WOWBooks User Reviews

WOWBooks
WOWBooks
Digital Strategy Group

Customer Experience

Positive experience6.7% of reviews
Neutral2.2% of reviews
Negative experience91.1% of reviews

~ Based on 45 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is WOWBooks Safe?

WOWBooks does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for WOWBooks is 38/100.

This assessment is based on 113 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.6/5.

Safety Analysis

12.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
85.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 113 App Store ratings for WOWBooks.

Is WOWBooks Legit?

WOWBooks is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WOWBooks is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Doesn’t work

Downloaded the app and had the pages in frame, I went through every page (including the front cover and back) and nothing happened. I just deleted the app. It would of been great if it had worked but legitimately nothing happened. Very upset about it.

Bad. Disappointing. Broken.

I was so excited to use this book with my kids at school, but then when we went into the app, it wouldn’t work very disappointed and so are my kids. If I could give it zero stars, I would.

App doesn’t work

We tried to use it for two different books and neither did anything. Called support and they were able to send us the audio files, but the app itself is garbage and doesn’t work. They didn’t know if or when it would work.

Over in the meadow song book

Apparently even though the book says it’s supported by this app is most definitely is not kind of a let down glad it was gifted and I didn’t spend money on it for it not to work

Very disappointed

I was given the song with me Old Macdonald book which told me to download Wow books so I downloaded the app but there was nothing inside the app beside 3 tabs that pretty much didn’t help. Why print scan & sing on the book if you can’t even scan or sing? App definitely needs to be fixed asap!

Absolutely useless!

This app is absolutely useless! It doesn’t work at all. I am shocked it has an average of two stars; I would give it a zero, but one star is the least you can rate it. Save your time and don’t bother with this app.

Doesn’t do anything- don’t waste your time

Downloaded the app and read the EXTREMELY vague instructions and nothing happened. Also clicked the library button but you can’t select anything in the library. Awful app looks like it’s from the first iPhone.

Does not work

I downloaded the app, thinking it would be fun. I have a sing along book. I hold the camera over the book per instructions. Nothing happens. I followed the instructions and reread the instructions. Nothing. So essentially, I just downloaded an app and added space on my phone for no reason.

Awful

Tried numerous times on the baby Einstein books and it would never work. It worked one time on the pig, no sound and grainy video. Don’t waste your money on the books thinking the app will make them great. It won’t.

Title selections change?

I picked up a couple of books that have the app listed on them. I don’t see these books listed on the app - I’m guessing they changed the titles for some newer ones and deleted the content for the older ones. Nothing happens when ‘scanning’ the pages.
My books don’t have a ‘frame’ like the app shows. Great idea though.
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Very basic and boring

This app offers nothing but a 5 second video clip of whatever page you scan. No narration. No sounds. Just a very basic SHORT video with some cutesy but annoying music. Nothing else to engage or entertain.

No sound and videos?

My experience was also without sound. The videos are way too short and the quality of the videos are not that good. To peak a child’s interest, I would think a 30 second to 1 minute video would be better. Also, like mentioned before, there is really no interaction in the app itself. One more thing, there is no way to close out of the app without swiping it in a certain direction. This could be so much better and the concept is great. Needs work!
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Doesn’t work

If I could give no stars I would! I was excited to use these books with my daughter. I downloaded the app and followed the instructions. The app does NOTHING!! Very disappointing because I thought this would be a great way to extend my child learning beyond the book.

Tried using for “song with me Old Macdonald”

Nothing works on the app at all, useless to be honest even tho it seems like a great idea. Lots of potential so hopefully something is fixed at some point.

App doesn’t work

I downloaded this to use with a couple books my toddlers were given. I read the (few) instructions and tried to use it, but nothing happened. Reread the instructions to see if I missed something, tried again, and still nothing. I tried every page of the book, tapped all over the place, held it over a single page, both pages, kept it focused on the page for a minute and a half (I timed it), and nothing. There’s no indication that it’s doing anything, and nothing is happening. Will be deleting it as soon as I publish this review.
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Does not work

We purchased five of the books but none of them work in the app. We downloaded both apps and tried just to test.

Does not work

Were gifted two books that had instructions to download this app to learn how to scan and play the song in the book. The app says to scan the picture frame and neither of the books we received had a picture frame and the app did nothing when I showed it the book.

Horrible

The app is just as bad as the books that they’re supposed to help. It doesn’t work. Period. They’re probably stealing data.

Doesn’t work

Just sits there saying “downloading” and that’s if it even registers the picture at all

App wouldn’t work

Downloaded it for my 15 month old but it just stayed stuck on “Downloading”