Reviews of Kortext ebooks & etextbooks

By: Kortext

List of user reviews and ratings for Kortext ebooks & etextbooks

Total ratings

2.20 (Rating count: 894)

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Review summary

Kortext app offers useful features like a centralized library, offline PDFs, highlighting, and annotating. However, multiple users report frequent crashes, poor navigation, and awkward zooming. The read aloud feature is problematic. Login issues and slow or failed page loading are common. The interface is not user-friendly on small devices with obstructive menus. Additionally, lack of features like position saving and citation tools, along with poor image handling, diminish usability. Overall, while the app meets basic e-textbook needs, its numerous bugs and usability problems frustrate users.

Pros

Allows purchasing and saving textbooks to a personal library, reducing physical books needed
Supports highlighting, bookmarking and annotating within texts
Can save PDFs offline for access without internet
Available across multiple devices including phones, tablets, and PC
Provides a centralized place for study materials and textbooks

Cons

App frequently crashes or freezes, affecting usability
Poor scrolling and page navigation, including problems turning pages and confusing numbering
Zooming is awkward; inability to zoom in on images or maintain zoom level
Read aloud feature is unreliable, stopping after each page and reading text poorly
Login and content loading issues, including login loops and failed content loading
Lack of useful features like remembering reading position, continuous flow for ePubs, and citation tools
Interface is clunky and not optimized for small screens; menu bars obstruct reading space
No option to download books for offline use outside app, with downloads stopping if app is exited

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.20

All time rating average: 2.20

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58% (50)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-28	Al*****	it literally doesnt work. took 5 minutes just to sign in and it keeps havung errors
it literally doesnt work. took 5 minutes just to sign in and it keeps havung errors
2026-05-19	Za*****	Works for a limited time before it soft locks itself with a loading screen. Even if you have the material downloaded. When it is working the features provided (notes and flash cards) are great
Works for a limited time before it soft locks itself with a loading screen. Even if you have the material downloaded. When it is working the features provided (notes and flash cards) are great
2026-05-11	A *****	your app sucks really bad
your app sucks really bad
2026-05-07	De*****	Love Kortext. Easy and quick 👌 to use.
Love Kortext. Easy and quick 👌 to use.
2026-05-04	He*****	Good but the mobile version sucked. It keeps loading pages forever sometimes not at all. Mine is android I don't know how it works on Apple. The Windows version is good nothing to be concerned about.
Good but the mobile version sucked. It keeps loading pages forever sometimes not at all. Mine is android I don't know how it works on Apple. The Windows version is good nothing to be concerned about.
2026-04-25	De*****	App is trash. On the phone, it freezes all the time and needs to be closed and reopened. On Windows, the search function is entirely nonfunctional. How hard is it to make an e-reader app? Total garbage.
App is trash. On the phone, it freezes all the time and needs to be closed and reopened. On Windows, the search function is entirely nonfunctional. How hard is it to make an e-reader app? Total garbage.
2026-04-23	mi*****	Glitchy. Won't open reference links anymore and text no longer auto resizes to device screen size. Hard to search through update: won't open my texts now. so essentially I've bought a text, I can no longer access
Glitchy. Won't open reference links anymore and text no longer auto resizes to device screen size. Hard to search through update: won't open my texts now. so essentially I've bought a text, I can no longer access
2026-04-17	Te*****	excellent
excellent
2026-04-14	Jo*****	Keep getting an "Activation Failed" pop up every time I want to open a book on my tablet. I don't have any issues opening my books using the web browser or on my phone. I'm using a Samsung A9+
Keep getting an "Activation Failed" pop up every time I want to open a book on my tablet. I don't have any issues opening my books using the web browser or on my phone. I'm using a Samsung A9+
2026-04-09	Mi*****	Your app truly sucks
Your app truly sucks