Apple Books
★ 3.8What it actually doesApple Books is an app for reading e-books and listening to audiobooks with an extensive catalog, but with significant synchronization issues with iCloud, content loading problems, and stability issues after updates.
Actually does
- ✓E-book reader90% of reviews
- ✓Audiobooks30% of reviews
- ✓Cloud sync(bonus)73% of reviews
- ✓Sync across devices60% of reviews
- ✓Progress Tracking15% of reviews
- ✓Accessibility(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Data import(bonus)40% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Habit tracker
- ⚠Reminders
- ⚠Dark mode
- ⚠Family plan
- ⚠watchOS support
- ⚠Apple HomeKit
Common complaints
- ✗Critical bug: books don't sync with iCloud and fail to load73% of mentions
«All books saved in the app, as well as other PDF files, are deleted automatically... files almost never open again!»
- ✗Endless loading of books and files, app freezes50% of mentions
«For over a month, books and files can't be downloaded. I can see the icons, but when I try to download, everything hangs»
- ✗Downloaded books and documents disappear after update40% of mentions
«After the update, my interesting documents about science, nature, and others disappeared, and almost none of them LOAD!»
- ✗App crashes, restarts, and phone overheating25% of mentions
«After the latest update, the phone started overheating immediately when opening the app... iOS 18.7.7 iPhone12»
- ✗Limited catalog of Russian-language books, mostly English content10% of mentions
«Nice app, I'd give it five stars if there was a translation. Because all books are in English! Impossible to read!!!»
What people praise
- ★Large catalog of books and audiobooks
«It was very pleasant to read your books, they are very interesting»
- ★Beautiful and convenient interface
«Excellent, convenient, beautiful app»
- ★Many customization options for comfortable reading (fonts, background, brightness)
«The range of settings is extensive»
- ★App works more stably with VPN (indirect confirmation of issues)
«Enable VPN, but a good one, not a crappy one, and everything will download smoothly»