# Bookship: a virtual book club — user reviews > 17 indexed App Store user reviews of Bookship by The Hawaii Project, LLC, rated 4.10/5 from 30 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookship-a-virtual-book-club/id1249506408/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookship-a-virtual-book-club/id1249506408.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (1 of 17) ### 5/5 — Read with friends *2017-11-26* Fun way to read a book with your friends ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does Not Work *2024-12-29* This app does not function at all. I can download, create an account, and that’s all. After that, nothing works. ### 1/5 — So glitchy I can’t even use the app *2023-06-30* When I open the settings of a book, all my taps are displaced like three centimetres to the right. I literally cannot interact with the settings properly. I tried highlighting some text and the options lagged a full second after I released my finger. Another time, the app suddenly highlighted an extra page for me. ???? How is this app allowed to be released in this condition?? ### 2/5 — Not a good club space *2026-07-17* This isn’t a place to create a club and have a dedicated club page, you can start discussions on each book and share with people you know or who are on the app. Also, buggy af. **Developer response:** Hi, Our ui model is centered on individual books and Readings, more so than just a "club", but if you create a Group, there is a dedicated group chat that is independent of any book. Look for the chat bubbles at the top right of the main page. But we understand that might not be what you are looking for. Any reports of bugs with details would be very much appreciated so we can correct them! Thanks! (info - at - thehawaiiproject dot com ) ### 2/5 — Can't import your own epubs *2019-06-26* The concept is great, but the app is of no use to me unless I can import my own epubs and then share them with friends. Provide this functionality and I'll return with a much better review. **Developer response:** Thank you Itinerati for the feedback. Can you give me more details about the ePubs you would like to see? We've been interested to allow user upload of ePubs but need to respect author copyright, as well as have some way to map the uploads to our current books database. The current selection of ePubs has been vetted to ensure the ePubs are out of copyright...Feel free to follow up via email at mark - at - thehawaiiproject.com as well if desired. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t Work Anymore *2024-08-11* This app was AMAZING but after one book, neither my friend or myself can link to any shared bookclubs together **Developer response:** Hi Samantha, I am sorry to hear that, and sorry I missed this note. In the app, you can contact me via: Accounts/Contact Us if you would like to try again, I'm happy to help. ### 4/5 — Love! *2026-02-22* A great way to keep thoughts together when reading with a friend! The spoiler feature is wonderful so you don’t accidentally see what happens before you get there! **Developer response:** ❤️ Thank you! ### 5/5 — Staying connected with friends *2026-02-22* I’ve ran a number of book clubs using the app to keep in touch with friends far and wide! **Developer response:** Thank you!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-02-21* We’ve been using this app for our book club for a few years now and we love it! It works well across all platforms, gives alerts, lets us chat without having to exchange numbers, etc. There has only been one or two times that it hasn’t had the book we were reading but it wasn’t surprising since they were pretty obscure titles. Just get it! You won’t regret it! **Developer response:** Thank you, we appreciate the kind words! ### 5/5 — Perfect for book clubs *2026-02-19* Our friends have scattered far and wide but we still like to have Bookclub once a month. Bookship makes that so very easy. A great app that can be used on a desktop, iPad or mobile phone. It has so many aspects to it and has become a great part of our club. Highly recommend. **Developer response:** Thanks so much! We're glad you are enjoying it! ### 5/5 — So easy to use! *2026-02-18* We love this app for book club! It lets us see what our thoughts are chapter by chapter with helpful things like spoilers so those who read slower don’t have to worry about spoilers! Love this app! **Developer response:** Thank you Crystie! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2026-02-17* This app is so great for all book readers! **Developer response:** Thanks Gracie! Glad you are having fun with it! ### 5/5 — SO UNDERRATED 💯💯 *2025-03-24, version 10.2.3* This is by far the best book app I have come across. You get to join book club and sometime even meet with the authors. And the best part, it's all FREE!!!! ### 5/5 — The best app *2024-08-21, version 10.1.1* I love this app as it’s everything I want as a bookworm. ### 5/5 — Great *2023-09-24, version 8.9.2* Great app for collaborative reading and group accountability 😊 ### 5/5 — A Wonderful Book Club App *2020-01-10* Was looking for an app to have a “book club” with a few long distance friends. I tried a few different ones, but most were set up for in-person meetings, and I just wanted to discuss books long distance and have our chats separated by book. This app has been the perfect thing. It started out as a good structured way to recommend and talk about books with a few pals, but over the past year of using it it’s had tons of improvements and now offers supplemental readings about the books, has a nicer format, lets you invite people to read in different ways, and is really nice aesthetically. It is simple and easy to use, and fulfills the exact purpose I needed it for... sharing books I love with friends, and getting to hear what they think. ### 5/5 — Perfect for Reading with Friends or a Book Group *2018-09-30* BookShip is a natural way to share reading of any text. All the tools are there to communicate: photos, hyperlinks, excerpts and, of course, text. I’ve used it to read with large groups, small groups, long and difficult texts and shorter recreational reads. It makes group readings more fun and insightful. --- *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 2026-08-24.*