# ReadBay: Book Summaries — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of ReadBay by Bange Sabastine Hwonyi, rated 4.80/5 from 256 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readbay-book-summaries/id6499073338/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readbay-book-summaries/id6499073338.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 225 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of ReadBay? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Informative and easy to follow - 👍 Smooth listening experience - 👍 Broad library of titles - 👍 Allows reading or listening - 👍 User-friendly interface - 👍 Great book selection - 👍 Helpful for busy lives **Cons** - 🐛 Usability issues when multitasking - 🐛 Audiobook restarts from beginning - 🔒 Lack of transparency (broken links, no contact info) - 👎 Limited book recommendations - 👎 Needs more book options and larger selection **Commonly reported bugs** - Purchased lifetime subscription not accessible on new device - Identical summaries for different books **Most requested features** - Support for French books - Ability to share summaries to Kindle - More language options (e.g., Chinese) ## Newest reviews (16 of 70) ### 4/5 — Rabat: Books Summaries *2025-10-16, version 2.0.0* Brilliant app with plenty of choices something for everyone. ### 4/5 — Excellent *2025-10-16, version 2.0.0* Great response ### 5/5 — Atomic Habits *2025-02-15, version 1.2.1* Informational and easy to follow. Very thought producing and helpful. ### 4/5 — Promising, but Needs Polishing *2024-11-22, version 1.7.1* ReadBay positions itself as a promising alternative to Audible, delivering a solid selection of audiobooks for users to enjoy. The app offers a broad library of titles spanning various genres, and in terms of functionality, when everything works as intended, the listening experience is smooth and enjoyable. However, some glaring issues hold ReadBay back from fully competing with its rivals. One of the most frustrating aspects of the app is its usability when multitasking. If you navigate away from the currently playing audiobook (to browse the library or use another function), there is no indication anywhere on the screen that your audiobook is still playing. Even worse, when you return to your audiobook, it restarts from the beginning instead of resuming where you left off. This creates unnecessary friction for users — especially for those who want a seamless, uninterrupted listening experience. Additionally, there are some concerning oversights on the administrative front. The link to the app's terms and conditions redirects to a site that doesn’t exist, which raises questions about transparency and accountability. On top of that, there’s no developer contact information available within the app, making it difficult to reach out for support or feedback — an essential feature for any app. That said, ReadBay's core function — its audiobook playback — works well overall, and the app provides access to an impressive variety of titles. For listeners who value selection and don’t mind the rough edges, ReadBay is a decent option. However, for ReadBay to truly compete with established platforms like Audible, it will need to address usability issues, improve its transparency, and provide better support for its users. Bottom Line: ReadBay has potential, but it’s still a work in progress. ### 5/5 — This app allows me 10-15 minutes of ‘me’ time *2024-08-27, version 1.6.9* This app allows me 10-15 minutes of ‘my’ time each morning to reflect and learn. I recommend ### 5/5 — Read, Listen and Learn *2024-07-23, version 1.6.6* This gives decent summaries of books. It’s a quick way to decide if you want the full book or if the summary gives all that you want. Quickly weed through the “fluff”. ### 4/5 — An app everyone should have. *2024-07-06, version 1.6.6* Worthy companion. ### 5/5 — Read or listen podcast style *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* It is a very handy postcast style book summary that preview the actions from the books. It is soo easy to digest and clear to follow. You can either read or listen. I have completed so many and I feel powerful and informed on the books I am interested. Recommended ### 5/5 — Great summerize! *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Little of 15 minutes lot of info. ### 5/5 — Great Summaries *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Well done with great summaries that provide plenty of useful information and allow you to easily see if you want to read the whole book. ### 5/5 — Great App for reading. *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Provide a wonderful reading experience and help me to grow on various knowledge. Excellent! ### 5/5 — 棒呆了😎 *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* 真的不錯！推薦 ### 5/5 — Good *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Good ### 5/5 — Thanks *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Thank you for creating such an app to enhance the experience. ### 5/5 — Great titles to pick from *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* Great app, has a lot of variety, something for everyone ### 5/5 — travelker_2926 *2024-07-04, version 1.6.4* رائع ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — AI Summaries - nothing to learn from *2025-10-16, version 2.0.0* App positions itself as a learning tool - but the summaries just inform you of what the books roughly try to teach you - without actually informing you of HOW to do anything. Completely useless tbh. ### 1/5 — I had lifetime and now it’s asking to pay *2025-06-20, version 1.2.2* Can someone help me with this ### 1/5 — You’re messed up *2024-06-06, version 1.6.0* I probably would’ve gave you a four or five rating but no you had to ask me just as soon as I got my subscription set up didn’t even have it not one chance to use it yet so here’s your review… One star just because you got too big of a hurry and didn’t have a chance to even do anything in the app so here’s your review and you just that’s all you’re gonna get UPDATE: from about 10 minutes ago I was looking through your books and if you endorse books like the books from the Obamas, then you can forget about me. I’m out of here. I can’t support app that will endorse those two so have fun, but not with me ### 1/5 — Bah, it's all self-help. *2024-06-04, version 1.6.0* No self-help for me please. I prefer literature. ### 2/5 — Selection limited *2026-06-11, version 2.0.1* Was looking for some books on animal health particularly one by Dr. Karen Becker called a Furever dog. how about increasing the variety of topics? It’s like the same topic with a different book cover on every book you offer ### 2/5 — Good but needs more book options *2024-08-19, version 1.6.9* Really like the app but I don’t like the recommendation is limited and are books I’ve read before. I’d much rather pick my own books. Really need more options and larger selection. Look forward to changes ### 2/5 — No support *2024-06-06, version 1.6.0* I purchased lifetime product but when I. Hanged phones cannot access the purchased option anymore ### 2/5 — Bad experience *2024-06-04, version 1.6.0* Always stoped at rating and review page, I can’t reading anything. ### 3/5 — Good. Will be better soon *2024-07-03, version 1.6.4* I’ve read a few books of this type recently and searched them on this app. Only 1/5 it found. Also share to Kindle is unsupported at the moment. Reading the summary on your kindle would be better than on phone. Other than that, it’s great ### 3/5 — Nearly identical summaries!! *2024-07-03, version 1.6.4* Guess what? I listen to two books about marketing one is the ultimate sales letter and the other one is marketing made simple and I’ve discovered that the summaries are nearly identical. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it. *2025-10-26, version 2.0.1* Great for quick summaries ### 5/5 — Lin *2025-10-17, version 2.0.0* Lin ### 5/5 — Great read live start from here. *2025-10-17, version 2.0.0* Great read live start from here. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-10-17, version 2.0.0* Thank you! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-10-17* Thanks. Highly recommended ### 5/5 — Just started *2025-10-17, version 2.0.0* So far it is ok- I just downloaded the app ### 5/5 — Looks like an opportunity to grow *2025-10-16* Looks good will definitely give it a go. Could take me into new territory. 👍😎 ### 5/5 — Just for kicks *2025-10-16* Gave 5 stars just because because of the crazy angry dudes review. 😀. Will try this app later. Thanks ### 5/5 — Top notch *2025-08-20, version 1.3.0* This app is so awesome and complete and helps me get through so many reads! Thank you ### 5/5 — Lots of Helpful Summaries *2025-04-28, version 1.2.2* So far, I’ve read a half dozen book summaries. It’s been very insightful to get various perspectives in 20 minutes on average. Highly recommended. --- *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 2026-07-10.*