Bookship: a virtual book club

Name: Bookship: a virtual book club
Rating: 3.9318182 (86 reviews)
Author: The Hawaii Project, LLC

By: The Hawaii Project, LLC

A social reading chat app for book clubs, reading groups, friends

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Features & Capabilities

Bookship is a mobile-first social reading app designed to enrich your book club experience. Connect with friends, family, or co-workers to discuss books, share quotes, and post photos of favorite passages. Enjoy instant live video chats, group calendars, polls for book selection, and easy management of members and reading lists. Discover unique book recommendations curated by leading tastemakers and keep track of your To Be Read books with the built-in barcode scanner.

Read classic works for free inside the app, highlight passages, and share your thoughts in real time with your group. Bookship Premium offers enhanced features such as reading guides, author interviews, expanded group sizes, and an ad-free experience. Supporting literacy initiatives, Bookship donates a portion of revenue to nonprofits. Perfect for casual readers and avid book clubs alike, Bookship brings your virtual reading community together seamlessly.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Books Social Media Education

By:

The Hawaii Project, LLC

Downloads:

17,356 20

Rating:

3.93

(86)

Version:

10.8.0 Last updated: 2026-05-11

Version code:

100800

Creation date:

2017-07-14

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE Very high risk
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS Very high risk
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO Very high risk
android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS Very high risk
android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS High risk
android.permission.READ_CALENDAR High risk
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS High risk
android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR High risk

Size:

75.58MB

Email:

in*****@thehawaiiproject.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-29

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 441,381 ▲ 9

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

The Hawaii Project, LLC

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ionicframework.bookship

Email:

in*****@thehawaiiproject.com

Website:

https://www.bookshipapp.com

User Reviews

Users appreciate Bookship as a simple and effective virtual book club platform with strong digital reading and annotation tools and excellent support. However, many experience technical issues including loading errors, login troubles, and lack of notifications. Users desire improved social features like open community discussions, better comment functionalities, and organizational tools such as calendars and shared bookshelves. Despite its promise, the app requires enhancements and bug fixes to fulfill user expectations effectively.

Pros

App is great for virtual book clubs, allowing synchronized reading and group interactions.
Digital highlighting and markup features enhance reading and discussion experiences.
Customer support is responsive and helpful in resolving issues.
Simple and easy to use for hosting virtual book clubs and tracking reading.
Integration of PDFs within groups for reading and annotation is appreciated.

Cons

App has frequent technical issues such as loading problems, crashes, and network errors.
Difficulties in account creation and login errors are common.
Lack of notifications for comments and interactions outside the app.
Limited social features, no option for open communities or better comment formatting like @mentions.
Missing features like calendar integration and shared bookshelves for better group coordination.

Recent reviews

Good idea, bad execution. UI is not very good. Video chat is not working. Café not showing anything. App getting stuck on loading. Update: issues resolved. Not many users on the app.

Ma*****, 2025-01-13

Won't let me start a reading. Kept saying network error even when on wifi at home. -i emailed them and they were able to fix the technical errors and help me get it working right. So far so good! We are enjoying it and I love that the book we're reading has the PDF in our group available for us to read and mark up together virtually!