Fountain: Daily Book Summaries

it used to be free or at least part of the fabulous subscription now I need to pay?

Fountain was a nice free companion to Fabulous, but it's difficult to justify as a separate paid subscription. There's no convenient way to track completed books, the library is difficult to navigate, and the lengthy onboarding doesn't seem meaningfully reflected in the content offered. When I tried restoring my supposed Premium benefits, I lost access to previously free content. Support eventually confirmed Fountain is no longer included, despite some promotions still saying otherwise.

I did not subscribe to this app app and it just appeared on my bank account for $40. I have been on the computer for over 30 minutes right now trying to cancel it. can't figure it out. in addition, I've been loving the fabulous app and now they want to double the price on me. I'm so through. do not buy the fabulous app. it's going to screw you in the end. super helpful though while it's happening. I'm

Says it's included with my Fabulous Subscription but then demanded I sign up to play the books. Fabulous is getting worse and it was bad to begin with. Terrible payment strategies that border on fraudulent. The customer service is now just a bot called Fable who asks for more info and then ignores your reply. They added new content the majority of which is messed up, the wrong visuals with the wrong audio....and it's still wrong after weeks. Fabulous truly is incompetent.

I love this app, yet I just don't think it's worth the price they are asking

gives me access to the highlights of tons of books. I read one everyday.

I love this sp.. the best I've tried.. love, listen to coach daily, and night coach, it's about 3 min. u can also read it.. positive and motivational .. can listen to more on the app. It totally speaks to me.. help with tasks and diary .. it's worth it.. also meditation music.. felt so calm and better phisicly 🥰🥰🥰

i really like it but i don't know what will happen when the next milestone arrives? does it delete all the data we dpwnloaded from the books?

I love this App

This app is a great way to take on learning the major the books in your tbr(to be read) listing. Even as a non paying app user you will have the ability to learn and experience the app without annoying ads constantly begging for payment. It truly is a diamond in the rough. I have learned so much from listening to the fountain of books available to me as a user of this app. Quit wasting time reading reviews and Just download the app already! You won't regret it!

nice supplement to the coaching sessions in the fabulous app.

Soooooooo goooood!!!!

app is great. customer service for the company is terrible.

Concise tidbits of helpful books. Easy to use and to listen to.

very positive vibes this is my 1st day and night reading and diving into the positive vibes amazing is all I can say never new that something as simple as this is what I needed to get me going again

its definatly informative and i should have found this long time ago

👍

Excellent

great app

love this

Very useful. Although, the reviews of the whole books can be rather shorter than one might expect. If you have any other book summary apps you may understand my point.

very helpful, give thanks.

First day using this app, so far so good.

Love it 👌🏾

hope it stays free

Amazing app for book lovers!❤️ Foundation is an amazing app for book lovers. I love that it lets you both read and listen to books with the built-in audio feature — it makes learning and enjoying stories so much easier. The app is simple to use, runs smoothly, and makes reading really convenient anytime.✨📚

such a cool app

poor refund policy

Wow, this app is a great way to get in touch with your inner self and discover things about yourself. You didn't know how to or learn things about yourself that you would never even think of I love it, and I would suggest it to anyone. Who wants to make their self better in life?Hope your journey becomes a successful one.Thanks

Be aware! it's a fraud. they trick you into making non-refundable unwanted subscriptions.

This app is really amazing. I haven't seen anything like it super helpful, beautiful UI cheers to the developer!

yeah it's okay I like it a lot I appreciate some helpful information on this stupid idiot phone

Absolutely loving this. The first book that came up for me, was one I had read recently. Fountain got the gist of it perfectly. I'm hooked already. Definitely recommend this for anyone who loves learning, but has little time in which to do so.

Unethical business and billing practices. Billed me $160 despite canceling during the trial and won't refund.

I hope it remains free forever. I really needed these books I feel good after knowing about my emotional self and past. Thank you Team Fabulous

day 2 of this program. I am impressed and feeling good about changing my present into my future😊

great for motivation wish it was free

The only criticism I have is the AI voices and the lack of a setting to keep the app running when the phone screen sleeps.

This app provides really good self care books in short 2 to 3 mins audio firmat which is super useful. you can learn a lot of things from this app. The only issue is that the app has one voice which i do not prefer. Different people prefer different voices as we tune in from different parts of the world. If there is an option to choose the voice we feel comfortable with it would be great.

it's not often that we get to enjoy things that are helping us. this is wonderful.

