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Bluefire Reader App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Today’s updated ruined current bookThanks for the app update! Now the book I was reading has a good 30% margins with no way to shrink them further. I get a good 5 or 6 words per line in portrait now. Other books seem fine. So what happened?.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Poor accessibilityI used to love this app, but the recent update is terrible for accessibility. I can’t change the text size for most documents, which makes me unable to read them. I’m really sad that an update that was supposed to increase access actually barred me from being able to use the app like I used to. This was the best PDF reader and now I have to find a new one..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Retour à la mauvaise pageLorsque je reprends ma lecture, le livre ne s’ouvre pas à l’endroit où je suis rendue. Vous disiez avoir corrigé ce problème lors de la dernière mise à jour, mais le problème persiste. C’est très chiant..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Really badI purchased a study ebook and my option to use it was Bluefire. I spend more time fighting with the app and getting frustrated than I do studying. Half the time the app comes up blank and I have to close the app and then my page I was on isn’t saved. Also if you swipe two,g the book closes and I have to tap several times to open it again. I have been able to use highlight once. That’s it, once. For studying highlighting is really important. I’m deeply unhappy and not sure if I will have luck passing my exam..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Not very usefulFirst of all, this app doesn’t synchronise between devices. I appreciate that it doesn’t claim to, but it is a major flaw. Secondly, I don’t know what the storage limit is, but I’ve added around fifty books and it won’t add any more because it says it’s data volume is full. The memory of my device is nowhere near full, so the app does clearly have a limit of its own..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Filtered?…. Why are the reviews being filtered to only show ones the developer likes?.Version: 4.0.6
✓ SignetLorsque je recommence à lire,le signet ne m’emmène pas au bon endroit...je dois toujours tourner les pages une après l’autre jusqu’où je l’avais laissé. ...je ne peux me servir de la barre au bas car elle aussi me r’amène en arrière.😏 Donc je suis obligé à toute les fois que je quitte de noter la page et un point de repaire.....😏.....bien plate de toujours tourner selon le cas une vingtaine de pages...qu’ellevperte de temps 😡.Version: 3.1
✓ Needs some UI improvementsI don’t use Bluefire Reader that often, but today I was really frustrated with a UI issue and saw no feedback medium except for here. I copied one of my thesis papers into Bluefire so I wouldn’t have to navigate between different MS Word files while working on a new paper. My goal was to copy references and/or content for citing in this new paper in a simple manner. However, Bluefire doesn’t actually respond intuitively when you attempt to highlight and copy text. I have a hanging indent for one of my references, and it regularly highlights the 2nd character and only up to a certain point on the second line (if one tries hard enough). I gave up and just started retyping my references and previously cited content. The app also doesn’t regularly appear as an in-browser option for exporting online text. I.e., say I want to import a file instead of manually printing it. The developers need to look into expanding Bluefire’s presence in the “more options” sections of widely used mobile browsers. I gave the app two stars because I am able to still navigate between papers courtesy of separate apps..Version: 3.1
✓ Bad updateThis new update take few options down and my prefer one is gone !You can't change the brightness with a up or down finger anymore. Please put back all the option like before.Version: 1.9.2
✓ Très utile mais plein de bogsTellement de bogs en faire la liste commencerait comme suit: Par moment impossible d’ouvrir un livre téléchargé même après réouvert l’app ou après avoir fait un reset à de multiples reprises Plusieurs fois vraiment plusieurs fois impossible de tourner les pages en glissant Un ovale étrange colle sur la page et empêche de lire une partie du texte L’app perd la page et ouvre au début Vraiment moche comme app.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s StoneDoes not save your page.Version: 3.1
✓ Just a few complaintsEsthetically this is one of the more pleasing readers for iPhone. Size, color, margins, and line spacing settings are easily configured by a novice user. My complaints are: 1) No option to resume reading on open. I dislike having to reopen my book every time I exit the program. This seems like it would be easy to fix. 2) The RGB scales from 1 to 100 instead of a 256 scale like normal. It makes it difficult to get known color values. Other than those complaints it time very smoothly and I haven't had a single crash. This has quickly become my go to reader for iPhone..Version: 2.9
✓ Loses pageGood reader apart from the annoying habit of losing what page you’re on. I’m looking for an alternative after getting fed up with leafing back and forth looking for where I’d go to, for the umpteenth time..Version: 2.9
