# Glose — user reviews > 175 indexed App Store user reviews of Glose by Readwise, Inc, rated 4.50/5 from 8,049 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glose/id896681871/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glose/id896681871.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,957 · 4★ 1,037 · 3★ 335 · 2★ 200 · 1★ 520 ## What do users think of Glose? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth reading experience - 👍 Intuitive interface - 💡 Social features for sharing highlights **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔒 Lack of offline access to downloaded books - 👎 Difficult to navigate and find your place - 💤 Sluggish performance - 📚 Inability to export or transfer purchased books **Commonly reported bugs** - Pages skipping or jumping unexpectedly - Highlighting and note-taking features not working as expected - Audiobook playback issues like skipping and glitching - Login and account management problems **Most requested features** - Bookmark and annotation management - Customizable reading settings - Seamless sync across devices - Improved search and organization of library ## Newest reviews (19 of 175) ### 4/5 — Generally good *2026-07-10, version 3.8.36* I installed this app to read ebooks bought from a publisher. The general functionality is good, and books are automatically downloaded when one starts reading them, making them available for offline reading. It is annoying, though, that there is no easy way within the app to remove the download to free up space. ### 3/5 — It’s not bad *2026-06-02, version 3.8.33* Wish I could make book purchases right from the app, though. ### 2/5 — Review of the glose app *2025-12-17, version 3.8.33* I have found that the problem with this app is that it has too small print on its download ### 1/5 — Cannot open free book *2025-11-07, version 3.8.33* Free book does not allow reading ### 1/5 — 😔 *2025-09-30, version 3.8.33* I received a free ebook from Simon and Schuster but I was only able to get the sample after I had gotten interested in the read 😑 ### 1/5 — Are you going to update this app *2025-08-25* No app update for over a year, I can’t listen to books anymore ### 1/5 — Hard work *2025-08-01, version 3.8.33* I have just purchased an ebook from Harper Collins and downloaded this overly convoluted and confusing app and the book I have purchased, which is supposed to appear im My Books is nowhere to be seen. ### 1/5 — Only a long-term loan, no printing, other restrictions *2025-07-25, version 3.8.33* You can’t ‘buy’ books from Glose, only rent them indefinitely. Not allowed to print, no offline access, many other restrictions. If Glose ever goes bust, you lose access. If I could get a refund I would. ### 1/5 — So many glitches *2025-07-24, version 3.8.33* Rarely ever works on desktop or phone or iPad and no one answers customer service ### 1/5 — A Data Mining App Masquerading As An Ereader *2025-04-13, version 3.8.33* This app has multiple "options" to opt out of the multiple ways it tracks your activity, none of which actually work. Some people,myself included, just want to read our books peacefully without counting every conceivable aspect of the process. I'm certain we will discover who they & the publishers are selling our information to in coming years. ### 1/5 — Poor App *2025-03-31, version 3.8.33* Terrible App. Unable to connect to my account set up with The Times free book offer. ### 3/5 — Mixed *2025-03-24, version 3.8.33* I have this app because i subscribed to The Wall Street Journal for a time, and this is how they provided free monthly books. I like that it has both audiobooks and written ones. But I do not see a table of contents for the book i’m reading, and the tracks are not divided according to chapters. i’m glad the author is reading it, especially since she is a radio journalist. ### 1/5 — Really irritating app *2025-02-24, version 3.8.33* Why does reading have to come with a daily or monthly goal. Not needed! I just want to read a book and would rather use Kindle but the Times insists on free books being read on this utterly stupid app. ### 1/5 — This app doesn’t work *2025-02-01, version 3.8.33* So obviously I must be doing something wrong but the books are fully available on my Laptop but not on my phone where I can only access a free sample. I hve gone round and round in circles and am now giving up. ### 3/5 — Can’t search the books by title *2025-01-29* We should be able to have a search engine so we could search the books we bought by title, so we don’t buy them again. It’s impossible. ### 1/5 — Audio book ‘downloading’ issue *2024-12-04, version 3.8.33* Maybe a problem with the Times subscription where Glose do not want to give unlimited access to audio books. Gone past the month the audiobook was issued under the Times subscription and now the book is stuck in downloading status. Not an impressive showcase for Glose app as have now lost trust in the app and will not buy anything on it. ### 2/5 — Where do I start? *2024-08-06, version 3.8.33* How about not being able to read the one book I purchased??? ### 1/5 — Why do you keep blocking my reading? *2024-07-24, version 3.8.32* Why do you keep blocking my reading, I have increase my daily level but it keeps freezing! I will chose when to read & when to stop, not you! ### 1/5 — Book management *2024-07-11, version 3.8.32* At least on iOS is poor. I only wanted to delete read books, seemingly impossible. