Perlego: Books & Textbooks appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Perlego is 93 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Perlego User Reviews

Name: Perlego: Books & Textbooks
Rating: 4.5 (1137 reviews)

Perlego: Books & Textbooks

Perlego Ltd.

📚 Education

📚 Books

Customer Experience

Positive experience38.0% of reviews

Neutral17.4% of reviews

Negative experience44.6% of reviews

~ Based on 258 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Perlego. Based on 1.1K reviews and a 4.5/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Books app.

Positive things

🚀Great selection of books
💡Affordable subscription model
👍Convenient access to content
👍Useful note-taking and highlighting features
👍Read-aloud functionality

Negative things

🐛Buggy app performance
🔋High battery consumption
👎Clunky user interface
👎Lack of essential features (e.g. page numbers, search within books)
👎Inconsistent syncing between app and website

Is Perlego Safe?

Perlego: Books & Textbooks appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Perlego is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 1,137 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

86.5% of ratings point to a safe experience

3.6% of ratings suggest some concerns

9.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,137 App Store ratings for Perlego.

Is Perlego Legit?

Perlego: Books & Textbooks appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Perlego is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Double Subscription!!

THEY OFFER YOU A LOW ANUAL RATE TO GET YOU….. AND THEN A HIGH MONTHLY RATE TO ACCESS EDUCATIONAL BOOKS !!!

Michaelpoissenot

a month ago

Super useful

Perlego has been really useful for my A-level studies with so many available books.

Ryxnd

2 months ago

PDF reader is somewhat lacking

Someone else has mentioned poor/no support for pinch zoom in PDF documents, which I agree with. The inability to switch between vertical scrolling and horizontal paging also seems odd. But worst of all, there currently seems to be no find-in-book functionality (that I can find). I see that exists on the web app, so presumably the possibility exists; I hope it can be rolled out to the app itself.

Crossword.bob

3 months ago

Disappointed

Too much potential and matching disappointment. 48 hours for response on trouble shooting issues not even to solve the problem but they had no problem collecting my money up front immediately.

Psalmos144

3 months ago

Impossible to cancel subscription

There website constantly crashes and there’s no option in the app to cancel it. Awful company

That guy who rates stufd

5 months ago

Lack of payment options for Indian users.

I am not able to pay through my credit card, probably because it’s charging 0 GBP instead of rupees. Don’t have a PayPal option either.

GopalS0826

5 months ago

Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for letting us know! We're sorry for the frustration this payment issue has caused! It sounds like there might be a mismatch between your account's regional settings and your payment method. Regarding PayPal, while it is a supported method globally, its availability can sometimes vary based on regional restrictions. Please email us at help@perlego.com so we can look into this further for you. Our team can help verify your region settings and find a solution so you can access the library! All the best, The Perlego Team 📚

Great selection of books

lots of academic books and editorials variety

Elias Diamond

5 months ago

Worst App for the money

Just not worth the money and the product is of zero value. Never again.

Edwashere

6 months ago

Not very user friendly

Quite difficult to scroll, zoom in, zoom out, and highlight on mobile

apc1997

6 months ago

Worked well until recently

This app worked great until recently. There is now trouble with the functions of the app like highlighting and taking notes which have made it frustrating.

Ggtrrdhkougb

6 months ago

tlqkf 한국에서 쓰라는 거야 말라는 거야

어플 자체가 안 써지잖아 장난하는 것도 아니고

아기공주쿵야

7 months ago

Response from developer

안녕하세요, 이런 일이 발생했다니 정말 죄송합니다. 이는 저희가 제공하고자 하는 경험이 절대 아닙니다. 특히 책에 접속하려는 상황에서 앱이 제대로 작동하지 않으면 얼마나 답답하실지 이해합니다. 저희가 이 문제를 자세히 확인해 최대한 빠르게 해결해 드리고 싶습니다. 기기 모델명과 앱 버전, 그리고 어떤 문제가 발생하고 있는지에 대한 간단한 설명을 적어 help@perlego.com 으로 연락해 주세요. 확인 후 신속히 도와드리겠습니다. 곧 소식 기다리겠습니다. 퍼레고 팀 📚

Could use a lot of improvement

Great content but the mobile and iPad apps don’t allow searching within books or copy/pasting even just a little bit, which is really annoying when you just want to copy a short quotation into your paper or the title of a reference so you can look it up. Given that it’s a digital format these things ought to be possible, otherwise other than ease of access it’s not really that much more convenient than a paper book in a lot of ways, without the benefit of being easier to physically pick up and flick through.

