# My Must Reads — user reviews

> 51 indexed App Store user reviews of My Must Reads by Hummingbird Digital Media, Inc., rated 2.31/5 from 221 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-must-reads/id1013004487/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-must-reads/id1013004487.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 40 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 98

## Newest reviews (18 of 51)

### 2/5 — Underwhelmed

*2022-05-29, version 3.1*

Why would I buy books from you if I’m locked into a minimally acceptable app that doesn’t even fully support dark mode? I’m sick to death of blinding flashes when trying to turn the pages in the dark. Are there any other ways I can read the books I’ve purchased from you (on my device) than through your app?

Would love to support my local bookstore, but this will need to step up!

P.S. Your support screen and about screen don’t work, otherwise this would have been private feedback.

### 2/5 — Not very useable at night

*2021-11-19, version 3.1*

When I set it for black background with white print, it worked for the first few chapters, but then got glitchy. The first page I open to is okay, but every page I turn to after that just displays an unreadable gray screen, so I end up using the sepia screen with the lowest brightness I can read. I do most of my reading in bed at night, so this is a dealbreaker for me, especially since the book I bought is a long one (The 1619 Project).  I’ll try to get through it, but may end up re-buying the book  elsewhere to finish on one of the more popular readers. I won’t be buying again through this app unless the problems get fixed. A disappointment, because I really did want to support local bookstores.

### 2/5 — Wish I could like this app!

*2021-09-06, version 3.1*

I’d love to use this app more, I’d certainly like to become less dependent on the big River for my eBooks, but this app is too minimal to be useful. There’s no way to sort my library, not indication of what books I’ve read, and it doesn’t even reliably open a book to where I was the last time I read. Please improve, I’m sure there’s a market!

### 2/5 — Doesn’t rotate - come on !

*2021-05-08, version 3.1*

Primitive and basic. I love the idea of supporting local bookstores with eBook purchases but at least let me read them in landscape format. Every single app supports that except this one. Just fix it.

### 2/5 — Want to literally get lost in your books?

*2021-04-03, version 3.1*

Unless you read books cover to cover in one sitting, this app is exasperating. I have never gotten back to the same place I left a book in this app. Have started to use the bookmark feature, since the app can’t be bothered to save locations properly.

### 2/5 — worthless

*2021-02-19, version 3.1*

Really disappointed because I wanted to support a local bookstore by buying through this app and it’s completely backfired. Unlike other eBooks you really have no access to the book other than through their app. If you happen to have an iPad you can read it on then that’s ok but otherwise you’re stuck reading it on your phone which is so dumb. You can download it or access it anywhere else. You’re better off buying a physical copy of the book in person. Support team isn’t helpful at all either and they don’t do returns/refunds probably because they know they’d be out of business if they allowed them.

### 1/5 — My local bookstore is suffering by this app

*2021-02-18, version 3.1*

The local bookstore that used to partner with Kobo is now partnering with MyMustReads. The app is so awful after first use that I will no longer purchase eBooks from MyMustReads, punishing this bookstore as a result.

Fix your app, you are costing money to independent bookstores. Why anybody would partner with you given the horrible state of this app is a mystery to me.

### 1/5 — Miserable ebook app

*2021-02-07, version 3.1*

I really want to support independent bookstores, but this ebook app barely functions. You can only bookmark pages, not specific lines of text. You can’t remove bookmarks from the bookmarks side bar. The TOC doesn’t have chapters, only sections. Once I open the TOC or bookmarks, I can close out of them.

I’m going to try and stick it out on principle, but if I want to actually enjoy reading the ebooks I read, I might end up back with a big company like Google Play or Kindle for my eBooks just because this app is such a miserable experience to use.

If you really want to incentivize people to support indie bookstores, you need make sure the proprietary app you’re forcing people to use is robust and supports the basic functions users are going to need (like navigating to chapters from the table of contents) or allow users to read their ebooks in other apps.

### 1/5 — Disappointing and dysfunctional

*2021-01-10, version 3.1*

I use this app because I want to be able to support independent booksellers but I find that I rarely touch the ebooks I have downloaded because this app’s interface is so slow, unresponsive, and devoid of useful features. I read a lot of nonfiction and academic texts, for which it would be useful to annotate within the app. This is not possible beyond simple highlighting and bookmarking (and the highlighting function barely works—it’s as if the app doesn’t recognize touch inputs on the screen or does so in a very delayed way). Most books, no matter what settings I apply, also have irregularities in the layout—odd character or word spacing, unnatural page or paragraph breaks, etc. I would not recommend this app to anyone who has reading or visual processing challenges. The dysfunction in the app and the lack of user settings options make make it virtually inaccessible.

