Goodreads

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 100 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] 5/5 · US The best❤️: it’s honestly the perfect app for anyone who loves reading. It helps me keep track of all the books I’ve read, what I want to read next, and what I’m currently reading, which makes everything feel way more organized. I also like how I can rate books and see other people’s reviews, because it helps me figure out if I’ll like something before I even start it. The recommendations are real
2. [R7] 5/5 · US Fabulous: Love this book tracker. It has helped me in listening to read a book, know what book is next to read. I especially love the challenges you add into the mai. Reading challenge.
3. [R12] 5/5 · US I love this app: I love it mostly because it helps with my adhd brain when reading I log what j have started and finish it also helps when I am reading a book and want to know how much I have left it will tell me. Also if wanting to read a book I go on there and look at the reviews ( it helps with that aswell). Really recommend to book lover hope you enjoy.😁
4. [R13] 5/5 · US My best download to date: I don’t know what I would do without Goodreads in my life. I’m not really sure how I kept all the books I read before straight. Oh, that’s right! I DIDN’T! The book review process after finishing a book is my favorite part! It’s my pretty little metaphorical“checked box” after completing a book and it satisfies my millennial mind oh so perfectly.
5. [R18] 5/5 · US Excellent: Love having an easy way to keep track of books read and to be read while getting great recommendations too.
6. [R23] 5/5 · US Good for tracking read and recommendations: Love the recommendations and reviewing. There’s about 30 books on my to-read list, I’ll get through them one day.
7. [R48] 5/5 · US Tremendous app: I have discovered so many wonderful books using this app. It has opened up new worlds to me.
8. [R35] 5/5 · US I feel motivated!: This app motivates me to read as much as possible. I like getting to see my list of read books grow and grow!!! I enjoy getting to review books and see what other people think of them as well. It’s a treat!
9. [R67] 5/5 · GB Great tracker for books read: This is great to keep track of book you've read and to set yourself a challenge of how many you can read in a year!
10. [R99] 4/5 · GB Great way to track reading: Great app to track your reading and books you want to read. Love that you can set a reading goal for the year. The only function I wish it had was a monthly wrap up showing books you’ve read, if it had that function I would give it 5⭐️
11. [R3] 5/5 · US Easy, Convenient: I absolutely love how easy and convenient Goodreads is to navigate. I also enjoy the giveaways. This app has helped reinvigorate my love of reading!
12. [R89] 5/5 · GB Excellent: A straightforward excellent app that delivers intuitive simplicity and enjoyment. The only grip is it often takes ages to get books added or amended as it relies on volunteers.
13. [R10] 5/5 · US Best bookshelf: Great way to keep track of my reads and see what my friends are enjoying.
14. [R25] 5/5 · US Easy to Keep Track: People are always recommending books to me, and since I read so much, it can be hard for me to remember the titles of all the books I’ve read. Goodreads gives me a great opportunity to not have to keep all that in my head because I can easily look up and refer a book to someone and easily add a book recommendation from someone else. I get lots of ideas when I see what my friend
15. [R50] 4/5 · US Overall, pretty good app: Love the app for tracking books, looking up books, and seeing what my friends are reading. App itself can be a bit glitchy. And recently there’s been a lot of ads
16. [R59] 5/5 · GB Great App: Great app for keeping track of your current reads, your tbr pile and the books you’ve read. Ratings can be given to books and you can also connect with friends to do joint reads etc! Too many books, so little time!
17. [R5] 3/5 · US Love it, but wish it was better: I feel like the creators of this app could do some improvements to make the experience better long term. For one, I really wish I could do half stars.
18. [R8] 5/5 · US Need .5 Stars: Love having a place to record my books and read reviews
19. [R27] 3/5 · US Needs improvement: Needs to have .5 and .25 stars, has a lot of glitches, and could be more accessible/easier to use/navigate!
20. [R39] 3/5 · US Good but could be better: It’s gotten better but we need the half stars, and a faster app! Other than that, thanks for adding the dnf shelf!