Great

I just started with Fabulous, but it is already clear that it is structured in a way that makes it easy and rewarding to use. Nice graphics too.

this app allows me to read a book without actually having to read the entire book because my attention span doesn't allow it but it gives me enough to enlighten me it's a great app

Fabulous ant the word 😄

Awesome

was amazed on all the options on here!

This is fantastic. I bought myself blinkist a few months ago thinking that it would be more like Fountain. Wish I had known! I'll absolutely be back when I next have funds for apps.

I've use a few of their apps now. all of which have helped me on my journey to become the best version of myself. 😁

Helped me in a lot of ppsitive ways. With all the traffic along Edsa this is my companion

life changing app

this is a good app. I enjoy the content that's available, but honestly it does feel limited. I have used another app similar to this about a year ago and had access to several micro books, which is great for my adhd brain. other than that I enjoy the beautiful colors and images

a great tool. it would be better if there was a search bar so you can find book summaries easily

I loved the story of Perseus and its relation to face our own medusas (fear, anxiety,...) I am exploring and I will come back with more later. I am a fan of Ambience but I have not managed with the other apps from the Fabulous.

So far liking the idea of getting summaries of the books to potentially buy. I'd like to make some suggestions to save ones for future listening or visual markers if some have multiple audio parts to them, so it's easier to resume from where someone left off.

Not like anything I've ever experienced in a self help app...so unlike what I thought this type of would actually be like. Mind blown. I recommend to any and everyone...

im enjoying this so far

It is a really good

All free to use app! Great knowledge providing in free time. Absolutely giving a download try app

This is a really good tool, I'm enjoying the trial. It allows you to have a good idea of what various books talk about, using your time for learning instead of scrolling. I don't want a subscription for a bundle of apps, but I could pay for a month from time to time for this one, if it's possible.

Awful UI and the selection of books is very poor. worse this company is exploiting mentally unwell people to sell this product. you can't save books or look for anything of interest and the books they have partnerships with are all of the same unsaleable section of the self help section in a book store. AVOID even if it's free!

Very helpful summaries and easy to connect with.

high 5! 😁

amazing. first free app that actaully give you the helpful book summeries

perfect

Just finished listening to the "five languages of love." While I'm more inclined to reading physical books in full, this app does two things for me: 1) It gives a quick summary of the main points, both in writing and listening modes simultaneously. 2) It garners the healthy habits of lifelong daily learning, even in those busy days. The book selection and categories are perfect for anyone working on their self development. love this app!

I am loving this app, it truly is a breath of fresh air

it's amazing, so many great books that are summarized in a best way possible

Download, If you kown, you kown

wonderful to listen and learn from.

I'm liking this app. I just started using it so it's still fairly new to me. I like how they break down the 10-minute summary into smaller bits with different topics from the book.

excellent emotional intelligence info!

great app. I have a lot of mental issues this addresses them all

This is a great app, I love it!...

I love this app. I am obsessed with self help books and it sometimes gets overwhelming what to read next. Fountain gives four or five 2-3 minute snippets from the book so I can see if it's worth it for me to read.

productive and efficient use of time

so far it's an amazing app

amazing experience

it is my daily dose of empowerment.

still very early in the process of using this app, but so far so good.

This App is a complete way to improve mental health in affordable, independent and approachable way.

Short, quick way to begin learning.

I am really grateful that I found this app...helpd me cut off doomscrolling and use my time for developing better habits and improving instead...

very useful

I am going to start my new day with the application process as part of my Fabulous journey. I am going through the process with anticipation.

I am on day 2 using the app and so far it has been motivational and inspiring. I recommend it and the whole suite of Fabulous Apps.

I love it so far but it had only been day 1 lol ask me later on pls...

great app! especially if you're neurodivergent. it's basically cliff notes, on steroids! it's micro learning. the juicy parts that have meaning & usefulness. I love it

I just started using the app. I think it is great.

I really wish the app would track what I already listened to. It already splits it into bite sized parts, maybe I want to just listen to two minutes, but resuming later is impossible. Also the transcript should sync/scroll with the audio, that would be amazing.

This is a great program! helps you through life! through self care! emotions! you name it!

great platform

So far this app is really helpful and i'm really liking it

it's a really great app with concise micro lessons, it's very useful. But I don't think it's a good alternative to doom scrolling. The knowledge provided in Fountain's audio book summaries are practical information that you need to focus to really get something out of it. A better replacement would be light, easy-to-listen, feel-good stories or unpractical, theoretical facts. maybe pop science books with positive vibes or historical stories. this app is better for education, not leisure.

