Reading List vs Fable

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 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] Reading List 2/5 · US Scanning functionality no longer works: The scanning barcode functionality does not work at all anymore. Every book now needs to be added manually. I will probably be switching to a different app if this is not fixed.
2. [R3] Reading List 3/5 · US Used to Love it!: I’ve used this and paid for the pro membership for years. I’ve been disappointed that the last 7 out of 10 ebooks I read had to be manually added. The “search online” function used to work about 95% of the time, but not any more….
3. [R61] Fable 1/5 · US Stopped syncing: 1 star because I bright it to their attention and they dismissed me as it was just busy and needed more time to sync. It stopped syncing with goodreads about a week ago. It doesn’t have you in to goodreads, it just has the syncing page that says 2-3 mins, and then it doesn’t sync. It’s not that serious, but it’s the way I was blown off and dismissed when reporting a bug. Also, the
4. [R67] Fable 1/5 · US Book selection: I really don’t understand how every other book tracking app I’ve ever used has never had a missing new release when trying to add it, let alone one that is a Reese’s Book Club pick. This is the second time it’s happened to me on fable with a new release nowhere to be found. The first time was a KU special so I figured that was nbd but the fact that A Pair of Aces, which is the June
5. [R2] Reading List 5/5 · US Best book tracker: This app is very easy to use. Highly recommend!
6. [R5] Reading List 5/5 · US Great to keep things organized!: It’s really a great app, I don’t have pro so I’m sure it only gets better from here! Keeps everything neat, pretty to look at, and organized!
7. [R63] Fable 3/5 · US Glitches: Can’t add friends easily, when share profile it takes them to web browser/make an account. Accidentally marked a book as read and it keep saying that I read it on my stats when I even removed the whole book from my information. Also annoying how when swipe back on book groups it takes you all the way back to search results of group have to click arrow instead. Bad glitches!
8. [R105] Fable 3/5 · US Glitchy and hard to use: Idk. I wanted to love this app but it’s a little glitchy and hard to figure out. Like I can’t give any book five stars because it won’t let me slide past 4.75. And I still haven’t figured out how to edit the dates read. The whole user interface is just clunky and there’s just not as much interactive content. I’m probably going back to Goodreads because I don’t want to have
9. [R4] Reading List 1/5 · US Inputting myself: Not sure what happened but it seems like any book I am reading/listening too I have to enter manually now. Even scanning its like no books can be found. Pretty frustrating.
10. [R117] Fable 3/5 · GB Meh: The app keeps glitching and telling me that there’s an error. When this happens the stats don’t load. I keep checking to see if there are updates to fix this and it doesn’t. I switched from goodreads because I thought it was better but goodreads never glitched like this. To top it all off I pay for fable plus and don’t think this should be happening if I’m paying for something.
11. [R19] Reading List 1/5 · US Not useful unless willing to pay for Pro version: Downloaded this so my son cold track how many pages he’s read this year. Was very disappointed to see that the “statistics” (the entire reason for an app like this), is only available if you are willing to pay a monthly or annual fee. So without a purchase, this is as useful as keeping a list in a note app of which books you have read.
12. [R43] Reading List 4/5 · US Good but could be better: This is a great app but I do not like that you do have to have the pro to see your reading stats but other than that it’s pretty good but please try and change that to where you don’t need to pay for pro to be able to see your stats
13. [R111] Fable 3/5 · US Paywalls: I switched to Fable from GoodReads a while ago because the interface is much cuter and feels like I’m living in the 21st century unlike the GoodReads app even though their catalog searches are much less user friendly. However, since they added Fable+, I’m not a huge fan. Adding a paywall to see different kinds of stats on your reading journey feels like a total money grab, I could keep t
14. [R115] Fable 2/5 · US Not so happy: I was loving the app until it all went wrong. My book count is totally off, books are missing, books have been counted multiple times, nothing is accurate now. I’ve reached out for support but didn’t get any real answers or help. Can’t even get back into my messages. Quite disappointed.
15. [R16] Reading List 1/5 · US I'd give it no stars if I could: I loved it until I couldn't get it to sync to my other device. I emailed the app creator a month ago and never received a response.
16. [R25] Reading List 1/5 · US Scam: I was randomly charged a subscription fee for this app that I never authorized. I've been trying to get a refund for two weeks and Im extreme upset and angry about this app stealing from me.
17. [R76] Fable 1/5 · US Terrible Customer Service: If you have any issues with the app and submit a request, expect to be met with little help and attitude from the customer services representatives.
18. [R112] Fable 2/5 · US Trying to Get Help: The option to share reviews with downloadable graphics is a great feature. Unfortunately, it’s been broken for some time (says “load failed” whenever I try). Even worse, I can’t find any way other than this to contact the Fable team to bring this to their attention. The app is otherwise great. Fable team, please fix this and make it easier to contact y’all in the future so I ca
19. [R65] Fable 5/5 · US Love love love!: I absolutely love Fable. I was hesitant at first because Goodreads used to be my best friend. Fable does everything Goodreads does and more. I love that you could join a book club on Fable! I’m about to start my own book club with people I know locally. But the book club has been my absolute favorite part about Fable