# AR Reading List — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of AR Reading List by Seth Baugh, rated 4.48/5 from 337 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ar-reading-list/id1481792031/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ar-reading-list/id1481792031.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 253 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of AR Reading List? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for AR book verification - 👍 Great scan and searching (when it works) - 👍 Easy to find books with keywords - 👍 Useful for AR point calculation - 👍 Good concept for AR book search - 👍 Handy alternative to browser **Cons** - 광고 Excessive and unskippable ads - 🐛 Scan feature often fails - 🐛 Inaccurate AR quiz information - 🐛 Paid version not functional - 🐛 Inappropriate ads shown - 🐛 Primitive app interface - 🐛 Cannot find awarded books - 🐛 Not all barcodes work - 🐛 No integration with school AR - 🐛 Waste of money for paid version - 🐛 Search yields no results - 🐛 App takes up storage **Commonly reported bugs** - Scan feature does not work - App does not recognize books - No quiz available for scanned books - App says no quizzes for books that have them - Paid version does not work - Search feature returns no results - Book icon with '+' sign missing - App crashes or freezes **Most requested features** - Make ads shorter and closable - Automatically recommend books not in system - Allow bulk upload requests from libraries - Scan book barcode or ISBN for information - Enter school login and password for AR program integration ## Newest reviews (11 of 33) ### 2/5 — Scan feature doesn’t work *2024-11-05* Scan feature is the main feature people want to use and i never got one book to scan. The search feature works but you can just as easily create a bookmark on a web browser. ### 2/5 — Does not deliver *2024-08-05, version 5.2.2* I need an app that can scan books to give me the AR information. I have seven books sitting out right now that are approved AR books. I looked them up. I know how many points they are and their quiz numbers. I scanned all seven of them with this app. Only three of them would show up in this app. I need a scanner that works, if you are looking for an easy way to identify AR books this is not the app for you. ### 2/5 — System Update Needed *2022-08-08, version 3.4.7* We are in year 2022, there is no reason why I have to hand type every title. I should be able to just scan the books barcode or type in the ISBN number and it pop up all the information. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2020-10-20, version 2.9.2* AR Reading List is supposed to help you search for AR books. Well, it doesn’t work for me. I’ve read some reviews, and people are saying it has worked. I don’t know why it won’t work for me. But I don’t feel like it’s a problem with my device or internet connection. But I don’t want to be rude. I know developers of all apps have probably worked hard. And so I don’t want to just say it doesn’t work and be rude. I’ll say it doesn’t work, but not rudely. I appreciate your efforts to develop this app, but sadly it doesn’t work. As a result, I have deleted the app due to it taking up my storage. Thank you. -a customer of AR Reading List ### 1/5 — Waste of $$$ *2020-08-31, version 2.9.2* You literally get NO EXTRA FEATURES in this App if you pay for it! What a complete bunch of baloney! You can google a book and find the AR points faster. Thank goodness it was only $1.99. Could have flushed the $ down the toilet instead. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2020-08-27, version 2.9.2* I have tried to search many well known authors and books and every time is shows no results found. ### 1/5 — Refund request *2020-08-18, version 2.9.2* I search for book titles but never get any results. I’d like to have my money refunded. ### 1/5 — I want a refund *2020-04-25, version 2.9.2* The only books that come up for my child are when I enter the author’s name & the list ONLY co rains the books that are NOT currently allowed on the AR testing site Renaissance AR Testing. So, this does nothing for me. Please refund - let me know how to process a refund. Very dissatisfied. ### 1/5 — Searching for well known books *2020-04-11* I’ve looked up several very well known quality books and every time there are “no results.” What a waste of time! The directions say to select the book icon with the + sign. There is no book with + sign icon on my app. ### 1/5 — Stupid *2020-03-26, version 2.9.2* I didn’t mean to purchase it I want my money back ### 1/5 — The worst app ever *2020-01-08, version 1.0* It’s a stupid waste of time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — So many Ads :( *2026-05-18, version 6.1.0* we used to love the Scan feature