✓ Le crépuscule et l AubePas de fond noir pour lecture nuit . Très désagréable au lit. Pages complètes manquantes même en suivant la numérisation..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Don’t waste your moneyI purchased this application (it was supposed to be free) wanting to replace Apples book application which is now bad and there is no way to load a library book into this application..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Please fix bugs!This used to be my favorite reader app but lately there have been more bugs. Please fix them! 1- sometimes my book will randomly show all blank pages (white regardless of where you flip to). Fixed only by reopening app 2- when clicking on your bookmarks, and generally when trying to jump to a specific page, and when changing your font size: it won’t take you to the right page but rather takes you always to the beginning of that chapter!! So annoying and time consuming to try and manually flip to find the page you were on.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Usable but has some bugs.The app is fairly good, but I find it hard to select a “nice” screen to read. A few more preset options would be good. Also, and probably more of a problem, some of my books have really really small and uppercase font at the start of the chapter, this is quite annoying as it is relatively hard to read. This was not a problem with the same books on another app..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Dernière versionJ’utilise l’Apps Bluefire depuis plusieurs années pour l’emprunt de livres à la bibliothèque. Cependant, la dernière version de Bluefire est nettement moins performante. Beaucoup beaucoup de bugs lors de son utilisation. Ma vielle version, gratuite ...en passant, a été remplacée par une nouvelle ...payante et très décevante. Svp faites une mise a jour, si vous exigez maintenant un montant d’achat..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Would be great it if didn't crash every 2 secondsSeriously, don't bother until they fix the bugs.Version: 2.7
✓ AccessabilityI am enjoying this reader, however many of the books haven’t been accessible to me as I am legally blind. I would love if each download could be xxxL print or audio accessible. I have found that some are and this has been fantastic..Version: 2.9
✓ Not a patch on KindleFar fewer facilities than in Kindle Books Problem seeing all the lines. A line that is of screen does not appear on page turn..Version: 3.1.1
✓ Great idea - buggy implementationWhile it’s great that I can use this app to access thousands of ebooks through my local library, I have found the app itself to be quite buggy. Sometimes it will let me select notes and phrases to copy or highlight, sometimes when I try to select a word I’ll just get a contextual menu at the top of the page with no way to select anything. In theory you can sync the latest page read between devices, however, in practice (at least for non-fiction books) it syncs you to the footnotes at the end of the book. Sometimes when I open the app, instead of being at where I’m up to it will open to the beginning of the last chapter and I have to manually find my place. And although they have a place for online support, the actual support is minimal..Version: 2.9
✓ PROGRAMME QUI PLANTE A TOUR DE BRASAPRES AVOIR PAYER POUR LE PROGRAMME JE RESENT UN CERTAIN JE M’EN CALISS DES CLIENTS. ALLO QUELQU’UN AU BOUT DU FIL, . LE PROGRAMME PLANTE A TOUT DE BRAS C EST GOSSANT A LA LONGUE. DÉINSTALLÉ RÉINSTALLÉ OVERDRIVE EPUBREADER FONT LA MEME JOB..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Love it but....I really like this app. I want to give it a 5. It’s the closest thing to moon+ reader on iOS I have found. There is massive thing I find annoying though. I read on an iPad. I also like reading with small text (not too small of course). However, every time I try going smaller than a certain size, the text splits into 2 columns of text rather than just a single page and I find it EXTREMELY frustrating. I would like there to be an option to turn this feature off please. Also if possible add an option for scroll reading rather than just the page turning option. Thank you.Version: 2.9
✓ Good but glitchyIt could be a great app. I can put all my pubs on here and edit the metadata to whatever I want it to be. The sort and search functions are very useful. However, when reading I want to be able to turn the page without a two minute delay. It never used to happen but I’ve noticed in the last couple of months that the app will freeze when turning pages and takes forever to load my library..Version: 2.4.1
✓ Best reading app, but....I have used this app and it has reliably stored my books for years. However, the new iOS update locked me out of my app saying I no longer have permissions for it and have to view it in the App Store, and when I click “open” it says the same thing, it’s an annoying loop. I never made an account because i didn’t need to, and now my books might be gone forever. I was really looking to my summer reading and I’m asking the developers to please send me an email to contact them or update the app so it’s compatible w the new update. I want my books back! This is a nightmare, I can’t get those books on there again. Usually this app is 5 stars all the way..Version: 3.1
✓ Enhancements RequestsI like this reader. It’s solid interface for the most part. Would like to ask for some enhancements/upgrades that would make it an awesome reader. Collections-Allow user to have a visually organized folder view like we have on the Kindle reader collections. Mark Books - it would be nice to assign (and sort alpha, by date) as “Read” Mark Books - it would be nice to assign a “Read Next” order 1, 2, 3, ...etc. This would be a huge improvement - from w/i the app be able to open a particular location and point it to my books only dedicated G drive or My Files. From there have all other functionality. Read audiobooks Have an space saving option to convert books from say *.pdf to *.epub that will operate in a batch mode so I can convert all those files at once from w/i the app and it automatically places them in your library. Finally, the ability to sort files by type (*.pdf, *.epub).Version: 3.1.1
