# BookSloth — user reviews

> 51 indexed App Store user reviews of BookSloth by Booked LLC, rated 3.90/5 from 387 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booksloth/id1399024480/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booksloth/id1399024480.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 226 · 4★ 45 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 65

## What do users think of BookSloth?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Clean, intuitive, visually appealing UI design
- 💬 Strong community and social features for book discussions
- 🎯 Personalized recommendations better than Goodreads
- 🏆 Badges, challenges, and gamification elements
- 📚 Good for discovering new authors and diverse literature
- 🔄 Easy process to add books to library
- ⚡ Smooth scrolling and navigation when functioning
- 🌟 Lightweight review system with sentiment icons

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- 📝 Limited book database compared to Goodreads
- 🔍 Search functionality is buggy and unreliable
- 🔐 Authentication and login issues across multiple methods
- ⚠️ Incorrect book metadata (wrong authors, categories)
- 📥 Goodreads import feature not working
- 🚫 Auto-logout issues on mobile devices
- 💾 Data not persisting (profile changes revert)
- 🌐 Website lacks full functionality

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Sign-up page loading spinner hangs indefinitely
- Email sign-up returns no error feedback
- Google/Apple authentication fails or shows wrong password error
- App crashes when clicking on recommended user profiles
- App crashes when viewing follower/following lists
- App crashes during discussion board usage
- App crashes when adding books
- Goodreads import stalls and prevents app functionality
- Profile information changes revert after saving
- Automatic logout on mobile devices
- Search results show unrelated books
- Searched books don't appear in results
- Exact title searches rank low in results
- App crashes on startup/opening
- Profile picture upload fails

**Most requested features**

- Goodreads import functionality (working version)
- Barcode/QR code scanner for adding books
- Dark mode option
- Half-star rating system
- Ability to create custom shelves
- Remove books from shelves option
- Trigger warnings feature for sensitive content
- Author profile pages with biographical information
- Direct messaging between users
- Profile picture upload functionality
- Advanced search filters and sorting
- News feed feature
- Book promotion space for book blogs/BookTube channels
- Error reporting mechanism for incorrect metadata

## Newest reviews (15 of 51)

### 4/5 — Love but having problems

*2022-09-19, version 2.46*

I really love this app but about a week ago I was logged out for some reason. When I try to log back in with my google account I just get a loading screen and then nothing happens. This is the only way I know to get a hold of the developers and I’m hoping they can help me

### 3/5 — Have problems loggin with facebook

*2022-02-16, version 2.46*

I try to loggin with Facebook and sent me a message of implementation problem

### 2/5 — “Personal recommendations” not very personal

*2022-01-09, version 2.46*

I downloaded this in hopes of finding an app that offered actual personal recommendations based on books that I’ve liked and rated highly. This says that it gives you personal recommendations, but looking through the list they do not look very personal at all… they are mostly newly released books that have one rating.  
I’m also not a fan of the “discover” section, which prioritizes genres that are not genres I’m interested in.
When searching, many of the books I’ve read and searched for don’t even appear in the results.  Also in relation to the searches, when i type in the exact title, the book doesn’t appear until the 4th or 5th result… again, appearing to prioritize new books with fewer reviews.
I think this app would be great for someone who is looking for new release recommendations.  I think the discussion feature is a cool idea with a lot of potential, but more reviews are needed to make this useful.

### 4/5 — It has potential

*2021-12-25, version 2.46*

I was looking for something alternative to Goodreads and found BookSloth. I really enjoy the UI, however, there’s definitely room for improvements. Also, the app keeps crashing when I click on a recommended user? I hope that can be fixed. I would like to be able to view their profile before following. Additionally, I cannot wait for the website to FULLY FUNCTION. 

I hope more readers discover BookSloth for a wider community.

### 3/5 — Potential

*2021-07-21, version 2.42*

I’m excited for the potential of this app. As other reviewers have said, the books available are *severely* limited. since I want an alternative to goodreads so badly, and because I admire the work being done, I’m willing to stick around through the growing pains. I assume building a huge database is a lot of work but I hope they’re able to get it to the size of goodreads.

### 3/5 — potential but not usable currently

*2021-04-10, version 2.33*

i downloaded it looking for an alternative to goodreads (because goodreads looks so bad and looks like it was made in 2014). i don’t enjoy goodreads recommendations either, as it really caters to really popular books, rather than catering to the users genuine taste. i’ve been attempting to find an app that would be updated on new and anticipated books, as well as book lists, and recommendations. this has a lot of potential, although i attempted to log in my goodreads library and a majority of them haven’t been added in yet. i understand that it’s currently in beta right now but i’m hoping book lovers will move over to this once it’s available and out of beta! i’m excited for a different platform thats new and looks refreshing!

