ArtScroll Digital Library Negative Reviews

ArtScroll Digital Library App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

ArtScroll Digital Library app received 27 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using ArtScroll Digital Library? Can you share your negative thoughts about artscroll digital library?

ArtScroll Digital Library for Negative User Reviews

✓ Great idea many issues existing for way too longThis is a wonderful app. However it has many issues the developers simply won't fix. When downloading volumes you get an odd error with a series of letters. Wren queried they blamed Apple. No, this is ridiculous. Every other app fixes their bugs to work with Apple's system. Then they never update the base files with updates. So if you have to download again for whatever reason you get the base files from years ago and thousands and thousands of updates that have to run. Much better would be to update the base files every couple of years to avoid the hours it takes to download again. Finally the most recent version puts the dedication line at the top of each page and even worse it changes up and back which is very distracting when learning..BBNJ62Version: 5.0

✓ Needs a lot of workThis app isn’t very user friendly. It randomly switches from Hebrew to English, then the bar to change the language will disappear. When you click page numbers it just says ‘page 0’ multiple times, so you have to manually count down to try and get the right page. It’s difficult to get to tfillah like asher yatzer and elokai as when you press next in morning blessings it will just skip ahead to the next section. The highlighting function is also too sensitive. When trying to scroll up and down or change pages it highlights constantly. It’s a convenient app, but doesn’t work well most of the time..Ellie134506Version: 5.2.2

✓ Annoying unskippable popupsIn this latest version the powers-that-be in their insulting and paternalistic ways have decided against implementing a working disable option for the Internet warning, and instead have just added an option to disable it for an entire week(!). Thank you so much, our most benevolent overlords! Instead of figuring out ways how to annoy your paying customers, why don't you work optimizing the program to speed it up so that it doesn't take 15 seconds to turn a page on an iPad 2? How about giving us an option to disable sponsor pages? Or at least to add back the close button which existed in the early versions. Review on the prior version: The annoying internet warning screen cannot be disabled in this version, contrary to what is written in the update details. Seriously Artscroll, can we at least have a grace period so that sponsor popup message only displays once per day and no more?.AnicebergVersion: 1.6

✓ Where's the sample?App seems to crash pretty frequently. The free sample doesn't contain any pages of gemara. Just the approbations and acknowledgements. Not what I'd call a sample!.LangerMenaiVersion: 1.0

✓ Only show in town - you are stuckHaving exclusive rights to digital material from ArtScroll/Mesorah publications seems to include not fixing bugs. Hey why bother when you can’t go anywhere else for the same copyright material. The developers have gotten lazy..RebLostDanVersion: 8.0.2

✓ Extremely slowThis app is the Slowest app that I have used. Everything takes time to load and It comes in slow motion. With the latest version they also restricted the use of any background audio, such as a audio shuir or a noise maker. Additionally, I understand that Artscroll has sponsors, but we are all also paying for the app. There is no reason that every time the app is loading, there is a word about the sponsor for 30 seconds. It's extremely annoying..PBD1234Version: 1.5

✓ Great, but is not easy to useThe app has good content, I like the Rashi. Howver, it is not convenient. When I go to the TOC and use the links, it crashes and says it’s unable to show. Any downloaded content should be easy to go across by TOC. The Rashi TOC is not well designed, it doesn’t have Parashas based references similar to the Sapirstein edition books.Trialcritic updatedVersion: 8.60.3

✓ Needs updated GUI UI/UX designPlease update the GUI/UI/UX this app is clunky and outdated! Make it minimalistic. It crashes a lot and has terrible loading times! I see you finally updated your website what about this app please!!!! Fix GUI and all and this is a 5 star app but as it is now just one..CK52Version: 8.61.6

✓ App crashesApp crashes immediately after opening Version 8.00.EldodVersion: 8.0.0

✓ Great start but needs lots of workLove it but needs to be updates ASAP, it’s very slow and very outdated..Moses148Version: 6.0.0

✓ Extremely Upset at Price IncreaseWhy the Price Increase - Just got the following email from itunes We've been informed that the price of your 1-Month Schottenstein Talmud Digital English Monthly Daf Yomi Subscription subscription has increased from $6.99 to $9.99 This is absolutely disappointing having committed to paying a monthly subscription fee andf then all of a sudden increasing it. What is to stop them from increasing it again in another month. And the month after that. I am sorry but I am upset because they advertised a subscription which would have cost over $600 and now changed it to almost $900. Sound like a bait and switch to me.Rae Rae KarVersion: 1.1

✓ Too Expensive For What You Get!In general I believe that Artscroll is overpriced. So take what I say with a grain of salt. That being said, I went and purchased a volume (Makkos) because my son is learning it in Yeshiva and I want him to be able to get ready for the upcoming school year while we are away on vacation. My first complaint is that while they managed to keep in EVERY dedication page and EVERY Haskama page and all the other non Torah material, they seemed to have left out the actual introduction section which gives an outline of what to expect in the Mesechta. It is referenced to on Daf 2a but nowhere to be found. Seems kind of sloppy to me. Also program crashed a few to times in the first 5 minutes. My recommendation? Wait until they work out the bugs and actually review all the material that is supposed to be in there. In the mean time you can download ובלכתך בדרך and their HUGE library for FREE. If you really need the English get the Italmud for a fraction of the cost (and you don't have to deal with Artscroll kissing up to all their donors by putting in endless pages of dedications for them ad nauseum)..Tony FriedVersion: 1.0

✓ Interminably slowIf there was alternative out there I would try that. This is painfully slow and I wouldn't dream of using it for daf yomi. Having said that, there are some nice benefits to a digital version of Artscroll Gemara which is why it has 1 star and not zero..AviOrzechVersion: 2.1.4

