Reviews of Reader Zone

By: Reader Zone

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Total ratings

3.63 (Rating count: 110)

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Review summary

Reader Zone has a great concept to encourage reading by tracking progress and is appreciated for its barcode scanning and supporting multiple users. However, many users report frequent crashes, login issues, and a non-user-friendly interface that makes logging books slow and frustrating. Accuracy and data loss issues also reduce confidence in the app, though libraries continue to adopt it due to its potential and ongoing updates.

Pros

Encourages forming a reading habit by tracking reading time and progress.
Supports multiple readers under one account, useful for families.
Simple format and easy to use for some users, with a tutorial available.
Barcode scanning feature to log books is convenient.
Frequently updated and used in library reading programs with positive patron participation.

Cons

Frequent crashes and app freezing, especially when viewing progress or editing profiles.
Login issues requiring uninstall and reinstall to access the app.
Non-intuitive and time-consuming interface; multiple steps to log books and no bulk entry feature.
Inaccurate tracking with missing or subtracted reading minutes or book counts.
Groups and reading programs sometimes get erased or not updated properly, causing user frustration.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.90

All time rating average: 3.63

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35% (7)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-06-25	As*****	Love the app but right now I have to keep uninstalling it and reinstall just to sign in and get in. It does not load. I can't input items without having to do a uninstall. Really wish I could open the app and it worked how it should.
Love the app but right now I have to keep uninstalling it and reinstall just to sign in and get in. It does not load. I can't input items without having to do a uninstall. Really wish I could open the app and it worked how it should.
2024-02-17	Pa*****	Interface features are very bad. It is not user friendly. I am even frustrated to use this app. You cannot edit after you added book or you cannot add again in book bank if you add it before but accidentally didnt add in finished book list. You cannot add entry all books that you have finished reading in one click. 4 or 5 click to put one book. it is very time consuming to make entry the books that you have finished.
Interface features are very bad. It is not user friendly. I am even frustrated to use this app. You cannot edit after you added book or you cannot add again in book bank if you add it before but accidentally didnt add in finished book list. You cannot add entry all books that you have finished reading in one click. 4 or 5 click to put one book. it is very time consuming to make entry the books that you have finished.
2023-07-11	Ch*****	I like the idea of this app but lately it crashes everytime I press "view progress" which makes checking my total minutes impossible. Edit: the app appears to be up to date and the issue persists.
I like the idea of this app but lately it crashes everytime I press "view progress" which makes checking my total minutes impossible. Edit: the app appears to be up to date and the issue persists.
2023-06-09	Br*****	I was enthused to get my son into reading more with this app and fun incentives, only to be met with a buggy app that never properly records my son's reading times IF, it even allows me to login. I have had this difficulty with the app for several days now, when we first downloaded and made our account it worked and that was it.
I was enthused to get my son into reading more with this app and fun incentives, only to be met with a buggy app that never properly records my son's reading times IF, it even allows me to login. I have had this difficulty with the app for several days now, when we first downloaded and made our account it worked and that was it.
2023-06-08	Be*****	Absolutely awful, never works, neither does the website. Crashes, screen goes white and freezes, never let's you exit readers, never takes me to any other screen but edit reader, completely non-functioning! How are we supposed to participate in library reading challenge when your site is worthless?!
Absolutely awful, never works, neither does the website. Crashes, screen goes white and freezes, never let's you exit readers, never takes me to any other screen but edit reader, completely non-functioning! How are we supposed to participate in library reading challenge when your site is worthless?!
2023-06-07	S *****	Idea is great, functionality is terrible. Crashes constantly. Sometimes you get to a blank screen and not sure why that is but it should just go back to the home screen after entering books. Only easy thing is to enter a book count but if you want to enter titles then forget it. Also asks several questions for each book entry and each question requires like 30sec of time for the app to "think". Was using this for a library program but got frustrated after entering in 7 books. Deleted the app.
Idea is great, functionality is terrible. Crashes constantly. Sometimes you get to a blank screen and not sure why that is but it should just go back to the home screen after entering books. Only easy thing is to enter a book count but if you want to enter titles then forget it. Also asks several questions for each book entry and each question requires like 30sec of time for the app to "think". Was using this for a library program but got frustrated after entering in 7 books. Deleted the app.
2023-05-24	St*****	I like that you can scan the book barcode to log the book and click the button when you finish reading it but it does not seem to have the reading timer or I have not figured it out but that would be a nice thing to have.
I like that you can scan the book barcode to log the book and click the button when you finish reading it but it does not seem to have the reading timer or I have not figured it out but that would be a nice thing to have.
2022-06-26	Li*****	Worked great until yesterday. Now the progress view won't update so we are view our child's reading progress with him. I had to ask the staff member if they were still getting his minutes because I didn't know. She said other people are having similar issues now too.
Worked great until yesterday. Now the progress view won't update so we are view our child's reading progress with him. I had to ask the staff member if they were still getting his minutes because I didn't know. She said other people are having similar issues now too.
2022-06-17	Te*****	It keeps track of minutes correctly, but the app is not very user friendly. It requires multiple steps to find our current reading program and isn't letting us remove ourselves from old reading programs, so it makes it difficult to use.
It keeps track of minutes correctly, but the app is not very user friendly. It requires multiple steps to find our current reading program and isn't letting us remove ourselves from old reading programs, so it makes it difficult to use.
2022-06-04	Ma*****	The first time I tried to use it, it erased all the groups I had put in for myself and my kids. I don't have time to look this up over and over again, and it seems like a serious glitch to randomly remove us from our groups, which is the whole point of the app.
The first time I tried to use it, it erased all the groups I had put in for myself and my kids. I don't have time to look this up over and over again, and it seems like a serious glitch to randomly remove us from our groups, which is the whole point of the app.