# Fable: Track & Discuss Books — user reviews > 1,434 indexed App Store user reviews of Fable by Fable, rated 4.80/5 from 78,747 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fable-track-and-discuss-books/id1488170618/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fable-track-and-discuss-books/id1488170618.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 65,173 · 4★ 10,073 · 3★ 2,566 · 2★ 485 · 1★ 450 ## What do users think of Fable? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💕 Fantastic community - 📚 Great for book clubs - 🎨 Beautiful UI design - 📊 Useful reading stats - 🔍 Helpful book recommendations - 🤝 Positive and supportive interactions **Cons** - 🔍 Limited book selection - 🐛 Occasional app crashes and glitches - 🔍 Difficulty finding specific books - 🔍 Lack of ability to add custom books - 🔍 Syncing issues with other platforms **Commonly reported bugs** - Issues with updating currently reading status - Inconsistent behavior when adding new books - Notifications not always syncing properly **Most requested features** - Add ability to track reading progress across devices - Implement more filtering and sorting options for book lists - Allow users to customize book covers and details - Improve notification settings and controls - Add support for more book formats and sources ## Newest reviews (16 of 1,434) ### 3/5 — Glitched *2026-08-31, version 282* My cap to books is 4.75, the slider UI is made for different phones i have a one 13 pro and it won’t work. ### 4/5 — love the app, hate the subscription *2026-08-30, version 282* absolutely love Fable and it’s been so nice moving away from Goodreads. i love being able to track my reading, write reviews, keep up with my reading goals, and actually interact with other readers. the only reason i’m giving it 4 stars is the price of Fable+. i’d much rather have the option to pay a one-time fee to unlock the additional reading stats rather than paying around £50 every year. i’d happily pay a one-off price for the extra features, but the yearly subscription feels a bit steep for something i mainly use to track my reading. other than that, i genuinely love the app and use it all the time! ### 4/5 — Pongan idioma español *2026-08-29, version 282* Necesitamos la app en español ### 4/5 — Pretty please *2026-08-23, version 281* Love the app but can we please get a desktop version?? ### 4/5 — Love it!! *2026-08-22, version 281* I absolutely love this app so much. I have recommended it to all my reader friends and non reader friends. The only issue I have is that sometimes books aren’t on the app and I can’t mark it as being read or completed which is kind of annoying. They do have something you can submit in the app though for situations like to put more books in the app itself. Not sure how long it usually takes though. ### 3/5 — It’s fine, storygraph is better. *2026-08-21, version 281* Here is a list of my pros and cons: Con- I accidentally added a book (to actually read on the app) on my shelf, and there is no way to back out of it and go to the home screen. I even tried exiting the app completely, but upon reopening the app it went right back to the book. I had to delete the app and re-download it for it to return to the home screen. Con- you can get charts and graphs of how you’re reading is going…for a price. You can get that for free with storygraph. Pro-it has a good rating system in terms of stars (.25, .5, .75,1 and so on, which I love. Pro- “how did this book make you feel?” there are 20 feelings, one of which is “no selection“ that you can choose from. Con- 20 sounds like a lot of feelings, but when you scroll through them and realize the book did not make you feel any of these you are left with “no selection”. Pro-“how would you describe this book?” In this part you get to use the star rating again which is awesome. you get to rate the characters, plot, the setting, and add content warnings. There is even a list of words and phrases you can use to help describe the book. Con-in the same “how would you describe this book?”Section, the list of words or phrases that you can use to describe the book , in my opinion are limited, and you cannot write in your own. Pro- the last part of rating your book is the “got more to say?