# Book Summaries \| Read Athena — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Book Summaries | Read Athena by Sum Lab Inc., rated 4.74/5 from 141 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-summaries-read-athena/id1449502803/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-summaries-read-athena/id1449502803.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 128 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (13 of 29) ### 5/5 — . *2020-06-19, version 3.9* Love the selection of books and the summaries give me all of the useful takeaways I need to know without having to read through the whole book. ### 5/5 — Finally! *2020-05-14, version 3.7* Love it! The best way to learn on a subject! Please add more and more stuff! ### 5/5 — Really like the new interface! *2019-12-17, version 3.0* The content is great as always, but the new interface is just perfect! For sure one of my favorite apps on my phone. ### 5/5 — Great app for being informed!! *2019-07-07, version 1.7* Love this! Revolver gives a quick overview of many nonfiction titles I’d love to find time to read, but don’t seem to get a chance to... also helps guide those I’d really like to get to sooner! ### 5/5 — My new favorite *2019-06-26, version 1.4* I am addicted to this app. ### 5/5 — Fantastic Product *2019-06-26, version 1.4* Incredibly well written content, that I have found to be the ideal length. I like to think of myself as a reader but I alway end up giving up on books half way through. With these revolvers I really feel like I understood the core competencies of the books without having to dedicate weeks to ultimately give up on it. I highly recommend for readers and non-readers alike. ### 5/5 — Great ap *2019-06-12, version 1.3* Love this app! Really cool and useful ### 5/5 — Very useful *2019-05-31, version 1.2* Love this app. Usually start reading when I have two minutes to kill but end up reading a lot more. Such a great way to learn more about all the great titles that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet - and picking out a few to read! ### 5/5 — Book review app *2019-05-31, version 1.2* Made a resolution to start reading something other than Instagram and Twitter every day. I checked out a bunch of book apps and book review apps, and this one is on balance the most useful and enjoyable. Some of the reviews are totally captivating, like a really good (but not too long) magazine article. Be warned there isn’t any fiction yet as far as I can tell. But if you want to know what nonfiction is out there, this is really good. ### 5/5 — Awesome app for a busy world *2019-05-31, version 1.2* Love the idea of becoming knowledgeable of a book's central concepts without having to invest precious time. ### 5/5 — For those who like to read but need a little nudge *2019-05-28, version 1.1* Great app! The summaries are quick and compelling, and after reading Revolver’s summaries for Becoming by Michelle Obama, I bought the book and have been thoroughly enjoying it! I can honestly say that I would never have bought the book if I hadn’t read the in-depth short summaries from Revolver. ### 5/5 — Really useful *2019-05-27, version 1.1* This app helps me catch up on books that i don’t have time to read and it also helps me screen for books that I put on my full reading list. It’s moved to my homescreen! ### 5/5 — Incredibly useful *2019-05-24, version 1.0* So many books I want to read are here. Some of them I will most likely buy after reading the insights Revolver gives. Love that this finally exists. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cannot open the app! *2023-10-31* It won’t open. Keeps saying there’s an SSL error. I’ve tried every possible fix, but still nothing! None of the other 145 apps I have are having that issue, so it must be Athena. Bummer. ### 1/5 — LOW VISION PEOPLE LEFT OUT!!!! DEVELOPER DISCRIMINATES AND DOES NOT RESPOND! *2022-07-01, version 7.0.1* Update: DEVELOPER, WHY DON’T YOU RESPOND? FIX THIS APP SO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE CAN USE IT! AS IT IS, IT DOES NOT WORK WITH VOICEOVER OR ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES! LOW VISION OR BLIND PEOPLE COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS APP, YET YOU LEAVE THEM OUT! SEEMS HATEFUL TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING! PLUS, YOUR WEBSITE SEEMS CONTAMINATED! WARNING NOT TO USE YOUR WEBSITE! WHAT KIND OF COMPANY ARE YOU? CANNOT CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY, SO MUST LEAVE COMPLAINT IN THIS REVIEW! DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS! PLEASE