OverDrive Media Console – Library eBooks and Audiobooks Book App Review (iOS, Free)

Description

Read eBooks and listen to audiobooks from your library using OverDrive Media Console on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. More than 22,000 libraries worldwide offer titles via OverDrive, so download the app and add your library today.

· Available 24/7, your library never closes.
· No more late fees. Titles are automatically returned.
· Place holds, create wish lists, and return titles easily.
· A valid account with a participating library, school, or other institution is required.
· Each library builds its own collection of titles. Contact them directly to let them know that you’re using OMC and to share any suggestions for books you would like to see them carry.
· New look. Simplified menus put everything a swipe and a tap away.

Sync recent position and bookmarks across devices using OverDrive One. Please note:
· OverDrive Media Console v3 must be installed on all devices.
· OverDrive Media Console v3 must be authorized with the same Adobe ID on all devices.
· The same OverDrive One account must be used to log in on all devices.
· Titles must be downloaded to all devices.

Customer Reviews

• Great way to read anywhere

  by Michellecm

  It is VERY easy to use and search titles. The only thing I wish could be improved would be to automatically sync what I'm reading on different devices.

• Must Have App

  by cdw528

  My iPod's brain became scrambled and while I was waiting for my new one, I became aware of how much I used this app for audible and printed books. The old saw is so true that you don't appreciate what you have till it's gone. Of course your library selection of digital titles is equally important.

• I enjoy listening to books

  by Cade e

  I really enjoy listening to books from the library. I just wish the app was not such a battery drain.

• I enjoy listening to books

  by Cade e

  I really enjoy listening to books from the library. I just wish the app was not such a battery drain.

• Fun reading

  by Runner 131

  Good, easy way to read books.

• App is great

  by 11sweetie

  No problems. Read many books and enjoy the app

• Works well

  by westphila

  This app works perfectly fine. I haven't come across any bugs. I like that I can connect to a couple of different library systems (where I already have memberships). I even used this app to download materials while I was abroad on vacation and did not run into any problems.

• Fantastic

  by Stevenroni

  I love this app. Makes thing easy!

• I love to read

  by Tee Lu

  Overdrive is awesome! I have different sources where I can add books to my bookshelf from and it is so easy and convenient to use.

• I love to read

  by Tee Lu

  Overdrive is awesome! I have different sources where I can add books to my bookshelf from and it is so easy and convenient to use.

• Smooth Operation

  by writemom1

  Works well with my library's virtual book/audio book site. Try to have a wifi connection to download a book, though - without it the download is slow or just fails

• Could be 5 stars but

  by missy alexander

  I will give it 5 stars when the rate this app box stops popping up every time I open the app. Every time I hit the don't ask anymore box but it still pops up. The prompt to rate is still popping up after I rated it. This takes my rating from four to three stars.

• Love this app! Keeps me sane.

  by peacefuljules

  I access my state online library with this app and love it! Listen to many a book while driving.

• Very useful so keep improving

  by Ree Nee

  I read and listen to my library books. I have had no trouble with written material, but audio books have glitches. Downloading is a problem, at times. There is also a problem when switching from my ipad to my iPhone. Even though I bookmark each time I stop on both, often the app does not catch up. Other than that, I love the app.

• Review

  by judy5900

  I really love this app. Even when I've had problems all I had to do was call the library, they called tech support and the problem was resolved in a matter of hours, even though they told me it may take a day or two.

• Awesome!!!

  by Reese' Cup

  Love this app. I can take a book everywhere. No more library line. Thank u!!!!

• Great for on the go

  by Kelgal379

  I use this app all of the time! I travel a lot for work, and this allows me the option to continue reading/listening to books even while in the car or in the air.

• Renew option needed

  by smm111

  It would be really great if we would have the option to renew a book before having to return it. This has always been an option with the paper books at the library, if there wasn't a wait list you could renew. It would also be nice if you could see if a book had holds before returning it. There is no way to tell that if you have the book currently downloaded.

• A little buggy but good

  by MollyCampbell14

  Love that I can so easily browse and borrow library books. I love the bookmarks and sleep timer feature since I usually listen to audiobooks at night and tend to fall asleep. The app does run a little slow, and usually when I click on my last bookmark, it still starts the audio from where it was when the sleep timer went off, I have to go back into the bookmarks menu and click the bookmark a second time to get it to actually start in the right place.

• Great app

  by LadyLeonardo

  Very easy to use, and i can check out many books at once, what is not to like? Love it!

• Happy to have access to library

  by Nextest

  Overall the app does what it was designed for. A little more help in the setup and use would be great. Once I used the app for a week I found it very useful. I am to able to sync with other devices and the selection from my library was larger than expected. Glad I decide to download and use the app.