Awesome!!

worst app I ever seen. when I play any audio it, then no any button works like pause, back. I tried 3-4timed whenever I play I have to literally reboot the mobile without it won't stop. don't recommend anyone

This app is so amazing, thank you. 🤩❤️🤩❤️🤩

Easy to listen to, concise, helpful, calming.

This definitely has some major truths to be told and brought to my attention great audiobooks

Running on Empty by Jonice Webb and Christine Musello doesn't work

I've just started to listen and learn about the program. I enjoy learning about what makes me tick and when is important for my daily schedule.

I feel more connected to myself and the world around me while also recognizing my full attention to my potential. This is a healthier replacement to doom scrolling. The app is simple with tiny amount of time to be curious when listening to chapters in tiny chunks. I feel the difference from experiencing it.

It's a great concept for an app, but lacking some very basic functions, like tracking what you've already listened to/read and the option to save books you're interested in to a list.

Mostly a good app, it is helpful to avoid wasting time on my phone, it would be good if they had more areas such as decluttering or starting hobbies . Edit, thank you so much for actually adding the home hacks section I really appreciate being able to get information about this subject in such an easy, bite sized chunck, I would 100% recommend over scrolling, micro learning is fun, engaging, and it leaves you feeling better then when you came to it, five stars, I love that it's free to download.

I'm really enjoying this app. I don't always have the time to read and having a brief summary of the important points works great for me. I feel motivated after listening to various ones. My only criticism is I think there should be more books or at least rotate new ones in and remove ones that have been there for a bit. also maybe if there was a way to save certain parts you feel are important to your situation. for a free app, for my needs it was definitely worth installing

I wish I could rate higher, but the lack of features makes this difficult for me to use. The reading pace is too slow to keep my attention, but I can't change the speed. If I remember a book I want to read, there's no way to search for it. The books available are a great range, but at this time I can't fully appreciate them.

I have really enjoyed this app. However, I would like to know how to find the ones downloaded, though, so that I am able to easily find them. I see no point in the "download" option if you can't access them. I am supposed to have a library tab, but I do not.

This a great concept, and is very easy to use. I love to read, and this can't replace full books, but these well crafted synopses help one to get the core teaching and pick and choose what is worth following up on with a full read.

excellent for a free reading app, although the choice of books aren't changed very frequently for my liking but otherwise I love it and it's great while waiting in ques or on long journeys

If I get more books in more categories and in regional languages it would be absolute bliss. like book summaries what if you can try with the complete concept of the book within 15 to 20 minutes a day. Think about it.

It's pretty good, considering what it is (a very short synopsis of a book). The part I dislike is the the books all seem to be either old(er) or disproven. Some books are just echos of the ones who came before. This is to be expected, but it's disrespectful to not acknowledge the source author. I listen to a book or two while I cook. Overall, the insights I gain or remember outweigh the negatives. Hence the 4 star rating. Give it a listen, learn something, think about the topic.

I love listening to audio books so these book summaries are a great resource. I wish there was a way to track the ones we've listened to, though.

if you don't have the luxury of reading a book, this app is for you. simple summaries of books that you can listen to on the go and the titles are well selected too! i enjoy using the app and look forward to what the book of the day is. it makes learning very fun! if i have extra time, i like to listen to my favourite parts again. there's text as well as audio and the voice of the narrators are very pleasing to hear. Thank you!

Runs out of new material and presents same ones over. Don't offer a year long subscription if you don't have rights to a year's worth of content. Paid but bombarded with ads for their other aps (also already paid - stop begging it's obnoxious). Now the recordings don't even start at the beginning of a concept bc they're just shuffling content so you don't immediately recognize reruns, but they're incoherent this way bc they reference what was obviously a previous chapter so you can't follow.

so far I think the concept behind this is amazing. I have been enjoying it this far for free. I don't think I can afford to pay a premium but I do like it. I think it is a great way to help you change your habits. scrolling on social media constantly is detrimental to everyone's mental health. this helps change the habit of automatically opening Facebook. it also has definitely got my brain thinking about a lot. life and how I handle things. it has been a help so far.

I like the app but everytime I try to use it and listen to a book, it won't let me do anything anymore and I'm stuck in the app with a book I can't pause or stop.. the only way out is to restart my phone. I rarely open it because of that problem. I hope it gets fixed soon

There are already a bunch of apps that has similar features on book summarization. But, THANK YOU for offering the app for FREE. If you add 1. Search Functionality, and 2. Save/Bookmark favorites books. This app would be PERFECT.

I have really been enjoying using this app, especially the audio book summaries that explains each chapters. I would recommend this app for people looking for easy and accessible audio books. It is a great guide to self improvement.

