# Canon Camera Handbooks — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of Canon Camera Handbooks by Shuai Chen, rated 1.50/5 from 17 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canon-camera-handbooks/id490348211/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/canon-camera-handbooks/id490348211.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 13 ## Newest reviews (14 of 33) ### 1/5 — don't buy !!!! its fake app *2017-01-15, version 2.3.0* this app offer you a free pdf where by 2$ don't buy any thing inside the app ### 1/5 — Refund please *2016-07-01, version 2.3.0* Seems convenient...... But out of date manuals.. A real scam!! Should be zero stars!! ### 1/5 — PDF is free at Canon website *2016-05-27, version 2.3.0* How is it even legal to sell a free PDF for $2 in the app store? Download the free PDF for your camera to your phone and save yourself the trouble. ### 1/5 — Don't fall for this!!!!! *2015-09-29, version 2.3.0* They are charging $2 for the same acrobats file you can download for FREE on the Canon website. ### 1/5 — Don't buy *2015-04-18, version 2.3.0* I wanted to have a convenient manual to study my new camera. Worked great a few times, then gone. No replies to my repeated requests for help. Big disappointment! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2015-03-31, version 2.3.0* I'll never get the two minutes back, ever. ### 1/5 — "Free" *2015-03-19, version 2.3.0* It may be free to download but it cost money to read something you can find on the internet for free. Don't waste your time. ### 1/5 — Don't download *2015-02-02, version 2.3.0* Free? What is free? ### 1/5 — Don't buy!!! DONT BUY!!! *2015-01-18, version 2.3.0* Don't get suckered like I did!!! It's a waste of money!!! Every bit of information on this app is "FREE" on Canons website. The information this app provides is just the owners manual for the camera or lens you choose and then it's downloaded from Canon, no special tips or tricks. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2015-01-07, version 2.3.0* You can download this pdf online, without watermark -COPY! They charge me for copy!!! ### 1/5 — Screenshot is a lie *2014-10-31, version 2.2.0* All the manuals you have to purchase to view. Screenshot makes it look like they're free. Delete. ### 1/5 — FYI screenshot is deceiving *2014-07-06, version 2.2.0* The screenshot shows a read button to read the manuals but once you download the app those read buttons are replaced with dollars signs... Don't waste your time downloading unless you want to pay per manual, none of which is disclosed on screenshot or description ### 1/5 — i might say useless *2013-10-24, version 2.0.0* just found out that this app looks like put owner's manual for sale. a bright idea for an app? i was hoping it contain more than just a manual. if i want to read owner's manual, i choose to read it the one who came with my camera and not to spend $1.99 to read it from my iPad ### 1/5 — Stole my money *2012-03-10, version 1.2.6* I purchased the 7D manual but the wifi connection blipped during download after purchasing. It says "download" on the manual but every time I try to redownload the manual it says I have to buy it again. Do not see any real support from their website. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappeared *2021-04-11, version 3.0.1* I purchased the canon 70d app a while ago. Now it has disappeared only a gray background when I open it. All the page book marks appear on the bottom but no text. ### 1/5 — Failed to give me my purchase! *2021-03-24, version 3.0.1* Download for my Canon 1D Mk IV won't execute. Took my money. March 23, 2021. ### 1/5 — Do not buy this!! *2020-11-24, version 3.0.1* Doesn’t work! Support does not exist! Has not been updated in over 3 years!! Only gave it one star because it won’t let me give it none!!! ### 1/5 — You pay but doesn’t open! *2020-11-16, version 3.0.1* I bought a manual. It won’t open on iPad or iPhone. ### 1/5 — Google is free *2020-10-09, version 3.0.1* They want to charge you. Google is free ### 1/5 — Why are you charging for this? *2020-06-24, version 3.0.1* Seriously what is the point of charging your customers for a pdf of the Manuel that came with my camera and I can download for free from your wedsite? ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money *2020-01-24, version 3.0.1* It would be a lot easier to open up Safari and google your specific products manual. I honestly thought I had a cool app that had an awesome database with ads. Which in turn would charge me like $5 to remove ads. However what you actually get is a service charge if $2.99 per manual. Please don’t be fooled you can find any products manual online. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2018-11-27, version 3.0.1* This app used to handy if you didn’t want to pack multiple manuals in your kit. However for the last few months I haven’t been able to view the files I purchased. ### 1/5 — So bad. All the book. It’s PDF from canon, you take 2$ for free PDF, Why? *2018-10-09, version 3.0.1* So bad. All the book. It’s PDF from canon, you take 2$ for free PDF, Why? How i can back my money? ### 1/5 — Doesn't work on 5D Mark IV *2017-09-11, version 3.0.0* Purchased and won't open after I downloaded the manual for the 5D Mark IV. Disappointed ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it *2015-01-15, version 2.3.0* It is great when you're out in the field shooting and wondering how you do something, all you have to do is pull out your phone and look through the manual! The only thing this app needs is more camera lenses and updates, this has many options for people, but it doesn't have all of the lenses I own, specifically the EF 70-300mm IS USM lens. ### 5/5 — canon *2014-11-27, version 2.3.0* good ### 3/5 — Needs searchable index *2014-07-12, version 2.2.0* Lots of good information. It would be much more useful if it had a searchable index. ### 2/5 — Liked it when it worked *2023-09-19* I downloaded a Canon camera book at least two years ago and everything worked fine. I really liked it. Now it doesn’t work at all. Please fix this so I can utilize it again. Thanks ### 2/5 — Doesn't display purchased handbook *2015-01-16, version 2.3.0* Purchased to have couple handbooks available when traveling--one still is displayed--my 70d disappeared? Emailed to author, but no reply!! What' up Canon??? ### 2/5 — Generally disappointing *2014-11-14, version 2.2.0* It’s essentially little more than a pdf viewer for the text manuals. It badly needs the ability to search the text, hyperlinks from the table of contents to the associated page, or even the ability to jump to a specific page. These are pretty standard features in modern pdf viewers. While there’s a value to having the manual readily available, this could be much more useful with relatively little work by the developers. ### 2/5 — You have to buy the handbook *2012-01-14, version 1.2.6* Once you d/l the app, you then have to buy the handbook of choice as a micro transaction. That wouldn't be so bad, but they didn't even have the handbook for my t1i! --- *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 2026-06-28.*