ALLOW BLIND OR LOW VISION PEOPLE TO USE THIS APP! STOP BEING HATEFUL! WROTE YOU A LONG TIME AGO BUT YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO MAKE ATHENA AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WITH NO OR LOW VISION!!! Visually impaired book lover! Want to use Athena so much. Tried to use with VoiceOver. Could absolutely NOT use this app! Shameful, developer! You are denying an entire community of Blind /Low Vision (BLV) people! ! Will you give us access? Needs to work with speech readers on all platforms - Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OS! What will you do about this? Help our community right away, please! If and when you do, I will gladly rate this app much higher! HELP!! ### 1/5 — Can’t connect to the server *2022-02-06, version 7.0.1* This app cannot connect to the server. Throws SSL error. ### 1/5 — Can’t open it *2021-11-15, version 7.0.1* I want to love this. I see lots of great titles about topics that interest me. But… I get a message that says “The certificate for this server is invalid” when I try to open the app. Today is the last day of my free trial and I haven’t been able to use the app at all, so I cancelled. :( Would love a second chance at the free trial if the app access can be fixed. ### 1/5 — Won't let me access after I paid *2020-08-22, version 4.6* I paid full price for this because I was interested. And now I can't get access to anything!!!! Rip off!!! ### 1/5 — too slow *2020-08-13, version 4.6* the app is too slow, i waited for a long time and couldn’t refresh. ### 5/5 — This app is awesome *2021-04-09, version 6.0.8* Perfect bite sized book sumaries. I'm a hard-core Audible user, but Athena is much more reasonably priced. highly recommend giving it a try if you like Audible or podcasts. ### 5/5 — Give it a try! *2021-04-09, version 6.0.8* Great app to get caught up on all the books you wish you could read. The book summaries are well written and give you the main points of the book. I’m enjoying building my knowledge and learning new things. I started with the free trial and after that have upgraded to the annual Library Pass. It's a great value for the price given how many books I can read. ### 5/5 — Great app!! *2021-04-08, version 6.0.8* Love this app! Makes reading much easier!! ### 5/5 — Great for discovering new books *2021-04-08, version 6.0.8* Athena gives you the perfect feel for a book so you can decide to purchase or not. Reminds me Spark notes, but in app form! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2021-04-08, version 6.0.8* Great app to motivate you in the morning and help you wind down at night. Kinda like a cross between Coursera and Audible, but easier to use. ### 5/5 — Great library of books and audiobooks *2021-04-03, version 6.0.7* Athena offers the key insights from great books. It's super easy to use, reasonably priced, and has a growing library. I like being able to read along while simultaneously listening to the audiobook. It also lets me write my own takeaway that I can share with my friends and then revisit to help me remember my favorite parts. Super useful app! ### 5/5 — LOVE IT! *2021-04-03, version 6.0.7* I am a school counselor and always looking for tools to help my students and me. I found Athena browsing education apps and have found lots of good material on ADHD, depression, stress, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. ### 5/5 — Big bang for the buck *2021-04-01, version 6.0.7* Ok this is a bargain for anyone who loves to read books, listen to audiobooks or podcasts, or wants to learn. I've learned more in a few weeks than I did in college! Well worth the price!!! ### 5/5 — Best book summary app *2021-03-13, version 6.0.3* Highly recommend giving Athena a try. Great book selection and cool reading view. Haven’t tried the audio books, but can see they have them. ### 5/5 — Great key insights from books! *2020-09-05, version 4.8* Have been using Athena app for a while now and the content is great, fresh and easy to digest! The app has nice design and is easy to use, not to say their reading lists and curation of books which are really great. The book summaries are entertaining and insightful. I really recommend it to anyone who is looking for a quick learning and a smart way to spend time 🙂! **Developer response:** Hey thanks, Luisa! We're glad to hear you're enjoying Athena and will pass on your great feedback to the team. Keep an eye out for more fresh content coming soon!!! --- *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 2026-06-10.*