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SuperSummary: Book Summaries
📚 Education
📚 Books

Customer Experience

Positive experience47.1% of reviews
Neutral11.8% of reviews
Negative experience41.2% of reviews

~ Based on 34 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of SuperSummary. Based on 1.8K reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 11 positives and 12 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • 💰Great value for money
  • 📚Excellent for book club discussions
  • 💡Helpful for understanding complex texts
  • ✨Sensational app, worth the subscription
  • 📖Wonderful resource for plot reviews
  • 💎Goldmine of study guides
  • 🎧Audio summaries available
  • 🎯Great for creative projects
  • 🌟Game-changer for book lovers
  • 👍User-friendly app design
  • 📝Thoughtful summaries and analyses

Negative things

  • ⚠️Spoilers given away too early
  • 💸Subscription required for content
  • 🐛App loses place when switching
  • 😩Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 🔊Amateur audio recordings
  • 🤔Loaded and biased discussion questions
  • 🚫No access during trial period
  • ⏳Laggy and potentially a scam
  • 🔄Constantly logs out/sign-in issues
  • 📉Not useful for mainstream titles
  • 📄Limited PDF downloads
  • 📱Mobile site not great (pre-app)

Is SuperSummary Safe?

SuperSummary: Book Summaries appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SuperSummary is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,755 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

97.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,755 App Store ratings for SuperSummary.

Is SuperSummary Legit?

SuperSummary: Book Summaries appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SuperSummary is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Not so easy to use. I had problems in the beginning, then things improved, now the app isn’t working

Super Summary is not super smooth to use.
6008Nic6008Nic

Great value

This is the best bang for your buck summary site. My only issue is sometimes the chapter summary would give away the ending before the ending. I expect spoilers but I don’t expect it to tell me before it happens. I’m not sure why an early chapter would tell you what happens at the end.
nocheesienocheesie

Gives Away Endings

With 700 pages still to read, in Anna Karenina’s part 1 analysis, they give the ending away and instantly destroyed a lot of the fun I had reading the book. I no longer trust your app. I am finished with you.
Steve345123Steve345123

Response from developer

Hi there! Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused. Our chapter summaries are meant to be comprehensive, often clarifying implied or subtle plot points, which can sometimes include spoilers. I’ve shared your feedback with our team, and we’ll work on incorporating spoiler alerts to enhance your reading experience.

Excellent

This app is really great for book club discussions. Good questions and even good audio versions of background material.
mccrorcmccrorc

Response from developer

Thank you! We appreciate your positive review. Thanks for using SuperSummary!

Sensational

In a moment where I didn’t feel like I wouldn’t get my assignment done. This beautiful app came in and I recommend everybody download it and pay the subscription is worth it.
Ciara_5Ciara_5

Response from developer

Thank you so much, Ciara! We really appreciate your recommending us to others. Thanks for being with us!

Forgiveness

Excellent review
KrstrackKrstrack

Subscription

I’m so tired of every app requiring a subscription. I’m not paying money when i can just look up info on Google for free.
KJM 1998KJM 1998

Doesn’t keep your place

If you’re listening to a summary but swap to another app for even a minute Super Summary loses your place. Also summaries are chunked in huge sections (you can’t just listen to one chapter summary, so if you just want to recap chapter 7 for example, you have to scroll through 10 chapters of audio summaries searching for what you want).
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Qwe46tgbh1Qwe46tgbh1

Response from developer

Hi there! Thanks for calling this out. Our team is actively working on improvements to the audio experience, including better progress saving and navigation, so it’s easier to jump to the chapter you want. Thanks for your feedback!

please offer light mode!!

love this app but i only use in browser bc dark mode gives me migraines
rachdrakerachdrake

Difficult to cancel account

Took several emails to Customer service to cancel my account. Decent summaries but would have like more detail.
Do not recommend.
Jr123456Jr123456

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear about the difficulty you experienced when trying to cancel your account, as that’s certainly not the experience we want for our readers. If you’re open to it, please feel free to email us at support@supersummary.com so we can better understand what happened and see if there’s anything we can do to make this right. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience!

Decent

I found this after deciding to read Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’. I needed help since I have processing and comprehension issues, especially reading old language like this. The app has been helpful, but something that grinds my gears is when I exit the app, then when I return, it has exited out of where I was when I left the app. This is a huge pet peeve of mine, whether in this app or other apps. If I wanted to leave where I am currently, I would leave. The chapter summaries have been helpful, especially clarifying things that are confusing with the old language and some dialects of some peripheral characters, but which are germane to the story.

Also, an integrated dictionary would be helpful so one does not have to switch between this app and another one.

Minor things. I still recommend the app as it’s got more things going for it than not.
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Existential PunkExistential Punk

Response from developer

Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed feedback. We really appreciate you taking the time to call this out. Our team is actively working on improvements to the mobile app, including smoother navigation and better progress saving so it’s easier to pick up right where you left off. We’ve also shared your excellent suggestion for an in app dictionary with the team. Thanks again for your feedback, and we hope you stick around to see these and other improvements roll out.

