Reviews of Homer Player Classic

By: Marcin Simonides

List of user reviews and ratings for Homer Player Classic

Total ratings

4.95 (Rating count: 113)

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Review summary

Homer Player Classic is praised for its simplicity and effectiveness as an audiobook player for elderly and visually impaired users, featuring kiosk mode to minimize accidental app exits and setting changes. Users appreciate the seamless playback of multi-file audiobooks and the developer's responsive support. However, common complaints include the absence of a repeat play option, slow fast forward/rewind controls making navigation through long books cumbersome, and incomplete kiosk mode functionality on older Android versions, which can allow accidental access to settings.

Pros

Extremely easy to use, suitable for elderly and visually impaired users.
Effective kiosk mode features to prevent accidental app exits and block settings access.
Supports multiple audio files as a single continuous audiobook seamlessly.
Developer provides excellent support and the app is free of charge.
Highly reliable battery performance and efficient in resource usage.

Cons

Lack of a repeat play option to replay content easily.
Fast forward and rewind functions are slow and insufficient for locating specific positions in long audiobooks.
Settings can still be accidentally accessed by visually impaired users despite kiosk mode.
Full kiosk mode isn't available on older Android versions, limiting selection options.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.60

All time rating average: 4.95

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Date	Author	Comment
2024-12-14	Ma*****	Fantastic, my grandpa cannot live without it! Thank You! You are a good developer.
Fantastic, my grandpa cannot live without it! Thank You! You are a good developer.
2024-10-02	Jo*****	Excellent Application
Excellent Application
2024-07-21	Ji*****	Great app! I was able to lock it down so my legally blind friend could use a few different programs. Thanks!!
Great app! I was able to lock it down so my legally blind friend could use a few different programs. Thanks!!
2024-03-16	Ri*****	Easy to set up ... Very Useful
Easy to set up ... Very Useful
2023-06-23	J *****	This app has been a god send for my 94 year old, almost blind mother. Absolutely nothing else works for her. I am amazed that so little is available for elderly visually impaired people, who happen to be prolific readers.
This app has been a god send for my 94 year old, almost blind mother. Absolutely nothing else works for her. I am amazed that so little is available for elderly visually impaired people, who happen to be prolific readers.
2023-03-31	Dr*****	Nice and easy to use, but it needs a repeat play option. I'd use for my wife, but one calm sleep story is too short and there's no way to repeat it. Also the FF/RW is too slow. For long books, it can take a while to find to previous position, and no way to save it (AFAICS). Maybe an option to speed it up the further right/left the finger goes.
Nice and easy to use, but it needs a repeat play option. I'd use for my wife, but one calm sleep story is too short and there's no way to repeat it. Also the FF/RW is too slow. For long books, it can take a while to find to previous position, and no way to save it (AFAICS). Maybe an option to speed it up the further right/left the finger goes.
2023-02-17	Da*****	Great app for my 97 year old mother, who is both vision impaired and computer impaired.
Great app for my 97 year old mother, who is both vision impaired and computer impaired.
2022-09-09	Re*****	This is the only audiobook player I have found that my grandfather can actually use and I'm very grateful for it. But I have some notes: he keeps missing the play button because he can't see well and getting into the settings. I wish I could set up a code to keep him from messing with those. He has no idea what he's doing, he's just tapping whatever to hear his books. once a week the app has a weird thing where you hit play and less than a second later it just stops. I can only reinstall.
This is the only audiobook player I have found that my grandfather can actually use and I'm very grateful for it. But I have some notes: he keeps missing the play button because he can't see well and getting into the settings. I wish I could set up a code to keep him from messing with those. He has no idea what he's doing, he's just tapping whatever to hear his books. once a week the app has a weird thing where you hit play and less than a second later it just stops. I can only reinstall.
2021-07-22	Do*****	5 taps for settings 😉
5 taps for settings 😉
2021-05-18	He*****	I'm using this in my classroom for an audiobook station- using donated old phones. It takes away all the distractions that come on other devices in the rooms and will let kids focus on the story.
I'm using this in my classroom for an audiobook station- using donated old phones. It takes away all the distractions that come on other devices in the rooms and will let kids focus on the story.