Bil6.0

7 months ago

Response from developer

Hi there, Thank you for such a thoughtful and detailed review! You’re absolutely right that, at the moment, copy/paste isn’t supported within the mobile and iPad apps. We understand how important it is to quickly grab short quotations or reference titles when working on assignments, and we know that limitation can make research feel less seamless than it should. Feedback like yours helps us prioritize improvements, especially around study workflows and usability on mobile devices. If you’d ever like to share more detail about how you’re using Perlego for your papers, we’d love to hear more, feel free to reach out to us at help@perlego.com

How can i pay for it in KOREA

I found a digital library subscription site called Perlego, but I’m having trouble subscribing from South Korea. Even after updating my Visa card details and trying PayPal, the payment won't go through. Why is this happening, and what steps can I take to successfully subscribe?

swort89

7 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for letting us know! We’re sorry to hear you’ve been having trouble subscribing from South Korea. That definitely shouldn’t be happening, and we’d love to take a closer look as payment issues can sometimes be related to bank security checks, regional restrictions, or verification blocks. Please email us at help@perlego.com with the error message you’re seeing and we’ll help you get this sorted.

Not bad

It would be a lot better if the text to speech picked up where you left off.

hhahshdhdhdhx

8 months ago

Everything is unavailable :(

Paid subscription fee for access, but most of the textbooks that I’m interested in are unavailable (cardiology at present; reason I think is distribution rights - I’m based in Australia). The availability should be made clearer pre-subscription/purchase. I can’t even filter by availability so I have to individually check each textbook in a search to find out whether it’s available in the first place. Very disappointing.

raeyndrops

8 months ago

Response from developer

Hi there, Thanks for taking the time to share this feedback! You’re right that some titles are unavailable in certain regions due to publisher distribution rights, and we’re actively working on improving visibility around regional availability. We’d be happy to check specific titles with you and help clarify availability, please feel free to reach out to us at help@perlego.com. Best, The Perlego Team 📚

Great Idea - Needs Refining Urgently

Perlego is a brilliant idea. Having a vast array of often very expensive books at your fingertips for a reasonable fee is superb. The app however is not. It appears they are just hosting the web version on the app and so it’s very slow. The assistive reader is a priceless feature allowing one to really ‘lock in’ - I use it all the time to shut out distractions. Again, however, it is woefully glitchy and sometimes doesn’t load. Once the app is improved, 5 stars it will be.

igivenomonkeys

9 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for taking the time to share this — we’re really glad you approve of the concept and are finding our Reader helpful for staying focused. We’re genuinely sorry about the app experience, though. Unreliable loading can be very disruptive to anyone's learning experience, and we appreciate you calling it out so clearly. If you’re open to it, we’d love to hear more from you and look further into your experience. Please do email help@perlego.com if so. We’re actively working on app improvements and stability fixes, and feedback like yours helps us prioritise the changes that matter most. Thanks again — we’re aiming to earn that 5th star.

Great service

I like Perlego for its two subscription tiers, with the higher one giving broad access across many fields. Smart Search makes it easy to find the exact content, I don’t need to dig through titles or tables of contents. It’s a great platform, though I personally prefer the web version so I don’t have to download books.

Mgl123Xyz

10 months ago

Must have resource!!!

This app given you access to millions of books! As a graduate student I can access lots of great material for research papers. Many times my required texts are available in the app saving me money on text books. Many of the books have an audible version. 100% worth the subscription.

Clifftorres

10 months ago

Need update on live activities

Hello, i would like to give a suggestion; it will be really nice if you can activate the live activities feature (such as iphone’s timer) because i am reading in between my rest sessions at the gym. This update will be of a tremendous help; thanks for the great app!

humanfirst09

10 months ago

Awesome content for a practicing professional!

Great content to stay on top of the latest technical topics in my profession. I recommend the annual subscription. Some minor bugs on formatting the text with some publications.

Joarmit