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Sora, by OverDrive Education App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Not the bestAll of my fav books aren’t here, and the books actually takes 9 hours to download. Plus, Sora has a lot of grammar mistakes in the books. In Warrior Cats, they even got a name wrong! This is stupid, and I should delete this app.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Fun app, but needs a little work.Sora is a nice app but however, it has issues. My child was obsessed with reading on Sora when her school introduced it to her, so she read a lot everyday. However, when she opened Sora a few days later, when she wanted to borrow a book, it said, ‘You checked out and returned too many titles in a short time please try again later.’ I would get that if she did NOT return the titles, but that makes no sense because they were basically stopping my daughter from reading! And another thing Sora could be working on, my daughter can only check out one book at a time and hold one book at a time, why aren’t they letting her check out and hold more? So Sora’s a good app when you actually can read on there, otherwise, it could use some work..Version: 4.1.0
✓ Can’t find my school!😡😡😡😡. Ahr!😡😡😡😡My techer wanted me to bring this stuff but I’m hoping that it will work tomorrow morning!😡😡😡😡 find my school!!!!😡😡😡😡.Version: 3.0.2
✓ I Loved it, but then love started dying downI loved readin off of sora because i can read a book before actually getting the book, but then all of a sudden i tried borrowing a book but the thing said for me to sign in again but this time my district im in isnt on the list for some reason. Im hoping you could help this out and so i can start reading my books i want to read..Version: 6.3.0
✓ Really good a first but..It was good for a few months then it asked me to sign in and then saying it was incorrect.Version: 5.0.1
✓ UselessWhy have it where books can be taken and you have to get put on a incredibly long wait list? For an app? With E-books????.Version: 6.0.0
✓ Bookmarks won’t saveMy bookmark highlights DO NOT SAVE, so I constantly lose all my notes. It is extremely frustrating, to the point that I do not want to use Sora anymore because I can’t keep track of notes when they disappear from my book. I need these notes for classes. If it won’t save my notes, I won’t use the app..Version: 3.0.6
✓ DONT GETI’M LEASE DONR GET MY GRANMA WAS USING IT A THE SORA MASCOT JUMPEDBOUT THE SCREEN AND JUMPED HER AND PUSHED HER DIEN THE STAURS AND PULLED OFF HER WEAV I HARR THIS APP DONT GET.Version: 6.0.0
✓ I can’t log inMy problem with this app is that it won’t let me sign in. I’ve searched my school and the city I live in and it still would not work for me..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Really badI can’t work this app is can’t find the work and I can’t do anything. Only download this if you need it for school. It’s hard to navigate and I think my school should rethink using this..Version: 4.0.0
✓ Landscape mode problemI love reading in portrait mode but I keep getting stuck in landscape mode and it’s Sora not my phone I don’t know how to fix it and there should be a setting for portrait or landscape mode.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Not for me!I really dont like how long some of the waits are for a book, I had to wait five weeks for a book that said available! Even when the five weeks were up I still couldn’t borrow it. And I really don’t like how low quality the audiobooks sound! I have another app I read on and the audio books on it, the people speaking speak so clear and read it with so much more expression! The wait for and online book on this app it honestly ridiculous, it’s an online book, unlike a library having limited amounts of a copy of a book, an online reading app should allow heaps of people have the book at once. It just would be so much more easy!.Version: 5.2.0
✓ Gross smellThis app smells so bad it sells like if a rotting fish took a crap and congealed with a pound of grandpa’s week old chilli, but a family of rats with dementia died in it.Version: 5.1.0
✓ SoraMore like Dora like who needs books L app rate it 1 star.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Literally amazing, but....Okay, so to be honest, I think Sora is a great way to read your books online. There are cool features available which are quick and easy to use, and they are very descriptive when it comes to books. Sora also represents your local library very well--but an online version. A few things that they could work on improving is creating a larger collection of books. I also am experiencing a bug that makes it so I can't open any book, but it might just be a wifi problem. Anyway, this app has its pros and cons, but I still would recommend it for anyone willing to read ebooks!.Version: 5.1.0
