Unironically the old App was better because it can actually remember what sorting I had it on, secondly it didn't fucking wait for 2 seconds just for the app to log in to my account. Everytime I open this app it asks me "log in with warhammer.com" or "skip" and it takes it a while to load in to the main page.
Third, when you connect your car and phone by android auto (i got android so thats why i use) the black library app now shows up, the old app didn't. However the Black Library app on phone for some audio's don't read "the" at the beggining of a novel. So a audio drama like "The Art of Provocation" appears right under "Alpharius: Head of the Hydra" however on the car the Black Library app still counts "the" as a word so I was looking under novels start with "A" trying to find it until I realised it's under "T"
But these are minor issues compared to fucking price hikes. I live in Turkey so I am famous for having high inflation and terrible currency. But Black Library app always had the same prices for Novels and Audio dramas until like December when I started seeing novels in aggregious prices. Normally a novel would cost 120 liras but when I log in now what do I see 1760 liras for a audio novel. That shit is way too much. I built most of my library over this app and now it stagnated.
And it's like, why even bother with audio anymore, there aren't any new audio dramas. I loved them so much. Why not just buy your stuff from Amazon or your local hobby store if it's gonna be the same price or cheaper.
The high prices from the Black Library for audio is what pushed me to Audible in the first place, and I’ve never looked back. It’s nice that the new app has more sales, but it’s nowhere near enough to lure me back.
Since you mentioned the app, two things I like about it: the monthly discounted offerings and that we finally see publication dates for books (bafflingly missing from the old website).
However, the first point is nearly moot for me since the e-reader is probably the worst on the market? Gotta be bottom 3 at least. Zero incentive to switch from Kindle or Apple, even with a discount. I say nearly moot, because the audio discounts are good. Audio is audio.
That said, the publication dates are literally the only good thing about the app. It has the look and feel of an unfinished high school tech project. I thought there might be some improvement to the UI a few months in (or even just the way the content is [dis]organized) but no. I won't belabor with the list of literally 20 things that just plain suck about it. It's simply grossly disrespectful to fans/consumers (new and old) and truly mystifying how this is a rational move even from a purely financial perspective. Everything about Warhammer in 2026 looks almost impossibly cool, detailed, engrossing, aesthetically compelling, expensive as hell--except for the official storefront for the mountains of Warhammer fiction. Just embarrassing.
Unironically the old App was better because it can actually remember what sorting I had it on, secondly it didn't fucking wait for 2 seconds just for the app to log in to my account. Everytime I open this app it asks me "log in with warhammer.com" or "skip" and it takes it a while to load in to the main page.
Third, when you connect your car and phone by android auto (i got android so thats why i use) the black library app now shows up, the old app didn't. However the Black Library app on phone for some audio's don't read "the" at the beggining of a novel. So a audio drama like "The Art of Provocation" appears right under "Alpharius: Head of the Hydra" however on the car the Black Library app still counts "the" as a word so I was looking under novels start with "A" trying to find it until I realised it's under "T"
But these are minor issues compared to fucking price hikes. I live in Turkey so I am famous for having high inflation and terrible currency. But Black Library app always had the same prices for Novels and Audio dramas until like December when I started seeing novels in aggregious prices. Normally a novel would cost 120 liras but when I log in now what do I see 1760 liras for a audio novel. That shit is way too much. I built most of my library over this app and now it stagnated.
And it's like, why even bother with audio anymore, there aren't any new audio dramas. I loved them so much. Why not just buy your stuff from Amazon or your local hobby store if it's gonna be the same price or cheaper.
The high prices from the Black Library for audio is what pushed me to Audible in the first place, and I’ve never looked back. It’s nice that the new app has more sales, but it’s nowhere near enough to lure me back.
Since you mentioned the app, two things I like about it: the monthly discounted offerings and that we finally see publication dates for books (bafflingly missing from the old website).
However, the first point is nearly moot for me since the e-reader is probably the worst on the market? Gotta be bottom 3 at least. Zero incentive to switch from Kindle or Apple, even with a discount. I say nearly moot, because the audio discounts are good. Audio is audio.
That said, the publication dates are literally the only good thing about the app. It has the look and feel of an unfinished high school tech project. I thought there might be some improvement to the UI a few months in (or even just the way the content is [dis]organized) but no. I won't belabor with the list of literally 20 things that just plain suck about it. It's simply grossly disrespectful to fans/consumers (new and old) and truly mystifying how this is a rational move even from a purely financial perspective. Everything about Warhammer in 2026 looks almost impossibly cool, detailed, engrossing, aesthetically compelling, expensive as hell--except for the official storefront for the mountains of Warhammer fiction. Just embarrassing.
Thanks for mentioning the publication dates! I hadn’t noticed that, but I’m always keen for another source to cross-reference all that old info with!