I'm completely overwhelmed with what I have to do now & I love the fact that I can get a few words of wisdom or motivation without committing to reading the whole book first. If I like what they say on here, THEN I'll commit to reading the whole book but time is precious & I have none to waste! Fountain & their sister apps are all very helpful & I've really enjoyed checking them all out!

I love spending my time learning rather than scrolling endlessly on social media. I feel like I have achieved something rather than wasting away. If I'm interested in learning more I can get the books on my e-book to read more rather than getting a summary of information.

My phone is getting stuck when I'm using this app and I can't operate it anymore. I can't even close the app, so I always need to reboot my phone in order to use it again. Totally disappointed. I really wish I could use the app.

v. nice. I've tried but can't finish self-help books. so this app is perfect for me. good collection of books, and both audio and reading formats are available.

Not a bad app however it could do with some improvement. the app doesn't save my progress in a book so if I'm listening but then pause it and have to exit the app for whatever reason then I have to go back, find the book, and figure out where I left off. Most people aren't watching the progress bar as they listen so that can be a challenge. once I find where I left off I have to remember about how far in I was because that doesn't save either. it's listen all the way through or lose your progres

I want to like this app as much as I like the others from fabulous, but whenever I open a summary it freezes my phone to where all I can do is restart it! I do have this problem with the other apps, but there is other content besides audio so it doesnt matter as much.

These Foutain books are inspirational. Wonderful ideas worth implementing are paired with fab life advice. Listening is a real pick me up. Thanks so much for this terrific app. I've gotten so much out of it.

wonderful, short audio books! Great selection! pleasant voices, and I love this, as it's excellent for my ADHD! Give it a try!!

The presentation is interesting. But I have gotten some similar ideas from the Holy Bible. I do choose to be selective about the different philosophies that I adhere to. But this app provides a good place to start.

Literally the best app. Good UI and Good books to listen to on the go and a great replacement for all the short content we consume these days

Great way to listen to books, articles, etc and gain insight. I especially enjoy this as it had lead me to reading books and exploring subjects I wouldn't have otherwise.

love this app!! it has made learning and understanding my barriers, mental health issues and so much more a lot easier and more fun without the stress of overload by trying to cover too much material in too short of a time!!

Tried the app as it was in my subscription add on & it's truly magnificent in both information & vocals. I have already made it a part of my habits. I just hope the subscription won't be out of my financial grip.

I have enjoyed the book summaries within the app so far. They give a good high level overview of the main points in the book without actually reading the book. It does give good enough information to make a decision on if you'd rather pursue reading the entire book. So far the summaries have worked well for me.

Love the content. it's the cliff notes for self-improvement. The books take about 30 min on ave to listen to from start to finish. Ea is divided into 2-4 min segments. What's missing? a search feature; a synopsis for ea book; ability to highlight passages, bookmark pages, or mark as "read," & to star those of interest for future reading.

short, to the point, pretty easy to understand (though I will be listening to certain ones over time), informative.

I'm enjoying Fountain, just started it. It would be great if there was a way to see where to continue a book, and see which sections you have already read. Also a library of previous books read and a way to bookmark things you want to come back to would enrich the app.

The AI narrators are really unsettling. I had expected real people, like the Fabulous coaches. This is a terrible disappointment. Zero stars.

Great advice,easy to follow and encourages you to improve and become aware of what is possible to achieve by being mindful of yourself and your capabilities.

In my opinion this is the best app of its kind, I love it and use daily. Just hoping the devs don't hit us with a hefty membership fee in April 😅

Wow, this is a great app. I get to listen to a summary of a book, and if it is worth going out to read the whole. I hope that after 2 days, this is still free because I can't afford to pay for a premium. I wish I could, but I love all of your apps, but then that would become too costly

Well it's just like any other app that summarizes self-help books for you within 15 minutes but I like this one because it is free through fabulous with a subscription and the voices are pretty decent.

First day, look promising. But it will depend on how deep you are stuck. Finding a good psychotherapist is the best basis to support selfhelp through app, otherwise you may fail and be discouraged to try again. App does look promising. Thank you, developers!

I love this app,not only is it completely free but it gives a summary to all the books on the app and can be listened to or read,I have really liked this app and I hope U will too,i sincerely ask the team in charge of this app to add more books and keep it free and thank them very much for this amazing creation

Whenever I am opening a book to listen my whole device is getting stuck and i have to forcefully reboot it to get it working again . Fix your app fabulous

I must say its a Very useful app I usually don't have time to just sit and read a book or not have the book! This is like a treasure to me! XD I can listen to it anytime on the go. I saw that this app is only available till April :( is that really ture? :/ I'd really appreciate if u could keep it forever X< I like Fabulous world~ 🌎 ♥️ ✨️

This is my first day in this app and I read 3 books in side the app it's magical. Thos there book help me with my confusion. Thankyou founatin

Love this app! Help rescue the doomscrollers of the world...an app for micro learning! This app reads out loud summarized sections of some popular self help books. I listen to this whenever I'm busy getting ready in the morning, cleaning the house, or winding down at night. Definitely recommend for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge!