✓ FrustratingGreat enough when it works, but for some mysterious reason the app suddenly will not open. It looks like it’s going to, then suddenly crashes. Turning off then turning on the iPad doesn’t help. Disabling then re-enabling the app doesn’t work. Freeing more memory doesn’t work. Yes, deleting and reloading the app works, but all data is lost. From my experience, the app only accommodates some mysterious number of books. If I knew how many, I could avoid the problems I repeatedly have with this application. There is no warning. It suddenly becomes unusable. Frustrating! Recommend that you put only 10 or fewer books on at a time or you are up the creek without a paddle..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Glitchy, slow, imprecise and uselessThis is the worst reader I have - and the only one I had to pay for. I had to buy it because I got some ‘free’ ebooks from a publisher, and they insisted on this reader. Terrible. Useless. UPDATE: since writing this review, the performance of this reader has only declined. It gets worse and worse. This is the worst app I have and I only have it because Lexington publishers made me download it..Version: 3.1.1
✓ Unusable since updateI used to love this app for reading library books on my phone, but since upgrading my phone I’ve been completely unable to get it to work with DRM protected books, despite being logged in to my library-associated Adobe ID both on the PC I’m transferring from and my new phone. No error message, the books just won’t show up at all in the app, even though they appear in the file list in iTunes. I’m not sure if it’s an updated version of the app and I’d been using an older one on my previous phone, but I’ve tried everything I can think of and nothing has worked. Gutted..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Imperfect on iPhone XHas been my favourite reading app for a couple of years. Great features and customisability to make reading as suited to your tastes as possible. However, margin settings on the iPhone X means losing text behind the notch if the text is set to fit to the edges of the screen. You can get around this my turning margins to max but the you are reading in a very narrow column. A hopefully relatively easy fix which would see this app back up to 5 stars. (Also, a minor thing, but I also find the icon a little unappealing.).Version: 2.8
✓ Great rendering and flow, unusable library managementThis is probably the best flow and rendering of ePub documents I’ve seen. It displays clear, high quality text that is a pleasure to read. It’s library capabilities and replication via third party file engines, cloud or private is up dependable and convoluted. I use OneDrive and File Manager, and one would think that adding documents or folders should be easy. But it isn’t, adding items is an onerous task and does not add them to the library. The collections in the library cannot be organized by the document folder structure, but all appear to be dumped in one huge pot. Each individual document then must be manually moved to a collection manually. Collections are at one level only, so there is no hierarchy for Collection organization. I can also not see if a document in the library is copied in the apps’ storage or if it is simply a link to the original location. Obviously no internal document / file management exists. Perhaps I’m incorrect, in which case I would love to correct my initial impressions. Certainly for a product associated with Adobe, it is a huge disappointment..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Good but not GreatDigital Rights through Adobe is all a bit cumbersome getting set up -1 star. App doesn't always open in the book currently being read, even though the app is running in the background, i.e Not closed -1 star. Choosing font size is a bit hit and miss, as the font chooser sizing is different from the main screen display of the same font. Not worth losing a star, but a bit annoying when setting up initially..Version: 2.6
✓ This app doesn’t even begin to workTry this: transfer 17 ebooks, both epub and pdf, via itunes. Only 10 books show in the app! This app simply doesn’t work at all..Version: 2.9
✓ User friendly?Hi I am writing this review based on user friendly not on what free books they have to offer. They have a great free ebook selection, which is nicley organized. The 5 star reviews I read here are mostly about books but not about how user-friendly it is. I am using this app because our schools ebook uses this. The book I am reading is hard to digest and I wish there was the feature where you can highlight the word and find search the explanation for it. This is a simple feature that most ebook reader have. I wish you have this as well..Version: 2.9
✓ Brilliant update UPDATE (it was, years ago) gone down hillUPDATE I haven’t used the app so much in the past few years since discovering Kindle Unlimited, but I still have a very large collection of my earliest purchased e-books stored with this app as they’re all Adobe digital editions. I recently fancied re reading a series from my collection but gave up after book one as it was so slow to turn the pages it just made the whole process unpleasant rather than the joy it should be, to the extent I even looked into how to move them to a different app, unfortunately it seems that due to Adobe I have no other options. The addition of being able to create your own individual 'collections' is something that I have been wishing for almost since first using the app. It has made this so much easier for me to use as well as being a lot quicker to load..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Adjusting lighting and turn pages featuresUpdate: Thank you for giving us the swiping to adjust lighting feature, can’t wait for the turning pages feature. Update: Thank you so much for taking the time to read our feedback and your efforts to make this app better. This was the only reading app that had the ability to adjust lighting by swiping up and down , it was a great feature. Flipping pages feature is also gone, I don’t understand why you would ruin an excellent app by taking away these useful features!!.Version: 4.0.3
✓ Blank pageAm finding this app frequently blanks out. I have been able to turn off devise and reboot to get it to restore but seems to be getting worse..Version: 3.1
✓ Your average readerIs there any chance the app developers could add the “Speak” function. You can pretty much use it for everything else in the iPhone...just not this app..Version: 2.9