✓ GoodBut I just Can’t OPEN IT WHY? Please fix this.Version: 2.1.0
✓ MehIt’s not too bad on my computer. In fact, it works pretty well. I love reading books on Sora but it just won’t open on my mobile device. Cannot find my school and without a school you cannot get into it at all. If you are not using this for your school there is no use downloading this. Definitely needs some improvement..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Doesn’t workLong story short, THIS APP IS BUGGY and shouldn’t be used. This app is just horrible. Every single time I check out a book and begin to read, it never saves the spot I was in. I constantly spend so much of my reading time just trying to find my place. Also a couple times the book I’m reading will just close automatically and then bam I have to find my page yet again. Would not recommend..Version: 6.0.0
✓ ...It dosnt have the best books in sora.... you have to wait at least 6 months for a popular book... what is there that sora can do? Even the bookmarks don’t even save.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Not bad but bit long loadingIt takes a bit long to load Plz fix it.Version: 3.0.2
✓ SchoolI got to download for school to pretend like I’m reading lols.Version: 4.1.0
✓ It’s not the best...Good, decent app that tries to keep up with trends. I just wish you could renew books for longer..Version: 5.0.1
✓ StupidThe app is okay except for the fact that you have to WAIT for a book if someone is reading it even though it’s an online app. Idk I just think it’s stupid. :|.Version: 6.3.0
✓ It is so annoyingWhenever I search for my school it finds it then when I have to put my email address it doesn’t work it’s so annoying.Version: 5.1.0
✓ It’s not the best but is good for some thingsIt’s good for at school when pretending to read but I’d personally use webtoon because it has more story’s and better at that and half of the time it takes two weeks which is a very big design flaw and pretty stupid also it has all naruto chapters up to twenty but doesn’t have the third or fourth Percy Jackson book.Version: 4.1.0
✓ No longer works with NYCDOENo longer works with the DOE to allow staff and students to borrow books, which would have been great for the summer. First could not borrow books. Now cannot even login..Version: 6.3.0
✓ Good and bad.It is good because it is educationable but i cant get in anymore so please fix it. :).Version: 4.0.0
✓ Piggy’sI had it on my iPad it was good and everything was fine then I switch to my phone and I can’t even find my school it’s making me so mad so I would give it 5 stars but since my school and another school that I was going to use cuz my mom works there in not on it so I’m really frustrated I’m trying to do stuff and it’s not alloweong me to find my school.Version: 4.0.0
✓ ProblemThis sounds to me like a very good app but I can’t find my school.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Place a hold issueI like overdrive reading is good (to me) But what is annoying is the fact when someone has book you really like, it just says place hold and it can take up to 1️⃣6️⃣ weeks to receive just sora/overdrive take out this feature please.Version: 5.1.0
✓ TrashWon’t even let me log in.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Its ok.....Its a good app but there should be a wider range of books so theres more varieties to chose from,,.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Absolute garbageImagine actually liking this app it’s such a dead app you should use audible instead and we get forced to download this and we can’t sit in silence instead we get forced to read like a human dictionary.Version: 5.0.1
✓ ICrap.Version: 5.0.1
✓ It’s not workingEvery time I tried to click on my school board it always says it’s unavailable.👎👎👎terrible app.Version: 5.0.1
✓ SoraDoesn’t even have my fracking school.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Hate readingHate reading.Version: 6.2.0
✓ HorribleThis dumb app doesn’t work whenever you try to finish a book it says you’ve been reading for 0 minutes but you have literally read for like 12 minutes and then it says you’ve read 96% and you’ve got 1 minute left. You can’t even finish a book. This is one of the worst app experiences ever don’t recommend..Version: 5.2.0
✓ Minor issuesEveryday when I got home I would use Sora, right? But when I finished a book (Ex: Warrior Cats) I would want the sequel, which they didn’t have, so I would go to the library and try and get it, but I have a pretty small library in my town, so it would be on hold, lost, or they didn’t have it. Overall I think it’s great, but there are some more minor issues. 1. The hold system. I don’t understand why you would need that on a digital app? When I wanted to read a book, and it was on hold, I hat to wait 2-4 weeks just for one person (unless they returned it). 2. How they recommended books. I am in 6th grade, but I logged in with clever which has test scores, etc. so it recommended 3-4th grade books, so I had to think of books I wanted and search for them at the search bar..Version: 5.1.0