### 4/5 — Love the app

*2021-01-14, version 2.18*

I think this app is great, is obviously similar to goodreads but i love the style so much better. Unfortunately this is a small community with the app right now, so I SINCERELY hope more people will start using it. It has challenges too so thats always fun. The only thing i can say i dont really like is that it only has maybe half my bookshelf, so you’ll have to suggest a book (in the app you can suggest books for them to post so you can add it to your collection) just so that way you can search it to add it. Other than that its a really great app i hope the community grows too.

### 2/5 — Eh

*2020-09-18, version 2.17*

I will definitely come back to try it later. For the most part it’s a smooth runner as far as scrolling around and using the search functions. Definitely needs more book data and I like that there is a thing to submit for that and I like the little sloth image I think it’s a nice touch. Having trouble with good reads stuff and I really dislike that it seems to auto log me out on my phone literally all the time.

### 3/5 — Needs work

*2020-09-04, version 2.17*

Upon just a searches I’ve noticed multiple books listed under an incorrect author, even if the cover is shown with the correct listing.

### 1/5 — Like the app but it’s too glitchy

*2020-08-26, version 2.16*

I accidentally logged out, and it won’t let me back into my account. I literally have my password saved. There is no possible way it is wrong.

### 1/5 — can’t sign up

*2020-08-06, version 2.16*

i tried to sign in via Apple and then through gmail but it’s always loading. did this twice and deleted the app but still the same thing. :/

### 3/5 — Still Exploring

*2020-07-30, version 2.16*

I’m really happy to have found this app! Goodreads feels outdated and has so much to improve, and BookSloth seems to have already honed in on aspects that are important for book lovers. The fact that the first thing that pops up in my homepage is book lists separated by minority authors had me falling in love the moment I opened the app. I’ve been really wanting to widen my exposure to Black and Latino authors and I’ve already added multiple books to my “To Be Read” shelf. 

Some things that I think still need improvement include the implementation of author profiles. When I click on an author, the only thing I can see is the different books that they published but I can’t see any information about them beyond that or a picture of them. I believe that would be a great addition to the platform. 

I also hope that eventually there can be more options to create original shelves. I like to separate the books that I want to read into separate categories which doesn’t seem like something I can do on this app yet. 

Anyway, this app shows a lot of potential, and I can’t wait to see what improvements are implemented in the updates!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Our team is working hard to keep updating and improving the overall experience based on our user's feedback. We appreciate your support!

### 3/5 — Good concept, but has room for improvement

*2020-07-20, version 2.16*

I really like the set up of this app. How clean it looks and how similar it is to good reads, but easier on the eyes. One thing I really wish would be added is removing books from your shelves. I accidentally added a book to my shelf and cannot take it off. Other than that i think this app has so much potential!

### 4/5 — Want this to be the new goodreads!

*2020-07-15, version 2.15*

I’m addicted to goodreads but find it less than appealing and so user-unfriendly. This app seems like the alternative ive been waiting for! However it’ll be hard for me to transition until I’m able to import from goodreads...I have 250 books in my own library alone so adding them one by one will be a chore! Also I do love the scan feature in good reads to add - can we get that into this app? Lastly, for some reason the app won’t let me upload a profile picture. No clue why!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We're actually working on a GR Import that will transfer all your book data to BookSloth, we're working to get it ready as soon as possible. In future updates we want to improve the search for books, making it easier for readers to add and discover books, this might include a scanning feature. As for the profile picture, our team will look into fixing this in our next updates. Thanks again for your support and stay tuned!

### 1/5 — I Can’t Even Get Signed Up

*2020-07-11, version 2.15*

The app must have a bug, because I’ve been trying for a week to create an account and every time I hit “sign up” after entering my information, it gives me a little “loading” circle for like a second and then it disappears and nothing happens. I tried this last week and deleted the app since I couldn’t get it to work, then I decided to try again this week and had the same results.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — won’t let me create an account

*2023-03-02*

filled out the “sign up” page like a billion times, deleted and redownloaded the app to retry. Once I fill everything in to create an account and try to go to the next page, I click the button and a little loading symbol pops up then absolutely nothing happens. No errors or feedback of any sort. There’s options to sign in with Apple/Facebook/Google, but no option to sign up with any of those. Tried to go to their webpage and make an account there to then just log in on the app and it just directs me to get the app, no option to sign in/up on the mobile webpage.

