Reviews of Kortext ebooks & etextbooks

By: Kortext App

List of user reviews and ratings for Kortext ebooks & etextbooks

Total ratings

2.01 (Rating count: 952)

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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: 1.50

All time rating average: 2.01

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63% (83)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-09-16	Ch*****	Good
Good
2026-09-11	Co*****	audio is trash, no built in learning tools, the reading flow is terrible a 10 yr old could have wrote it better
audio is trash, no built in learning tools, the reading flow is terrible a 10 yr old could have wrote it better
2026-09-10	El*****	1. The company uses AI, and had I known that, I would've just bought a hard copy of my textbook, as AI goes against my religion. 2. The text-to-speech feature sucks, genuinely one of the worst I've ever had to use. They aren't compatible with other browser based TTS, so you're stuck with it. I'll be more careful in the future and won't be getting my textbooks through this program again.
1. The company uses AI, and had I known that, I would've just bought a hard copy of my textbook, as AI goes against my religion. 2. The text-to-speech feature sucks, genuinely one of the worst I've ever had to use. They aren't compatible with other browser based TTS, so you're stuck with it. I'll be more careful in the future and won't be getting my textbooks through this program again.
2026-09-08	Be*****	Just downloaded it and can't even get it to load the login screen.
Just downloaded it and can't even get it to load the login screen.
2026-09-08	Al*****	Broken on Android.
Broken on Android.
2026-09-05	Em*****	Buy the book from literally anywhere else. This software and app are horrific for studying and learning.
Buy the book from literally anywhere else. This software and app are horrific for studying and learning.
2026-09-04	Ka*****	Horrible app. I can't even get through 2 PAGES without being prompted to log in again to continue. Just use the website. Much less of a headache to deal with.
Horrible app. I can't even get through 2 PAGES without being prompted to log in again to continue. Just use the website. Much less of a headache to deal with.
2026-09-04	Do*****	Extremely rudimentary and unhelpful. Can't highlight more than one section per paragraph, the app just takes you to a website which should be red flag number one for any school looking to implement online reading. No well-developed app just serves as a face card to a website that is not actually adapted for mobile use. Crazy work for it to be 2026.
Extremely rudimentary and unhelpful. Can't highlight more than one section per paragraph, the app just takes you to a website which should be red flag number one for any school looking to implement online reading. No well-developed app just serves as a face card to a website that is not actually adapted for mobile use. Crazy work for it to be 2026.
2026-09-02	De*****	load times are extremely slow and often broken, would not recommend for students.
load times are extremely slow and often broken, would not recommend for students.
2026-09-02	El*****	this app sucks you download an offline version so that you can have it when u dont have internet access and it takes forever to load
this app sucks you download an offline version so that you can have it when u dont have internet access and it takes forever to load