✓ RUBBISHWe had to download this for school🙄 like EW, I hope they know that nobody actually reads they just pretend so they don’t get told off 😓 then only people who do read this are the spoffs who idk but somehow they know EVERYTHING like u wanna be known as the human dictionary 🤪.Version: 5.0.0
✓ Not greatThey don’t have a lot of books and the ones they do have aren't that great. If you are reading a book in a series, a lot of the time they don't have the second or third book in the series. They should also have an option to continue streaks by making up average time..Version: 6.2.0
✓ Good but some problemsHi I love reading books but sometimes if I am reading a page with a lot of writing the app will not let me turn the page and gets me very frustrated and when you borrow a book it once took me half an hour to download or something! So if you can please fix the app and that would be greatly appreciated 🙂.Version: 4.1.0
✓ What is being collected?Downloaded app but can't continue until I agree to Sora collecting information about me. No option to opt out, no details I could find letting me know what information they are collecting, storing, sharing, selling. Disappointed..Version: 6.3.0
✓ GreatLove books!.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Sora: an app for books that’s ACTUALLY amazingPpl are saying it’s bad when it’s not??? it’s actually SO good. i’ve given up on reading online after my favorite sites were taken down, stopped being funded, etc. of course, i don’t mean that i’ve stopped reading AT ALL, but rather on my phone. to be honest, i actually dislike reading online. but the formatting of this app is easy to use, good-looking, and overall enjoyable to use! it’s easy to get the hang of it. there are lots of different kinds of books here, from popular ones to even manga! and Sora has a lot of manga! the only problem i have with Sora is the fact that you can only “borrow” books for 20 days…but whatever! i still love this app. i CANNOT thank my best friend enough for telling me about this app, and sharing her account with me!!! ilysm <3.Version: 6.0.0
✓ TrashTrash.Version: 4.0.0
✓ CrapThis is the worst app it’s crap.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Get better booksMy school recommended the students to download this app today, and being a big reader, I was quite excited to. So I search up some of my favourite books (all of which are extremely well known even for those who haven’t read them) to find they would have no results or simply wouldn’t load. Classic of my school to find the worst website possible..Version: 5.1.0
✓ BruhIt says their are suitable books for me and then I just get dodgy babyish books. I also hope it gets removed from the App Store as I have to use it in school. BrUh.Version: 4.0.0
✓ AppNot the best app.Version: 6.0.0
✓ The concept is nice but...I only recently got this app and I’m hoping to be proven wrong but right off the bat I see some issues. For one, even though they have access to your clever account, which I believe has your grade and lexile score, I was recommended books for 3rd graders despite being in 7th grade. And even the books that were “on level” had lexile less than a thousand and-age counts not reaching 200. My lexile score for the record was 1413. This is the thing I have the most trouble with on kids websites. They seem to assume all of us are below average and group 5th graders in with kindergarteners in reading level. The next thing is the “fantasy” section. I have read many a book in this genre written in the last decade. So why are all the books on the websites not? I know old books can be good, but by now the writing pales in comparison to modern books that actually engage the reader. I can name hundreds of modern fantasy books yet they don’t have a single decent one. I’m not sure how this works, and if it’s a problem with the rights and copyright and stuff that’s fine, but please make your system see what grade and lexile score your on. No dignified 7th grader is going to be caught dead reading “Spongebob: Surfs Up!”.Version: 4.0.0
✓ Will not alert you that your loan is readyThis app is similar to Libby, but Libby is far superior. The main problem is that when you put a book on hold and it becomes available, the app does not let you know. The only way to discover that your hold is ready to borrow, is to open it each day to check. If you forget to open and check on the day the book becomes available, you lose your hold and have to go to the back of the line again. If you’re waiting several weeks for your hole to become available, sometimes you forget to open the app on a given day to check. Libby will notify you by email and phone notifications when your hold is available to check out. Until this app is updated with this feature, it only earns one star..Version: 4.0.0
