# MicroBook: read book summaries — user reviews > 94 indexed App Store user reviews of MicroBook by Fitness Labs, rated 4.50/5 from 816 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/microbook-read-book-summaries/id314881531/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/microbook-read-book-summaries/id314881531.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 601 · 4★ 114 · 3★ 41 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of MicroBook? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great short reads - 💡 Helpful in choosing books - 👍 User-friendly interface **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes/freezes - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🐛 Unable to open/read books - 🐛 Incorrect book progress tracking - 🐛 Lack of features (highlighting, annotations) **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when trying to choose topics - Blank screen when trying to choose topics - Books not showing up in 'Read' section - Incompatible with iOS 14 - Frequent freezing and unresponsiveness **Most requested features** - Expand book selection beyond business/marketing - Add search/browse functionality - Improve book progress tracking - Implement highlighting and annotation features ## Newest reviews (18 of 94) ### 2/5 — The app won’t let me choose topics, or even skip that portion of setup. *2024-08-18, version 2.1.9* I can’t use it ### 3/5 — No longer works *2024-01-30, version 2.1.9* It no longer displays anything after the update. ### 1/5 — Great idea but ruined by bugs *2023-12-06, version 2.1.9* Won’t let me finish set up without selecting topics, which would be fine except there are no topics listed to pick from ### 3/5 — Great but lag *2022-10-22, version 2.1.9* The app is great. But always log out to main creen while reading. Should be fixed ### 1/5 — Unresponsive app *2022-09-06* I have tap a dozen times before a book opens. Also each book’s progress bar is completely incorrect. Rubbish ### 1/5 — It’s not recognizing the progress in the books you read *2022-01-04* You can’t complete the reading of any books cause the app doesn’t recognize your progress neither allows you to manually check as read. ### 1/5 — Bu neee *2021-12-22, version 2.1.9* Abi uygulamada istediğin kiyabı seçemiyorsun yani ben size söyleyeyim leş gibi🤮 ### 2/5 — App freezes on highlight action and does NOT remember book or read time *2021-10-06* BUG:: App freezes on highlight action. BUG:: App does NOT remember book or read time. BUG:: Also every time I close and re-open the app, I have to go through the initial staging journey identifying my interests and re-selecting books. FEATURE REQ:: I should be able to highlight a line of text and copy or “Look Up” on the web. These are fundamental requirements in the scope of the application. Can’t find streaks and all that when it doesn’t even remember where you are in any book. Got a ways to go to get to the level of other apps similar to this. Signed, SQA ### 3/5 — Unable to transition to read books *2021-09-28* Reporting a bug here. I finished a book but it is not showing in the “read” tab. Still shows in the “to read” tab. Great concept btw. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t seem to record my reading *2021-06-03, version 2.1.9* I completed the books already but yet my completion status isn’t reflected as read ### 4/5 — Good app *2021-04-01* I truly appreciate this app but unfortunately I cannot highlight in the app or add my own annotations to some parts please fix this thanks you. ### 1/5 — Does this even work ? *2021-01-17* Lot of UI issues. App freezes when clicked on a book. ### 1/5 — The limited amount of books *2020-12-28* The title says it for itself — I’m not the person to be complaining about an app but I really did have a lot of faith in this one as a highschool student with a lot off useless books to read (I’ve read them in the past such as Frankenstein or Lord of the Flies so I just need to remember the main plot) but there are roughly less than 100 books in this app which is only about Marketing & Business and yada yada. Just sad and disappointed at the moment. ### 1/5 — Cheio bugs. Livros nao abrem, poucas variedades. *2020-12-17* Pessimo. ### 1/5 — İğrençççç 🤢 *2020-11-25, version 2.1.8* Uygulamada tek kuruş bişi anlamadım,kitap arayamıyorsunuz zorla katip ettiriyor zaten hiç yorum eklenirmiş bu ilk yorumunuz olsun bende isterdim güzel yorum yapmayı ama şakı indirmeyin giden internetinize yazık ### 1/5 — Unusable for me *2020-11-25, version 2.1.8* Had the same problems as someone else i cant read the books at all I click and nothing happens even when i restart ### 1/5 — App Freezes *2020-10-14* I could not read as nothing was working . Just freezes completely. ### 1/5 — Wtf *2020-10-03* I don't understand how can I use this app. I can't download any books ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work for me *2026-03-25, version 2.1.9* As tuck in the start screen at the end of the welcome slide pages. ### 1/5 — Broken *2026-03-15* When you get to ‘choose some topics’ it’s just blank with nothing to choose from and can’t go anywhere from there. Tried uninstalling and re-installing but it still happens. ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2026-01-25, version 2.1.9* The app won’t load or show any books, just goes to a blank screen ### 1/5 — Não funciona *2026-01-11* Não funciona ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-01-06* Downloaded with so much anticipation, and does not work… get nothing for free these days lol ### 1/5 — App Non Functional *2024-12-29* I downloaded the microbook app with high hopes, but I am incredibly disappointed. I’ve tried everything—downloading, deleting, and re-downloading multiple times—but the app just doesn’t work. Whenever I try to choose my interests, the app stays stuck on a blank page and never progresses. This makes the app completely unusable. Please fix these issues! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-05-08, version 2.1.9* App crashes at the beginning at the screen that prompts: “Choose some topics”. ### 1/5 — How can I use it? *2024-03-06* ???? ### 1/5 — Blank *2024-02-02, version 2.1.9* The app is completely blank. When you get to the ‘Choose topics’ there’s nothing there just a blue arrow at the bottom of the page. ### 1/5 — App crashes *2023-12-13, version 2.1.9* When prompted with “choose some topics” nothing appears ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Minor Bug *2023-03-07, version 2.1.9* Hi! I love how simple the app is and it’s exactly what I’m looking for. I just noticed a bug where the app freezes/closes if I select a word or phrase then try to highlight it. I am using iPhone running on iOS 16.3.1 if that helps. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Feedback *2021-05-03* Microbioks is the answer I’ve been searching for for years because of the volume of information and knowledge I now have access to. However, on a personal note, it’s been difficult for me to get more books and to use the current streaks. I don’t know if there’s something I’m not doing. Kindly assist ### 5/5 — App stuck !! Sev 1! *2020-09-13* App getting stuck when clicking on books !! ### 5/5 — THIS IS FREE *2020-07-02, version 2.1.8* HOLY SHHHHH THIS IS ACTUALLY FREE OMG FOR REALS ### 5/5 — Straight to the End *2020-04-25, version 2.1.7* Straight to the main points and all the benefits at the End. ### 5/5 — 英文原版书 *2020-04-05* 好非常好 言简意赅 ### 5/5 — Love it! *2020-03-02, version 2.1.7* Great short reads! ### 5/5 — Time saver *2019-12-24* One of the most valuable apps I keep on my dock. Not only do you get great summaries of business books you also get a pretty good insight into its content and can decide whether to read the full book or not. If you are only interested in new knowledge in a compressed format this is also for you. ### 5/5 — AMAZING BUT COYLD IMPROVE *2019-12-05* I think if there would be more books available then it would get a 10/10 ### 5/5 — Great way to decide *2019-11-27* There are so many books to read. This may help you choose which ones you should dive in! --- *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.*