# PubMed Hub — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of PubMed Hub by Omelette, Inc, rated 4.60/5 from 337 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pubmed-hub/id1222331895/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pubmed-hub/id1222331895.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 266 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of PubMed Hub? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great resource for research - 👍 Easy to use for finding articles - 👍 Smooth and clean interface - 👍 Accessible research papers - 👍 Informative and reliable - 👍 Useful app design - 👍 Great for students - 👍 Access to entire PubMed database - 👍 Love the info about oils **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes frequently - 🐛 App is too glitchy - 🐛 Cannot save articles - 🐛 Swiping is too sensitive - 🐛 Slow and buffers for a long time - 🐛 No access to articles after update - 🐛 Error messages upon opening - 🐛 Search not authorized - 🐛 Cannot figure out publication date - 🐛 Ads kill the mood - 🐛 Cannot access PDF through full text links - 🐛 Traffic from amazon.com and google.com **Commonly reported bugs** - App periodically crashes when tapping on an article - JSON doesn't download - Registration bug: password pop-up - No access to articles/Error messages: JSON could not be serialized - Search not authorized - Cannot save articles - Swiping is too sensitive - Slow and buffers for a long time - Zero access to saved articles and search history after update - Cannot log in on iPad: screen does not respond - Cannot figure out the date of publication for any abstract - Doesn’t even stay open. Crashes often. - Keeps on crashing - Cannot access the pdf through the full text links? Nothing happens when I click on them? **Most requested features** - Ability to access PDF full text - Fix traffic from amazon.com and google.com ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 2/5 — Crashes frequently *2020-08-19* Good layout, quick access to abstracts, but crashes frequently requiring a complete re-start on your research. ### 2/5 — Super glitchy *2020-08-17* It’s great to have this as an app, but the app is too glitchy to work. You can’t save articles, you click on the heart icon and nothing happens, swiping is too sensitive, it’s slow and buffers for a long time, etc. ### 2/5 — PubMed is great, the update was not *2020-07-26* I used to like this app but ever since the last update I haven’t been able to get into it. I finally created an account, as that seemed to be the issue, only to still have zero access to all the articles I had saved and my previous search history. ### 3/5 — Layout nice but full text? *2019-04-24* The layout seems nice, seems to find all the same articles as on the web site - however is there a way to access the pdf through the full text links? Nothing happens when I click on them? ### 2/5 — Not worth it *2018-09-13* The app is really cool. You have access to the entire PubMed database. The only issue is that the app continually crashes and has ads that really kill the mood. If you can get past those two issues then this app is incredible! Just not my cup of tea. **Developer response:** Thank you for your valuable comments We already fixed many bugs recently Please check our app and consider your rating Also, we just generate small revenue by ads, however, you can certainly buy this app to remove ads from the app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Json doesn't download *2022-04-16* So there's no way to read the data. I deleted, reinstalled, etc, AND no customer support for reporting this. So, 1* cuz it doesn't work. ### 1/5 — Registration bug *2021-06-03* When I try to register, there is a bug. I inappropriately get asked for a password in a pop-up window as soon as I am done entering my info and click on REGISTER. ### 1/5 — No access to articles/Error messages *2021-05-28* Loved this app and accessibility to articles. I would read articles while waiting to pick my daughter up from school or when riding in the car. However, since the latest update I haven’t been able to access anything or search anything. I keep getting a pop up message as soon as I open the app that says “JSON could not be serialized because of an error: the data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format.” Does this happen to anyone else? I would have originally given 5 stars but since I can’t retrieve anything, even articles I’ve saved, I’ll give it one star until it’s fixed. ### 1/5 — “Search not authorized” *2020-09-14* If I can’t search a term that I can search on the normal website it’s useless ### 1/5 — Can’t even log in on iPad *2020-07-24* I have an account, but the log in screen does not respond to Done or Enter, nor does it scroll to an OK or Enter button. Hello? ### 1/5 — Dates? *2020-02-25* I can’t figure out the date of publication for any abstract. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-02-02* Doesn’t even stay open. Crashes often. **Developer response:** This app working in all iPhones n iPads perfectly ### 1/5 — Don *2019-10-13, version 4.9* Keeps on crashing ### 2/5 — Small Window into Real Science *2024-12-23* I wish the app didn’t send traffic from amazon.com and google.com ### 2/5 — Buggy *2022-09-07, version 6.3* Great research app. However, the application will periodically crash when tapping on an article, over and over. Usually it's just the one article that crashes the program. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2020-07-15* So useful. Great resource for research. ### 5/5 — Great research app *2020-06-28, version 5.1* This is a great research app that I will surely be using for all my science research papers. It is very easy to use with a simple keyword and you will find articles, journals and everything we you need to know about that keyword. Subscription is affordable as well! ### 5/5 — Love this app *2020-06-28, version 5.1* This app is a game changer for students working tirelessly on there medical research projects, audio makes it easier to understand some of the More complex topics ### 5/5 — Great! *2020-06-28, version 5.1* Extremely Helpful! Very smooth and clean. No issues so far. ### 5/5 — Useful *2020-06-28, version 5.1* Pretty good app, the research papers are very accessible. ### 5/5 — Informative and reliable! *2020-06-28, version 5.1* This app is really helpful!! ### 5/5 — Great app design *2020-06-27, version 5.1* Extremely useful app, I really liked the search function as well. The news articles are also very helpful. ### 5/5 — Great recourses *2020-06-26, version 5.1* its great for students as they would never run out of material ### 5/5 — Moon *2019-09-13* Love the info about oils ### 4/5 — Great *2020-06-28, version 5.1* Great app for students very useful! --- *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.*