✓ Fonctionne très malJe regrette sincèrement d’avoir acheté des livres qui sont gérés par cette application. Le surlignage fonctionne une fois sur 5. Alors pour c’est terminé. Plus jamais. Je vais aller vers Ebook dorénavant. Merci!.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Bugs galoreI used to enjoy using this app but it’s recently got a lot of bugs. If I'm reading and close the app without a hard shutdown it will freeze and books won’t open. Other times this happens when I open the app after a hard restart of the app and no books will open. Sometimes it will lose my page and I have to bookmark often to get back to where I was reading. It’s frustrating and makes the app unusable..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Problème avec Bluefire ReaderJusqu’à tout récemment l’application fonctionnait très bien. Depuis quelques temps, l’application gèle et il est difficile de tourner les pages ou de quitter un livre ou de passer d’un fichier à un autre..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Poor workflow; clunky controls: Dropbox integration not workingMy two favorite ePub readers, Hyphen and Marvin, seem to be abandoned (2 years with no updates). So I’m on the hunt for a new ePub reader. And buddy, this ain’t it. The controls are not well thought out. The user experience is not well considered; when I launch the app, take me to the book I was just reading! And the kicker, Dropbox integration is not currently working, but ios 13.2 was just released and maybe those kinks will be worked out shortly. I’ll give this app another try in a couple of weeks to see if Dropbox integration is working. One positive aspect of this app: it’s still being maintained..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Garde pas la pageLorsque je reprends mon livre il revient au début du chapitre. Ça ne reviens pas où j’étais rendu...Version: 2.9
✓ Bloody menaceI've been using Bluefire for ages, and it's been handy enough. I'd used it as an alternative to iBooks for a smaller set of books which I kept there. But now they've gone and updated it so that all those books are gone - and it’s no longer possible to use Bluefire on any iPas running earlier iOS than 13, which most of the ones my family uses can't use it. Normally when a app is updated the older version is still available. Goodby Bluefire. And I know this review won't be on the site..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Police de caractèreImpossible d’agrandir la police de caractère dans le livre que je viens de télécharger?.Version: 4.0.4
✓ Could be great...Has all the settings I like in an e-reader, but it doesn't seem to save them if I close the program down. Very frustrating to have to re-configure every time I open it up. It has a button called "save" but it should be re-named to "save temporarily". Also keeps telling me I have read to a further point on another device, would I like to skip ahead. I'm not using it on another device, and have not read further. Sorry. But it's frustrating. And they seem like minor things that really let this app down..Version: 2.0.3
✓ Great cross-platform EPUB readerImpressive cross-platform EPUB reader – I'd give two extra stars for (A) Dropbox syncing instead of just sideloading, namely highlights, annotations and bookmarks; and (B) vertical scrolling view instead of just the existing page view. Hope you guys consider these in future releases, and thanks for all the great work so far!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ UI needs updated. Not user friendly.I downloaded this app to read a book for a certification training for work. Whenever I try to bookmark a page it takes me to the beginning of the chapter. Whenever I return to the book I must flip through the pages to get back to where I left off. I’m unable to highlight any text. The highlight option comes up in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and not where the text is I want to highlight. For a paid app, I expected to be able to do the basic tasks a free e-reader can do. While the e-book for the training was free to me, I almost wish I bought the $100+ physical book..Version: 3.1.1
✓ Bug: Page scrolling and chapter navigation is brokenI’m using the reader to read ePub books. Scrolling seems to only change the page number on the scrollbar, but the page does not actually flip. Pressing the arrow afterwards just resets the page number. Chapter also does not work, it just takes you to the start of the chapter. It’s annoying having to flip through pages manually. Using the latest iOS..Version: 2.9
✓ A rewrite that totally bombedI get it... the developer states the app had to be rewritten. But in doing so as an overwriting of version 3, verses a companion Version 4, it made my bookmarks on some of my version 3 book worthless. The bookmark/notes are there and highlighted - but reverence page 0. (It’s hit or miss - there doesn’t seem to be a pattern.) That means you can’t click on the bookmark in “bookmarks” and be taken to the page. That’s not my definition of progress. This used to be my go to ebook reader. Now, with no system font, a couple of my books are in a font 1. Absolutely unreadable. I thought I”d just zoom in then. Nope. Unsupported. Surely there were options available without forcing an update on to us. GoodNotes, as an example, maintained two versions and their users could pick which they wanted. I have 0, none, nada, zip new epub books that this new app was created to support. The 673 books - epub mostly with a few pdf’s - did not ask nor need this “upgrade” that lost what I loved about Bluefire Reader. As others have noted, the ability to change brightness, the ease to turn pages.... the features that made Bluefire our beloved program are now a thing of the past. I’ve found a new app and will be slowly making the transition. Goodbye old friend - you were great before your upgrade..Version: 4.0.2
