We analyzed 182 negative reviews of Goodreads: Book Tracker & More from the App Store. Here's what users are saying.
Outdated interface and lack of updates
"The UI feels like it’s stuck in 2015."
"Goodreads is super glitchy and non-user friendly."
PLEASE GIVE US READERS DARK MODE….we love this app but we have sensitive eyes come on now ! Stop making us suffer.
First the ads now the “sponsored” posts, stop with it
So, I just got back in to reading due to my wife and FIL and I got the Goodreads app to keep up with their progress as well as my own. I love it, all the books on there with reviews, the posts and ability to like and comment, the giveaways. I love it all! What I do not love, however, is that for the...
Get StoryGraph. You will NEVER look back. I have an iPhone, and the Goodreads app burns my retinas because there isn’t a dark mode for iPhone…it’s 2026. Dark mode is a basic feature. Come on. The format/layout of Goodreads is old and outdated. Even the fact that when you open the app, you don’t even...
Frustrating user experience. It remains a mystery how to update reading history (prior reading dates, or add books read, etc.) Information updates in some areas of the app, but not others. Help Center advice is inadequate or inaccurate. Klunky user experience, excessive clicking through unnecessary ...
Lots of bugs.. makes a lot of functions in the app unusable.
Seriously, give us half star rating options. All the other book tracking apps have them.
Too many bugs with updating reading progress. It is not updating at all. It resets to the first reading update I made
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