# TumbleBooks

> Digital children's book library access for TumbleBookLibrary subscribers. (iPhone/iPad app by TumbleBooks Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tumblebooks/id998074198 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TumbleBooks Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/342957359)
- Category: Education, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.43/5 from 14 App Store ratings · 93 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2016-12-21
- Data updated: 2026-07-21
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tumblebooks/id998074198/reviews.md

## What is TumbleBooks?

Access your school or library's TumbleBookLibrary subscription from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the new TumbleBooksToGo app!

TumbleBookLibrary subscribers can download and install the app on all of their devices! They'll be signed in for months with a single sign-on per device! All you need is a device and an internet connection.

No more time wasted in helping a whole class of four-year-olds signs in! Now everyone can access it with a single tap!

No more worry that your kids might navigate away from TumbleBookLibrary in the open internet browser! The TumbleBookLibrary app works like our mobile site and is entirely self-contained.

It's simple to install, simple to use, and available to all subscribers!

Please get in touch with your school/library for a username/password.

## Key features

- Access TumbleBookLibrary subscription
- Single sign-on for multiple devices
- Self-contained reading environment
- Easy installation and use
- Offline access (implied by single sign-on for months)

## What do users think of TumbleBooks?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 😊 Wonderful stories and playlists
- 👍 Great app for kids
- 👍 Amazing service
- 👍 Superb and convenient access
- 👍 Great content collection
- 👍 Beautiful idea for an app

**Cons**

- 🐛 Login problems
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Books not loading
- 🐛 Poor user interface
- 🐛 Content removed
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Not user-friendly
- 🐛 Low quality app
- 🐛 Basic and clunky
- 🐛 Annoying sound intro
- 🐛 Cannot read full book
- 🐛 App is basically a useless in-app browser
- 🐛 Search function slow and clumsy
- 🐛 Chapters don't flow
- 🐛 App freezes
- 🐛 App shuts down on opening
- 🐛 Error messages
- 🐛 Form field boxes overlap
- 🐛 App keeps logging out
- 🐛 No easy way to toggle read/auto mode
- 🐛 Cannot select local library
- 🐛 Cannot flip pages
- 🐛 Not mobile friendly site

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unable to login with library card
- Login problem
- Did not let me sign in
- It does not work
- Tumble Mobile Is Broken
- Can’t login
- App won’t accept username/password
- Just no
- Library list does not appear
- Can’t login!!
- Logging in please wait and it never really logged in
- Thanks for the meltdown
- Basically nothing worked
- You can’t read the full book
- Hard to get in
- Only read 1 page then it said thank you
- Issues trying to log on
- Crashes all the time
- Wont even open now
- Not letting me start the video or zoom in
- Who puts out crap like this
- Can’t get in
- Tarable
- Kicked me out
- Baaaaaaaaaaad
- Just no
- Nothing loads
- Page just stays blank
- Books never load
- Logging in is bugged
- Ceps on glitching me to da homescreen
- Can’t log in!!!
- Doesn’t have the List of Libraries to select from
- Gives me an error message
- Ceps crashing
- It’s the WORST
- Login failure
- App consistently fails to login
- It worked at one point and never worked again
- Not working app
- The books don’t load
- Not downloading!
- Can’t login
- It freezes
- Website and app don’t work on iPad
- Books won’t load
- Can’t get passed the login
- Keep getting an error
- App fails to deliver
- Cannot get into the app
- Kicked me back to my home screen
- Clunky
- Typing is so teeny
- Doesn’t seem like it was developed to work on phones
- Hard to navigate
- Difficult to get back to the homepage
- Can’t login!!
- No way to enter my library name
- Terrible for iPad
- Failed to log in
- Doesn’t work
- Unable to log in- app is worthless
- Every time I would turn it on it would not work
- Can’t even open app
- Hangs up all the time
- Does not work, at all
- I NEVER CAN LOGIN
- AWFUL DONT GET
- Shuts Down
- As soon as I open the app it shuts down
- Flickers
- Goes dark
- Back to my home screen
- Unable to login
- Can’t use it
- Doesn’t show Charlotte Mecklenburg library in the drop down
- Login screen itself does not work
- Worked 3min then nonresponding
- Crashed every time
- Not able to remember the login
- Error message for login
- App is great...when it lets you log in
- Cool
- Can’t sign in to read
- Can you fix it ?
- lol
- Can’t play videos any more
- No longer can read
- App gets hung up
- Never plays
- Cannot log on
- Constantly crashing
- Can’t log in
- Login simply fails every time
- Can’t login
- Barcodes squares to scan to login but no where is that an option
- How do I login ?
- Error couldn't sign in
- Never able to sign in
- Kept getting an error
- Hi
- Username baythorn and the password is Books
- Unable to login. Error message
- Can’t log in, tried two different library cards
- App just crashes now
- See the splash screen and then the app crashes
- Horrible
- Huge mistake
- You have to have your school or library subscribe to it
- Can’t get in
- Cannot log in
- With my library card number!
- Several others have had the same issue
- Please fix it!
- Doesn’t work!
- Will not let me log in
- After I select my library and enter library barcode!
- Very very frustrating!
- The app keeps logging out
- Can’t put in Library name
- Unable to pull up the list of libraries
- Unable to login
- Keeps giving me an error
- Log in error
- Can’t log in!
- Keeps saying log in error
- Very annoying!
- Can’t login
- List will not pop up for entering the library
- Therefore I cannot login
- Unable to log in
- Selected my library and entered my library card
- Can’t log in
- Why???!!!
- Awful
- Unable to login
- Unable to select local library
- Unable to read books
- Crashing at log in
- Worked great for a while
- Now it's crashing when trying to log in
- Ridiculously Inept
- Takes so long to download
- Doesn't work
- Doesn't accept login
- Needs work
- Doesn't accept my login even though it works fine in a web browser
- Please fix it
- Can't log in
- Family
- Great when it works
- Can no longer login since June bug fix!
- Doesn't work
- Trying to login but keep having error msg !
- Doesn't work
- Won't recognize my password
- Needs lots work
- Issue flipping pages
- Going to the next page
- Couldn't get to the next page
- No next page arrow or button
- Disappointing
- Please fix it quickly

