# Book Writer — user reviews > 116 indexed App Store user reviews of Book Writer by Good Effect, rated 3.90/5 from 11 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-writer/id481160195/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-writer/id481160195.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Book Writer? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy-to-use intuitive interface - 🎨 Flexible layout and design customization - 📚 Ability to create and publish eBooks - 🖼️ Support for images, audio, and multimedia content - 💰 Affordable pricing for functionality - 📱 Works well on iPad and iPhone - 🔄 Exports to iBooks format - ✨ Good for creative projects and children's books - 🎯 Drag-and-drop feature for flexibility - 👨‍💼 Responsive developer support (in some cases) **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - ❌ Poor text editing capabilities - 🔗 Broken email sharing functionality - 📤 Difficult export and publishing process - 🖥️ Website not user-friendly or secure - 📖 Limited formatting options (no bold, underline, italic) - 🎬 Video import not working as advertised - ⚠️ Lack of undo/redo functionality - 🔤 Text boxes don't extend full page width - 📊 Low image quality in exports - 🐌 App runs slowly and lags - 📚 Poor documentation and help resources - 🔐 Website security concerns - 🎨 Limited color and font options - ❓ Confusing user interface for some users **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on startup or during use - Crashes when attempting to email or share books - Crashes when uploading photos - Text editing fails or doesn't work - Cannot delete images once placed - Two-finger expand/contract not functional - Keyboard doesn't appear reliably - App freezes during operation - Email send feature doesn't work - Layout in iBooks differs from app preview - Image quality significantly reduced in exports - Text boxes don't fill entire page - Writing jumps to front page unexpectedly - Retina display not rendering properly in exports - App skips or stutters - Slow performance and lag - PDF conversion issues with errors - Contact email address doesn't exist **Most requested features** - Undo/redo functionality - Bold, italic, underline text formatting - Ability to import text from Pages or Word - Dynamic text that resizes in iBooks - PDF export capability - Video import and embedding - Copy and paste text functionality - Background music support - Increased upload data size limits - Page templates and backgrounds - Text alignment guides and markers - Handwriting input support - Double-page spread layouts - Photo editing tools (crop, resize) - Text shadows and effects - Hyperlink support - Page numbers in books - Better alignment tools - More font and color options - Voice recording integration - Landscape two-page writing mode ## Newest reviews (11 of 116) ### 3/5 — it is a nice app but *2024-11-15, version 4.922* It’s nice for writing but it’s glitchy. The instructions don’t give enough info.How to add back ground music? Also the website for the publishing isn’t very user friendly when i go to it everything looks jumbled on my screen. I really like the app and most of the features but I really wish they would update it. ### 2/5 — How do I export my book? *2020-03-06, version 4.831* I’m trying to share my book with friends and family and can’t export. I’ve sent the book to collections and signed into “book world” and nothing. Can someone help???? ### 2/5 — I need to save and share my book! *2019-08-28, version 4.831* I have been going in circles trying to save my book to my computer and share my book with my friends! Please help!! I tried “Send to collections”, but that doesn’t do anything. I have an iPhone 7, version 12.4. ### 2/5 — Pdf 파일로 변환이 가능하다고 되어 있는데, 어떻게 해약하나요.. *2017-10-23* 제목 그대로입니다. 작업한 내용을 pdf로 변환하고 싶은데, 어떻게 할 수 있나요. **Developer response:** 편집창의 설정 버튼 -> PDF 보내기를 선택하시면 됩니다. 안내가 더 필요하실 경우 service@goodeffect.com 으로 연락주시기 바랍니다. ### 3/5 — I don't have anything to compare it to *2017-06-27, version 4.201* It's pretty simple yet I like it. ### 4/5 — Easy to use *2017-06-09, version 4.110* I have been using this with a group of students and found it easy to use ### 3/5 — Writer! Could be a bit easier for non nerds! *2016-11-07, version 3.402* Same message as above in the subject line. ### 2/5 — Crashing at the end *2015-11-07, version 2.804* I have a iPhone 6+.. Spent time creating and editing the book. When I try to email the book - it crashes. If I try to send PDF it crashes. If I try to publish the book it crashes. If I upload to Drop Box and then try to open file from Drop Box it fails. If I try to open in another application, it crashes. The only reason I didn't give it just one star is because if they fix these issues, it would be an awesome app. The user interface is is easy to use. So frustrated. ### 4/5 — It could be better *2015-05-16, version 2.503* I want to emphasize that this app is a great one but still could be better than this. ### 5/5 — Thank you for inventing this *2014-09-14, version 2.311* An app that is straightforward to use and has many applications. I use it to create stories for my children with learning difficulties. For example, I can very quickly turn our weekend photographs and video clips into personalised stories using words and language that I know my children understand and associate with the photographs. ### 4/5 — PLEASE FIX IT AGAIN :( *2014-04-20, version 2.212* i really love this!! But the thing is when i open the game it keeps crashing Please fix it:( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes when importing photos *2026-06-19, version 4.924* Every time I try and import a photo it crashes. I cannot find anywhere on there web site to contact support ### 1/5 — Website Concerns *2023-11-25* Their website is not secured, according to my iOS device. November 24, 2023. Please secure Your website and I will probably download your app. Thank you. **Developer response:** You can export your book by selecting 'Send Book'. Book Writer provide diverse sharing features. ### 1/5 — Not as good as book creator *2020-07-04, version 4.831* I thought I could find a more grown-up version of book creator when I got this app. But it is more complicated than necessary and has no way to share as a .pdf. This is useless. The book creator app continues to undergo improvements so I’m staying away from this one ### 1/5 — 너무필요한 앱인데 너무느리다 끊겨요 *2018-05-06* 개발자님 어떻게 업데이트 좀 해주세요 **Developer response:** 안녕하세요. 