✓ Not as good as KindleI find the Library very frustrating. I have a large amount of collection sets & it’s annoying when I have to pull a compilation up to the top of the shelf to then discover that I have finished that particular book. Why can’t Bluefire copy the success of Kindle & put the percentage of the book read. It would be so helpful. Apart from the above I am completely happy with Bluefire. I’d be interested in other readers views..Version: 2.9
✓ Does not work on apple tablet pro since several weeks.My apple system and bluefire reader app are both updated. I log with my library which offers books for bluefire reader. After identification I ask for a book, then I get an email from the library with the link to bluefire reader and there I could download the book, or access reading on line. Recently the links from the library does not work. I have done this for several years without problem . All of a sudden it does not work, just can’t download. I called the library and they tell me there is a bug with Apple that has not been fixed for several weeks, and in the meantime try to use the google chrome browser which they claim works. Google is up to date, but not Apple. I will have to go to the library so they can show me how to do it with Google Chrome..Version: 3.0.1
✓ App Great When It WorksWhen it works, this is a great app that makes reading ePub books a very pleasurable experience. However, lately, it has been crashing more and more to the point where right now I can't use it at all. Books seem to load and if I click on information, it will return the proper information on the nook (title, publisher, pages, etc.) it just won't load any pages for me to read - very annoying as you can imagine. I can't figure out a work around and don't know who to contact so I'm hoping the developer reads these reviews and will tell me what to do..Version: 2.6
✓ Functional, but rough around the edgesIt works ok. Lots of minor things are annoying though. I.e. The book I'm reading at the moment, if you share a quote to email you get a record of the page number. But if you share to the notes app the page number is blank. If you straight out copy you don't get any bibliography info at all..Version: 2.6
✓ Waste of moneyDon’t bother wasting your money, paid for the app and doesn’t accept my Adobe login details, even after resetting the password 😕.Version: 4.0.6
✓ PDF reading still needs workHave used this for ages, even since our library dropped support in favour of another (worse) app. Really useful for PDF manuals, EXCEPT that if you use an in-document link, e.g. from contents page or index, the pages are no longer properly centred. Really can't believe I'm the first person to notice this....Version: 3.0.1
✓ Voice over is not supportedI continually run up against this obstacle. One would think that in this day and age there would be more support for people with visual disabilities. VoiceOver has really improved my ability to access written materials. However, I am surprised that there is still supposedly excellent software out there that is incompatible with voiceover. I am currently taking a PhD level class I am unable to have full access to some of the library books due to PDFs not being able to be read by voice over..Version: 2.9
✓ My preferred reader but latest update...Since the last update the reader is eating battery on my iphone. 2.5 hours of reading with the screen dimmed = 69% battery use!!! Please fix this?.Version: 2.9
✓ Ne fonctionne plus sur les tablettesIl se ferme automatiquement avec mes IPAD depuis deux ou trois semaines.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Frustrating - Publishers - 1, Readers - 0I have downloaded both a purchased book and a book borrowed from my university library as I am an academic. Both are .PDF. I loaded them into iTunes using Bluefire reader app following the (very hard to find) instructions. I authorised Bluefire on opening it on my iPad. I got "Treasure Island" and a Bluefire manual (useless - no troubleshooting!)…neither of my books appeared. I had taken the precaution of transferring all the .xml and .log files along with the books…to no effect. At least the books do appear in iBooks and Tradebit and Adobe Reader - but in those they are blank! This is a pretty miserable outcome for an hour or so of fiddling about, loading and reloading Bluefire (it crashed continually so had to trash and reload), authorising etc., etc. Not a good customer experience at all! But what can one do? Having paid for or borrowed the books I will have to read them on the laptop rather than iPad. Thanks..Version: 1.9
✓ Doesn’t work for cookbooks or books with picturesI actually preferred this app to the standard books app and thought it was good value for the price but it is totally unusable for me as a lot of my books have pictures and this app puts the pictures on top of the words and on top of each other etc. Developers: is there a fix for this??.Version: 4.0.6
✓ No support for Apple PencilNeed integration with Apple Pencil.Version: 4.0.6
✓ PointlessAlways freezes when trying to turn pages, I hate it. I’ve tried everything but it seems it’s just going downhill..Version: 2.9
✓ Was great until the last update, now no access to book filesI used to be able to copy my drm-protected books to a backup so that if I change iOS devices, I can just copy those book files into the new device... but the most recent update took away the shared access to the data files (which since iOS 8 means I can’t access them!). So, no good way to back up anymore. Note: this is nothing to do with bypassing drm! I still can only access books per license, but now can’t back them up anymore!!!.Version: 3.1
✓ Doesn't work like it used toI have some craft books with pattern pages in them. When I bought them I could print the patterns out and use them. This week I wanted to make something again and discovered that I can no longer print anything at all from the app. I contacted support and they replied that they do not support printing but I could try opening the PDF in another reading app. Can't do that either. Can't email the PDF because the file size is more than my server allows. Strikes me this app has gone backwards, rather than new versions improving it..Version: 2.9
