# ArtScroll Digital Library — user reviews > 113 indexed App Store user reviews of ArtScroll Digital Library by ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, rated 4.00/5 from 143 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artscroll-digital-library/id536661409/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artscroll-digital-library/id536661409.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 88 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of ArtScroll Digital Library? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📚 Comprehensive digital library with extensive content - 🔗 Useful hyperlinks and cross-references for studying - 💡 Innovative popup features for translations and footnotes - 🎯 Helpful highlighting and note-taking capabilities - 🔍 Powerful search functionality across texts - 📱 Portable access to large library on mobile devices - ✨ High-quality content and translations from ArtScroll - ⭐ Excellent customer service (historical reviews) **Cons** - 🐢 Extremely slow performance and loading times - 🐛 Frequent crashes and app instability - 😤 Clunky, outdated user interface design - 🎯 Easy to accidentally click wrong elements - ❌ No PC/desktop application available - 🔐 Login and authentication issues - ⚠️ Unresponsive customer support - 📵 Crashes in airplane mode - 🔴 Permanent accidental highlights cannot be removed - ⏱️ Long load times between sections - 🖥️ Confusing navigation and layout - 📊 Poor UI/UX design causing frustration **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on startup - Password authentication not working despite correct credentials - App crashes when accessing store - Crashes in airplane mode - Crashes when using table of contents links - Text overflow on left side of screen - Accidental highlights cannot be removed - Language switching issues (Hebrew/English) - Page numbers display incorrectly as 'page 0' - Highlighting too sensitive during scrolling - Choppy and laggy scrolling performance - Content gets stuck downloading - Daf Yomi not updating to new content - Synchronization issues between Hebrew and English columns - Settings dropdown menu options not functioning - Elucidation toggle not working properly - Notes disappearing or skipping around - Slow performance on iPad compared to Android - Download errors with cryptic error messages - Base files not updating, requiring re-download of years of updates **Most requested features** - Complete app redesign with modern, minimalistic interface - Desktop/PC application version - Faster performance optimization - One-time purchase option instead of subscription only - Discount for users who own physical copies - Dynamic Island support for newer iPhones - Remove redundant settings buttons blocking text - Consolidate multiple settings access points - Better organization for iPhone app layout - Back button for navigation between linked content - Mac app for larger screen reading - Apple Pencil support for note-taking - More Hebrew volumes and content - Yerushalmi and additional sefarim - Improved Daf Yomi update system - Better table of contents navigation - Parashas-based references in Rashi TOC - Ability to disable sponsor/dedication pages - Copy and paste text functionality - Offline access improvements ## Newest reviews (13 of 113) ### 3/5 — Good content, poor functionality *2025-12-10, version 8.63.1* The amount of material available is staggering. The subscription which gives access to the entire ArtScroll digital catalog is worth it if you actually use the materials regularly. I use this on an iPad. The app itself is slow, crashes frequently, and it is VERY easy to accidentally click the wrong thing and spend the next 1-2 minutes trying to get back to where you were. The popout links are very useful for studying intertextuality. If the app weren’t so slow and the UI were improved to avoid misclicks, it would be an easy 5 stars. As it stands, though, it has some major issues that need to be addressed. ### 4/5 — Great content, very slow app. *2025-07-24, version 8.62.4* I have this app on iPad and it’s really slow and takes a while to load anything. The android version is much faster. Needs a major update. ### 4/5 — Please update 2 things *2024-05-14, version 8.61.10* Great app and use it daily. 2 updates I think are needed. On every screen there are 4 different ways to get to settings (not sure why) the one on main page blocks the text when in full screen. Maybe move this up to the title bar to it doesn’t block the text. Please update the app for the Dynamic Island to display the top portion of the screen properly ### 4/5 — Please update for new phone *2023-10-22* Please update for the dynamic island. Also please remove the settings cog on the actual page. It’s blocks text. There are 3 different settings cogs on every screen plus the one in the draw. ### 4/5 — Update needed *2023-06-19* Please update for the 14 Pro models. Please move the settings cog on the top portion up. It currently blocks the text. Thank you ### 1/5 — App crashes every time *2023-03-16, version 8.60.6* Every time I open the store the app crashes And I tried deleting and reinstalling the app ### 3/5 — Great, but is not