Not great at all. The app is too basic and would really benefit from the add friend features that are available on the desktop site. It's so frustrating trying to add people on the app as you have to switch to the desktop site. I don't want to add people from my contacts on my phone so which is all the app offers. Make the app more like the desktop site!! Trust me that's what we want!! We use phones more than we do computers these days!!!
Keishla Lopez
Super easy to navigate. Loving the filters throughout the app. Simple to review and post. Doesn't have an option that shows who's on goodreads through contacts. That would be nice to know who has it. Only con is that the giveaway section doesn't clear out the ones you've entere in. When you go through them thinking you haven't entered it but it tells you that you have. Will there be an option for it to be filtered too? I'd have to keep scrolling to find ones I haven't entered in. Time consuming.
Azia Willis
I use this app everyday and it does wonders in helping me to discover and log books for my shelves. I've noticed, though, that there are so many aspects missing from the web, such as being able to look up book editions and reply to comments. Makes it a little harder to maintain communication with other members. Wish that was made easier for Android users. And now, the cover scanner doesn't work. Loved that thing. It was insanely useful. A good app, but it can be better.
Stephanie Neher Smith
This app has never been perfect, but it was somewhat usable for a bit. However, the current iteration is ridiculous, even for them. I have to re-sign in every time I want to look at my reading challenge. The challenge is "conveniently" linked to my kindle account, but it counts books multiple times or inputs invalid entries. It might be time to switch to a new book tracking app.
E Phillips
As others note, this app is full of bugs. Most notable to me is setting one's birthday. Tapping the left arrow for minutes on end to arrive at the correct year is absolutely ludicrous. Surely, in the big wide world of app developers' tool kits, there is a plug in that allows easy entry of month-day-year. So many sites include such an easy to use function. Please get your act together.
Emily McDonald
I love goodreads. it has all the books i search, although its a bit odd to have multiple versions of the same book (editions, audiobooks etc), so books I've already tracked show up in my recommendations. That being said, the ap does exactly what I want it to: allows me to track and review the books i read, and want to read. I enjoy the recommendations, although the algorithm leaves something to be desired. I am often recommended very old book, when I clearly enjoy newer books.
A Google user
The stupidest thing with this app that makes absolutely no sense is that you can no longer see the updates of your reading progress, but you get constant updates of your friends'!!! Shouldn't it be the other way around??? Update... 6 years later, and still the same problem! How an app can have a 2.9 rating and still be an Editor's Choice is beyond me!
Drew Kimzey
This is is a pretty solid app (and website) for tracking and finding new books, but there's definitely room for improvement. It would be so helpful if we could sort books on author pages by things like what we're currently reading, release date, or even genre. Right now, they’re only sorted by the number of ratings, which is useful, but it feels kinda limiting. Having more ways to organize the books would make browsing a lot smoother and really improve the overall experience with author pages
Skylar Howell
It's the best book keeping app I've found, yet I think it could still improve considerably. One thing I wish was easier is finding & adding friends. It would be nice to connect to social media. Overall, the interface of the app feels a bit clunky & dated. I really love being able to find almost any book on it, tracking the progress, and leaving a review. My favorite thing though is getting to see what my friends are reading and adding to the neverending want to read list 🫶
Zeke Reddick
App could be so good, but the features are so elementary. It needs: More search bars- ridiculous having to scroll for several minutes to find one specific review Give us the autonomy to choose how our results are ordered. Like I said before, it's so hard to find things. We should have the option to: Order from latest to earliest, reverse, most popular to least, reverse, and more. Also the activity panel is just a long list of everything a user has ever done. Make it easy for us to use please.