Great Content - Amature Audio Recordings

I use this app as a companion to the notes I take and highlights I make on books I’m reading or have read. It’s a great app; however, the audio versions of the guides are poorly done in many instances with very many distractions in varying audio levels, audio clipping, and splicing issues when editing the files. Listen to the Red Rising audio for examples of this. A bit too “amateur” for how well everything else is done on this app.
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TJ11049TJ11049

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback! We hear your concerns around audio quality, and our team is actively planning improvements to the audio experience so it better matches the quality of the rest of the app. Thanks for using SuperSummary, and we look forward to delivering a smoother audio experience ahead.

Loaded questions

I spent about 10 mins in this website before it was obvious the questions are heavily loaded. The way the generated questions are asked removed the possibility of kids thinking for themselves by already embedding moral undertones. For example, in Amos Fortune Free Man, instead of recognizing the time period in which the book was written AND the main character’s own viewpoint, the questions not-so-subtly accuse the author of racism and sexism. However wrong slavery was and is (and it is), it can’t be denied that Amos Fortune’s experience was not 100% terrible, and in fact HE saw it as the hand of God in writing his own story. He maintained the outlook that there was a hand of providence over all of his life, and that is overlooked by the way some of the summaries and questions are posed.
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HM middle school teacherHM middle school teacher

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback, HM. We appreciate you calling out your concerns around this specific title. We’ve shared it with our team for review, as we’re always working to ensure our materials encourage thoughtful, balanced engagement. Thank you for sharing your perspective, and we appreciate you taking the time to help us improve.

Horrible do not recommend

Super summary apparently needs you to pay $36 a month to see some stuff about a book when you could literally look anywhere else gor free. DO NOT RECOMMEND
ItzDr3amzItzDr3amz

Response from developer

Thanks for spending time with SuperSummary! While free resources are useful for quick answers, our mission is different: We combine innovative tools with long-standing, close-reading expertise to provide analysis and insight that go far beyond a summary. Readers tell us this depth and accuracy make a meaningful difference. We hope you'll give our subscription a try!

Wonderful resource

I belong to a book club and often ot selects a book that I have read many months before. SuperSummarygives a wonderful plot review and great insights that refresh my memory. It’s an invaluable resource.
Mclay16375Mclay16375

Response from developer

That’s wonderful to hear. We’re so glad our resources are making it easier for you to jump back into book club discussions without having to reread the entire book. Thanks for using SuperSummary!

Not so easy to use

Super Summary is not super smooth to use.
6008Nic6008Nic

A goldmine of content.

SuperSummary is a goldmine of study guides for such a large library of books. I tend to focus on classics in both literature and philosophy but I’ve been surprised to find more recent fiction and non-fiction books as well which makes this service that much more valuable. I have to emphasize that the subscription fee is far more economical than services that offer less content such as Blinkist which charges an arm and a leg for mere summaries of books that last no more than 33 mins (my personal experience) at the most whereas the shorter study guides with SuperSummary are no less than 1 hour (that I’ve come across so far at least) with an average of 2 hours. SuperSummary is an incredible service that I am so thankful to have found.
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LeoTheTenthLeoTheTenth

The App Keeps Glitching

After spending $36 for the app, I expect it to work. It keeps wanting me to sign-up for the app. When I go to load a summary, it locks up. I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app but still having issues.
OmahaNikOmahaNik

Response from developer

Hi there, We're so sorry to hear that you’re having trouble accessing your account after making a payment. We'd be happy to look into this and get it sorted for you. Please email us at support@supersummary.com and mention that you wrote this review. We’ll make sure you get access to everything you've paid for. Looking forward to helping you! Best, The SuperSummary Support Team

Super helpful

Great app to gain prepare myself for my book club meetings. I love that it has audio summaries which allows me to listen while I’m at the gym
KCSLopesKCSLopes

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing! We love hearing that SuperSummary is supporting your book club prep, and we’re especially glad the audio version has been a convenient option for you as well. Happy reading!

Can’t even read the book I want

I go to sign up cause I see it on the browser too pick and when I sign up and look for a book I can’t even scroll down 1 second without it saying I need to sign up so dumb! I really wanted to ready one book but can’t without signing up for 3 months!??!
HimothyjrthegodjrHimothyjrthegodjr

Response from developer

Hi there! We’re sorry for the inconvenience. While there’s a lot of content you can explore for free—like our plot summaries, book briefs, and previews of each Study Guide—the majority of our premium content is available only through a paid subscription. That said, we do offer five full Study Guides from a variety of genres that are completely free to read, and you can find them on our Subscribe page. If you're interested in subscribing but cost is a concern, we’d be happy to help—please reach out to support@supersummary.com to ask about a discount. And just so you know, all subscriptions come with a 7-day money-back guarantee if you’re not satisfied. Thanks for checking us out!