### 1/5 — App doesn’t work

*2023-01-06, version 2.46*

When I try to sign up with email - nothing happens. When I try to sign in with Google - nothing happens. When I try to Sign in with Apple it says “Wrong Email or Password”

### 1/5 — Can not make an account

*2022-12-03, version 2.46*

I can not make an account when I try to I am meet with a spinning wheel that after a big goes away without doing anything the app sounds interesting but I can’t access it

### 1/5 — It will not let me make an account

*2022-11-02, version 2.46*

Every time i try it says wrong password or it doesn’t even load. How can it be the wrong password if Im creating an account/signing up? Too many glitches!

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore

*2022-09-10, version 2.46*

App closes every time I try to log in. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and logging in again. It still didn’t work. I enjoyed using it when it worked. Hope it gets fixed.

### 1/5 — I don’t have the patience for this …

*2022-03-01, version 2.46*

I’ve been waiting 3 days for it to import my data from goodreads. Since I started the import I cannot do anything else on this app. If anything even loads it crashes. I don’t understand. If we can’t upload from goodreads don’t give it to us as an option. I hope they fix the bugs because I’d like to see what this app is all about!

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2022-01-16, version 2.46*

App has crashed five times in the last few minutes. Won’t update my profile info- I enter it and save, it reverts to the original text.

### 1/5 — Impossible to import Goodreads library

*2021-11-12, version 2.46*

App will not move up after file is loaded from Goodreads to import file. Thought I’d try to manually put in books and none of my very well known books are found. I give up. The positive was the way you could possibly look for a new book to read but that’s it. App definitely needs work.

### 1/5 — Not worth it.

*2020-11-15, version 2.18*

This app is just getting worse. It crashes when adding books and when loading member profiles. I’ve been given awards I haven’t earned. the search isn’t working and even when it was you still couldn’t find books because the list was completely unorganised and most of them aren’t on there at all. They say they upload books every few days but it’s been months and the books that are requested aren’t being added.

### 1/5 — I can’t read with the app

*2020-10-15, version 2.17*

I thought I was gonna be able to read books on the app but no cause I don’t actually have the books and can’t get the books irl I was sad when I couldn’t read ....

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — To book sloth

*2021-11-08, version 2.46*

Hi I’m new to book sloth and I can’t seem to figure out how to read books can you help me please to figure but overall book sloth it’s amazing it has tons of books you can read and search

### 5/5 — Great app for readers

*2021-10-07, version 2.46*

Love this app. I love talking about my books with others

### 5/5 — Sleek Design & Great Overall

*2021-10-07, version 2.46*

BookSloth is an amazing app from how it feels when you sign in the first time, clean, fast and simple. Just as this application should be in my opinion, I have been wanting an app just like this! It does need some more people though chat rooms are smaller than some should be so John now!

### 5/5 — ?

*2020-09-16, version 2.17*

How do you read one of the books on there?

### 5/5 — Loving it!

*2020-07-06, version 2.15*

So far I’m loving this as the new alternative for goodreads! One feature I would love to see added, would be a trigger warnings feature. I’m not a sensitive reader, but I know others that are and I think it would such an amazing feature to add since I don’t know of any other app that does.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your feedback! Trigger warnings is definitely something we want to add in our future updates, we know the importance and how helpful they can be when people are discovering new books. So stay tuned!

### 5/5 — Great for discovery of titles and of friends!

*2020-07-05, version 2.15*

I love BookSloth! Unlike GoodReads which just uses my Facebook friends to connect me up socially, I get to discover and discuss new books and authors with new people who share my love for reading and all things books. I love the badges, the challenges and the discussion board. So much potential for this product!!

### 5/5 — Love using it when I can

*2020-06-29, version 2.14*

Love this app more than goodreads, the bugs are easy to look past. For some reason whenever I open up the app now it completely crashes and makes it unusable. I hope this gets fixed soon

### 5/5 — Better than goodreads

*2020-03-15, version 2.8*

I always wanted a good place to share what I was reading and get insight from other book lovers. This is so great! The recommendations it makes are much more useful than the ones from goodreads and it’s just a better user experience all around.

### 5/5 — Love the design!

*2019-11-30, version 2.6*

It's easy to use and I love the design for my profile.

### 5/5 — Love the design!!

*2018-08-29, version 1.0*

I came across this new book recommendation app through social media. It seems to be at an early stage so don’t expect to find every published book. I gave some feedback and they were kind enough to reply within minutes. Cool concept, very easy to use.

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