Hoopla: Your Library, Anywhere

I really love that I can check out audiobooks with my library card that aren't available on Libby. Suggested improvements: 1. The ability to preview an audiobook before I use one of my limited borrows. 2. Probably not doable, but the ability to send ebooks to Kindle because I don't like reading on a tablet or phone. 3. Make audiobooks respond to reverse and forward on a shower speaker as they do on other apps. 4. Allowing reviews of the books.

it's a good app. My biggest issue is audio books. after it starts a handful of times in the car the book will restart. No matter how far into the book I am eventually it will restart from the very beginning. I don't know why. I've emailed customer support about it and they had me install and reinstall the app. I still have the same issue. it's an inconvenience when listening because I constantly need to remember where I am in the book so I can get back to a close location.

I love that my library connects to Hoopla and that I can download books, audiobooks, even movies on demand. 5 stars for that. Hoopla as an app is buggy. More than once, when I've prepared for a trip by downloading my book ahead of time, Hoopla says, NOT TODAY, and makes it impossible to read my book. Super frustrating. Sometimes it just starts an audiobook from the beginning, and loses the position I was at - not easy to get back to the same spot. 3 stars for the app itself.

What I like: I can get books that are on hold or not available thru other apps without the wait. Lots of titles I can get on Hoopla that I would have to pay for elsewhere. What I don't like: app is a bit buggy. Sometimes it kicks me back a couple chapters or even to the beginning and I have to sift thru to find where I left off. Also, book limit.is slim. In my case, only 4 per month. Not a deal breaker bit kind of a bummer.

So this app usually works well / as expected, but for longer audiobooks it inevitably will lose my place at some point halfway-ish through and restart from the beginning. This leaves me to play a fun game of "fast-forward until I figure out where I left off". I appreciate the functionality and access to free books though, so it's well worth it!