# Bookclubs: Organize & Connect — user reviews > 244 indexed App Store user reviews of Bookclubs by Bookclubz, rated 4.80/5 from 14,564 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookclubs-organize-and-connect/id1485140274/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookclubs-organize-and-connect/id1485140274.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,766 · 4★ 1,411 · 3★ 264 · 2★ 53 · 1★ 70 ## What do users think of Bookclubs? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🚀 Streamlined organization and communication - 💡 Helpful features like polls, book lists, and discussion guides - 🤝 Facilitates virtual book clubs **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔍 Limited search functionality for books - 🔔 Notification issues - 🔀 Confusing navigation and layout **Commonly reported bugs** - Trouble adding/updating book status - Inconsistent data display - Unreliable notification system **Most requested features** - Integrate with Goodreads - Add book discussion questions - Improve meeting management features - Provide more customization options ## Newest reviews (17 of 244) ### 4/5 — Great organization *2026-06-02, version 3.0.99* The app is absolutely exceptional. I’ve written for a suggestion on attendance reporting which would help me as the organizer keep track of who is participating and who is not. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-05-12, version 3.0.93* It makes organizing and communicating with my club members so easy. I love it here. ### 5/5 — Tamara Gray *2026-05-02, version 3.0.90* Best book club app. We use it for the Khadija collective and it is just awesome. It’s accessible too! ### 4/5 — Great *2026-04-28, version 3.0.90* I have invited all my friends to join. We have enjoyed being able to keep track of what everyone is reading and what they feel about their current book. ### 5/5 — Great features *2026-04-21, version 3.0.90* This app has really helped our book club in many ways: Track books we’ve read Track books we want to read, both as a club and individually Provides discussion questions for many books Captures RSVP’s so hostess knows how many people to expect My only feedback is for RSVP’s, it would be EXTREMELY helpful to list all book club members in addition to “Yes” “No” and “Maybe” to also display “No RSVP”. In other words display all member of the club, not just those who have RSVP’d. I would still display them sorted as follows: YES Name Name Name NO Name Name MAYBE Name NO RSVP Name Name ### 5/5 — Love love love *2026-04-14, version 3.0.89* I just love being part of a book club it’s super fun and you meet people from all over ### 3/5 — Awesome concept. *2026-04-08, version 3.0.87* Poor follow through ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-05, version 3.0.87* Overall this app has been super helpful for organizing our bookclub. I also use it to track all my reading. I do wish I could see what my bookclub friends were reading and what they rated something though i think in general they use other apps for that. I just like things all in one place. ### 5/5 — Great Book Club App *2026-04-03, version 3.0.86* This is an excellent app to keep everything bookclub organized. Very easy to use and interact with members between meetings. I absolutely love using this app. ### 5/5 — Fabulous way to find books and readers *2026-04-03, version 3.0.86* I was fed-up with my two monthly bookclubs. THe attendees were very nice and fun, but didn’t see the point of reading and discussing the book. They DID like to drink. I LOVE reading and discussing great books, so stumbled upon this wonderful community! Scan through book lists for groups and click to join one who reads what you like to read. So happy that I have found a new community of smart, thoughtful, interesting fellow book-hounds. ### 4/5 — Amazing Book Community App 🌸 *2026-03-24, version 3.0.85* I’ve had a great experience with the app since downloading it! ### 5/5 — Huxley book club *2026-03-24, version 3.0.85* Love the suggestions for books and the fact my book club can send me messages! Awesome app! Kelly is great! ### 3/5 — Ease of use *2026-03-24, version 3.0.85* We started a new book club of 7, fairly technically savvy females, and we don’t find the phone app very user friendly. The app should go right to bookclub info first, than the book club in general. The polling is especially complex, it appears that originator of the group can see the poll results better than the rest. All in all not my favorite ### 5/5 — Ease of use *2026-03-22, version 3.0.85* For someone who takes her time to learn new apps and tech. This one was certainly easy. ### 5/5 — So good! *2026-03-22, version 3.0.85* Me and my friends loved this app!! If you are a big reader and social, then you have to get this!! ### 3/5 — Free Version very limited *2026-03-19, version 3.0.85* And paid version is very expensive. Will be on the lookout for price point change. ### 5/5 — Good book club communication tool *2026-03-12, version 3.0.82* A good way to have discussions within a of a book club. Also provides reading suggestions. One problem I have is it doesn’t allow for easy messaging between members. Upgrading the membership may improve that. But upgrading only makes sense if done by the whole club. Otherwise none of the features are implemented. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible App for Organizing *2026-07-26, version 3.0.107* I just moved my book club group from Meetup, and as an organizer, I have found every part of it frustrating. 1) Barely any good features with the Premium version. There’s not even an “Add to Calendar” feature, which is standard on most event apps. The lack of features at that pay level makes organizing a group unnecessarily difficult. 2) “Pro” bating at every turn. I’d go to do something and it would let me do the steps and then when I tried to Submit, it’d tell me I had to upgrade. 3) Even the emails are click-bait. Got an email to upgrade to Pro at half price only to find that I had to give them money upfront to upgrade at a prorated rate and then I’d get half priced when I RENEWED in a year. I’m glad I only shelled out $60 for Premium instead of getting Pro. Though, I wish I hadn’t done that much. I haven’t even had my first event and I’ve already cancelled the auto-renewal. What a disappointment. I had over 500 people in my Meetup group and this is a sad replacement for a thriving group. ### 1/5 — What the heck happened?! *2026-06-13, version 3.0.101* Been using this app since the beginning of 2026 and was able to message our group and individuals but now we can’t even do that anymore?? This app was already glitchy, this makes it even worse and we won’t even be able to use the app for its intended purpose anymore. What a scam. ### 1/5 — Customer service *2026-05-04, version 3.0.91* I ordered a book online, tried to cancel the next day and could not get ahold of anyone. I emailed the help line twice which said they’d get back with me in 4-7 business days. I never heard a word. No way to get in touch with anyone. ### 1/5 — Too many layers *2026-01-24, version 3.0.79* I am a Pro Plus member and I cannot create a link to my next club meeting without the dang system asking me to reenroll in the Pro Plus plan. Good grief! ### 1/5 — Overpriced and Unresponsive *2026-01-07, version 3.0.79* Initially I saw the utility in this app for a book club but, Discord, or any other online community hub would be just as good. Their customer support is nonexistent and their upgrades aren’t worth it. ### 1/5 — interrupts media if you open it *2025-12-21, version 3.0.79* it almost seems like when you play media while in a call…? ### 1/5 — Was great! *2025-12-15, version 3.0.79* Used this for two book clubs in the past. The poll option was included and now it’s 12$ a month for the most basic! Finding a new one. Lame!!!! ### 1/5 — App stops music *2025-12-09, version 3.0.77* Please fix this issue! It’s been going on for months now. My music will cut off every time I open this. FIX IT!! ### 1/5 — stop turning my music off when i open the app?????!!!?! b *2025-10-23, version 3.0.70* pls fix this asap ### 1/5 — $30.00 per MONTH *2025-09-17, version 3.0.65* Signed up for a FREE account. Just now noticed they have scammed me out of $300.00 (10 months @ $30/per) Yes, I know I should have checked, checked my Apple charges to my cc more often! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Keeps it all organized *2026-08-05, version 3.0.107* I love this app. It reminds us what the book is gives us lots of notice about our meetings and let us rate the rate it as a group ### 5/5 — Love the app *2026-07-26, version 3.0.107* I love this app for my book club! I appreciate that even in the free version I’m able to see discussion questions to help facilitate and lead discussion. It’s fun to be able to read the book. See when book club is going to meet. And to add books that we want to read. ### 5/5 — Best App on earth *2026-07-26, version 3.0.107* This app facilities real community and great times like no other I’ve seen. Perfect app for attending and managing public Bookclubs. Great for making friends ### 5/5 — Bookclubs *2026-07-25, version 3.0.107* The best way to connect with friends ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-20, version 3.0.106* Easy to use. Cross content from meetings to polls. Suggest talking points for certain books. Easy to invite others to join. ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-06-29, version 3.0.103* This app has worked great for my book club. Even the free version has enough perks to well run a club, but the cheapest paid version does so much more to effectively manage my little group. It’s very useful for polls and meetings. ### 5/5 — Great but *2026-06-28, version 3.0.103* This app is a great platform for book enthusiasts that want to meet people that love reading. I can say I made a lot of friends and groups and all thanks to this app that made it happen. My only comment as a book club owner is that the fees are too expensive, I always consider signing up for premium but 90 dollars a year seems like a lot to pay at once, and the monthly fee is highway robbery. Otherwise love the app, the announcements are a hussle though. ### 5/5 — Great idea *2026-06-28, version 3.0.103* Good to be able to go to remind me what I am supposed to be reading! ### 5/5 — Great for my book club! *2026-06-21, version 3.0.102* Has cool and convenient features that have been helpful in my book club ### 5/5 — Keeps us organized and inspired! *2026-06-19, version 3.0.102* Love it. --- *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 2026-09-11.*