자세한 내용을 메일로 보내주시면 상담해드리겠습니다. service@goodeffect.com 으로 보내주시면 됩니다. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2016-02-04, version 2.805* Waste of money ### 1/5 — Terribly disappointed *2015-07-07, version 2.504* Can't format my paragraph, no indentation, have to use a text box to add the writing, and the text box doesn't fill the whole page. This is NOT what I wanted at all. I wanted something to help me publish a fictional ebook, not something to make an escrapebook. Wish I had not bought this it's very frustrating to use and the help page won't even open. Such crap.😤 ### 1/5 — Mr *2014-10-14, version 2.311* Crashes first use a waste of money ### 1/5 — Crashes on start up *2014-08-29, version 2.300* 29th August 2014. New update. Hoped it would load after six months of pain (see below). Hopeless. Still crashes at start up. Another 5 minutes to add on to the hours I've already wasted on this app. Avoid like the proverbial plague. ----- 22nd June 2014. Given up completely now. No response from the app developers. App crashes on start up after last update. Deleted the app alongside the books I created and downloaded the app again (to see if a fresh copy of the app would work). It doesn't. Still crashes on startup. Basically it's broken and the app developer has moved to the South Pole or somewhere equally remote. What an enormous waste of my time! Back to Microsoft Word for me. ----- 31st May 2014. I see a favourable review has appeared for this app. Interestingly on the same day as my negative review. Hm! For my part I still can't get the app to load. I wouldn't bother but I have a book with text and photos that took hours and hours to compile and I would like to access it again. If the app developer reads these reviews, please fix your app! It was pretty good until it stopped working. ------ 19th May 2014. Just updated their app for 'minor bugs'. Still crashes at launch. I am running ios5 (to retain Google Map integration with the operating system) but this app is supposed to support it. Would be interesting to see if anybody on ios6 or ios7 can get this thing to work. But at the moment the app is useless. ------- Staggering! This is the fourth review I've written on the iStore about this app and if those reviews appear, they will disappear a day later. So this time I'm going to put my main recommendation in code, as I am beginning to suspect the iStore system doesn't allow reviews where certain words are used e.g do n't b.y. this a.p. Anyway, here goes... Do n't b.y. this a.p until thy get it fxed!!! ### 1/5 — Waste of money!!! *2014-06-14, version 2.221* I am not going to spend any time on this review as this product doesn't work. The process of creating the final draft of a book fails. Very disappointing. Don't wast your money. ### 1/5 — I can't use mail. *2014-02-19* 메일이 보내지질 않아요. 작성한 콘텐츠가 메일등의 방법으로 관리되지 못한다면 있으나마나한 앱이죠. 환불해 주십시오. I had the point at issue I can't use mail. Why. I want you to pay back. **Developer response:** Please try again with new version. Sorry for inconvenience. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app but flawed needs fixes, updates, *2022-09-27, version 4.917.1* I love this app but it does come with flaws. Book writer needs to update and make it where you can upload to book writer easier by increasing the data size you can upload. ### 5/5 — I got the hang of it !!! *2019-10-09, version 4.831* So far so good ### 5/5 — Thank You Developer *2017-08-01, version 4.312* July 31, 2017. This is my answer to the developer who provided a response to my previous review of December 07, 2016. My answer is: Thank You for helping me to find the area within your app which allows me to export my book(s). I understand now how to export a book. Thank you for your response and information. It helps a great deal. I do not understand why I did not see this before. I am sorry for that and I thank you so very much. - I am keeping the old review which started this whole thing just for reference, and in order to keep a trail. Here is the old review that I had written on the App Store on December 07, 2016 > > "No Options for Export and...Can only export to their book club. I don't know of anything else you can do with it. Another thing is, who and where is this company (?) located? I was not able to find out. Other than all of the above, it's fun to use, although I have not yet joined the book club. If I come across any additional information, I will update my review accordingly." **Developer response:** You can export your book by selecting 'Send Book'. Book Writer provide diverse sharing features. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2017-05-03, version 4.012* This app has everything I need to create my books with ease. Very well designed and easy to use. I highly recommend this app to create your ebooks with sound, video and more! ### 5/5 — Love this app *2016-06-03, version 3.300* Easy to use. At first the drag and drop feature took some getting used to, but I love the flexibility in layout it allows. Easily transmits book ePub format to iBooks. ### 5/5 — Love it 😍😍 *2016-02-05, version 2.805* This app is great. I write stories on it ### 5/5 — Had a few problems recently but now sorted *2015-10-10, version 2.800* Had a few problems recently with this app but the app designer was straight onto it and the bugs are sorted. Also, the issue of getting it right for iTunes Producer is currently being worked on which will make this a superb iBook writing app. Excited!!! ### 5/5 — Book writer *2015-07-28, version 2.504* Brilliant app - easy to use - good interface - great tools and options- would highly recommend ### 5/5 — Brilliant app! *2015-07-05, version 2.504* Have been using this for a while now, and really love it. It's really good as a holiday diary, you can add your photos and daily thoughts, then you can look back long after your holiday's finished and enjoy it all over again... (Update 2015) Am still using this app and still loving it! Developer has added all the features other users have asked for :-)) ### 5/5 — Hey I can do this *2015-04-09, version 2.502* This is a good app, it's pretty easy and I'm making an Ebook for my art course. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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