to see if a book is AR and get the quiz number but at this point you can’t even scan a book without being stuck watching the same game ad for over 5 minutes with no X to close it out. completely unusable app at this point Why did you do this ?! make the ads shorter and give us the opportunity to close it out ### 1/5 — It doesn’t scan *2026-02-08, version 5.5.0* It was not great bc I tried by scanning a book that I knew was on ar but it didn’t work ### 1/5 — Inappropriate ads on the bottom *2026-01-07, version 5.5.0* I downloaded this for my 5th grade daughter and there were images of barely dressed women on the bottom of the app. ### 1/5 — Great concept, great outcomes *2025-10-15, version 5.5.0* The app is very primitive. I had assumed there was a newer edition, but there isn’t. Can’t find bestselling, awarded books. ### 1/5 — Don’t pay for the paid version! *2025-03-08, version 5.2.2* Paid for the version where I could see the quizzes but it doesn’t work. Requesting a refund! ### 1/5 — Can’t use this ….. *2024-11-04, version 5.2.2* When I wanted to scan my book it just wouldn’t scan and it won’t recognise any books I do under stand if it’s a new book but Like can’t even recognise the classics just none of my school books I’m sorry to say it didn’t actually help me ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-02-16, version 5.2.2* Every book I scanned said no quiz available. I tried scanning and putting in known quiz numbers of books that do have quizzes. Gave up and deleted the app. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2023-10-05, version 5.2.2* I scan books but nothing is found. I tried books that have already been tested on that I know are AR books and this app doesn’t pull anything up. ### 1/5 — Says there are no quizzes for books that indeed have them *2023-03-31, version 4.7.9* This app does not work. I routinely scan books, and the app says there are no results and no quizzes for that book. Even if you type in the title or author’s name, it will not find the quiz. Most times, there IS a quiz for that book. Examples include books like “I am Ruby Bridges”, “They Called Us Enemy”, both of which are 4th grade books about history. The app also says there are no quizzes for the “Land of Stories” books, but there are. ### 1/5 — Not designed to be linked with the school AR programme *2021-04-28, version 3.2.5* This app is a good idea. My 2 boys are reading 1 book a day from the AR library. However I will not be using this version of the app as there is no option to enter the login and password that they received from their school. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-12-25, version 5.2.2* Nice ### 5/5 — Great scan and searching *2024-12-07, version 5.2.2* Love the app. I was wondering if you would be able to do the following. When you scan a book and it's not in the system if you automatically recommend it to be entered to the AR folks to get into the system. I reached out to them on how to do bulk upload requests from the local libraries but they cannot do it. ### 5/5 — Helpful *2023-11-17, version 5.2.2* Teachers and students can use this app to verify if a book has an AR test. Useful for before reading a book when counting AR points! ### 5/5 — Works great! Love the upgrade! Love the new scanning feature. *2023-01-07, version 4.7.9* This makes it so easy to find books with just a keyword. I love that I can choose the reading level and save a list of books for my child. ### 5/5 — Great product *2020-09-22, version 2.9.2* This AR book search works great and better than others. I am not sure why the negative reviews (maybe a competitor is trying to sabotage?). I typed in my search criteria and got a great layout. I could see all of the books written by the author and their point value without clicking on each book individually like other similar apps. I recommend downloading! ### 5/5 — Handy *2019-10-15, version 1.0* This app does exactly what it’s supposed to do and is much handier than having a browser open on my phone. I can look up books for my children and move on with life and reading them that much faster. Thanks! ### 4/5 — It ok *2025-03-07, version 5.2.2* I thought it reads the book ### 4/5 — Helpful *2020-09-14, version 2.9.2* As a grandparent in this new norm of social distance learning, I tried a few AR apps. I found AR Reading List easy to you. Just enter the last name of author to start your search! Very helpful tool. ### 4/5 — Middle 😕 *2020-04-01, version 2.9.2* It was good but the name of the app was a horrible idea it should have been accelerated reader book lists so that’s why it’s 4 star ### 3/5 — Not all listed *2024-05-14, version 5.2.2* Not all the bar codes work. On another site i have to type in the title of the book --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*