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible for iPhone *2026-07-05, version 3.8.36* The format is terrible because I have to zoom in and out to read every page. If I tried to read a single book this would be quite tiring. iPhone puts there books in a complete page format which makes it easier read. I can read the page and use my finger to advance to the next page, no zooming is necessary. This app is totally not iPhone friendly. Therefore, since it is absolute struggle to read even one page, I am planning to delete this app on my iPhone. ### 1/5 — Books won’t open *2026-06-11, version 3.8.34* Have used this app and really enjoyed it, however now my books won’t open. Very disappointed ### 1/5 — Won’t update won’t work *2026-06-08, version 3.8.33* Planning to enjoy enjoying a quiet evening reading and the app is locked out, saying it requires an update in the App Store, but there is no update available in the App Store. Offloaded it the put back on phone and it still won’t work so I cannot access any of my books. ### 1/5 — Not really set-up for reading on a laptop *2026-06-02, version 3.8.33* It sucks bc the text is really small and there’s no way to zoom in or adjust the size ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-05-27, version 3.8.33* I’ve paid for a book via Harper and they say to read it I need Glose but I can’t get past the free sample!! Money wasted which I’d never downloaded the sample via Apple Books and then told to read further go to Harper - a complete waste of my time and money ### 1/5 — Not loading or opening books *2026-01-24, version 3.8.33* Useless app! They should have stayed with the Bluefire app, at least those books would be downloaded to your device. ### 1/5 — Can’t download or open new books *2026-01-24, version 3.8.33* I use this app on both iOS and Android and neither one will let me download new books. Also if I try to open them to read on WiFi it shows no text in the book. This is extremely frustrating. ### 1/5 — Loading *2026-01-19, version 3.8.33* App used to be better. Lately it has been stuck on loading so you can’t read books you purchased. ### 1/5 — This is the worst app for ebooks *2026-01-18, version 3.8.33* The cover images take forever to load and often don’t display at all. The interface is simply bad and frustrating to use. I tried to be supportive of authors by buying directly from the publisher’s platform, but I honestly regret it. Amazon does a far better job with Kindle in every way. Going forward, I’ll be buying my books there instead. ### 1/5 — Buggy and slow *2025-12-05, version 3.8.33* Super disappointed that Harlequin won’t allow me to read my books anywhere else. Had I known, I would not have bought them. The app is horrible. Continuous scrolling isn’t an option in my book and tapping to the next page only works half the time. Swiping works but accidentally touching anything causes pop ups so the reading experience is constantly interrupted. Once I finish these books, I will never order from them again unfortunately. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I didn’t get the ebook I paid for *2024-08-26, version 3.8.33* I wanted Max Lucado’s What Happens Next. I paid for the ebook and opened the Glose app. However my book isn’t there. I’ll never use this app again ### 5/5 — Glide makes me happier *2023-07-08, version 3.8.31* I really like this reading app ### 5/5 — Enjoy *2023-06-05, version 3.8.31* Great books ### 5/5 — Loving it! *2023-05-23, version 3.8.31* For being new to the application it was love at first sight. I’m enjoying the whole experience.Thank you. James Reynolds ### 5/5 — Great App *2023-02-26, version 3.8.28* Had to wait longer than indicated by faithgateway email to access purchase but after a few hours I was able to access. User-friendly app, intuitive, with great options to change font, size, background just like my iBooks. Was hesitant to hv to use another e-reader but very pleased with this!! ### 5/5 — Blown Away *2022-11-15, version 3.8.28* I never knew reading could be so much fun! ### 5/5 — The Original Bones *2022-11-06, version 3.8.28* It’s so good to read about the character who was changed completely for the television series. From the first book in this series, I’ve been hooked. The plot is disturbing, based on real situations, but it’s an important subject. The characters continue to evolve. Altogether very satisfying. ### 5/5 — 🤔 *2022-09-26, version 3.8.28* Does anyone know how to purchase a book? Ive been trying for an hour already and i jus cant figure it out. Pls help🙏 ### 5/5 — Entrepreneur and life lessons for everyone *2022-08-22, version 3.8.28* This book should be given to anyone who needs to know about business—and frankly that includes schoolchildren everywhere. East to read, it gives great lessons with a lot of humor, in digestible form. All those other business books give so much unnecessary jargon but this one tells you in clear language what works and what doesn’t. Go read it! ### 5/5 — Better than Kindle *2020-10-15* Ive used the Kindle platform for years to read my e-books and learned about Glose earlier this year through Wall Street Journal. At first, I was skeptical —who needs another ebook platform? — but I actually find Glose to be a more “true” and easier reading experience. Its interface closely resembles a print book, which is the gold standard and its easier to bookmark and make notes where I want to. Sometimes, I find the Glose notifications reminding me to read a little exasperating, especially since I read daily — I just don’t read via Glose. I typically read several books at the same time, so I toggle back and forth between “dead tree” books, audiobooks, and e-books. --- *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 2026-08-31.*