# Offline Reader ! — user reviews > 322 indexed App Store user reviews of Offline Reader ! by Vijay Anand, rated 1.40/5 from 23 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/offline-reader/id411217271/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/offline-reader/id411217271.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Offline Reader !? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great for offline reading - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 💡 Useful for travel and commuting **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates - 🗑️ Lost all saved pages after updates - 💤 Slow and unresponsive at times - 📢 Intrusive ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Saved pages not loading properly - App freezing and crashing - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to organize saved pages into folders - Option to rename saved pages - Direct integration with Safari for easier saving - Offline viewing of linked pages ## Newest reviews (18 of 322) ### 3/5 — Problem with viewing of saved page *2017-10-15* I am not able to see the saved view of the pages. Whenever I click on it, it is always blank! ### 1/5 — I can't read old files पुरानी फ़ाइलें नहीं पढ़ सकते हैं *2016-09-20* I can’t read pages that saved with old versions! 昔のバージョンは良かったのに残念です。 ### 1/5 — Lost my course files *2016-09-07, version 3.2.4* Lost my course files :*(x ### 1/5 — Does not work anymore. *2016-09-05, version 3.2.4* Used to work well but now I'm unable to save documents. ### 1/5 — App is Useless *2016-08-13, version 3.2.4* After using this app for years, in a single update, you have destroyed the app's functionality and deleted all of the webpages I saved over the years. Please revert back to the old version and restore my saved webpages ### 4/5 — Offline Reader *2016-08-04* Best offline reader ever. Does what it says! Great job, keep it up! :) ### 1/5 — Do not update app unless you don't want it to work anymore *2016-08-02, version 3.2.4* Do not update app unless you want to lose all your saved data. Another very good app ruined by updating. Intrusive ads included and app no longer works properly. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2016-06-29, version 3.2.4* I usually update all the apps at once when there are upgrades available, thinking that that will make them safer and overall better. With this offline viewer, however, it erased the hundreds of webpages that I had saved over a couple of years. And after that you did another two useless "updates" that didn't change anything. All my files are still unable to be viewed. What a joke! Give my files back! The app was already working fine, why did you have to ruin it? ### 1/5 — 3 YEARS PAGES LOST!!! *2016-06-26, version 3.2.4* I've been using this for a long time of USED to be a great app...BUT...an "update" this year WIPED ALL MY SAVED!!! not only this but the interface is now useless...***AVOID*** Use the PRO instead...it's by a different developer ### 1/5 — I lost everything *2016-05-08, version 3.2.4* Please restore old version Today, one month later, I still cannot see my files. A long research gone. You destroyed your reputation as the best offline reader app. ### 1/5 — No longer useful! *2016-05-08, version 3.2.4* Lost all access to previous research and no ability to save web pages for offline reading. You can browse sites but cannot save to read later. ### 1/5 — Отстой *2016-04-22* Зачем я только обновил прогу, 2 года не обновлял, чёрт дёрнул обновить, автор полностью всё изменил, добавил рекламу. Подскажите альтернативу. ### 1/5 — App is as useful as a bump on a log *2016-04-08, version 3.2.4* Just tried to use the app to review some research. Had not opened the app since recent version update. Two years of files now lost, with no way to read them or even find their origins to re-download them. Cannot imagine what the developer was thinking in making old files inaccessible. Defeated the entire point of offline saves. ### 1/5 — Thanks a f-cking lot. *2016-04-06, version 3.2.4* Thank you for being completely and utterly worthless by UNNECESSARILY updating this app. It WAS good, but now it's a piece of garbage. What the hell drugs did you take to make you think it was a good idea to totally ruin a perfect app? ### 1/5 — I agree epwith Stash2! Please give back V. 2.2! *2016-04-01, version 3.2.4* If it aint broke, dont fix ot! This latest version is useless...functions nothing like before! This was my favorite APP before the recent version 3...I would have rated 2.2 with 100 STARS! Now all my files are gone from before...i am in STUPID GOOGLE as a home page and the Original Offline Reader interface is gone...unable to save or download the files i want to keep for offline and reference use with the various options offered previously. What i have now is just another google search