“ Section, this is where you will write your review. All that being said about the rating system, in my opinion, the cons outweigh the pros. With the cons, you may as well just skip all of that and just stick with your review to accurately describe the book and how it made you feel. Pro- I don’t like goodreads however, the one thing good about goodreads is the community aspect. with fable It is better in that, not only can you like and comment on other people‘s posts you can also add memes and other pictures of your own to post. Pro & con- when searching for a certain edition, like an audiobook, if you do not find it, you cannot add it yourself like you can with storygraph. You have to request an edition be added. It is a pro because if you know storygraph, then you know when users add the edition themselves, you often see editions that have wrong information or has incomplete information or there may be a duplicate edition. It is a con because instead of adding the information for the edition yourself, you have to request the edition be put in and have to wait an unknown amount of time for it to be added to fable. (I have not requested an edition be added, so I do not know how long their process takes). There may or may not be more pros and cons. I did not play around with it too much but with what I have looked into I am still 1000% a STORYGRAPH fan and I highly recommend that you all make the switch to storygraph. ### 5/5 — Best app for tracking and social for bookish post *2026-08-18, version 280* Have to say the app has been amazing have had a few hiccups with post not posting a few times but that seems to be fixed also it nice not getting judge or have negative comments on your post mostly everyone is nice and helpful which is so refreshing I also like the integration with Everand a nice touch ### 5/5 — Best App Ever! *2026-08-18, version 280* I’m so glad that my book club introduced me to this app. I didn’t realize how much I wanted such an app until I started using it. A community connecting people to various books (and cute fur babies!), what’s not to love! I LOVE the features where I can quote something in a book I’m currently reading, the rating system is better than other traditional book apps, the monthly book wraps are so cool. I love love love the app! ### 5/5 — Coming from someone who doesn’t review apps… *2026-08-18, version 280* Accessible, and encourages reading whilst making it more fun and engaging. ### 4/5 — Great app with a few issues *2026-08-18, version 280* I wish that the reviewing feature wasn’t exclusive to the mobile app as I prefer to do such things on my laptop. I also use accessibility features on my phone including display zoom with larger text (and I have an iPhone SE Gen 3), which I think is making it near impossible to rate a book 5 stars due to it going off the screen. ### 4/5 — Overall -solid app *2026-08-17, version 280* I track using multiple apps. This one is my favorite by far but I am an ARC Reader and I constantly find the books not in the catalog. It takes too long to wait for a book to be added and using the chrome extension does not work on iPhone/ipad. Please, please fix this. ### 2/5 — Missing books *2026-08-17, version 280* There are a few books that I have read that are missing from Fable’s catalog. I have filled out the Google Form to get those books added, but they aren’t being added. It messes with the final count of books read, so I have gone back to other reading tracking apps. ### 5/5 — BEST BOOK APP *2026-08-16, version 280* FAR SUPERIOR TO GOODREADS IN EVERY WAY ### 5/5 — Gratitude *2026-08-15, version 280* This app has not only made reading a lot easier but just engaging in the community. Makes you feel like u belong. It sets a safe space for me as I can connect with my reviews and not feel weird or left out or even overstepping boundaries ### 3/5 — Please fix the notifications *2026-08-14, version 280* I really like this app as a whole but my god. What happened with the notifications??? Why am I being notified about everything without having the options that I have with club notifications which gives us the users so much more control? Also, please give us an edit feature. PLEASE ### 5/5 — It’s perfect! *2026-08-14, version 280* I love how this is like a mix of social media and a review app! I am only new to using apps to record/ track my reading but I must say having a streak had given me initiative to read extra everyday and I love seeing people’s posts about their reading journeys :) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Love idea, but they don’t allow exports *2026-08-21, version 281* I liked fable for a while, but since they’ve started leaning into AI features so heavily, I was feeling less and less good about using the app. But guess what? Fable doesn’t even allow you to export your data like other apps, so either you have to transfer manually or lose your reading data. I don’t appreciate when apps lock you out of your own data, so I guess this is a reminder for me that I should check the way apps own my data. I would’ve kept the app and still used some features if they allowed export but guess not. Really disappointed at this scammy practices ### 1/5 — No desktop version which sucks *2026-08-21, version 