• Love it

  by MartiGras

  Best app I own

• Love it!

  by Happystar10

  Love having all these books at my finger tips... App works great!

• Awesome App!!

  by MisterMikeyMike

  Great!!

• Overdrive is the best !!

  by Setsu magoo

  I've been renting Ebooks from overdrive for a couple of years now. I love it!! It has always worked, 100% of the time. I never have to worry about late fees, the selection is huge and if it isn't available immediately I receive an email notification when it is. And, you can choose to read books from your kindle or phone. It's just awesome. I love it!

• Love this app

  by Sir baggy bottoms

  I love this app! I can listen to books on tape!

• Good

  by Phatman5

  Plenty of libraries. Good reader

• Best App Ever!

  by JamieR61q

  You can download e-books and audiobooks from your public library: Instant gratification and no late fees. Who could want for more?

• Mostly fabulous

  by Julie Bilbro

  I love what this app provides, but it could be more intuitive. It's not easy to navigate.

• Does a great job

  by Smellygoaliepants

  Works as advertised!

• Great way to get ebooks borrowed from you're local library

  by Tinboy39

  You pick your library and start borrowing books! No wifi needed! Way better than going to library's website

• Stable

  by Nova quazar

  Very stable app that does what it is supposed to do. But a very limited library of books.

• Love Overdrive

  by Lisanjer

  This is the best invention ever! Love reading but never have time to go to the library. With overdrive, I can read all of the books I have wanted to check out and my kids can also read tons of kids books. I just love it!

• PLEASE fix the bugs. Why is it taking so long???

  by MadamsOrgan

  This app is amazing and I'm very grateful for it. But after 5+ months, they STILL haven't fixed the landscape/portrait sensing function with the iPad. How is that possible?? How can it possibly take this long to fix that bug?? Especially when they figured out how to fix the same bug with the iPhone?? It's really frustrating. There're other bugs, especially with audiobooks, but I can at least make it through the day without pulling out my hair when it comes to those. Ever since that massive Apple software overhaul, Overdrive still hasn't gotten it together. And it's been months since the last update. This app has unbelievable potential. They need to get some better software developers.

• Needs work but using it

  by Glov11

  App works great with one device but won't sync to other devices looking forward to updates

• Could be 5 stars but

  by missy alexander

  I will give it 5 stars when the rate this app box stops popping up every time I open the app. Every time I hit the don't ask anymore box but it still pops up.

• Could be 5 stars but

  by missy alexander

  I will give it 5 stars when the rate this app box stops popping up every time I open the app. Every time I hit the don't ask anymore box but it still pops up.

• Love this app

  by jacksgramma

  Great customer support and love the bookmarking options. This app makes it so much easier than via cd's

• Wonderful

  by Rooooooooooop

  Has always worked for me! I really enjoy it so much. Great for audiobooks.

• Awesome!!

  by Dragonwithaunicornhorn

  I love this app! It's pretty straight forward and easy to use and you also get to listen to audio books! Hooray!

• Magic trick or buggy app?

  by Noothername96

  I just tried to download the app and as soon as it finished it disappeared

• Back to paper

  by P3125x5

  The previous version was making me fan. This version has me ordering paper books whenever I can, which is almost always. I hope my library moves to something better.

• Great!

  by Jessnider

  I love this app to check out books and audio books from my library. It is different to use but the library will walk you through it and gives you written instructions. It is nice from the go. With iPhone. I love the timer for the audiobooks.

• Love it

  by Rbmccaffery

  The app is great, love the way technology is moving along!

• Terrible

  by Alex Gamadanis

  I've attempted to download or checkout 4 books never been successful.. They always crash/show downloaded but not all the way or download yet I go to listen and chapters are missing.. What a waste of time this app is.

• Flawless performance

  by sonofelma

  My favorite app. I am selling my books, because I do all my reading on Overdrive. Same with audiobooks. It is how I use my local library now. It took years to perfect digital checkout, and I have to say this is the breakthrough I hoped for. Best of all, no more late charges!

• A great app

  by Locomotive Express

  I think it works great. I am easily able to download book and read/listen. Highly recommend it.

• Overdrive Media i use it, I recommend it I love it!

  by Bevgal_3

  I started using this app when I answered a tech support call about it in 2010. I've been a constant user and promoter of it ever since. Ive had the app crash or lose my DLs like many others. But I delete the app, clear Safari cookies and history on iPad the reinstall the app. Resign in and I am off and reading again

• Perfect.

  by Prof101

  Once you get the hang of it, it is the perfect app for both Ebooks and audio books. I have public library accounts in two states, and it's very easy to search, access, borrow, and download books from both sites in one easy app.

