# RedShelf

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511013608](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511013608)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1511013608`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RedShelf
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (7,078 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-21
- **First published:** 2020-08-09
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/redshelf/id1511013608)
- **Website:** [https://www.about.redshelf.com/](https://www.about.redshelf.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.about.redshelf.com/privacy-policy](https://www.about.redshelf.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

RedShelf eReader is the companion app that gives you seamless access to your RedShelf textbooks across mobile, tablet, and desktop, with a unified reading experience that travels with you.

While you read, highlight text, take notes, create flashcards, define terms, and listen with read-aloud. All your highlights and notes sync across devices for continuous study.

## Rankings

- #22,039 — Overall

## Review summary

Across reviews, RedShelf is seen as unreliable and frustrating. The most persistent issues are a white screen that blocks access, frequent crashes, and a need to reinstall the app. Users report repeated login prompts and verification codes to open books, plus poor offline support and download errors. Highlighting and annotation features are often broken, and text formatting can be unreadable. Customer support is described as ineffective. A few reviewers call it 'OK' or note brief periods of function, but the overall consensus is that the app is troublesome for digital textbooks.

### Pros

- Occasional brief stability: a reviewer noted it 'worked great for two days' before issues returned.
- Mild acceptance: at least one reviewer called it an 'OK app'.
- Designed to function as the digital textbook reader for school assignments.

### Cons

- Persistent white screen/blank page that blocks access to books and often requires reinstall.
- Frequent crashes and instability; books won't load or the app force closes.
- Offline/download issues: cannot reliably download for offline use; errors about 'already downloaded' and other download failures.
- Repeated login/verification prompts to access books (email codes / sign-in required multiple times).
- Highlighting/annotation and text formatting issues; highlighting is erratic and text can be unreadable.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511013608)