# PubMed PMC Bookshelf Search — user reviews

> 18 indexed App Store user reviews of PubMed PMC Bookshelf Search by FugaPiyo Inc., rated 4.20/5 from 181 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pubmed-pmc-bookshelf-search/id1523851247/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pubmed-pmc-bookshelf-search/id1523851247.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 130 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 26

## Newest reviews (4 of 18)

### 1/5 — Huh?

*2022-04-06*

Can’t figure out how to search

### 1/5 — PubMed app

*2021-09-29, version 1.0.9*

Website is great, but this app is the most user unfriendly I have come across. Terrible, frankly, useable.

### 1/5 — Unusable

*2021-08-04, version 1.0.9*

An unusable app

### 1/5 — Not useful

*2020-10-04*

Lots of adds but no researchable articles... just a steady stream of articles without focus

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 아니무슨 광고가 이렇게 많아

*2025-11-03*

학술어플에 왠 광고가 이렇게 많아 ㅡㅡ 못써먹겠음

### 1/5 — Effectively useless

*2025-09-24*

Sorting and filtering results is needlessly difficult. In the time it takes me I can just find an actual computer.

### 1/5 — What is this GenBank knock-off?

*2023-11-05*

Not sure if this clunky app the official app for GenBank. Ad every time I open it. Should look just like GenBank rather than a poor overly complex copy

### 1/5 — Horrible to search

*2023-05-12*

Horrible to search

### 1/5 — A poor copy

*2022-12-15*

Get the original app - PubMed On Tap, this one just tries to copy the idea, and does it poorly. For example, compare the EZProxy example in the settings screen, it’s a word-for-word copy.

### 1/5 — Not intuitive to use

*2022-12-04*

Not user friendly. Needs some work so that it’s easy to search and view results

### 1/5 — 検索語が入力出来ない

*2022-07-30*

検索語が入力出来ない

### 1/5 — Don’t Bother

*2022-07-26*

I agree. The search doesn’t even work Apple lets this app on their website?

### 1/5 — 単語で検索できない

*2022-06-26*

検索語を入力することができず、カテゴリーでしか検索できないゴミアプリです。

### 1/5 — Couldn’t get it to work

*2022-06-21*

Couldn’t figure it out. Never even ran a search

## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Ads are too much

*2023-12-28*

It should be easy to exit an ad.  These ads pop up and are hard to leave.

### 5/5 — Music therapy

*2023-01-04*

I thank PUBMED for my darkened last night and the other one worked since 2001 (19 years ago) to perform music therapy style for pain medication and then I started using it for three days this week. My name. My age. Stéphane. Thxs.

### 5/5 — Well-designed research tool. Great search!

*2022-03-11, version 1.1.2*

Remarkable app for research and bookmarking of studies of interest

### 4/5 — Wonderful App. UI needs improvement

*2022-07-29*

Once you follow the instructions from the PubMed website and enable easyproxy, the search engine works well. The UI needs to become more user friendly though. I had to figure out how the search function works through trial and error. Perhaps a clearer search bar would help.

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