✓ I hate itI is a bad learning tool use real books.Version: 5.0.4
✓ I can’t find my schoolThis is really annoying because every time I type my school, it says two other random schools..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Sora sucksThe books are dumb and stupid, and they are not entertaining. I got this app to get entertainment from books, but the books are dumb and they should die in a hole for all I care. Stupidly stupid books! I’m not tolerating these books anymore, and I just don’t know what to do, because Sora and the books just need to like get a education. People like me with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis shouldn’t have to suffer, I’m going to die soon so yeah. And I love to read but my mom won’t get me books. SO ONE STAR FOR YOU IDIOTS..Version: 5.2.0
✓ AwfulI have to wait 4 weeks to get a book I need for my school research and I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME!.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Amazing app but some problemsThe app crashes a lot when I try to load it it happened 4 times for a big Nate book and has happened many times before.Version: 5.1.0
✓ BadBad.Version: 2.1.0
✓ GlitchThe app will always glitch on a page and IT IS SOOO annoying FIX IT.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Great but not great for phonesI have tried the app on a school chrome book and it works great but when I try it on the phone it won’t let me sign in. The app take me to the sign in section and keeps reloading itself without signing me in. I have tried multiple times and it won’t let me even if I put the right password and username. Please fix it soon I really want to read the books on there..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Where’s my schoolI’ve searched for West Ryde public school but that wasn’t it.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Can’t log in after most recent updateCan’t log in after most recent software update. It’s middle of summer break; can’t check out new ebooks, audiobooks or magazines. Can’t renew books. No one to check with at school bc: ITS SUMMER BREAK. Very disappointed. Hope my students are having more luck..Version: 6.2.0
✓ Real annoying bugI quite like this app it’s really great for long car rides and late night reading The only thing I had a problem with was a bug that would sometimes occur: When I would try to tap onto the search section it would instead go to the home section meaning I couldn’t search for any books Even when I restarted the app and my phone it still remained the same Other than that the app is pretty good Thanks.Version: 1.8.2
✓ RubbishIt’s pathetic honestly never used such a rubbish app. It doesn’t even download and it doesn’t let me find my school it’s shocking. Can’t believe apple would allow an app that is this bad on their store. PATHETIC.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Didn’t even workThe app didn’t even let my kid sign in to their account..Version: 5.0.3
✓ BadIt does not have enough books and takes ages to renew.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Sora is midWay too many glitches and I can’t even read majority of books L.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Great app!- sort ofSo almost EVERY TIME i get in Sora and open a book it lags and i have to restart the app, all i want is to read, plz fix this Overall it’s a good app, add more books tho why only have 1-2 copies, WHY? Also plz add game over.Version: 5.0.0
✓ BadI have waited twenty-four hours and downloaded a 28 page book and it says I’ve downloaded too many books in a short space of time! I don’t get it! It’s okay but I wouldn’t recommend getting it! 😒.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Wet hot sticky trashIf you wanna read Harry Potter not only do you have to wait 2 weeks you have to read it in French. Actual dog water.Version: 5.2.0
✓ Broken for NYC DOEPlease please fix this sora your app is genuienly easy to use and i love reading on it, but the young adult romance i want to read is unavailable for me. i’m in high school and i’m in the allowed age to read these books 😭😭 it’s really annoying please fix it.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Kinda good but also kinda annoyingSora is good and there is a lot of good books but I hate the place hold thing. The book I was trying to get I had to wait 9 weeks my other book it was 7 weeks and the last books was 16 weeks! My friend returned the book I really wanted and was On my wish list. But when she returned it I still couldn’t get it. Pls fix these problems if you can..Version: 5.1.0