**Most requested features**

- Offline reading feature
- Filter for age-appropriate books
- Adjustable speed for audio read-alongs
- Option to not require sign-in
- Improve usability
- Order books by grade level
- Fix page flipping and navigation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 93)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tumblebooks/id998074198/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Making a Plan

*2025-10-22, version 4.0.33*

I wish that Hamada would be careful with this app by not replaying in it.

### 1/5 — Login problem

*2025-10-10, version 4.0.33*

Unable to login with my library card

### 1/5 — I did not let me sign in

*2025-09-18, version 4.0.33*

Two stars

### 5/5 — My Childhood

*2025-03-29, version 4.0.33*

Back when I was in Kindergarten, this website has been wonderful. It’s wonderful stories, the playlists, there is just so much to this app. (Although I do miss some books like Scaredy Squirrel). Still, a very good app!

### 1/5 — It does not work

*2025-02-08, version 4.0.33*

You have to go to a school for this

### 1/5 — Tumble Mobile Is Broken And Music Brick Out

*2025-02-02, version 4.0.33*

On Mobile Is Sounds Like 3098 [2.73] Roblox Music Friday…

### 2/5 — Great app BUT…

*2024-12-15, version 4.0.33*

This is a great app! My kids love it. BUT…most of their favourite books have been removed. Searching their favourite author shows “no results”. We have only found one Robert Munch book recently. When we first got the app several years ago, there were several books by him on here. Now we can only find one.

### 1/5 — Can’t login

*2024-02-07, version 4.0.33*

Can’t login

### 5/5 — Exactly the app I was looking for!!

*2024-01-08, version 4.0.33*

My daughter kept complaining that she needed more AR points, but I had no idea how to help her with that. I looked for an app and was delighted to find this one. We happen to have a library that was part of the list and it’s great being able to favorite books that she can have read to her or read along with. I would love a feature that allows you to read off-line in the future, but very grateful for this offering.

### 3/5 — Eh. Could surely use improvements!

*2023-09-27, version 4.0.33*

I just downloaded it today and it’s very basic with sort of a poor user interface. I was hoping to have a filter to find age appropriate books instead of just seeing book cover after book cover and having to sort through 94 books to find ones good for a 4 year old.  Not a great selection. I can’t believe even Eric Carle, Little Blue Truck, and Llama Llama books aren’t on there. Like…the most basic of children’s books. 

Also I found an audio read-along book in Spanish but you can’t adjust the speed, so you kinda have to already be fluent or nearly so. 

Will probably delete the app. Easier to find books on YouTube where someone reads them aloud.

## Frequently asked questions about TumbleBooks

### What is TumbleBooksToGo?

TumbleBooksToGo is a mobile application that allows users to access their school or library's TumbleBookLibrary subscription. It provides a safe, self-contained digital library of children's books, simplifying access and use for young readers.

### How do I get a username and password for TumbleBooksToGo?

To get a username and password for TumbleBooksToGo, you will need to contact your school or library. They are the ones who provide access to the TumbleBookLibrary subscription, which is required to use this app.

### Is TumbleBooksToGo free to use?

The TumbleBooksToGo app itself is free to download and install. However, access to the content within the app requires an active subscription to TumbleBookLibrary through your school or library.

### What devices is TumbleBooksToGo compatible with?

The app is designed for use on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. You will need a device and an internet connection to access the TumbleBookLibrary content.

### What are the benefits of using the TumbleBooksToGo app over a web browser?

The app offers a more streamlined and secure experience. It allows for a single sign-on that lasts for months per device, eliminating the need for repeated logins. It also ensures children stay within the TumbleBookLibrary environment, preventing navigation to the open internet.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.33 — 2023-06-30

Improved performance with app and api

### 4.0.31 — 2023-06-26

Better performance, bug fixes, added support for new book player, app resume fix, and session white screen bug fixes.

### 4.0.18 — 2023-06-08

Bug fixes and improved caching / performance.

### 4.0.14 — 2023-06-02

White screen issue fix

### 4.0.13 — 2023-06-01

Fix the white screen error when the server returns partial packets.

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