281* I prefer to type my thoughts instead of texting them. ### 1/5 — nonsense *2026-08-21, version 281* have to pay to put how many pages you read. pointless. ### 1/5 — Poor experience, deleted account and app *2026-08-20, version 281* The UX wasn’t good, the import from Goodreads was nowhere close to accurate and created duplicate lists. I was having to correct just about everything and finally gave up. Simply not worth the hassle. ### 1/5 — alphabetization *2026-08-11, version 279.1* when you press sort the books alphabetically in your library, it needs to be by the first NOUN, so if a book is “the __”you cannot put it under t… please fix this it’s aggravating 😭😭😭 ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-08-09, version 279.1* It’s 18+ like why do we need to chat and all that we don’t need social media at all really who cares about other peoples “perfect lives”. ### 1/5 — Why the paid subscription?? *2026-07-28, version 278* SO frustrated with the added paid subscription. Why do i have to pay to view my Finished Monthly Books or to click on my Reading Streak Chart? Especially when these features were free to begin with. Those things are NOT something to pay extra for.... it's a basic use. I hope everyone goes back to Goodreads. These developers just seem money hungry and definitely don't appreciate community. ### 1/5 — Repeatedly not having new books *2026-07-26, version 278* Why does this book app - constantly not have new releases? It’s a book tracking app and this year I’ve been trying out a few to see if I prefer them over goodreads and this is THE ONLY ONE that repeatedly doesn’t have new releases. Yes you can submit a form to add them but seriously? How is a book tracking app consistently missing multiple new releases? ### 1/5 — Terrible 🙄 *2026-07-25, version 277* No real plot, dumb storyline, unimaginative, you already know what’s going to happen before the 1/2 mark. ### 1/5 — CEO of Fable is Pro-AI *2026-07-17, version 276* Last year Everand acquired Fable and in January 2026, the new CEO explained how pro generative A.I. he is and how he enforces all of his employees to use it and reiterated that they all use it. After his new role in Fable, many changes were made and it was obvious they’re vibe coding. Mass scale use of generative A.I. is extremely harmful, it hurts the planet and people, CSAM is being created with generative A.I. If you love Fable, but don’t support their use of A.I., the least you can do is not give them your money and cancel your plus membership. StoryGraph and Pagebound are better alternatives for tracking, Pagebound has more community. My only reason for not fully leaving Fable is there isn’t a good book club replacement. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-31, version 282* Amazing ### 5/5 — Like ig for books. *2026-08-29, version 282* I love it ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-28, version 282* I found community through the book club function. And I’ve been able to track my reading habits with no hassle. Love that this app also calculates percent read in any book and the reviews are so helpful. I’ve tried many reading apps, this is by far the best. It’s THE social media for book lovers. ### 5/5 — AMAZING APP BUT COULD USE ONE THING *2026-08-27, version 281* I LOVE fable it’s one of my favorite apps, I don’t even track on Goodreads anymore. However, I wish you could see series orders like you can on Goodreads but that’s really my only nitpick, other than that I’m obsessed with it!! ### 5/5 — Best in the genre *2026-08-26, version 281* This is a good app to track you reading, review books and discover new books. I don’t use it for tv shows but it has that dimension too. ### 5/5 — Motivation *2026-08-24, version 281* This app has been so motivating for tackling my reading goals! ### 5/5 — Love the app *2026-08-22, version 281* I really love this app, it’s got me into reading. Last year I only read 1 book, this year I’ve already read 12. It’s really good for finding book recommendations and reviews for books, and creates a community for readers. I love tracking which days I read and what I’m reading, which I think is what started me reading regularly ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-08-20, version 281* Amazing app for readers and people who love to watch tv! ### 5/5 — Fable *2026-08-19, version 280* I love this app it keeps me on track on how much on my reading. This is so good. Whoever made this is a genius ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-19, version 280* I got this app only to track my books… but I have fallen in love with the community and the amazing features! Highly recommend this app! --- *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 2026-09-04.*