✓ UnimpressedThe books often freeze and the chapters aren’t listed when you scroll through the books. It’s not the easiest way to read ..Version: 2.9
✓ Useable App - with a few bugsI use this app for all my EPub files, generally works ok. Like that it supports adobe DRM. Was happy to find a stanza replacement. Downsides- Library organisation needs a rethink and needs an indicator in the library of how much has been read, can be slow to load/sometimes freeze on new pages particularly new chapters, would prefer the reading settings are universal ie, the orientation lock resets to off with every book - a bit annoying. A reasonable app, does what it says on the tin - but still needs refinement..Version: 1.7
✓ Flipping pageI have to use this app because this is the only app that I can read Kaplan ebooks on ipad. The thing is I like to mark and highlight as I read and this app is not a user friendly app for note takers. I cannot flip the page by just swiping it with the pen as in Kindle or Apple iBooks. I have to toggle the “Edit” function off and on between pages and it is super annoying. I wish the developers will look into this issue. PS I don’t understand how ppl are rating/ reviewing this app while actually all they are talking about is the books they are reading. It is kind of misleading..Version: 2.9
✓ Waste of $$ worst reader everCant delete my highlighted texts. Free readers do that!! I want a refund. I couldn’t believe it when I can’t delete highlighted texts. What an absolute worthless rubbish app. I need a good app for Uni and this certainly isn’t it..Version: 4.0.4
✓ IssuesI dont know if its just me or what but this new release isnt as swift anymore. Everything seems to be taking a lot of time and as a user i dont know that when i am clicking any button, is it the processing that's taking this much time or it just stopped..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Useful app, improvements could be made.Overall a very helpful app to use for uni readings, however i have a few suggestions which would improve the app. The highlighting option is great, but can get a little messy. Adobe uses a highlighting option which highlights the word/line without having to draw it, this would be tidier. Also if it were possible to insert a text box in the margins to annotate the work this would be very helpful, I use the bookmark feature however it does not show up on the page and must be searched for separately. Also, the gesture for flicking pages over could be improved as i constantly find myself accidentally flicking over to the next page without intending to. It would also be helpful if i did not have to exit out of the 'sketch' feature to turn the page, rather swipe to the next page and continue highlighting - that would be great. Hope some of my suggestions may be helpful! Still an invaluable app nonetheless..Version: 2.6
✓ Is it a web reader?Does the app really have to be online when reopening a local pdf? I could not open the book until the 4G reappears. Not very convenient..Version: 2.9
✓ Poor web featuresDoesn't allow highlight options to search on the web. the highlight search option does work when I read the bf user manual????. define option doesn't work with library books..define.Version: 2.1
✓ Epub3 fixed layout doesn’t workSadly still doesn’t work with epub3 fixed layout books..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Not very impressive...At first the app seems promising but then when I get into a book it cuts short as if incomplete. What’s the problem? There is like 20 pages in each book! Is anyone else getting this problem? Am I doing something wrong?.Version: 2.9
✓ Taking notesHow can I take note with this app ?.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Has potential, but needs improvementI like that it’s more customizable than other readers, but there are a couple things that annoy me. 1) Every other reader I’ve used, when you leave the app and come back.. it brings you directly to the book you were reading. This app brings you to the library instead. I know I can just press ‘now reading’, but it’s an unnecessary step. Once you’re in the middle of a book, odds are high the you’re gonna continue reading that book! 2) the app hangs frequently! I can be reading and flipping thru the pages, when all the sudden it doesn’t respond. Swipe, swipe.. nothing. It’s not the iPad because I can switch apps and do whatever else I want while the app is hung. This happens on multiple newer devices. If you give it 10 seconds or so it seems to come back, but it’s pretty ridiculous. The app has one purpose and that’s to display text. It has all kinds of time to have the next page ready while I’m reading the current page ** added note here, when it hangs it always seems to be at the end of a chapter 3) this is minor, but with all the freedom you have to pick your background and text color.. you don’t have the freedom to pick a highlight color. I had found an interesting color combo, went to highlight something and it didn’t highlight because of my color scheme 4) also minor, when dealing with RGB color selection, I’m used to seeing 0-255.. but for some reason this app uses 0-100..Version: 2.8
✓ Adobe ID login necessary to read DRM protected booksI have been recommended this app by a friend also exasperated how Books is treating him from a user experience point of view. I find it unacceptable that I have to create another account simply to read my books if they’re DRM protected. And this is after paying for the app because this is mentioned nowhere in the app description. I suppose devs think we’re so used to handing out our data nowadays that it wouldn’t matter. Well, it does. Uninstalled and refunded..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Can’t remember its placeWhen I fast switch between apps and back eg to check notes/translations, when I return here I get brought back to the start of the chapter, even if I was several pages in. This makes reading longer chapters while using it alongside a second app is very challenging..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Better than ADE but needs workOffers a far superior experience reading than does Adobe Digital Editions, but that bar is pretty low. Given university students who don’t want to carry around massive textbooks are being forced into overly regulated DRM protected EPubs, it would be nice if highlighting and annotation functions on this app could be added including support for Apple Pencil etc. It’s 2022!.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Koka BjörnThe ap does not keep the bookmarks, otherwise It works very well...Version: 3.0.1