✓ WhyThis app is terrible. I apologize for all the students forced to get it..Version: 6.0.0
✓ ProblemsI cant find my school!! It’s annoying me! Every time I try to find it makes me go to a school that’s far away! :( please fix this. It’s annoying.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Very Useful but been waiting on a holdI love Sora and use it a lot. It’s great for school and also relaxing. You can choose any books you want it’s awesome when you can bookmark and highlight words and phrases in the book and come back to it later. However, the holds are not good. I placed a hold for a book on January 3rd, 2021. I was the first person in line after the person who had the book right now. It’s now May 6th and I am still waiting for the book! There are 5 other people in line behind me but I think the person who was reading it is not on Sora anymore. But it won’t release the book to me. Can that be changed?.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Good appThe app is pretty good. The books though, are not for everyone. The books are for kids in grades 2-4. If you are older, like me you might find it hard to find books you are actually interested in..Version: 3.0.2
✓ TrashTrash.Version: 4.1.0
✓ Lack of booksI would not recommend this app for anybody in grade 3 to 7 or 8 as the books they provided you with is horrible and is much to under level for my reading.Version: 5.0.1
✓ RubbishIt is good but you have to wait for a book even though their digital copies.Version: 5.0.0
✓ Not badThis app was awesome when it worked. I can’t log back in and I can’t read any book. I will say the selection of books is good..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Worst reading format possibleI was going to read a book on this and I have to swipe through it (like in the photos app) instead of scrolling like in most reading apps. Also I hope this gets removed from the App Store as I have to use this for school!.Version: 3.0.6
✓ SadI had to get this for school and I absolutely love books, so I was quite excited. I can finally read the books that I haven’t been able to borrow at the library. But when I saw you have to borrow it online too... and wait WEEKS, like what is the point? It’s online, anyone can access it, so why do we have to wait? This has annoyed me so much and by reading these reviews has annoyed others too! Do not recommend this app at all..Version: 5.0.1
✓ BadGlitchy bad.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Signing upIt took me 4hour to do my name why? It sai not found like my email like what the.Version: 5.0.4
✓ What happened?This used to be my most used app, I read/listened to so many books but now they don’t have anything anymore. Like what, how can you not have any Orwell books or even something basic like Harry Potter? It’s pretty distressing what happened.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Why not my school?Hi Sora devs why does it not have Whitfield state school on it? It’s McManus street Australia Queensland cairns..Version: 5.1.0
✓ JApp=bad.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Fine App, but needs workSora is an excellent app for students to read books they pick and that their teachers assign. But Sora’s interface can be glitchy. On the achievements page for students where they can see reading achievements they earned you cannot scroll. If I open the app after it’s restarted and immediately go to the achievements page I can scroll down and up but if I open it again after going to a different page or I open the app before it’s restarted then it is frozen with scrolling no scroll up no scroll down. And it’s extremely annoying that you need to restart the app to scroll in your achievements. Also I started reading at 11AM and finished at 11:30AM but it gave me the achievement “Early Bird” for reading before 7AM?! I couldn’t find any setting to change the time so it now has no idea of the time. Please fix these glitches..Version: 4.1.0
✓ Only one word sums this app upSh**.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Pros and ConsPros: Feels authentic Books read from electronics No need to go to the library Audio books Cons: Hold placements: why do you need hold placements on an electronic book app? The book isn’t exactly an object you picked up from the library. It feels like this app could have accomplished so much more is this wasn’t a feature. Electronic books should not have a checkout line. Interface: the interface is glitchy at worst, an annoyance at best. Sampling: when I sample a book I have to return to where I found the book instead of just being able to borrow it right then and there In all, I feel like this app should be an alternative if someone has already borrowed the book you were after in the library, it shouldn’t function as if it were a library itself, at least not with the extreme downsides of the library.Version: 5.0.4
