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title: "Bookshare Reader - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Get the official Bookshare Reader app. Access millions of ebooks from Bookshare, the world's largest library of ebooks for people with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, and physic"
---

# Bookshare Reader — United States
> Read and listen to books

![Bookshare Reader App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/66/2f/9f/662f9f60-e876-e06d-4e3c-03f68af40e4c/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Beneficent Technology](https://apptail.io/developer/beneficent-technology-Gepb)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 3.3/5 (56 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** org.bookshare.MobileReader
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.36.0 (released 2026-04-02)
**Original Release:** 2025-05-29
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1605201737)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/united-states)

## Bookshare Reader Description
Get the official Bookshare Reader app. Access millions of ebooks from Bookshare, the world's
largest library of ebooks for people with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, and
physical disabilities. Listen to books in high quality audio and customize your reading
experience in ways that work for you. Read bestsellers, new releases, textbooks and
educational books, children’s books, young adult, mysteries, biographies, and more.
Read your way with these customizable features:

• Listen to books in high quality audio
• Adjust reading speed, font size, and colors
• Follow along with highlighted text
• Navigate by page and chapter
• Stop reading and pick up from your last spot
• Download books and read offline

To use Bookshare Reader, you must have a Bookshare membership. Learn more by visiting the Bookshare website.

## Bookshare Reader Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/75/4a/9e/754a9e21-248b-61f7-e8a8-59738c51aeda/7f40c3ab-00b7-4b9b-b44d-0fd22a0df33a_simulator_screenshot_65D5C669-A042-4725-8038-7511F5EDE816.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/bf/fe/d3/bffed3b1-6797-5631-03ba-013776fe2e6c/efc0bd1b-7030-4322-8c87-06baa027ad3a_simulator_screenshot_A02722E0-1DE8-4AAE-93C7-5C89F3021861.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c7/c4/48/c7c4483b-5e37-60ad-4474-f18cbca0b9d2/8721aeb2-f4ac-4936-982b-8e78f750135e_simulator_screenshot_091149CF-D64A-4895-9726-7E33A4BAAA32.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/be/43/96/be439627-94c8-6516-8b4e-f5e23f6593c4/70143a41-1792-4df4-a6d4-952ef35c5f93_simulator_screenshot_C25F6AE7-0689-40B4-AF4B-D31099A38BC1.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c4/2d/f9/c42df966-f439-f04c-48a5-7384921bc287/6b6013a5-c8ca-4a2f-a0e8-865d05e1409f_simulator_screenshot_746C3F8D-D6D4-482A-9142-24EE59A918BB.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/e2/0c/2a/e20c2af1-38d9-4179-f293-6349c2980630/062400cb-3b2f-4d4b-95fa-6755d3ec31b6_simulator_screenshot_22E7D4B4-80FB-46EF-9C51-4ED12099312B.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ad/3c/1c/ad3c1c05-5eb6-05e6-0f0b-a7f537a3e750/af98cd7f-9608-4072-81e2-920512cdca8a_simulator_screenshot_EA46CDFD-B594-4C50-B635-0E12F4C2764A.png/2048x2732.png)

## Bookshare Reader Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 20 (36%)
- 4 stars: 10 (18%)
- 3 stars: 8 (14%)
- 2 stars: 4 (7%)
- 1 stars: 14 (25%)

## Bookshare Reader Reviews in United States

### ***** "Keeps crashing"
Love this app but would appreciate a fix….every time I click a new book or the profile button my app crashes.
-- jacobwjfjfla, 2025-01-02

### **--- "App is crashing repeatedly"
I love this resource. It was working beautifully until recently. Now it is crashing and some of the books I had added for a research paper have disappeared.
-- DT square, 2024-12-23

### *---- "Can't download added books and search closes the app"
When I click the Search tab the app closes. When I got a book added it does not show up, What I don't get is the fact that you have to be logged in to your account when the book is added, It never updates
-- Braille note touch plus, 2024-12-20

### **--- "Barely works with voiceover"
The latest version does fix the ability to get to the audio sub page in settings, however, it is not possible to adjust the speaking rate at all. The whole point of getting to the audio sub page is to adjust settings so you would think the developer would test Basic features of this app with voiceover before pushing out an update. Hopefully more effort goes into future releases.
-- WhiplashZamboniMan, 2024-12-17

### *---- "App crashes"
The app crashes as soon as anything is clicked on!  Can’t open a book at all
-- Jrestemayer, 2024-12-17

### **--- "The app crashes"
The app has been crashing for the past week and a half. Unsure why that is. My firmware is up to the latest update so far. I have updated the actual Bookshare Reader app and that’s when all the nightmares started.
-- 305cas, 2024-12-16

### ****- "It's alright"
The app is good overall, although when I try to change the text-to-speech voice it kicks me out of the app. It would be nice if this got fixed. But it's a very good app nonetheless.  :)
-- Gsplash44, 2024-12-14

### ***-- "Fix The App Please."
This app does not allow me to listen to the books audio because of copyright. I signed in, I’m not a student, and I do not need a approval from a teacher!😡 Please fix this issue immediately. 