✓ Slow, have to swipe 5 times or moreMy choice was this reader or Overdrive. This reader is slow and I can't never swipe the page to turn just one time. Have to swipe at it numerous times. It locks up and overall annoying reader but For harlequin books this is my only choice. I do like being able to edit the library which is why I still use it..Version: 2.6
✓ Annoying and missing important features.This seems like a skeleton app. You can read with it, but ... for example, it’s difficult to grab a selection and easily highlight it. When I go back later to read a book I’m already reading. It doesn’t take me to where I left off except sometimes. So I usually have to find my page again. This reader isn’t ready for prime time. Disappointed..Version: 2.9
✓ Waste of timeCannot get my highlights out of BR..Version: 3.0.1
✓ No double tap to zoomI’d like a refund, how can an app lack double tap to zoom?.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Broken!!Do not update to Version 3.1, it no longer allows you to add books/files manually from iTunes..Version: 3.1
✓ I Paid for this Epub Reader to Read Epubs - FAILDon't know why your Epub Reader doesn't work, don't care. Free Epub Reader works fine. Refund my money please. Thanks..Version: 4.0.6
✓ RubbishWhen I migrated to my next iPad and restored it from my previous one, all the books that were in this app disappeared, so this app had to follow the suit. Thankfully all my books are backed up in an external library..Version: 2.9
✓ App is an insult to the blind!I am vision impaired and use electronic materials as an accessible format for reading, I am disgusted at how bluefire is another example of how an app can make reading an accessible format completely inaccessible. I CAN'T READ IT AT ALL! I get the menu and so on but the book, is silent. NOTHING!!! Seriously, it is a disgrace AND DOWN RIGHT DISCRIMINATORY! The one star is only because I don't think you can give less, if I could you would have minus stars. I am disgusted, insulted, and livid. Pick up your act, do the right thing and for goodness sake comply with accessibility standards. This is not acceptable! Fix it!.Version: 1.9.7
✓ Can’t share what I’ve highlight/ ne peut pas partager nos notesFrançais plus bas Yes you can open book and highlights some part but you most of the time you can’t share or download your notes or highlight. It’s very frustrating because I need them for my courses. Here is what I wrote to the développer. I’m waiting for their answer. I wanted to know if you read the reviews left on the app store and if you are working on fixing these problems. Several months ago I bought your application and when I try to share or download what I highlighted it never works. I tried using air drop, messages, mail, evernote, notes and gmail. There's no way to download them. It's very frustrating since I need it for my lessons. I see there hasn't been an update for 11 months and in the feature description you say: "This full featured ereader app includes bookmarking, notes, search, collections, batch import and export, and settings for fully customizing your reading experience". When we buy a product, we are entitled to require that it performs as described. What will you do to fix that? ………………… oui cette application permet d’ouvrir des livres et de surligner des passages. Par contre partager et exporter nos notes et nos parties surligner ne fonctionne pratiquement jamais. C’est très frustrant puisque j’en ai besoin pour mes cours. Voici ce que j’ai écrit au développeur. J’attend leur réponse. Je voulais savoir si vous lisiez les avis laissés sur l'App Store et si vous travailliez à résoudre ces problèmes. Il y a plusieurs mois, j'ai acheté votre application et lorsque j'essaie de partager ou de télécharger ce que j'ai mis en évidence, cela ne fonctionne jamais. J'ai essayé d'utiliser air drop, messages, mail, evernote, notes et gmail. Il n'y a aucun moyen de les télécharger. C'est très frustrant car j'en ai besoin pour mes cours. Je vois qu'il n'y a pas eu de mise à jour depuis 11 mois et dans la description de la fonctionnalité, vous dites : "Cette application de liseuse complète comprend les signets, les notes, la recherche, les collections, l'importation et l'exportation par lots et les paramètres pour personnaliser entièrement votre expérience de lecture". Lorsque nous achetons un produit, nous sommes en droit d'exiger qu'il fonctionne comme décrit. Que ferez-vous pour résoudre ce problème ?.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Don’t fix it if it ain’t brokeI would have said it was the best e-reader on the market, but they’ve just ‘improved’ it, and have removed an important function. I like to read in bed at night, but I use a black screen as my husband works shifts, and any light from my book reader disturbs him. Before the latest update, I could reduce the light emitted from the text. Now I cannot. I might have to find a new e-reader now. If turning down the light is not a problem for you, you might be ok with this e-reader. And I don’t like the new settings either..Version: 4.0
✓ Un peu moins simple que LibbyLe format est correct, mais la fonction « rechercher dans le livre » n’est pas disponible, et il n’y a aucun moyen de retourner un emprunt, malgré les instructions données sur Internet!.Version: 4.0.6
✓ UnusableIt crashes every few minutes and is utterly unusable, which is a shame because it's the only app I can use with my university library.Version: 2.5
