High confidence · Latest 100 of 18.3K total reviews analyzed
Mixed
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate text-to-speech/audiobook features and academic utility, but report app stability and crashing and poor user interface/ux.
Rating: 4.6
Reviews: 18.3K
Confidence: high
How did the latest release land?
Overall
4.3/ 5
★★★★★★
(18.3K)Current version
4.6/ 5
+0.3 vs overall
★★★★★★
(46)Main signal post-update: text-to-Speech/Audiobook Features.
Sentiment over time
Weekly average rating and review volume across stores, last 90 days.
Review themes
Praise
What users love
- Text-to-Speech/Audiobook Features
- “The read aloud voices are the best I have seen”
- “I use the read aloud option while I drive and it reads it to me. VERY HELPFUL!!”
- Academic Utility
- “I used Bookshelf from the start of my Post-graduate program to the end and it was very helpful”
- “Educational assistance thats beneficial with me completing my school assignments.”
Complaint
Common complaints
- App Stability and Crashing
- “It keeps crashing. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, all the things, with no luck!”
- “every. single. second. there's a message about how the app has stopped responding”
- Poor User Interface/UX
- “Highlighting is extremely difficult.”
- “The system for scrolling or changing pages is a nightmare”