21. [R6] 1/5 · US Few updates or features: This app feels like the first app ever made. It’s clunky and missing features every other book app has. The most annoying thing about it- you can’t delete books off your kindle notes and highlights. Even if you didn’t have any.
22. [R21] 3/5 · US ADD MORE DAMN FEATURES: Love the app, and I’m very loyal to it. For the love of god though… update it. I need a favorite books/authors section…. an updated ui…something
23. [R22] 2/5 · US Needs Updates Yesterday: Everyone I know thinks the same thing about Goodreads. It needs updates and the only reason we are using it is because we have for so long. Downloading Fable today because why do they refuse to make this app better?
24. [R26] 3/5 · US Update the app: needs updating but overall good reading log app.
25. [R11] 4/5 · US It’s nice, like the desk top version better..: Theres less glitches, and u can do more on desk top version, i recomend it! Have a good day, Jesus loves you!
26. [R55] 4/5 · GB Great: Although it can be occasionally slow, I would be lost without this app to record my books
27. [R53] 1/5 · GB Has ads in the UK: Poorly designed and dated app. The ads were the icing on the cake.
28. [R77] 1/5 · GB Ads are turning me off: Used to love using this app, but as with other social media and internet platforms, the ads are a real turn-off. I can see my usage dropping drastically like the other social media I used to use. Ensh-ttification truly.
29. [R88] 1/5 · GB Just a bit amazon ad: For the past year or so has been quietly moving away from being a space for readers to talk about and share books (ie disabling comments on articles) and more about gamification and advertising (ie read these specific books and get an award). Out of nowhere suddenly started showing ads. Deleted.
30. [R92] 1/5 · GB Intrusive ads: The recent addition of intrusive ads is completely unnecessary (they were already advertising books!) and infuriating. Time to look for an alternative.
31. [R38] 4/5 · US Love the app but wish the book club features on the app would be improved.: I’ve used this for ages and I’m a fan of Goodreads. The only wish I have for the app is that they would improve the book club (groups) section on the app. I find I have to use the web version to do anything I really want to do there. That section hasn’t been updated in years it seems. The rest of the app works great for tr
32. [R82] 4/5 · GB It’s why I use: So it’s the only tracker I have used. I think they need to add more to the app though, be able to create groups and chat in the groups. There is a few things that the app could be better at that’s for sure. I just use it to track what I want to read and what I have read but I’m sure there are better apps for people who are in book clubs etc
33. [R4] 4/5 · US Mostly enjoy: One of my complaints now that I’m using this more is the fact that multiple book covers or slight variations seem to be double counting a book of I start reading it under one and rate it under the other. It would be nice for the same book to be grouped under just one, and showing the multiple covers under that.
34. [R58] 4/5 · GB Good but 1 suggestion: Please make it so that you can filter through editions of each book, so that it is easier to find the correct one.
35. [R63] 1/5 · GB Can’t Find Books: Far too difficult to find some books. For example I’m searching for a Danielle Steel book and instead of letting me add it I’m taken to a page where I have to scroll through hundreds of books, including foreign language books and noobs containing several of her novels. Really bad. So I can’t add it as I’ve spent ages scrolling and it doesn’t appear
36. [R83] 1/5 · GB Too restricted: It is nigh on impossible to add a new version cover to a well established book, why?
37. [R19] 2/5 · US PLEASE FIX THE UX!: I’ve been using this app for over ten years and it’s crazy how badly it still functions. Please implement an option to stop updates from appearing on the feed. I accidentally touched my star rating of a book and now it’s showing up as “updated” like a new review on everyone’s feeds, even after unchecking the update on desktop. Same goes for editing a review. Literally just let
38. [R40] 2/5 · US This app has the potential to be so much more: The fact that this app hasn’t changed or evolved in years is so disappointing. It could be so much more engaging but the developers don’t do anything with it. It’s great that we FINALLY have a DNF option but give us what we really want- half stars!
39. [R37] 3/5 · US A good app but...: I've used Goodreads for a decade now and it irks me that beyond adding a DNF shelf and awards for the reading challenges (Some of which lack originality), this app hasn't changed at all. The UI is still pretty ugly, and it feels like there's so much potential being wasted.