✓ Gone downhillIn a previous version one could double tap on an image/photo (in an ePub document) and it could be viewed in at least two enlarged views. This invaluable feature has gone. It seems impossible to set an optimal font size that provides consistency across all ePub books. Please get your act together and return the app to its former excellence..Version: 4.0.4
✓ AwfulI purchased two of my Uni text books through LexisNexis and had to download this app to view them. There's no functionality at all. The option to increase or decrease the font does nothing but frustrate you. You'd think decreasing the font size would enable to see more of the page but instead it just spreads the same amount of words over the page, and the smaller it gets the more columns you end up with! At a reasonable size font you could probably only see about 1/5 of what would be on the page if you had the hard copy book. It's also slow and clunky. Along with the option to view more or less of the page - also useless. Turning the page is delayed and you have to tap your ipad several times in just the right area to bring up the bottom menu. You can't highlight and copy text like you can't in adobe. Won't be buying my textbooks again through LexisNexis again if I have to use this crappy, useless app. I'd give it 0 stars if it was permitted..Version: 1.7
✓ Cant delete highlightsUsing to study - cant delete highlights, cant change highlights colour, cant search for notes made on highlights and bookmarks. Poor effort as a study app..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Abandoned?No update for more than a year and no developer response to repeated crash reports. Too bad as there are no alternatives for those of us who need to read protected PDFs on an iPad. Shameful Apple has never provided a service, and a bummer that the only dev to make one has moved on to other things..Version: 4.0.6
✓ It’s good but not great.You have a ice time reading and all, but sometimes the wierd books you may know might now show up for instance, I typed up ‘Tom Gates’ ‘Top of the class’ my favourite types of books and it said ‘no reasults’ I was quite sad. This is just a warning for people who like wierd books like me. Z🤣😞😞😞😞😂😂😂.Version: 2.9
✓ Very disappointingThis my first experience with blue reader and so far it is awful. I have lost highlighted text, several times. I cannot easily navigate back to where I left off, does not sync between adobe digital. I have wasted a lot of time in studying trying to get over these hurdles. I really did not want to purchase a paperback textbook as I am strictly an ebook reader now and thought ebook textbooks would be just as great, but I am losing so much time going over text and rehighlighting text as it disappears and navigation is awful. Not a fan!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Useful, but disappointingFor an application which seems to be on it's own as the default Adobe Editions ebook reader for the iPad, and suggested by libraries and university publishers as the ONE to use, the user experience is rather frustrating and disappointing. Until the "improvements" which came today, I was reading a number of books, borrowed and bought, quite easily. The .pdf interface is terrible - not fitting the screen, and jumping around, but it was tolerable. the controls won't always come up when you need them too, and books load from the library slowly. Today, however, myself and another user have found the "update" to be freezing the books (of all kinds) and the need to restart the app over and over is abominable. The support pages don't have a solution for freezing, closing and crashing, which helps not at all. If you want to exploit and benefit from the growing market in educational ebook sales and library borrowing of e-books, invest in some real improvements to the page flow, and user experience. And while your at it, work out how users can export their notes and bookmarks for use in essay writing. Then it might be a half-decent application.Version: 1.5
✓ Wrong Book!!!!!!😡😡😡Can't get the right book!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡.Version: 2.9
✓ Promising, but needs an updateThe text color controls don’t work on iOS 16. No matter what you do, the text is always black, which makes dark mode impossible. Since I’m normally reading in bed at night, I can’t tolerate staring into a white screen with black text. Fix that and I’ll add another star. Then allow me to override idiotic authors who insist on full-justifying text (and ignoring the app preference) and it’ll be five stars!.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Not impressedUsing this app for study material. The app is ok with regards to readability, customisations, etc. However there is one fundamental annoying issue...whenever I go to my study book, the app always starts on page 20 of the book. Even though my last reading place is far beyond that. I have tried bookmarks and also the links on the contents page....however none of these work. Meaning I have to swipe many times to get to the desired page. Given that other reviewers are not reporting the same problem, maybe the issue is with the particular content I am reading..Version: 2.9
✓ "Edit item info" option is undependableI use this reader to store, read, and mark PDFs for my class, in part because I like being able to use my Apple pencil with it and partly because I find making libraries helpful. This brings me to a primary problem I have with the app: when I change the name & author of a PDF (or add that info when it doesn't automatically load), then add it to a library, the reader often didn't hold on to that data. So when I return later, I often have to hunt for an unlabeled PDF (in an increasing pile of unlabeled PDFs). It's really cumbersome and limits just-friendliness, especially during class..Version: 2.9
✓ Once was great, now just mehIt used to be the best reader on ios, but as the os has changed, bluefire has become less and less usable, to where I reach for alternatives everytime I see a book come up as "-" or graphics are messed up. Sad really..Version: 4.0.1
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