easy to use *2022-11-21, version 8.60.3* The app has good content, I like the Rashi. Howver, it is not convenient. When I go to the TOC and use the links, it crashes and says it’s unable to show. Any downloaded content should be easy to go across by TOC. The Rashi TOC is not well designed, it doesn’t have Parashas based references similar to the Sapirstein edition books ### 4/5 — Please update for the new iPhones *2022-10-31, version 8.60.3* Please update for the iPhone 14 Pro models! Please remove some of the settings buttons that get in the way of the text. There are 4 ways to get to settings. It’s a bit much ### 3/5 — Only show in town - you are stuck *2022-08-10, version 8.0.2* Having exclusive rights to digital material from ArtScroll/Mesorah publications seems to include not fixing bugs. Hey why bother when you can’t go anywhere else for the same copyright material. The developers have gotten lazy. ### 1/5 — App crashes *2022-08-08, version 8.0.0* App crashes immediately after opening Version 8.00 ### 4/5 — A Yosherkoach on Harbatzas Torah, and a tremendous hakaras hatov. *2022-05-10, version 7.1.2* 1. With the most recent features (I have this for 5 years before the subscription package). I can at times get lost via Hyperlinks (my own fault). But if a footnote can pop up that convenient screen use, if it’s another sugya and I can see the footnotes I can read them. If it references another masechta I don’t have to exit to bring it up or at times faster getting my hard copy. 2. Outside of Birchas Hamazon, certain brachos, and Kryas Shma Al Hamita a siddur is pointless and feels wrong. I feel the calendar, tefilin mirror, Av Harachamin, Mishebeirach are not used by 99%. Personally davening should be done zoomed in on a Sidur or eyes closed Baal peh. 3. I strongly recommend a tech consultation from Amazon Kindle skilled programmers. A. On a 9-10’ screen 25% font changes are very large jumps. They should be between 5%-10% increments. The app should be available on laptops and desktops as well. B. The free mishnayos without the meforshim and the Shas don’t know the purpose. C. Switching Sefarim…when you want to simply switch getting to one’s library it is overly time consuming and has nothing to do with download speed. D. Less frequent updates and when updated that should become the definitive app edition. If space is required and I want to remove a book to cloud storage (a) incredibly time consuming don’t know why. (b) If I add it back all updates from whichever basic edition was initially installed are re-installed. After 5 years that’s five years of updates. E. I’m also fine with musar sefarim. Significant issues A. I see coming soon Chumash Rashi! I feel Torah shebechtav on the tablet is not necessary at all, and that includes all in depth Rishonim on Chumash or Nach. Outside a Tanach source…the only series addition you may want to Add is Yerushalmi, or the Yad Avrahom Mishnayos. B. The Weekday Sidur…is truely pointless. But there are definitely excessive features. I don’t need a menu for siddur settings, with zmanim, a compass, and tefillin mirror. There are way too many settings options…one for the Sidur, one for the Chumash- it was when the Chumash was added that I realized this is not a good idea…I believe it’s the Stone with whichever meforshim the user wants displayed and wear. Definitely excessive and impacts over all performance of the app. C. Advise consult with similar App Developers like Kindle which though there are no updates is 2022 speed, while navigating from Sefer to sefer, removing and adding in ArtScroll is like a landline telephone connection in 1999. ### 2/5 — Great up until the latest update *2022-05-10, version 7.1.2* I use the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in the app, and when I go to scroll one part whether it be the English or Hebrew it scrolls all three. What ends up happening is the sub notes are not at the correct place ### 2/5 — Needs major overhaul. *2021-10-17, version 7.0.3* Content is great but needs major change. It’s very slow and glitchy. Looks and feels 10 years old. Artscroll support answered me months later, and their response had nothing to do with my problem. Artscroll pls invest more resources. Especially if we spend over 1k for this content. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t Log On *2026-01-13, version 8.63.1* The app is very clunky and won’t let even me log in so that I can access the digital library that I paid a lot of money for. Keeps saying password is wrong, even though that password works for the Artscroll website. Needs to be fixed ASAP please. ### 1/5 — Functionality of app isn’t great *2025-11-23, version 8.63.1* Aside the fact that the customer service team is not responsive, the app functionality is unorganized for the reader. I use the iPhone app because there’s no PC app option at the moment, which isn’t satisfying or useful to all users. The iPhone app crams everything up to a single screen that’s confusing to use, and just a single tap through scrolling can make you lose your spot where you’re reading from or unnecessarily highlight a whole portion of it. Sometimes you press on a link directed to read from