✓ How Dare You!What's up with the price increase? I bought the full size ArtScroll printed version 7 1/2 years ago on the last cycle of Daf Yomi and signed up for the subscription when you first released the app for the iPad. You did not offer a discount to the people who spent thousands with you for the printed version and you raised the price of the monthly subscription in less than one month after releasing the app! There are no guarantees that you won't raise the price again. Would it have killed you to honor the pricing for existing subscriptions? How many people subscribed at the $6.99 price? Would this loss of income force you out of business or require you to lay off employees? Is it worth the ill will and bad feelings this move created? People have praised ArtScroll for making learning easier and more accessible to those without a Yeshiva background. I'm beginning to feel I should have spent the last 8 years and thousands of dollars learning to read the original texts. Thank you for providing the motivation I need for learning how to learn..SadscrollVersion: 1.1

✓ Terrible app.I wanted to live it. But cannot is even use the Art Scroll seforim app.FlashGordon74Version: 5.2.2

✓ Great up until the latest updateI use the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in the app, and when I go to scroll one part whether it be the English or Hebrew it scrolls all three. What ends up happening is the sub notes are not at the correct place.Gargir78Version: 7.1.2

✓ The standard in Talmud and Siddur English translation, however the app needs work.I use this app on a daily basis for the Siddur and Talmud. The Talmud is expensive but essential. Much credit to ArtScroll for publishing their electronic version of the Talmud, I just hope they continue to develop this application to make it perform much better!.... And publish more of their books!! Also note this app does not allow you to copy and paste text, say for example you wanted to paste an excerpt into a word processor or email. Also the app is extremely slow and unstable in performance on an iPhone 6 so beware of running on anything less….SCHKRVersion: 4.0.1

✓ App crashes every timeEvery time I open the store the app crashes And I tried deleting and reinstalling the app.ChasidisherVersion: 8.60.6

✓ Very poor, and costlyI have not written an iTunes review ever, but this app has made me. Crashes - The application crashes, and occasionally doesn't show any text at all. I constantly have to close the app and restart it, especially when learning along with a shiur from iTunes. Elucidation - The notes that normally appear at the bottom of a daf in artscroll are really helpful, but occasionally disappear in this app. I have to go to the full Hebrew daf and highlight lines to get the elucidation. But when the elucidation pops up, it sometimes blocks the Rashi. Poor. Slow - When I try to turn the page, which I can do by simply swiping my finger like I can do in iBooks, it is terribly slow. Additional Content - This is nothing new. If you have the Gemara in print, there is no need for this app. For one, I am going to wait for the Koren app. I will say that I am happy that I didn't buy this app. I tried the free sample, and I can safely say that I will not buy anything from Artscroll in iTunes until there are serious upgrades to the software..Newcombe, JonathanVersion: 1.0

✓ Crash on startupApp crashes at initialization on a new iPad (v3). Reinstall doesn't seem to resolve issue..YaronHakodVersion: 1.0

✓ Get rid of the Ads!I paid $800 for this app. I find it disgraceful that I have to wait some 10 seconds each time the general dedication to disappear and then more time to get rid of each mesechta's dedication. This is not only annoying, but distracting and a cause of Bitul Torah.Does not work for meVersion: 1.5

✓ UnusableUsed to be a great app, but now text overflows on the left side of the screen making it unusable. It was such a useful resource beforehand and now totally neglected,? Such a shame. Please fix..NosonVersion: 4.0.4

✓ Needs major overhaul.Content is great but needs major change. It’s very slow and glitchy. Looks and feels 10 years old. Artscroll support answered me months later, and their response had nothing to do with my problem. Artscroll pls invest more resources. Especially if we spend over 1k for this content..Haim12394Version: 7.0.3

✓ SorrySorry to do this, but the books have disappeared again. Until this major problem is sorted out I suggest procrastinating. I've spent hours trying to get it to work and it doesn't..Pet314Version: 1.1

✓ Needs a lot of Work.I listen to audio shiurim on my iPad while I read along on the daf. Sometimes I pause the shiur in order to clarify a point or to absorb what the magid shiur has said. Each time you come out of this Artscroll app and enter it again, the 2 title screens are displayed which lasts ~10sec. This might not sound like much time, but there it is hard to keep you concentration on the shiur with the constant redisplay of the title screens. There is no way to restart the shirum and quickly return to the app to continue reading along. There are also many bugs in the app. For example, when viewing the Hebrew daf, if you do a look hold down of your finger, the app sometimes shows you the English translation in a balloon and other times switches to the only English view..Red_flyVersion: 1.0

✓ Very buggy but promisingI want to love this but it is so buggy. The setting never work in the drop down menu. There is a option to turn off "Elucidation". My assumption is this would turn off all the added or inferred translation but nothing happens. When I turn on to mark sugyas nothing. Perhaps I'm using the app wrong but don't think so. If they fix the bugs and I can turn off settings like Elucidation in the translation then I'm on board. Until then I'll wait this out for a much needed update..Phillip725Version: 1.0

✓ 2 Thumbs up!!!!!!!!Because it has been almost a year and a half since ArtScroll came out, it is very very tiring to hear "we are working on it" The app crashes several times a session. Yellow highlight disappears, needing to close app and reopen, sometimes several times. Claiming that you do not need internet once downloaded, many times, a window opens up, not letting you to continue, because, something related to internet is causing it not to open. An excellent tool for learning, but enough excuses. New update. when it crashes, it now crashes and shuts down the iPad itself. Also, when you advance the text, it stopped automatically advancing when you reach border. Great!!! Every update 2 steps backwards..Ashtt8Version: 2.0.6

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