Thank you.
-- Fmadden24, 2024-08-28

### ***** "Book share"
Good morning Bookshare reader developer my name is Ulises Gomez, I really enjoy this application a lot I would like to see the background play future on a future update. Keep them coming. I love Bookshare Reader.
-- Ulises waffles, 2024-05-17

### *---- "Download Errors"
Download Errors
-- Rhia L., 2024-04-05

### ****- "Getting better"
Voice Dream Reader is planning on removing lifetime licensing for users who have previously purchased the product on 5/1. It’s even more important that this app continues to be improved for the influx of users that aren’t willing to pay a yearly subscription on top of their Bookshare subscription, just to read a book. My two big asks/requests: Please add the ability to listen to human narrated audiobooks and ability to “Read Now” on periodicals. Thanks Bookshare Reader dev team!

Also: Ability to listen to books in the background. VoiceOver gestures to change pages would also be nice.
-- Endesorcy, 2024-03-31

### ****- "Background Play"
This app is much better than it was at launch, but it still lacks a feature I think a lot of people would appreciate. When you play a book and leave the app by either returning to your home screen or locking the screen, the book stops playing. I would like playback to continue once the screen is locked, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. I believe that's one of the reasons people are so hesitant to switch to it fulltime.
-- hotrodnix, 2024-03-28

### ***** "Awesome App"
Got tired of fighting with my Brl tab. The mobile app is way easier. I love listening to books on here. Thank you.
-- choirheart, 2024-03-20

### **--- "Clunky  and Disappointing"
Trying this app for my son who will be eight and is unable to read.  The app is clunky. I’m trying to figure out if not all picture books populate in the app with pictures. After downloading the apps,
I’m unable to play videos from other sources.   I’m not sure what value if this will bring to my son unless the user experience is improved.  I’ll update the review if the app experience improves.
-- Chrystal1278490, 2024-03-14

### ***** "Making my downloaded books tab the new default when opening the app"
Hello again, my friends hope that everyone’s doing back to suggest any major in improvement or the next big update even though this one’s small and felt like it was not as the title suggest I would like for my downloaded book when opening the app, the recent books because it shows the books, I read and deleted To make space but I know that you guys are continuously working to make the app better so no rush. This is just a suggestion on my part and thank you for everything as usual. Hope to hear from you soon.
-- jaredlg36670, 2024-02-14

### *---- "Form controls nonexistent"
Grateful that I have VoiceDream reader so I can easily get books from Bookshare and read them with my voiceover voice because I just downloaded this app so I could read an audio book. I cannot even login as a voiceover user with an iPhone 11 and iOS 17.1.2. For being a company who caters to visually impaired people I would expect your app to have correct coding for Text fields. Usually I can double tap on the Text field and then type or paste my username and password. I have tried turning screen recognition on which can sometimes help, but the edit option is not even Offered when I spin my rotor. This tells me that the app is not coded correctly for form controls. Very disappointed!
-- Amy 1000, 2024-02-02

### ***-- "app needs function"
now impossible to delete searched titles from library even if book is one that won't be downloaded because details for book are not what is wanted.
-- Blindfromthebeginning, 2024-01-25

### ****- "Great App"
Great app for reading bookshare books. I really enjoy the reading style and it’s very easy to both read and listen to audio. Although, I wish there was a where am I feature, so I can know where I am in a book, either in pages or percentage. Other than that, love the app.
-- Queenofthefaeries, 2023-12-23

### *---- "Not accessible"
Hello, I am totally blind and downloaded this app because I’m an avid reader, a book share member, and I’m very adept at using my iPhone, computer, and braille note taker. I am not even able to log into this app. When I click on the username or password text field, it doesn’t do anything, and when I try to type in the username password, either with the keyboard on my iPhone, or well hooked up to my braille display, it does not actually type it in. I am very disappointed as I love reading and listening to books and I read books on my phone all the time so I was looking forward to this app but it seems I cannot even use it.
-- BlindUserK, 2023-12-06

### ***** "Really enjoy books share"
As somebody that has a reading disability, I really like books share I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it. I like how easy that app is to use. I like the fact that when you login on multiple devices with your account, you can instantly access your Books and pick up from where you left off, I also like the fact that you don’t have to download every book that you want to read. It’s a really great app. I’ve used it for many years and really enjoy using it.
-- Elliot Ewer, 2023-11-20

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## Bookshare Reader Discovered Keywords
- bookshare reader

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## Bookshare Reader Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/united-states)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/argentina)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/australia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/canada)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/dominican-republic)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/ecuador)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/hong-kong)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/indonesia)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/india)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/nigeria)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/philippines)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/romania)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/slovenia)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/tunisia)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/armenia)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/bookshare-reader-Ngtj/south-africa)

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