Reviews of Bookship: a virtual book club

By: The Hawaii Project, LLC

List of user reviews and ratings for Bookship: a virtual book club

Total ratings

3.93 (Rating count: 86)

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Review summary

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.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.80

All time rating average: 3.93

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14% (4)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-13	Ma*****	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.
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.
2024-12-07	Tr*****	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!
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!