another source and there’s no back option available to return to what you’re originally reading. Terrible app functionality and aside for poor customer service, you need to address this issue where users can access their digital library on PCs without requiring some program that interferes with the full functionality of the PC itself. That’s not right. Fix these issues. ### 1/5 — It’s good but DAF YOMI FREE NEVER UPDATES TO NEW ONE *2025-05-23, version 8.62.4* The daf yomi isn’t updating, WHY USNT IT FREE!!!I’m waiting on the new available one. Pls help ### 1/5 — Great content terrible app *2025-04-28, version 8.62.4* Artscroll makes great content but the UX is the worst, making it almost not worth it. Needs a major upgrade just to be usable. ### 1/5 — Cannot remove accidental highlights! *2025-02-21, version 8.62.4* App support has already been contacted and didn’t respond back to me. There is no way to remove accidentally highlighted anything in the ipad app. The highlights remain permanent. It doesn’t take much for accidental highlights to happen. PLEASE FIX THIS ALREADY ### 1/5 — Crashing in airplane mode *2025-02-18, version 8.62.4* It crashes in airplane mode and would not open, and it has been doing this for months – please fix ### 1/5 — Horrible *2024-12-19, version 8.62.3* I’m really sorry, but this is just a garbage application designed with 75 year old boomers in mind given the large block interface. But it’s impossible for me to understand how they would weave their way around this ungodly maze of clutter with controls worse and less intuitive than windows 95. Everything takes a year to load, there is barely a way to log in and when you finally do there’s no way to log out. It’s 2025 people, get with the program and design something useable and user friendly my dudes. ### 1/5 — Bogged down/Slow *2024-10-16, version 8.61.11* This app would be a great resource but the ui is clunky and even running with the latest processor it looses frames just from scrolling and it late to respond and freezes a lot! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVAMP THIS APP!!!! I would love for this to be my go to app instead of Sefaria but I can’t rely on this app to always work in most cases it clunky and slow and outdated please make it more slimline and minimalistic I have been waiting over 5 years for you all to revamp this app and still nothing! You remade your website and it looks great! Pleas please PLEASE DO THE SPO NOW!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ### 1/5 — doesn't load, gets stuck *2023-12-24, version 8.61.10* The Android version of this app works fine. The iPhone and iPad version didn't work for me. After I bought the full Talmud, it got stuck downloading and would not open any content. ### 1/5 — Needs updated GUI UI/UX design *2023-06-09* Please update the GUI/UI/UX this app is clunky and outdated! Make it minimalistic. It crashes a lot and has terrible loading times! I see you finally updated your website what about this app please!!!! Fix GUI and all and this is a 5 star app but as it is now just one. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ArtScroll is Amazing *2025-02-09, version 8.62.4* Incredible app and awesome customer service! Looking forward to be able to one of those iPads that you guys have. Thank you for this affordable app I am really glad that I can have a whole library full of books at the palm of my hand anywhere I am at. ### 5/5 — Great adaptation *2024-04-19, version 8.61.10* This app is the perfect reading companion. Feels like yeshiva in an app. Seamless scrolling and reading with automatic footnotes ! Perfect ### 5/5 — Revolutionary *2024-03-13, version 8.61.10* Shalom uBracha. This is a revolutionary app. You will key texts organised and presented in a delightful manner, an in-built study schedule, study tools such as highlighting, note-taking, and bookmarking. The app also has a comprehensive Search function, enabling you to study key words or concepts across texts. I highly recommend this app to any Torah learner who wants a digital alternative. Thank you, ArtScroll. Baruch HaShem. May the wellsprings of Torah; chochma, binah, and da’at, flow from this App, and may many Talmidei Chachamim emerge from its usage. Torah blessings. - Haris ### 5/5 — I’m going back *2023-10-12* We will have ### 5/5 — Shelf *2023-01-23, version 8.60.6* How do you go back to the shelf? ### 5/5 — Great app. *2022-11-21, version 8.60.3* The most thorough learning tool with hyperlinks on the market. Extensive and detailed. ### 5/5 — Great for Studying Daf Hyomi. *2020-10-25, version 6.1.3* I use it a daily basis. ### 5/5 — Love on iPad would be great to have Mac app. *2020-09-17, version 6.1.0* It is great to have the Artscroll library on my iPad. It would be great to have a Mac app to be able to study using my 27-inch monitors for easier reading and research. ### 5/5 — 3D *2020-08-18, version 6.0.0* Now that the Daf Yomi is learning Eruvin,When will you fix the 3-D viewer which no longer works on iOS ### 5/5 — Bug *2020-07-07* I do nit have the offer to get a free book by registering anymore! ☹️ --- *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 2026-09-03.*