# Bookari Ebook Reader Premium — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Bookari Ebook Reader Premium by Mantano, rated 2.20/5 from 15 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookari-ebook-reader-premium/id768229929/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookari-ebook-reader-premium/id768229929.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (14 of 44) ### 2/5 — It freezes all the time… Please correct ASAP! *2024-09-30, version 4.7* It freezes all the time, even after reinstaling… I always enjoyed Bookari, but now, it has become unusable. Your latest version goes back to 2018: it this app “dead »? Please correct ASAP! ### 2/5 — Different from the Android version, can copy or highlight text in EPUB3 *2020-02-24, version 4.7* I’ve been a registered Premium user since this app was known a Mantano on my Android. I switched to an iOS device at Christmas, so I registered Premium version again for iOS. It looks and works mostly like the Android version, but text copying and highlighting is broken for EPUB3 books, or for EPUB2 books if you’re using the EPUB3 reader. I’ve emailed customer support about the issue but, after several weeks of waiting, I’ve received to response whatsoever. Two stars is the best I can give until this bug and customer support response time is fixed. ### 2/5 — Problem since IOS 13 *2019-11-07, version 4.7* Great app for all of my digital books, but since iPadOS 13, I cannot select word in certain books otherwise the app freeze and I must close it and restart the app. I’m reading on a iPad Pro 9.7 with iPadOS 13.2 I had the problem with some PDF files. Thank you ### 2/5 — Needs a lot of work *2017-10-28* The ideas are great. The implementation, shaky. Ice cubes every five pages, styles don’t work. Guys, be serious and fix those problems. ### 1/5 — Synching notes with cloud NOT WORKING *2017-07-01, version 4.5.2* every time that you release you fix one thing and break 4.... hopeless ### 1/5 — Site down? *2017-05-08* I'm trying to sync and it says it can't connect to the server. I went to the Bookari website and get a message saying your domain registration has expired! I pay for this service so I would like to know if you guys have just decided to close up shop without notice? If so I need to find a product that matches this one. It's a shame because I loved this app. ### 3/5 — Needs work *2017-02-16* I bought this because I was told it was fantastic.... well you don't have the features I want. I hate the "realistic page turning effect" that's why I hate iBooks. Give us more control of the look and feel of our reading experience and it would be PERFECT ### 1/5 — Bookari *2016-12-11, version 4.0* Depuis la nouvelle mise à jour je ne peux plus ouvrir Bookari. Vraiment mal fait. ### 1/5 — I experience a serious battery drain *2016-12-08, version 3.7.2* Beautifully designed but I'am annoyed by the rapid battery consumption of Bookari app (iPad Mini 4/iOS 10.1.1). ### 1/5 — Very Upset *2016-06-11, version 3.6* Apparently Montano doesn't want my money for the cloud service. Every time I try to subscribe, I get error message. I can't even get into the My Account page without getting error messages. Last but not least, I can't even get a reply from them to give me any inkling as to what the problem might be on their end. If this doesn't get resolved in the next 48 hours I'll be looking into a different app to spend my money on. It's really to bad because I really love the functionality of the app and the cloud service. 👎 ### 1/5 — Finally gave up *2015-12-10, version 3.2* This app constantly forgets what book I am reading. If I am rereading a book it also will not take me to the page I am on. ### 1/5 — Crashes, Freezes, and won't Highlight *2015-09-22, version 3.2.1* I am tired of the app crashing, freezing, or not saving highlights in my ePubs. It happens no matter what I do. This app was not worth paying for. ### 2/5 — eBook Researcher *2015-08-30* I have tried for months to get this app to settle down and operate properly. It takes forever to brings in large epubs and most times does not bring in the highlights therefore I have to close and open the app several times to get them. It also will not go backwards page by page sometimes but will jump backwards to a whole chapter. It is simply very frustrating trying to use this app as nice as it appears to be. ### 4/5 — Very good, but still has a few issues *2015-04-05* The good: Support for EPUB3 and PDF. I won't need to have my book collection spread over multiple apps. The ability to make sub-collections. I have a large number of books and it's *much* easier to keep them neatly organized in Mantano. The not-so-good: When I was sorting my books into Collections, the app kept crashing. As frequently as every couple of minutes. Very annoying. Some of the metadata in EPUB3 books is getting stripped out. I noticed that after importing my eBooks into Mantano, information such as publisher, series, and book descriptions that I had added in Calibre was now missing from some of them. This only seems to be a thing with the EPUB3 books. Those two issues are keeping me from giving 5 stars, but hopefully they can be fixed in a future update. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t allow bulk adding of PDF files *2021-11-14* Absolute waste of time and money. ### 1/5 — Hopelessly out of date *2019-11-30, version 4.7* The subscription is expensive and yet the product hasn't been updated for a year and still doesn't even support split screen. ### 1/5 — Ah *2019-10-01* Server is down 502 error! ### 1/5 — Needs better iPad support *2019-04-27* It is getting more and more difficult to use this app. It doesn’t utilize the newer 10.5 or 11 inch screens. Needs an update badly. ### 1/5 — It used to be good. *2019-04-13* When I first got this app, is was by far the best ebook Reader on the market. That has changed, with it now freezing, crashing, not being able to advance the page without having to force close the app. To bad but I will have to find a new Reader. ### 1/5 — Terrible don’t waste your $ *2018-12-01, version 4.7* No way to stop spinning page turns Android version is aaa. iPad version has no difference between paid and free. And no way to get your money back If I could give it -stars I would ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2018-10-17, version 4.7* How do you get your money back ### 1/5 — Poorly working, poor integration *2017-12-05, version 4.6* Doesn't really work with epubs and google drive, requires a monthly subscription. Doesn't do what it says. I demand a refund. ### 1/5 — The worst *2017-09-19* I don’t like It freeze a lot ### 1/5 — Won't work on my iPad Pro *2017-08-08* I have several iPads snd Bookari works ok but I can't get it to work on my iPad Pro. I sent several emails for support but none have been answered ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Leon. *2014-12-26, version 2.3* The best e/book reader ! Have not seen better. Thank's. Leon. ### 5/5 — Shadow of perfection *2014-12-03* I was really pleased to see Mantano release their reader on iOS. Having used it on the alien, this reader does everything right for ePub PDF and sync. I look forward to the future release which allows cross platform sync, PDF crop and drawing annotations. Please keep the updates coming! ### 5/5 — Freezes *2014-09-09, version 2.1* I liked it but freeze when I use ePub3 book from Jw.org too bad that's my main reason I purchased it ### 5/5 — Great ebook reader *2014-04-21* I have used Mantano on my nexus for 6 months. I have over 300 titles, some books and others are documents. I have found it the easiest reader for creating collections, adding tags for refined sorting, annotating, and gathering notes. I subscribe to the premium version, which lets me sync across devices. I am so glad there is now an ios version that I can install on my phone. I have found it far more useful and flexible than Aldiko, Moon+, and certainly better than any of the specialized readers such as kindle, nook, or google reader. ### 4/5 — Can’t return to home page of library *2018-12-01, version 4.7* When I’m finished reading and want to read another book, I can’t go to home library , I have to close the whole app down then reopen it to get to the library. Is there a return to library button? So I can check out other books. I have this app on my Samsun tab, it works great easy to return to library. Disappointed I can’t do that with my iPad, seems I may have wasted my money on this app. ### 4/5 — Excellent *2018-07-25, version 4.7* Excellent but not my first choice. Needs fonts on IOS. Supports excellent expandable nested TOC system for complicated structures. But for me really needs fonts. ### 4/5 — Very Good book reader *2016-09-01* Has many good features & functions, The only complaint I have is when it is set in dark mode The pictures in the publications look like negatives. Could you please adjust so that the pictures are true-to-life. ### 4/5 — Everything is good except *2015-12-09* That if an ebook has more than 1000 pages and i search for word, it freezes after getting some findings and the app become unresponsive. Other than that it is perfect :) ### 4/5 — Finally usable version *2015-12-02* Good points: Working Mantano Cloud support (unlike previous version which didn’t really work) with all their good features. Even last access bug on not-read books now works.. Bad points: no ‘Today’ widget (like Kindle’s), no support for Spotlight on iOS9 (like Goodreads and Bookmate) ### 4/5 — Great ePub3 Reader! *2015-08-23* Handles footnote popovers with ease, taking full advantage of ePub version 3...seems to be the only reader for iPhone or iPod that does that, that I've found (not comparing with iPad since iBooks handles popovers just fine...it's just iBooks for iPhone/iPod that does not...yet). Needs to add few more iBooks features like vertical scrolling and easier method of highlighting text --- *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.*