### 1/5 — No highlighting is the biggest issue for me

*2020-10-17, version 3.1*

Yes, the interface is old and clunky, but like someone else said, at least it does function to be able to read the text. But I may as well have never bought the e-book version of the library book in my hand. The only reason I did was to support local bookstores and highlight a passage, and this app doesn’t allow you to highlight or take notes or search or sync across devices or easily locate a page. The highlighting though is the dealbreaker. Let me know when you get that.

### 1/5 — Infuriating!

*2020-09-20, version 3.0*

Bought a book on this app and the file is obviously corrupt: I received a title page and a note to ‘tap here to read’ and then... nothing. A blank screen. Have followed all suggestions I found online to log-in and -out; deinstall and re-install the app; re-download the file. Nothing! And 3 appeals to customer service over the course of a week have all gone unanswered. Don’t waste your money here!

### 3/5 — Support taking a while

*2020-09-10, version 3.0*

I like being able to get e books from indie bookstores and I like being able to be connected to more than one. but it can be a little clunky sometimes l. And right now I’m having an issue where a purchase won’t download and I haven’t heard back from support yet.

### 2/5 — Recent update is no good.

*2020-08-30, version 3.0*

The most recent update has taken the chapters out of the table of contents screen and relegated them to the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, which used to be used for marking progress in the chapter. I used to think it was weird but grew accustomed to it over time. Bringing chapters to the scroll bar wouldn’t have been an issue if they were also accessible from the TOC, but they are now only to be found in the strange CONTENTS page at the back of the book in hard to press hyperlinks or the scroll bar. This would probably be fine in an average book, but when there are 90 some-odd chapters to scroll through it becomes a bit tedious. Also, updating lost my place, which is how I found this issue in the first place.

### 1/5 — Update the app

*2020-08-27, version 2.5*

This app is so glitchy and terrible. I truly love connecting with bookstores, but the app itself is really awful. It shuts down constantly, and there is a loading screen on while you are trying to read. They need someone to come in and make it user friendly.

### 1/5 — Books don’t download

*2020-07-28, version 2.5*

As many others, I downloaded the app to be able to support local bookstores. Despite the very basic features I found the app okay for my first book. When I purchased a second book however, it proved impossible to download. I tried it on my phone and on an iPad, to no avail. I followed the MyMustReads app suggestions to resolve this problem and they didn’t work. Now awaiting a response from their support team...

### 2/5 — Glitchy

*2020-07-28, version 2.5*

I really want to support my local bookstores but the app will not connect to the server or even let me download the books I bought. So I can’t even read or open them, and because it won’t connect to the server I can’t send a message through Support. I’ve tried both on WiFi and data.

### 2/5 — Can’t highlight or underline

*2020-07-19, version 2.5*

I bought a book here by accident, I thought it was the only place it was on sale. Now I can’t underline or highlight which means I can’t think straight. I’m already $10 so I guess this is it for this book until I can’t take it anymore. Bookmarking is just not enough!

### 1/5 — Really disappointed

*2020-07-19, version 2.5*

I wanted to support my favorite independent bookstore and so I downloaded this app to get an ebook.  This app is so basic and inconsistent.  That would be fine if you could at minimum see or save your current page.  You can’t adjust the type or lighting mode.  Often when you turn your iPad the text doesn’t fit the page. Now I can’t advance the page. I’m hoping they can upgrade this app soon.  I wouldn’t download another ebook to it again.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Do not buy books through this app

*2022-08-14, version 3.1*

This app hasn’t been updated in a year now and it shows. It doesn’t even take up the full screen in a recent iPhone. 

The whole experience is awkward and unpleasant.

### 1/5 — Audiobook missing chapters

*2022-05-23, version 3.1*

The only purchase I’ve made was an audiobook, and the first few chapters are missing. I contacted support again, after them never having responded to my first request. Don’t know if I’ll ever get my money back, so I guess I’ll have to go directly to my local bookstore to support them.

### 1/5 — No highlight?

*2022-01-22, version 3.1*

Has anyone figured this out? Highlighting is a huge part of reading for many!! It’s great that we can support Indy stores by purchasing but maybe there can be an exportable version of the book so we can highlight in the meantime.

### 1/5 — Total pain

*2021-12-20*

Some of the pages appear ‘split,’ meaning there is some text from the next page 1/2 overlapping the current page, then only 1/2 appears on the proper page, as if it’s half swiped.