• Thank God

  by The tin knocker

  I am unable to get out of the house much, so being to read every dad saves my life. I really do not know what I would do without it. :-)

• Good app

  by Mikeh:-)

  It is a good app to read and listen to books from your library. Could be more intuitive for users to navigate within.

• good

  by kim mymin

  not bad

• Love it!

  by Vixy.b

  Couldn't live without this on my phone!!!

• Great for library access

  by Queen of it all

  Proud to say that I read, OK, listened to at least 10 books last year that I checked out of the LA City and County libraries. This is a great app. This is how I like to see my tax money used.

• Great!

  by

  Very good app! You get less selection if u have a lbry card to a smaller library

• Good app

  by happymack410

  Wish you didn't have to go through the library to borrow books.

• A Must Have

  by Jean Occeus

  You can connect to your local library and get your favorite media ( audiobook, ePub, or kindle). There's so much available content that I have to use better time management skills to enjoy it all.

• Does it's job

  by Sandra Esparza

  Does it's job, no complaints

• Satisfied user

  by WillowsFish

  I have been pleased with this app. (Downloading, playing) It could be a little more user friendly by remembering my tastes but overall I am enjoying devouring books as fast as I can download them. :)

• Frustrating

  by Kit Fry

  I would like this app more if it didn't fail to download auto book files. It's so frustrating because the app doesn't make you aware that only part of the file downloaded. I end up downloading files over and over never sure whether I'm missing just a could of words or in one case two whole chapters. Having difficulty downloading is one thing. It's a whole other to seem like everything downloaded ok when not a single file downloaded in its entirety.

• Simply not a good ebook reader

  by KenPar

  If you've use iBooks or Kindle ereaders, Overdrive will frustrate you mercilessly! It just doesn't work right. Here are a few examples: if you download a book to the ePub format(Adobe reader), it comes to your browser. If you don't like the book you downloaded, you can't return it early.

• This is great

  by jme n Eli

  Wonderful way to listen to library books!

• Slow and clunky

  by RadioWoman

  Clearly designed by a committee - and not a very bright one at that. You, practically, need to go get a cup of coffee while you're waiting for this clunky app to perform a single function. It's VERY poorly designed and extremely frustrating. Calling it a "media console" is a joke. It's media akin to the old days of phone modem. I've contacted my library, filing a complaint about how poorly this app performs.

• Awesome

  by Wgbabymom

  I love being able to access my library on the go!

• Amazing

  by Katmhsa

  I love this app it is easy to use

• Love this app!

  by Travelin' Gal

  As an avid reader, I love how this app lets me take 10-20 books on trips and cruises - all on my little mini iPad - and check out new ones as I go.

• Great for people with disabilities!

  by Sweetmama03

  I am a senior citizen with learning disabilities. It has always taken me FOREVER to finish reading a book. With the Audiobooks available at my library I have now listened to (read) 15 books since right before Christmas!! Love this app and highly recommend it!!!!

• My most-used app

  by Futureexmrsmalcolm

  I adore the Overdrive app (though that could be due in part to my local library's large selection of e-media). I listen to audio books during my commute and at work. Once you get everything set up--library account, Adobe account, etc--the app works fairly seamlessly. I took away one star for the app's inability to "download in background." If you're downloading a file/files, you have to keep Overdrive open and on the screen or you'll receive constant push notifications saying your file(s) can't be downloaded in the background. It's my only complaint, but its fairly obnoxious! Otherwise, I'm very pleased with Overdrive and only wish I'd gotten it sooner.

• Love this!

  by Kaytaymo

  Great app! Love how it sincs with my local library site!

• Great app!

  by Di Fran

  I love this app! Works great on both iPad and iPhone 5 and syncs well between the two devices! With being confined to the house for several months over the past year and unable to get to the library because of illness and injury, it has been a tremendous gift to be able to access reading materials from home!

• Awesome App

  by GimmeBlood

  I love this app I use it almost everyday. When I'm walking I use it with my Bluetooth headphones... it makes the time fly.

• Greatest App ever!

  by Rayjoy07

  I've been using this app for years and it is wonderful! I've never had a problem with it.

• Love it

  by donnpe

  Love it

• Great app for library e-books

  by CrashDavis03

  OverDrive is a great app for accessing and reading e-books through public libraries. It has search features and then has a reader for Abode ePub books.

• Love this app!

  by Colin73839

  Great app! I use it all the time, love it and have never had any problems with it.

• Overdrive

  by Goodies mama

  I love this app! Being able to borrow books electronically from my local library is awesome!

• Love this app

  by John Scates

  Overdrive is fabulous! I listen to books as I'm walking the dogs, putting on makeup, flat ironing my hair and cleaning my house.