Love this little app when you can't decide what to read! It's a great collection from many sources I have read in the past three decades, but more recent titles as well. If you're not a daily reader, this is a great starting place! Something will "speak" to you from the upcoming readings on the app!

its concise but interesting reading. Lots of great topics to chose. I like the narrators voices and the tempo. Really relaxing.

Almost perfect app. The only problem is when I am playing a lesson, my phone crashes down like I can't reverse the audio or pause it and can't even exit the app. Please solve this issue.

This is the app that i was looking for, thank you for making it free and legit. Lovelots. So allow me to suggest that for your further app improvement, can you add a profile section where we can add pur favorite books or booklist, also can you add some qoutes section also that would be nice and the readers ability to save a quote they find .

Complete failure to open or do anything since download to my Samsung android device, so it's been useless so far!

A lovely way to explore some of the greatest wisdom ever written. Only food this app today but already consumed about 5 books that would have taken months to read in full and I can decide which ones are worth investing in. Recommended.

I'm enjoying it. Do I wish it were more than just summaries? Yes. However there's a lot of potential here. I think it would be really cool to have the quick click ability to find the title on other apps I own like hoopla or my local library. Helps with committing to reading it. I enjoy fabulous apps and have had a lot of success with them.

I find I'm learning a lot of new things and ways of looking at the world in short bursts of time - it goes by fast AND is beneficial! Love this app!

Simplified versions of books by top class authors makes reading a pleasurable experience . Micro learning is a beautiful concept, I feel that I read so much in a short time . This app is really helpful when you want to cultivate a regular reading habit

Being an ADHD person I'm really interested in books and knowledge and love reading books but again being an ADHD person I'm not able to do so and this app is all I ever wanted i can listen to the essence of like 5 books in a day what can be better than that also I'm broke right now I would thank ADHD for that as well and this app still hasn't demanded money for the subscription and I hope that it won't even ask because I can't pay and then I'll have to stop using it but I don't want to i love it

Doesn't load gets stuck on load screen image. Using Samsung A15. Update : still no change. It's not anything I have or haven't done. It's most definitely this particular app. All other Fabulous apps I've tried / am using; I have Zero problems with. Just this 1. Uninstalling AGAIN.

It is a game changer for me!! It is a very thoughtful effort from the makers of this app that they are educating people at such a micro level!! Kudos to the team. Easy to follow and very informative

I like the app but the summaries don't feel like in depth summaries but more like an overall review of the book. It's also lacking the same basic feature all Fabulous apps lack, a progress indicator or something to show me what I've listened to already.

Very nice app. Love to see it. There are some people like teenagers and young adults who don't have money to spend but still want to change their lives for the better. Making it free helps all of us. Keep up the good work

How others find this experience is very individual, but I have found it highly motivating and insightful. Something I would thoroughly recommend if it answers the questions you hold...

Can't get the app to open, it just freezes to a picture of the logo on a white screen when I open it.

I downloaded it twice but it still work work. Just shows the fountain logo and nothing proceeded forward.

I've been subscribed to the fabulous app for over a year now. I'm so happy that with my subscription I get access to apps like this one and ambiance. These apps really help with self development and building habits that better yourself in the future. Thank you very much. This app has changed a lot of things in my life, for the better.

It brings you the amazing fabulous layout with bites of good information. It's a great complement for day to day habits!

Its a good app, but there is still potential to make it better. 1. Could add navigations for exploring options. 2. Themes based on user picks could be added 3. History to view the books I read in the past 4. Share button to share those audio suggestions with others

Two days in and already I think I'm going to enjoy adding Fountain as a new Fabulous Habit. It seems filled with little gems. Some extra features, such as progress and completed indicators, would be useful.

These summaries are generated by ai. Chatgpt can do the same thing. Main app's coaching is so great because they are written by human. These summaries lacks engaging writing style, and also robotic voice feel boring to listen. Please update less summaries but give a human to write who actually read these books.

So far, this app is lovely, just like all other Fabulous apps. I haven't been bugged by a subscription yet, but I'm hoping that's because I already subscribe to multiple other Faulous apps. I hope things stay this way and I will keep using this. App.