✓ OmgI looove this app and use it every day for audiobooks. my school library bought 100s of books for sora and it’s super helpful how you can assign books. the only thing is i wish it was supported with Siri so you can tell Siri to play a book on sora..Version: 6.4.1
✓ DumbApparently only one person can listen to a book at a time??? It might just be a school thing because I’m using my school account but that’s pretty pathetic.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Uh uhWHERE IS MY SCHOOL. u dare disclude MYY school?! the sheer audacity ADD IT NOW >:(.Version: 6.3.0
✓ Dismissive “support”Great when it works however it has been crashing all summer. After taking recommended steps for problems on the sora website I contacted sora and they were dismissive and no help. “Ask your teacher or tech support,” was the response?!?!.Version: 6.2.0
✓ Great app! Just one pretty major thing...I really like sora! So much, in fact, I have it both on my computer at school, and my phone at home. When I went to school today I found I couldn’t check out the audiobook I wanted, so I tried to log out the in again, but it still didn’t work. Then I tried to check out a regular ebook. And this worked, but I didn’t want the ebook, I wanted an audiobook because ebooks can make my eyes hurt. I came home, hoping to check out a book here, then read it at school. I tried and it wouldn’t even let me download a regular ebook. At this point I’m really annoyed so I log out then in again, it STILL doesn’t work. I DELETE THE APP, RE- DOWNLOAD IT, LOG IN, SHUT DOWN MY PHONE, COMPLETELY REBOOT, AND IT STILL DOESNT WORK. I rely on sora for reading and this has me REALLY mad. Thank you, A loyal/concerned user.Version: 1.6.4
✓ Thought it would be betterSora takes forever to load I can’t even read 4 pages without it freezing.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Just WowI thought this app would be good but it crashes every minute and takes forever to load.Version: 4.0.0
✓ My progress disappeared!I was reading my book and it still had 3 dues TIL it had to be returned and my iPad crashed, when I got back on Sora my reading progress and my books were all gone, my library was empty this app is frustrating and was really disappointed in this app..Version: 4.0.0
✓ WhyI was looking and i can’t find my school division it very disappointing.Version: 5.1.0
✓ SucksIt won’t work and should get good.Version: 4.1.0
✓ It glitches a lotI was told at school that you have to do it with WiFi but than when I dis it with wifi it blacks out.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Ok-ishIt’s ok, kinda. It always glitches and keeps Kicking me out. But I mean the books are good so :|.Version: 1.8.2
✓ Ok...🤨😐I think this app is ok. It’s not the best and always takes ages to load and won’t let me read unless connected to wifi and some books won’t download even when I am connected to wifi and say that I cannot download them unless I am connected to wifi. So yeah besides that. This is an ok app.Version: 1.8.2
✓ MY SCHOOLMy school is not there I think I have searched everything about it and the name WHERE IS MY SCHOOL I WANT TO SEE IT!!!.Version: 3.0.2
✓ WhyJust why does this exist.Version: 4.0.0
✓ Good, but a few thingsI really like using sora when I feel bored or am in need of a book, and for that it works fine. But it only allows you to borrow three books at a time, which is slightly annoying to me. For example, you have to give up a book you are halfway through reading because you would like this other book. Or, you would like to check out a whole series but you can only have 3 of the books at a time. Also, most of the books are more for smaller children. I understand that this is an app created for kids, but if you could add a few more books for people past 5th grade, that would be great. :).Version: 5.1.0
✓ WeirdI like the point of this but i don’t get it because this app was supposed to take out the inconvenience of library return dates and not having enough copies so what’s the point cool tho.Version: 3.0.2
✓ Its ok....butThe app is really good for my late night reading and listening to audiobooks but sometimes it can be really slow and saying I have to sign in again. Please make an update where there is no bugs. PLEASE!.Version: 4.0.0
✓ PoopooWon’t let me log on to my school thing.Version: 4.1.0
✓ BadBad books doesent have good books like where the wild things are or atleast stickman.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Not very goodI don’t like you have to wait till the book is free but it’s online they basically have infinite copies what’s the point.Version: 6.3.0
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