Reviews of Bookship: a virtual book club

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

Total ratings

3.96 (Rating count: 87)

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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: 3.96

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18% (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!
2024-04-02	He*****	After searching long and hard for a solution for our virtual book club, we're THRILLED with how well this app is working for us. We were hoping for a simple option as an alternative to Zoom and the like. We don't need all the bells and whistles the standard business platforms provide. It's worked better than we could have even imagined.
After searching long and hard for a solution for our virtual book club, we're THRILLED with how well this app is working for us. We were hoping for a simple option as an alternative to Zoom and the like. We don't need all the bells and whistles the standard business platforms provide. It's worked better than we could have even imagined.
2024-02-18	Sa*****	Very good and helpful!
Very good and helpful!
2023-10-20	Dr*****	This app is amazing for me and my best friend to read on together. But it doesn't give us notifications when either posts in the groups comment section. It will ding if we're in the app but the app badge has no notification thing
This app is amazing for me and my best friend to read on together. But it doesn't give us notifications when either posts in the groups comment section. It will ding if we're in the app but the app badge has no notification thing
2023-02-26	Ma*****	Loved the app and the idea of the app. Sadly had too many people that do not understand tech at all and how to turn off all of the notifications. I think if you could sign in/up with Google or Facebook, it would help too.
Loved the app and the idea of the app. Sadly had too many people that do not understand tech at all and how to turn off all of the notifications. I think if you could sign in/up with Google or Facebook, it would help too.
2023-01-30	Ka*****	Excellent app. Easy to use for hosting a virtual bookclub and/or tracking your own reading.
Excellent app. Easy to use for hosting a virtual bookclub and/or tracking your own reading.
2022-10-04	An*****	I don't quite understand this app, do you need to have the book in hand or you can access to all the books on the app for free and read it with your friends? Why isn't there any options for me to click and read the books? If you can't read the books in the app what's the purpose of this app?
I don't quite understand this app, do you need to have the book in hand or you can access to all the books on the app for free and read it with your friends? Why isn't there any options for me to click and read the books? If you can't read the books in the app what's the purpose of this app?
2022-09-12	Di*****	Awfully, I deleted after 1 minute of unsuccessful attempts of creating an account in this app.
Awfully, I deleted after 1 minute of unsuccessful attempts of creating an account in this app.
2022-01-31	Ca*****	Best app ever! This app is absolutely amazing for book club readings. Being able to digitally highlight not only allows us to mark our pages without actually ruining our books, but let's us react in real time instead of flipping through pages to find things while actually talking. Plus Mark is amazing at responding and resolving issues in a timely manner when something isn't working quite right. Hands down this app was the best thing we have found for our book club readings.
Best app ever! This app is absolutely amazing for book club readings. Being able to digitally highlight not only allows us to mark our pages without actually ruining our books, but let's us react in real time instead of flipping through pages to find things while actually talking. Plus Mark is amazing at responding and resolving issues in a timely manner when something isn't working quite right. Hands down this app was the best thing we have found for our book club readings.