BookScanner Book Leveler App User Reviews

Name: BookScanner Book Leveler App
Rating: 4.78511 (12076 reviews)

BookScanner Book Leveler App

If Then Dev, LLC

📚 Education

📚 Books

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of BookScanner Book Leveler App. Based on 12K reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 4 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Books app.

Positive things

🚀Efficient book scanning
👍Helpful for teachers and parents
💡Useful for leveling classroom libraries
🚀Quick lookup of AR details

Negative things

🐛Unreliable book information
🐛Frequent crashes and glitches
🐛Inability to find many books
💰Misleading pricing for full features

Top reviews

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WHAT A FIND!

Extremely handy because I tutor struggling readers. I use it all the time. Definitely worth the one time fee.

Mom & More

4 months ago

Excélente buscador

Fácil de usar muy

Silgiamp

a year ago

환불이 가능할까요?

아이가 잘못 눌러서 구매 됐어요

애ㅠ뷔코위노쥬

a year ago

Response from developer

I’m sorry to hear that your purchase was not authorized. All purchases and refunds go through Apple. Please contact the App Store directly for a refund as I do not have any of your payment information.

Scam

Is this a scam? Five dollars I’ll never get back. I scanned 4 books and only 1 was recognized. What a waste.

J. Simone

a year ago

I’m excited to use this app but I’m scared it’s not gonna work

Byee

Laylapook

a year ago

Disappointed

As a librarian I have loved this app for years. Lately I have realized it is not reliable. I don’t always have my computer in hand to search for books. Especially when it’s bookfair time. Students don’t want to buy books if there is not an AR test available.

Kendib

2 years ago

Very helpful!

This has been a huge help in leveling my classroom library!
A great tool for teachers and parents.

sstiles75

2 years ago

Do NOT get this!

It will not give you Lexile or AR levels! Waste of $4!

BrokeTeacher

2 years ago

Bar code reader

I have used this app for years and now for some reason it doesn’t work on all books and it directs me to the AR site to look up. The point of the reader is not to use the site.

brestsquad5

2 years ago

Get Points Scanner!

An expensive app. About 25% of the books I scanned weren’t in their book bank.
Points Scanner is a free app that has a LOT more books than this one

teacheronabike

3 years ago

Book Scanner

My kids and I love this app. Its very helpful and convenient.

Amada R.

3 years ago

This app needs work

This app needs to be updated. Why is it faster to type in the ISBN then it is to scan it? Why do so many books need to be manually searched that are years old? Why do I need to search the same book over and over? Once it’s found, all other copies should register. I could go on and on! Someone please develop a better app!

Crazi4spam

3 years ago

Okay

I’m a mom using the app. It works most of the time. There are some books I can find on Renaissance but not through the app. I’d love to be able to add check marks to books my son has tested on. I love the ability to scan on the app but then have to run to Renaissance to see if my son has taken an AR on the book.

evilgreencows

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for using BookScanner and leaving a review. We do find that some barcodes are not listed on the AR website even though the book can be found by title and author. We offer the ability to search by title and author if the ISBN can't be found, but sometimes that still isn't successful. In these cases, there is sometimes a second barcode inside the book on the first few pages; quite often this barcode will scan successfully. I appreciate the feature request and will certainly incorporate it into the list of possible options for future versions.

Unable to level many books

Had to manually find too many

Hanson's Itunes

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for being a BookScanner user. Please email help@ifthendev.com for tips on scanning and to report issues with books not being identified.

Have to pay more than once for info

I needed guided reading levels. Once I downloaded the app and paid for it, I found that you have to pay extra for that information. You barely get any info for the price of the app, unless you pay extra. Other apps give you that info automatically when you buy them, so I would suggest checking other ones instead.

Katieeee1992

3 years ago

Classroom Library Game Changer

Love this for helping me to level my classroom library books, as well as allowing me to record the AR Quiz numbers inside each book.
My students can easily find books are better fit with their reading levels along with giving them more independence and control during their weekly book shopping time. Even my students can use the app to check for quiz numbers for almost any book they pick up.
I love, too, how I can quickly find the levels for books I wish to use for small groups and book clubs.
So glad I found this awesome app!!

Loopymomma

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the feedback. You described many of the reasons that BookScanner was created, and I’m truly happy to hear that it helps you and the kids. Happy scanning and reading!

App Price does not include Lexile info!!!

I paid the extra money because I wanted the Lexile information but the app price is deceiving. The app scans the barcode and you get some information but as a teacher, the information you want is actually another fee. 😞😠

Alcinoe23

3 years ago

Amazing app

I’m such a reader that this app has helped me so much

nora ravindran

3 years ago

What a rip off

I bought this app to get F&P levels only to find out that in order to get that function I needed to pay some more. This is lack of transparency and integrity! Just get Book Leveler does the same and charges less.

DianaTrotaMundos

4 years ago

Works ok.

I upgraded to also include the GRL. It is great when it works, which is much of the time. However there are many books that are in AR, but not in this system.

Will