4.64 out of 5
6,474 ratings in United States
You can’t swipe to flip the page, you can’t undownload off a device to download onto another, there are pages with 10 words on them instead of being in a normal ebook format so using the text to speech option is awful since you have to press next page and start to even use it. This app could be so much better. Please fix these things.
My school uses this application to force me to try and read or listen to textbooks through it. The automated reading feature is the worst thing I have ever heard. There are many choices for voices to read the text to you, but nearly all of them are just horrible. this app has forced me to spend $130 to buy the book since even the navigation through the book is just horrible.
Reading a book on iPhone on this app is a real eye-strainer because the zoom function has a negligible effect on font size. So the text remains quite small no matter what you do. This is a major problem and mars an otherwise good user experience.
Help me to read and study for exams on the go. Red Shelf does a great job with assisting you with all of the necessary materials to an in-depth perspective for your project and research.
Also, every page takes time to load which slow down page turning
Absolutely amazing and user friendly app for reading textbooks
App is just as good as the online website based e-reader; it is very subpar. I expect nothing less from the mediocrity of RedShelf. It is something to be expected. Nothing new.
I would give this a zero star if I could. I seriously hate the app! Worst reading app! Studying from their website does NOT make the experience better at all. It’s difficult to highlight and take notes, and it has very, very limited features. I highly prefer using another reading app like Pearson+ or Kindle for school textbooks. Next time, I’m going to opt out from my school’s Inclusive Access program through Red Shelf because this is an abysmal experience! I wish I was able to do this earlier. I’d rather obtain my textbooks and study elsewhere than have to deal with this very horrendous app for a whole semester! Lesson learned.
When I highlight something, it goes away after a while
I had the unfortunate option to either use this or buy my textbook for over 200 dollars… I would honestly rather pay that if I had the money. The restrictiveness of the app as well as the website are horrendous. To scroll down on a tablet or mobile device, you need to zoom out entirely just to scroll to the bottom of the page and then zoom back in to continue reading. The ability to “download for offline use” is restricted to within the app and for most textbooks (if not all of them) you can only download it to one device in one location. I had been using the website before I had known about the app and had downloaded my book there. Shortly afterward I found out about the app and tried to download my textbook there. For the next 3ish hours (off and on) I was trying to delete the download from the website so that I would truly have offline access on the app. Whenever I was on the website it would have me redownload the book, and when I would try to delete it the only option was download. After this 3ish hour period the website finally showed that I had downloaded the book and then allowed me to delete it. Only to make me download it onto the app instead of allowing a download to my device. The book I had access to was for a lifetime, although I doubt I would actually try to use RedShelf for a lifetime as using it for half an hour has already made me want to scream. The highlighting/note taking option is an absolute headache, as you cannot just highlight the text you want, but you are required to select the text (as though copying a link) then you can highlight. The issue? Text you don’t want to highlight or find important get highlighted, as the select method will cross over onto multiple lines or try to select the entire page. You end up spending so much time trying to fix your highlights and notes that you lose focus on what you were reading.
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