# Booka - Minimal Booklist — user reviews > 59 indexed App Store user reviews of Booka by Jiani Li, rated 4.00/5 from 36 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booka-minimal-booklist/id1116150273/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booka-minimal-booklist/id1116150273.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (10 of 59) ### 3/5 — Premium subscription broken? *2026-05-27* Have been happily using for a while. However, all premium features have been deactivated despite my subscription running for another week. I can’t even renew or purchase again because the start date would be in the future. ### 4/5 — A Must Have *2026-05-09* I adore this app. I’ve been using it for a few years now, and the tagging system is by far the most streamlined I’ve ever encountered. I love being able to organize my TBR like this—it’s such a lifesaver! The search bar bug that some other users complained of is unfortunate and I have encountered it, but regardless, this is my favorite app on my phone. ### 4/5 — 會員問題 *2025-10-29, version 4.3.6* 使用一段時間了，明明一直有購買會員，但是每次打開都需要再按一次恢復購買 ### 4/5 — 完全沒辦法打開程式 *2025-03-21, version 4.3.6* 已經有一段時間了 打開程式會立即閃退回主畫面 ### 4/5 — 好用！但有進步空間 *2024-09-16, version 4.3.3* 同一本書的讀書筆記無法刪除整個筆記，且筆記的順序也無法自由調整 ### 3/5 — Nice, but missing an important feature *2024-01-04* This has a nice clean, minimalist design but it’s missing an important feature. You cannot sort the books within their categories. I want them to appear in an alphabetical format, but they only show up in the order in which I entered them. There’s no option to sort alphabetically like there is on the homepage. There’s also no option to search for books within a particular category. I tried emailing the developer but no changes have been made. If books could be sorted alphabetically and we could search within the categories, I would gladly pay for the premium version. But because we can’t, I’m searching for a new app. I give it three stars for beautiful, minimalistic design but just wish it had better functionality. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support and feedback. We're pleased to let you know that the issue you mentioned in your previous review has been addressed in our latest version. Please update to experience the improvements. Your continued support means the world to us! ### 5/5 — 小建议 *2022-07-27* 功能都很齐全使用感超棒！只是自己从图片库上传封面不能选择图片区域，上传出的图片都变成压缩成长方形的了，希望能添加一个选择区域的功能 ### 4/5 — Desperately needs this one feature… *2022-05-24* Edit: I’ve since realized that technically yes, you can keep scrolling back on the date and get to past years. But I stand by my complaint because this isn’t practical or user friendly at all. I still think we need to be able to just click and manually edit the dates if need be! This app is beautiful and exactly what I needed both in organization and aesthetic. I adore it. There is one thing keeping me from paying for pro and using it as my main book app… I can’t edit reading dates. Oh, you “can”, but not the year! This means I can’t backlog and of my previously read books… even something I read six months ago, because that was 2021 and editing reading history only allows you to change the month, day and…. TIME? This is a huge oversight for any reader who loves tracking and that’s the point of apps like these right? Please, please fix this and you will have my money and support! Everything else is wonderful. ### 5/5 — 一点建议 *2022-04-26* 编辑书籍的时候之前保存的信息比如作者会丢失需要重新填，选择标签的时候总是会自动选上其他的标签，望早日改进。 ### 5/5 — 請問付費版本的平台使用 *2022-01-26, version 4.1.1* 請問付費買了買斷版本後，是否在Mac、Ipad和iphone上都可以解鎖付費版呢？已經付費了，但只有iphone版可以使用付費版本。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Works only sometimes *2026-04-26* Will randomly stop being able to search for,and add books, which is essentially its only use. ### 1/5 — randomly stopped working *2026-03-09* Out of nowhere the search feature for this app will just stop working and it will usually be days before it works for me again. it’s a shame because I really do like the simplicity here, but it’s frustrating to not be able to rely on it :/ and just to be clear, I always make sure to look up books that are in my library already that I know would come up in a search result whenever this happens just to make sure it’s not that the books that I’m trying to add aren’t in the system already, but it’s always empty no matter what I look up ### 1/5 — 打不開 *2025-10-12, version 4.3.6* 如前面評論所說，打開會閃退。這樣是不是要退款？ ### 1/5 — Absolutely not. *2025-03-03* I was having such a good experience with this app that I decided to try and upgrade to Pro. None of the features of the subscription would work so I contacted the app creator and they did a great job in helping me. A month later… same situation but the solution to it the first time was no longer working. Wasn’t worth the money for something I would be using regularly. Bye! ### 1/5 — This is so frustrating *2025-01-05* I was super happy with this app… until it randomly stopped working. It deleted the last several weeks of data off my account and I lost all the notes and quotes I collected. I also can’t search for any books using the search function anymore — it’s like the entire library of searchable books has disappeared. I’ve tried everything — there’s no information anywhere about how to recover anything. And worst of all, I paid for the subscription and now it’s got locked on everything saying that I need to subscribe again?? But after I restored it, everything just got worse. This was my favorite reading app and I don’t know what happened, but I’m at my wits end. How sad, I had this app for a long time. Very disappointing. **Developer response:** We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you've faced. We understand how frustrating it can be to lose your data and experience issues with the app. Could you try adding a book manually? It might take a while to sync the data from your iCloud account. We're actively looking into the issue and will do our best to resolve it as soon as possible. ### 1/5 — 想開始閱讀新的書 但一直閃退 *2024-03-03, version 4.3.2* 最近2次更新後，一點自己的書庫的圖示就閃退，根本沒辦法用，可以修正嗎？ ### 2/5 — can't add books *2026-05-21* Hi! Can you fix the bug? ### 2/5 — App stopped working *2026-04-26* I actually really did like this app and I was even paying for the subscriptions but you can’t search books anymore it’s like the app fully stopped working. The last update was a year ago and that’s probably why ### 2/5 — Upload Own Cover Glitch *2024-02-12* This app was everything I wanted and it isn’t even that expensive. The only saddening thing is that every time I try to upload my own cover for one of the books (say to match which version I have even though it’s not originally on there) there is a glitch. If I upload one cover, it’ll change all the other covers that I already uploaded to that same picture. So for example, if I upload a cover for shatter me. And then try to upload a cover for Percy Jackson, the Percy Jackson cover will show up for both Percy Jackson and shatter me. I really hope this bug can be fixed because I already bought one year of subscription without realizing. ### 2/5 — Booka *2022-02-26, version 4.1.2* 我的軟體打開之後會自動退出為什麼 ？能不能趕緊修復？我很喜歡Booka …. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tolles Design, super Support 🤩 *2025-09-26, version 4.3.6* Schöne cleane App, die genau eine Sache erledigt: Lektüre tracken, Bücher notieren, Lesestoff sortieren. Mir gefallen das Design und der Fokus. Super Support auch – die Entwickler haben sich innerhalb weniger Stunden um mein Importproblem gekümmert. 1000 Dank dafür! ### 5/5 — 筆記會不見 *2025-04-14, version 4.3.6* 簡便好用，但筆記不見了 ### 5/5 — thank god for this app *2024-11-22* Literally the perfect reading app. Tracks the things I care about, no ads or weird memberships, no social media vibes. Love having a tag for each year and for my all-time favorite books. And it makes it so much easier to keep track of all the books on my “to-read” list! Just download it. ### 5/5 — 非常好！ *2024-09-14, version 4.3.3* nice APP ### 5/5 — 超棒！簡潔明瞭 *2024-08-27, version 4.3.3* 介面簡潔明瞭，沒有過多不必要的功能，是很好的book tracker! 大力支持！ ### 5/5 — 有些無法掃描 *2024-06-17, version 4.3.3* 補教業出的參考書的ISBN搜不到，希望未來可以支援 ### 5/5 — Best thing ever *2024-01-18* This is actually the best thing ever. I show this to everyone. I’m going through a breakup and having a rough time but I always feel happy when I think about finally finding this app. This simple app is exactly the way I as a reader want to relate to books. I hope to one day feel that way about my relationship **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. Your support means the world to us! ### 5/5 — Great *2023-01-11, version 4.1.9* Switched over from Goodreads to Booka. It’s simple and easy to use. Love how organized and aesthetically pleasing it is. ### 5/5 — Perfect App for Reading Logs! *2022-12-24* I don’t like Goodreads and wanted another app to keep track of my reading. I downloaded way too many to finally find this one. This app is exactly what I wanted! Easy to use, no annoying ads, and doesn’t have the noise of a community. Thank you to the developer! ### 5/5 — A great option *2022-09-23* I dont like goodreads, this is a fantastic alternative with minimalist style --- *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 2026-09-05.*