• Improve search parameters to weed out children's books

  by Safari problem

  The app does not do a good job of defining books by age range. When I search on literature, for example, advanced search by level either weeds out nothing, or too much. Please find a way to exclude children's books from searches.

• 5 stars

  by Becksguti

  So convenient.

• Love This App

  by ladyjustice7

  I love this app! I read even more books because it's so convenient to get them. I even use it to listen to books on the drive to and from work.

• Great App

  by Gwu32

  I love this app. It allows you to borrow eBooks from libraries. It works great & the books are automatically returned. It's also great that libraries are getting more eBooks.

• Good app!

  by Danielw9

  Does what it's supposed to do, though it requires most of the processing power my iPod 4 can put out. Instructions that it wants to be the only thing running would be useful. :)

• Fantastic

  by TheDort

  It works

• Awesome app!!!

  by Alisha Jones

  Wanted to give this 4 stars only because I hate having to sign in over and over, however, that said I effen love this app so I had to give it the full 5 stars. It has opened a whole new world of reading and it helps me keep my sanity while driving in Chicago traffic. I can't believe the number of books available on both audio and downloadable readable formats. Without this app I would continue to have road rage so a HUGE thumbs up to OVERDRIVE. This is my number one favorite app.

• Good when it works

  by Moby711

  If you like large books forget it. I can't remember how many times I've been half way through a chapter and it jumps forward or starts over. This app needs some serious bugs squashed.

• USED to love this app

  by BeccaMommy

  No longer allows me to listen AND do other tasks on my phone. Automatically closed out and won't keep playing. Please fix!!!

• I like it

  by Phae phae

  I love that this app interfaces with my library, saves my place and makes books easy to read on my iPhone. However, sometimes my ability to navigate through searches and renewing books is cumbersome.

• Ugh

  by Ben in Toledo

  The audible app is so much better. Very irritating when I PURCHASE an audiobook but can't move it to my phone because this app says it's protected and my phone has to be synced to allow it. I'm not going to wipe my entire phone to move over a single file. I get the idea of protecting content, but not at the expense of laying customers. Terrible.

• Love it

  by Pacmm

  Awesome

• Love the app

  by Dondo12

  I love listening to books on long drives and borrowing them is very economical.

• OverDrive Media Console

  by Gamer2346

  Wonderful idea; great functionality. This App has increased my access to my library. My only regrets are that they do not transfer your history when you change your device and that the upgraded format is a little less intuitive than the older versions. If I could give 4 1/2 stars I would. Great App, just not perfect.

• Great to have books at my fingertips

  by Djdjebzhsjsndvhssjdb

  Easy to use once you get used to it. Love it that I can place holds and get notifications when ready. Also, no more driving to the library to pay overdue fines!

• Great way to listen to audiobooks

  by The Gratitude Coach

  Well done! Easy-to-use.

• Works well

  by G4Monster

  Connects to my library and males it easy to check out electronic books to read on my iPad and iPhone

• Decent app - I use it daily

  by SierraKuo

  I downloaded this app to take advantage of my local library's ebook circulation, and I'm thrilled I did. While the app isn't the prettiest thing you'll ever see, it is very functional. I've been using it almost daily for probably three months now and don't have any major complaints. I've had to look up how to do certain things (like return books or magnify images in a book), but I've always been able to find the answer with minimal fuss. The only thing that makes me rate it only four stars is that the ePub files still do weird things in the viewer, like have just a sliver of the title page on a second page (I'm on an iPhone). That should t really happen, even though it doesn't really affect my reading experience.

• Needs improvements in battery usage

  by Bala Rajaraman

  Very good app. However it is drains the battery fairly quickly. 80% - 60% in about 2 hrs. For a book reader this is pretty awful.

• Overdrive is problematic

  by SueCarole

  When Overdrive is working properly, it is wonderful! However, I have had problems with downloading books for the third time in ten months. There seems to be no recourse but to uninstall and then reinstall, thus losing your reading history. Overdrive's Help feature doesn't answer this problem.

• Money saving

  by Barbara21ann

  Being able to get books from the local library is money saving and convenient. Not all books are available but there are tons of variety. Easy to use and sinc-able to multiple devices. Good app

• Money saving

  by Barbara21ann

  Being able to get books from the local library is money saving and convenient. Not all books are available but there are tons of variety. Easy to use and sinc-able to multiple devices. Good app

• Love overdrive

  by Katznidd

  I stare at a computer all day so it's a relief that I can give my eyes a rest by listening to audiobooks when I'm commuting, doing chores, etc. I'm so glad I found overdrive. It downloads audiobooks seamlessly and it's easy to navigate thru as well. Thx you overdrive!

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