### 1/5 — Very disappointed

*2021-12-19, version 3.1*

I purchased an independent ebook before realizing I couldn’t just download a pdf version of it and was so disappointed when I downloaded this app and saw how outdated it was. I would much rather read books in Adobe than use this app. I feel bad, but it’s really terrible. I want to support local bookstores and small publishers, but I also want quality products for the premium price I’m paying for these things. I honestly don’t know if I’ll even be able to read this $15 ebook now because the app is so bad.

### 1/5 — Unusable, no support

*2021-12-19, version 3.1*

Can't get any books into the app, can't get a reply from tech support.

I'm sorry I spent money on a book I have no way to read. I had high hopes of being able to support my local bookstore while reading on digital media. 

This is useless.

### 1/5 — Bugs make it so you can’t save text or take notes

*2021-12-12, version 3.1*

The app only lets you store bookmarks so you can’t save/highlight text for review later.

When you try to select text to save a section or take notes, most of the time it only works once then you need to restart the app.

After you select the text to take a note, it leaves a magnifying glass area over the text that won’t disappear if you select elsewhere or change the page.

### 1/5 — Cannot Login

*2021-09-05, version 3.1*

My bad for not realizing that my local bookstore has a deal with this app. Even though my phone automatically populates my login credentials, the app says “incorrect.” Apparently I bought an ebook that I cannot get to. I tried to call their help number but it’s the weekend so they are not answering. I have emailed. In a few of days maybe I’ll find out how to get to the book I wanted to start reading today.

### 1/5 — Completely unusable

*2021-08-11, version 3.1*

I cannot read the book I bought because every chapter has only the first page. The book has full pages on the desktop version but the app is completely broken. I reached out to support and was told they were working on it but haven’t seen any real progress.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2021-05-24, version 3.1*

The app is terrible. Very slow, no features for note-taking or highlighting. The one book I downloaded doesn't swipe to the next page after multiple attempts to troubleshoot. I want to support my local bookstores, but this app is not worth it. I will continue to buy physical books from them, but I can t get on board with this disastrous app.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — I stopped using the big dealer

*2020-11-02, version 3.1*

I have been using Libby & only borrowing from the library for the past few years. Now, I can buy books guiltfree & use the app! Winwin!

### 5/5 — Easy to navigate and good price

*2020-06-26, version 2.5*

Least expensive reading app I have encountered, and good for finding. less well known authors.

### 5/5 — Works Great and supports local bookstores

*2020-04-21, version 2.4*

I had no issues at all reading on the app. Was able to pick up where I left off easily. Highly recommend using this app!

### 5/5 — Support Local Bookstores

*2020-04-01, version 2.4*

Maybe this app isn't 100% perfect. But buying books this way helps your local bookstore, and that's really, really important these days.

### 5/5 — I like it

*2019-07-08, version 2.1*

I can buy books from my favorite independent sellers and read on all my devices. I'm pleased with the way it works. So far so good.

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2016-11-14, version 1.9*

Can get books from different retailers, and they are all in one app. Easy to read too.

### 4/5 — Good App

*2020-07-16, version 2.5*

I really enjoy this app. It’s a cute little app I like to use with my favourite local bookstores. There are are a few changes I would do though. There should be a list of the retailers who use this app so if your local store doesn’t have the book on this app you could get it at another store. I also think there should be slight changes just to make the app more appealing like font changes. Anyway great app I recommend.

### 4/5 — Useful, has potential.

*2020-05-18, version 2.5*

An ok basic e-reader. Text scales nicely but sometimes needs to be reset when I reopen the app.

 Dark mode setting vanished recently :( I hope it comes back soon— that’s necessary for me. 

I agree w the review who wants ability to highlight; I do that also so I can find and share quotes.

### 4/5 — Great app with great intentions!

*2020-05-10, version 2.4*

Works wonderfully on my iPad, and has a great selection of books! I wish the bookmarking feature could be updated, and there could be a feature where you're able to highlight text, because I love to take notes when I read.

### 3/5 — Room to Grow

*2021-07-18, version 3.1*

I agree with many of the other reviews that this app could use some upgrades and offer readers more useful features to be in more direct competition with Kindle’s customizable experience. Supporting my local bookstores is more important to me than having a luxurious app however, so I’m grateful such a thing exists.

I love the suggestion that other bookstores could be saved in a directory feature. I personally track my progress and cite locations in academic papers and in simply talking about books with friends,  so it would be helpful to have a way to navigate and reference locations within a book more easily. The suggestion of including a dark mode would also be nice, though I love the sepia option to lessen contrast and eye strain.

It would also be great if I could sort my library by genre or rating or some other method. I do wish my library was the home page rather than the bookstore. Adding this extra step to the navigation means waiting for a bigger page to load when I might not have a great internet connection. It slows down the whole app before I can navigate to the books I’ve downloaded.

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