconds later. If your primary goal is to have an app on your phone, this is the one for you. If you have a goal in mind as far as listening to content, look elsewhere.