# SuperSummary: Book Summaries — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of SuperSummary by SuperSummary, rated 4.80/5 from 2,004 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/supersummary-book-summaries/id6470153387/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/supersummary-book-summaries/id6470153387.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,819 · 4★ 128 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of SuperSummary? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💰 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 **Cons** - ⚠️ 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) **Commonly reported bugs** - Chapter summary gives away ending prematurely - App loses place when switching apps - Audio recordings have technical issues (clipping, splicing) - App glitches, asks to sign up after purchase - Cannot scroll down without being prompted to sign up - Trial period offers no access - App confirms subscription for too long - App constantly logs out and has sign-in loops - Limited PDF downloads per period - Free version doesn't show difference **Most requested features** - Offer light mode - Integrated dictionary - More mainstream and current titles - Warning before spoilers ## Newest reviews (11 of 36) ### 2/5 — Not so easy to use. I had problems in the beginning, then things improved, now the app isn’t working *2026-06-17, version 1.20.0* Super Summary is not super smooth to use. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t keep your place *2026-01-29* 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). **Developer response:** 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! ### 4/5 — please offer light mode!! *2026-01-09, version 1.15.1* love this app but i only use in browser bc dark mode gives me migraines ### 3/5 — Difficult to cancel account *2025-12-11, version 1.14.1* Took several emails to Customer service to cancel my account. Decent summaries but would have like more detail. Do not recommend. ### 4/5 — Decent *2025-12-06, version 1.14.1* 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. ### 3/5 — Great Content - Amature Audio Recordings *2025-12-04, version 1.14.1* 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. ### 2/5 — Loaded questions *2025-10-29, version 1.12.0* 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. ### 4/5 — Fantastic but beware of spoilers *2025-01-31, version 1.8.0* I love the content of these book summaries! They’re well written and well thought out. The chapter summaries and analysis are awesome! I like to read fantasy series which can be a lot of information, so this app helps make it more digestible and elevate the reading experience. However, I’ve noted a couple of occasions where a spoiler is provided. I know that they are intentionally provided as context to understand the overall plot, but I would prefer to not have them. ### 3/5 — Not very useful for the average person *2025-01-18, version 1.7.3* Maybe I’m not using this app the way teachers or students do but I usually don’t have time to read an entire book but I really want the relevant information. every time I see a book recommendation on a podcast or recommended by someone in conversation, I go here to search but its rarely listed. I have found Only 2 books so far so it would be great if there were more mainstream and current titles offered. ### 5/5 — Great tool for deep-dives into books. *2024-11-26, version 1.7.3* Supper Summary has been an essential tool for my creative project centered on books and literary discussions. Its insightful summaries and analyses significantly enhance my ability to craft engaging discussion frameworks. ### 2/5 — 😑 *2024-09-26, version 1.6.0* Using this for personal use to catch up on a book series. However 9.95 per month is more then the ebook I bought . No thanks ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Gives Away Endings *2026-04-11, version 1.17.2* 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. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2026-02-13, version 1.15.5* 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. ### 1/5 — Horrible do not recommend *2025-08-25, version 1.10.1* 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 ### 1/5 — The App Keeps Glitching *2025-04-15, version 1.9.2* 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. ### 1/5 — Can’t even read the book I want *2025-03-25, version 1.9.2* 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!??! ### 1/5 — No Access during trial period *2025-01-17, version 1.7.3* How do I access the site during the trial period? It keeps wanting me to sign up again. Very frustrating! ### 1/5 — ASAP! Laggy & a scam ? *2024-12-12, version 1.7.3* I used it once with a trial and it worked but the second time i downloaded it and bought a subscription it keeps telling me it’s confirming it for over 5 minutes with no result yet it has taken my money. I want this to be fixed as i need it asap. Either that or a full refund. ### 1/5 — Fix the sign-in option *2024-12-06, version 1.7.3* App constantly logs me out and can’t even sign in without being thrown in an endless loops. ### 1/5 — SPOILERS without warning! *2024-10-03, version 1.7.0* Someone told me to try this site when reading books with lots of characters as it has a list you can refer to to remember who is who as you’re reading. I searched for the book I’m currently reading and as I’m scrolling down to search for the characters the summary pops up. The first line of the summary completely spoils the book I just started! I’m so angry and disappointed in this. If you’re checking this out for the same reason as me then beware and keep your own notes. Not worth it to have the book spoiled right off the bat! There should be a warning. 🤬 ### 1/5 — Stopped me from downloading a pdf *2024-09-02, version 1.4.0* Apparently, you can only download a few summaries per six months because I have been blocked even though I paid to download the summaries. I read, at minimum, a summary each day and download them in advance. Now, it’s been a month and I still can not download PDFs. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mood Readers Rejoice! And if your memory isn’t what it used to be *2026-07-07, version 1.21.0* Several times I have started a behemoth of a book and paused partway through- only to unpause over a year later without realizing how time had flown. In those cases, SuperSummary had been tremendous! It saves me many hours that I would (maybe) spend re-reading but also allows me to finish books I would otherwise just DNF! Even if you enjoyed a book, it’s a tough pill to swallow to spend hours just refreshing your memory. ### 5/5 — Thorough summaries *2026-07-06, version 1.21.0* I run a few book clubs as a librarian. And sometimes I don’t have time to read as in-depth as I would like. This is where SuperSummary comes in; it allows me to really understand a book, analyze, create my own discussion, questions, and character analysis without having to spend hours upon hours on this singular task. And if I don’t have time to finish a book, I look it up on SuperSummary so I can still lead the discussion with confidence. ### 5/5 — Great value *2026-05-18, version 1.17.3* 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. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-03-26, version 1.17.0* This app is really great for book club discussions. Good questions and even good audio versions of background material. ### 5/5 — Sensational *2026-03-20, version 1.17.0* 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. ### 5/5 — Forgiveness *2026-02-28, version 1.15.5* Excellent review ### 5/5 — Wonderful resource *2025-06-27, version 1.9.2* 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. ### 5/5 — Not so easy to use *2025-06-23, version 1.9.2* Super Summary is not super smooth to use. ### 5/5 — A goldmine of content. *2025-04-26* 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. ### 5/5 — Super helpful *2025-04-02* 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 **Developer response:** 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! --- *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 2026-09-10.*