Bookshelf User Reviews

Bookshelf
Bookshelf
VitalSource Technologies, Inc.

Customer Experience

Positive experience21.4% of reviews
Neutral16.0% of reviews
Negative experience62.6% of reviews

~ Based on 543 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Bookshelf

Is Bookshelf Safe?

Bookshelf appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Bookshelf is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 78,432 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

91.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 78,432 App Store ratings for Bookshelf.

Is Bookshelf Legit?

Bookshelf appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bookshelf is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Crash

Crashes on launch

App still crashing

I downloaded the update version 11.4.2 and now I can’t open the app. It keeps crashing. Please fix immediately!

La voz es fea

Es un poco difícil comprender por la voz irreal.

Bookshelf sucks

Vital source doesn’t allow you to own your books anymore and they use this janky app to make you do it. They dont even take the time to get a half decent AI reader either.

Eeehh

I’m enjoying listening to the textbook throughout the day. The issue is it takes me back pages. If I’m in the car and change to anything else it doesn’t save my spot. For example, I was listening to page 85 and had to put an address in and went ahead put on music.
Well when I went back I was on page 50.
Sometimes I don’t even know what page I am on since I’m listening and have my phone down.
It’s a very big inconvenience if I don’t notice right away to re listen to an old chapter
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Can’t open the app

The app was great. What happened to it lately. I cannot access the app

Horrible design

Why are the margins so big? It can only fit like one paragraph per page! And why is it so easy to swipe forward a whole section of the textbook, but you can't swipe back the same way?

Awful read aloud

I paid for this book twice in order to have a hard copy and a copy for read aloud, assuming since it advertised the function that it would be decent. It is horrid. I wish I had saved my money and just used an app instead. The voices are ridiculous. I never review things unless they’re amazing or awful, so I hope this helps someone.
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Too glitchy

Only select books will let you use the AI enhanced voices. It doesn’t let you use all of your voices that are available in your accessibility options. It seems to always be loading a buck when you’re connected to the Internet, even though you download it.

Doodoo App

I would rather use a mobile browser than this app.
Actual garbage. Fits perfectly with the rest of this company

Terrible interface

Highlighting function is awful

I see the title page but when I click on it there are no words

Can’t access my book

Bugged

I love how every time I click on an image the app crashes. Such a useful feature!

Markings

There should be more options to add a freedom of taking notes, on an iPad there should be an option to doodle notes on images or near notes.

Crashes to frequently

This needs another update. iPhone 15 pro max with plenty of storage remaining and this app continues to crash.

The new AI reading is AMAZING!!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! The new voice that reads the text aloud is awesome!!!! Thank you for this update!

Keeps crashing

When I try to open the app it keeps crashing

Ehhh

This could be a 5 star app if it didn’t sound like the chewed piece of bubble gum from sausage party was reading to you. If you switch to female it sounds like his wife. Otherwise this app is a fine reader, just don’t have it read to you and expect a whole lot.

Great

This fantastic on the iPad works great

Welcome back 1982

This is a horrible app.
Somehow they are in bed with community colleges the bcc’s or just anyone who wants a kickback.
Navigation and highlighting is awful.
The text to speech is worse than 1982 Apple IIe. The first one I think.
And the book is more expensive.
The only good thing is it is in digital form.
Although I hear that the company is dropping some of the texts we have bought.
Plus lifetime is 5 years! How is that lifetime.
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