engine and i already have a disdain for google's internet monolpoly on everything...they do not improve for the user, but for their own self interests...they messed up youtube too and now my favorite ipad app! PLEASE REVERT BACK TO VERSION 2.2! Save the best iPad APP i have ever used for this type of purpose! Or make it a seperate Download APP option... PLEASE REVERT BACK TO VERSION 2.2! Save the best iPad APP i have ever used for th Thanks... ### 1/5 — Didn't work. *2016-03-26, version 3.2.4* Couldn't find a way to save the web page ### 1/5 — Update screwed it up !! *2016-03-20, version 3.2.4* Since the most recent update, this app is an abomination! It has destroyed years of saved pages and has become impossible to use. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Please restore app to functionality and restore my saved webpages. ### 1/5 — Are you kidding? Thanks for ruining a good app *2016-03-17, version 3.2.1* As everyone else, who would expect an update to make all your previous file unusable? I caught it too late, I have several hundred pages that are now unreadable. Thanks for nothing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Wore out *2024-07-28, version 3.2.4* Too many intrusive advertisements. ### 1/5 — Installed, read other reviews too late! Deleted, too late *2022-08-08, version 3.2.4* Lesson here. Always read reviews, then decide. Dont do what I did unless you have nothing to lose, Like have a firewalled secured drive. But, not a useful app to me. In reading the reviews by time, looks like the good Developers left the company, or maybe all of them. Just check out the time line AND All the damage caused by new updates after certain date -come back original guys Vjay are you still there? and tell us what happened. ### 1/5 — Junk *2020-12-14, version 3.2.4* They have yet to responded to the loyal fans who made them poplar. ### 1/5 — The Worst *2020-03-30, version 3.2.4* Lost every letter every pixel ever saved. Utter trash that has hurt a lot of people. ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work *2019-02-15* Can’t open pages offline ### 1/5 — Does not work *2018-07-29, version 3.2.4* Saves links only. Does not work offline. ### 1/5 — Crapware *2017-12-20, version 3.2.4* This app works like something that is only in the testing phase. It certainly has promise but in its current form is simply crap. Pages disappear and things jus don't work as expected. The developer needs to get some help from more experienced app developers to learn what a finished app 'looks like'. How this has been able to sneak through Apple's quality assurance process is more a reflection on Apple than the developer. ### 1/5 — Do not Download *2017-10-24, version 3.2.4* When i have done saving 25 important pages and tried to open them for viewing they appear as a white page i lost my time and effort ### 1/5 — Total waste. *2017-01-25, version 3.2.4* Would not download anything. ### 1/5 — Used to love this app *2016-12-21, version 3.2.4* Before this morning I would have said this was one of my favourite apps. Unfortunately since this morning when I try and open it I get google home page and I can't find help easily. The app support pages just says error 404. Shame as I had all my Christmas recipes saved on it! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2016-07-03, version 3.2.4* For saving booms to read In a few day it great also for saving P-or-N ### 5/5 — Simple and useful *2016-06-20* Great app for everyday reading, very simple and convinient. ### 5/5 — Good *2016-03-15, version 3.2.1* Working well ### 5/5 — work fine *2015-11-28* work fine ### 5/5 — Best! *2015-10-26, version 2.2* The best. Love you guys. ### 5/5 — Great app *2015-10-05, version 2.2* Excellent for offline reading on the subway or simply when looking to save data when not on wifi. It'd be handy if there was a way to jump to Offline Reader straight from Safari. Overall works exactly as advertised - thanks! ### 5/5 — Works great, but no longer needed *2015-09-23, version 2.2* I just discovered Safari's built in Reading List function gives me offline reading since iOS 6, so this app is no longer needed for my purposes of saving articles to read later while not connected to data / in airplane mode. ### 5/5 — Offline Reader *2015-09-06, version 2.2* Thanks for this awesome app !! You saved my credit a lot !! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-08-28* Favorite app! Simple like all genius👌🏼 ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2015-06-05, version 2.2* Great app. It is exactly what I was looking for. I live off grid and often do not have as much time as I like to do my research, so this makes it easy to find stuff I want and save it for later review.. Great app ! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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