Downpour.com

Blackstone Audio Books

In-app purchases

About this app

The free Downpour.com app gives your Android device access to all your downloadable audiobooks from the Downpour.com e-commerce website, complete with “single-touch” full library and audiobook list views.

No Wi-Fi connection is needed to download your audiobooks. As long as you have a cell connection you can begin your download—but data rates may apply. Once downloaded, you can take your audiobooks with you on the go.

Quick listening — You can start listening to your audiobook as soon as the first track is downloaded to your device. All additional tracks will continue to download in the background.

The Downpour.com app contains well designed playback functionality and controls, including track advance and previous track selection and bookmarking—the app saves your place automatically so you can pick up right where you left off without having to remember where you were. Other key features include track-list view and time elapsed by track/chapter, with on-screen track scrub bar functionality.

Easy Syncing — There is no need for difficult and time consuming transfers/syncing of files between your computer and your Android device. The Downpour.com app will handle all of the technical aspects for you—no more worrying about which file type is the most appropriate for your device.

WHAT’S NEW

◥ AUDIOBOOK RENTALS - First car rentals, then movie rentals, now save a boatload of money with audiobook rentals!

• Get 30-60 days to complete an audiobook.
• Free up space on your device.
• Save up to 70% off retail pricing.

CROSS-DEVICE SYNCING - Now you can listen to your favorite books on all your devices and never lose your place.


OTHER UPDATES
▰ Improved downloads on slow networks.
▰ Added variable playback speed.
▰ Added variable scrub speed.
▰ Individual track downloads.
▰ Individual track deletion.
▰ Save non-rental books to SD storage.

Ratings and reviews

I can download (most) as mp3's for my old school player. Or listen using this app and it keeps track of where I am with no glitches. (5 stars given in 2023.) Now it's 2025, and I've entered the world of Bluetooth. Of 5 different kinds of audio apps on my phone, it's the only one that consistently locks up, restarted, & loses its place, especially if connected to a car. I have reloaded it 3 times. Maybe they can fix the gliches and go back to 5 stars. I still like Downpour's selection & prices.

It reminds me of how apps and websites used to be, simple and to the point. It does what I want, without the obsessive need for permissions, tracking, and ad injection some apps demand. It's not perfect, but I'm rounding up gladly. And every time I've had either issue, or casual inquiry, I've been given an informed answer kindly and quickly. And I'm a big fan of the DRM-free downloads as well, for commonplace hardware situations that otherwise don't support apps it's helpful.

I need to preface this by saying the service itself is fantastic, and it's the only place I'll likely buy audiobooks from moving forward. Their support has also been quite helpful. The service is 5/5 stars. Unfortunately, the listening experience has not been great. The Android app is buggy and routinely has issues (when I'm going 75mph on a Texas highway...). The online reader isn't much better. They also don't have chapter names or a way to override them with their own. 2/5 stars for that.

What’s new

Bug fixes