# iPoe Vol. 1 - Edgar Allan Poe — user reviews > 358 indexed App Store user reviews of iPoe Vol. 1 by iClassics Productions, S.L., rated 4.30/5 from 192 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipoe-vol-1-edgar-allan-poe/id507407813/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipoe-vol-1-edgar-allan-poe/id507407813.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 143 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of iPoe Vol. 1? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Immersive atmosphere - 🎨 Beautiful illustrations - 🎶 Captivating music - 📚 Great way to experience Poe's works - 👍 Interactive and engaging - 🎃 Spooky and creepy **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs - 🕹️ Inconsistent page turning - 💰 Expensive for the content provided - 🙈 Distracting animations at times - 🔒 Issues with restoring purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes or freezes on launch - Page turning not responsive - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Inability to restore previous purchases **Most requested features** - More Poe stories and poems - Ability to disable animations - Narration or audio option - Landscape mode support - Glossary or dictionary for archaic words ## Newest reviews (18 of 358) ### 4/5 — Great writer *2025-04-07, version 4.7.2* I adore Edgar Allan and his work! ### 4/5 — Presque parfaite ! *2025-02-04* Superbe application pour entrer dans l’univers de l’auteur. En revanche, le son ne fonctionne pas du tout. C’est très dommage car cela gâche une partie de l’expérience ! 😔 ### 2/5 — Fantastic Idea *2024-11-18, version 4.7.2* It needs to be updated for modern devices. It’s not formatted correctly and not very responsive. ### 3/5 — Bummer *2022-10-20, version 4.7.2* Was so excited to try this out and realized the sound doesn’t work! ### 5/5 — Love this!!! *2022-09-20, version 4.7.2* Another fantastic work. Can wait to read volume 2!!! ### 4/5 — Great homage to Poe’s works *2021-11-08, version 4.7.2* I really enjoyed the music and illustrations for these classic Poe tales. One feature that would be nice is the ability to lower the volume of the music which was blaring much louder than the sound effects. I was about to give a 5-star review, then a pop-up asked me for a review with only two options, OK and OK. I have to subtract a star for that unfortunately. ### 3/5 — Super annoyed *2021-06-29, version 4.7.2* The very first thing to pop up when I open the app is a request for a review with the options of “OK” or “OK”. How the heck can I give this app a good review when it instantly removes me from the app and sends me to the review page before I’ve ever use the freaking app. Super annoyed! ### 5/5 — Damned good app *2021-03-31, version 4.7.2* This app is really well-done, I really enjoy all of the hidden “Easter Egg” type of pop up features.. This is a very entertaining presentation of Poe’s works, which are well worth celebrating ### 5/5 — Потрясающе! *2021-03-14* Атмосферные и завораживающие рассказы По приобретают осязаемую глубину! Только обязательно в наушниках читать / слушать. Когда в «Маске Красной Смерти» бьют часы — пробирает до мурашек по коже. ### 5/5 — 赞制作 *2021-01-25* 太赞了！音乐和制作都很赞，身临其境。红死魔的面具那七个房间分开制作一下就好了。 ### 5/5 — Love Poe *2021-01-13, version 4.7.2* I had some glitches early on where it worked fine, then stopped, but after updates, working well again. I use this to help my children engage in these works from an amazing writer.. ### 3/5 — Distracting *2020-11-29, version 4.7.2* Clever little animations, but they are distracting and in some cases, causing nausea/motion sickness. Add an option to disable animations. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2020-11-20, version 4.7.2* Very very good short but excellent Poe would be proud ### 4/5 — Flawed work of art *2020-11-17, version 4.7.2* The devs clearly love the material. The elements of sound design music and art design were all clearly doted upon. Why not 5 stars? Firstly, the assumption that there would be an option to have the book read to the user can’t be only my own. Yet, you still must do allthe reading in a time when audiobooks are closing in quickly on the print market. An interactive book- what does that sound like? Sure, some would prefer to “turn” the “pages” and read with their eyes but why not both things? Secondly, as one does read the old fashion words in the old fashion way, even the nerdiest bookworm will encounter a word in the text that is out of use and might as well be a foreign word. No way am I reading an immersive interactive book so I can look up the words in a dictionary or separate dictionary app. Why is there no ability to highlight words, therein providing a built in Apple dictionary to look up what Sagacity means? Or a glossary worth the option to have those archaic words highlighted? Otherwise, this is a very cool and unique upgrade on boring old kindle reading. ### 2/5 — Crashes every time *2020-11-08, version 4.7.2* When I first got this app it was great. But for some reason, every time I open it, the app crashes. Can someone please explore me how to fix this? ### 4/5 — Pages Won’t Turn-🧟♿️ *2020-11-02, version 4.7.2* This must b an iOS14 issue. Upd8 please! I just got this a couple days ago & LOVE it (Poe is a favorite) but no matter how many times I swipe the page won’t turn sometimes! I have 2 close the app & go back 2 it the nxt day. Please fix!! I’ve just started it & WOULD b further along if THE PAGE WOULD ACTUALLY TURN when I swipe. ### 4/5 — Works on iPad, but wish it would allow viewing in landscape mode *2020-10-31, version 4.7.2* See Title ### 5/5 — Delightful! *2020-10-31, version 4.7.2* Really, really enjoyable! Adds a fun dimension to these classic tales. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Attention ! Ne fonctionne plus avec ios17 *2025-08-18* Ne fonctionne plus avec IOS 17 ### 1/5 — NOT WORKING *2023-09-29, version 4.7.2* This is ridiculous. It doesn’t work and now it’s asking me for more money to open it back up again. I want a refund. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy! *2020-02-05, version 4.7.2* I bought 1-3 iPoes but they no longer work. I’ve followed everything they suggest on their website but to no avail. A shame because these apps were beautiful, the art and music adding an atmosphere Poe-esque... too bad, but they seemed to have moved on! This is no longer a good buy... ### 1/5 — Tela preta ao tentar acessar *2020-01-19* Eu acredito que o aplicativo esteja incompatível com a nova atualização do IOS, pois não consigo acessá-lo e o aplicativo fica parado numa tela preta **Developer response:** Yes, our apologies for the delay. iPoe Vol. 1 work! and the iLovecraft Vol.1 and 2 Fixed too!!! We are working to fix other iClassics apps.. Best! ### 1/5 — Suspicious *2020-01-12, version 4.7.1* These books are entertaining and well done, but unfortunately I have to give them a low rating due to the apps suspicious behavior. I have purchased all of the iclassics and found that they all immediately default to the 'on' position in cellular data and immediately use nearly a megabyte of data. Why a book would need to use any data at all is curious and that they use that much data is both odd and suspicious. I wrote to the company at the email posted on their website but received no response. I cannot recommend purchasing these books unless they stop this practice of sending whatever data they're gathering and using customers cellular data without permission. ### 1/5 — Not working since update *2019-12-31, version 4.7.1* App does not open since iOS 13.3 update. This goes for all the iClassic book apps now. ### 1/5 — IOS13 *2019-12-30, version 4.7.1* It doesn’t appear to be compatible with the latest IOS! All I get is a dark screen ### 1/5 — Black screen *2019-12-27, version 4.7.1* Was able to read through the lovecraft iclassics apps and loved it so I bought them all. After apples update the screen is black. Just spent a lot of money for a black screen. I hope they fix this. I will update the review if they do. ### 1/5 — Intro loops but app never starts *2019-12-16, version 4.7.1* I was pretty excited for this app. I bought all three volumes in the iPoe collection and all three behaved the same. The into comes up, which is cool, but it just loops and nothing else happens. ### 1/5 — CMBUHARU *2019-12-06, version 4.7.1* It doesn’t work at all. I want refund ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-06-04, version 4.7.2* Two things: It’s spelled “avatar,” not “avator,” and in the phrase “out-Heroded Herod,” you omitted the name “Herod.” Other than that, it’s great. ### 5/5 — Muy enganchante *2025-10-28, version 4.7.2* La atmósfera e ilustraciones le dan un estilo inmersivo muy bueno. ### 5/5 — The Living Dead in Literature *2025-09-03, version 4.7.2* This app brings Poe to life! And if that isn’t ironic, I don’t know what is- ### 5/5 — Fun!! *2025-05-18, version 4.7.2* Such a gorgeous and fun illustrated edition. It’s simply beautiful!! ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-03-19, version 4.7.2* I’ve always loved Poe so this was a very cool app for me. I would recommend it for younger Poe fans because it is very interactive and exiting. ### 5/5 — Too much fun is barely enough *2024-06-20, version 4.7.2* I've been a fan of Poe’s since childhood, and have never tired of reading his works. This app brings another volume of creepy pleasure, with music, animations and sound effects. An addiction has started, with more opportunities to follow. Bravo to those who came up with the idea and those who executed it. 👏👏👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — Poe volume 1 *2023-11-01* Application absolument immersive, nous Emmenant dans un voyage lugubre , énigmatique et haletant ! Moi qui est commencer à lire quelque romans ! Cette application ne fait que renforcer cette nouvelle patios en plus de faire de la musique. Bravo au développeurs pour cette excellant travail ! J’ai déjà acheté le deuxième volume ! Qu’elle mystère m’attend ce coup ci ainsi qu’au autres lecteurs dans cette étrange voyage! Je recommande a cent pour cent! ### 5/5 — EAP Lover *2023-05-28, version 4.7.2* Deliciously horrible. ### 5/5 — Great Just Avoid as Bedtime Reading *2023-01-08, version 4.7.2* I love Poe and this is a great way of sharing his works. My only issue is that I decided to read “Red Death” while dozing off and wasn’t prepared for the jump scare. ### 5/5 — Excelente *2023-01-05* Quem não gostou, não entendeu a proposta dos contos. --- *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 2026-08-28.*