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Level It Books App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Catalog not full enoughI have a lot of newer scholastic books and older chapter books donated from retired teachers. I have over 300 and I stopped scanning after scanning fifty or so. I could only label four books by lexile level. All that I would see was that they were not in the system. I would then manually type them in to learn the same thing. Not as easy as advertised..Version: 3.0.1
✓ DisappointedI wish I would have read these reviews before purchasing this app. It is useless. One book has the levelled info. Harry Potter books and hunger games books don't all show up. These books aren't off the beaten path. They are the books every kid is reading right now. How are they not rated? My child is 9 but reading at a grade 8 level so I was really hoping this app could assist in helping to choose appropriate material but still at a stimulating level. Very disappointed & would not recommend it..Version: 3.0.1
✓ GarbageWhat a useless app. I scanned 5 books that are from commonly read series and there was no DRA level given. If they can find other levels then I assure they can convert this. I am so angry at the $ spent on this as it is useless.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Well...There's good and bad to this app. The great thing is they have a classroom library and it gives a check in and check out system which can be very helpful to teachers. On the other end, I've looked up GR levels that are missing and submit them and it gives me a message that they are reviewing it. When does that process happen? It seems like the creators of this app are a little out of the loop with the reviewers. People are asking for better quality and paying for this app makes it even more frustrating when something doesn't work how it's advertised. Also, it's exhausting to spend forever leveling books by typing all the titles in because it's more likely they will come up then if you scan it. This app has great potential. Please update it..Version: 3.0.1
✓ The scanner isn’t working at all and the app keeps crashingI hate I paid for this. Can’t scan the books. Takes more time to manually enter all the information. Then on top of that, it shuts down completely when certain tabs are selected..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Getting FrustratedLately it seems that the books scanned do not come up. Use to be a great app but not so much anymore!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ FrustratedI work in a school and so far all the books I've tried with this app have not come up, pretty frustrating!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not helpful at all - do not recommend!I just purchased this app after trying several other free ones (I thought since I was paying for it, it must be a good one!), and was sorely disappointed by how primitive it appears, and how few reading levels I actually received for my trouble. Where can I request a refund?.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Do Not Buy This AppThis app is misleading. Key features are ONLY available to teachers. Like scan a book to see what level reading it is. ONLY available to teachers. I just paid for an app that says let’s you do this feature and it does not. They took money. How does a Parent not allowed access over what level book child is reading. Total joke. Do not buy app. Waste of money, unless your a teacher. Asked for refund. No answer back yet..Version: 3.0.1
✓ In the middle...Can't find many books by ISBN, and what you can find is usually missing levels..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Love this app, but...It keeps kicking out some of the titles I've loaded into my library. Frustrating! And, could you make it that when we search an author and add a book to our library, that we can go back to the search list instead of having to enter their name every time? Having said that, my searches have been very quick! As a teacher, I love that I can create a roster of my students so I can keep track of what they're reading, as well as my classroom library. Good app, just needs some work!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Don’t waste your moneyMost of the books I’ve tried to scan in grade 1 are not in the library..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Really???I have yet to be given a level from this app. I scan and scan and scan books. But it doesn't have the guided reading levels for anything. Such a waste of my money..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not very useful!Out of all the books I have searched so far (about 15 well known books), I have only found two with minimal information/description. I really like the set up and presentation but what good is any of that if it doesn’t serve its purpose. Refunds should be a guarantee..Version: 3.0.1
✓ FrustratedKicking me out every time a try to open the scanner ! Ugh.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Waste of moneyHave scanned hundreds of books with not slot of joy with getting levels😠.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Could be do much more....It's not that bad, but there are many flaws that makes the app kind of pointless. I have a personal collection of 500 books with cds, most from Scholastic. I completed entering the data. Mist of the time, I had to manually search either by title or author, because it would not find the ISBN by scanning it. Most of the books do only have the Lexile levels. Most of the time, there were no pictures either from scanning or manually searching for a book. Many of my ISBN were not in the system, so I had to choose the same title but with a different ISBN. This will cause a problem when kids will checkout a book with ISBN that is not in the system. So, I think it's great to easily find my books in my library, but that ends there. More than half of my books didn't have their ISBN in the system, but were under different ISBN..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not EffectiveOf the dozens and dozens of books I've scanned, only two have showed up with any level information. Very disappointing. I would NOT recommend this app..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Why is this app available for purchase??I purchased this app from a review on a website. I should have checked their Facebook page first and read reviews.. no activity since 2018!! The books in our personal library.. most are popular children's books.. are either not found on the app or don't have any level information available. Sent an email with no response..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Small data baseI would love to see more books in this data base. Most books I scan are not there. I have submitted MANY book levels and those ones are not even updated. I love the layout and ease of this app and would love to share it with colleagues but the data base needs to be updated more often before I will do that..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Has PotentialI think with a little work this app has great potential! The library needs to be expanded with updated titles. I appreciate the conversion chart on the main page so I can see what guided reading level the book would be when only the Lex number comes up, however it would be better if the guided reading level is input along with the other numbers, it would save a busy teacher a lot of work cross referencing all the titles without a GR level!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Unreliable DataWhen the ISBN scans - it appears to pull from the The Lexile Framework for Reading. While it is almost always spot on - it does not allow editing of your Library. I wanted to add the GRL and it will not allow me. Very frustrating..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Canadian picture booksFinding many Canadian titles do not register on this app..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Does not have DRA levels for 90% of my booksI just PURCHASED this app to help find DRA levels quickly and easily, boy was that a mistake. I scanned 20 of my most popular books (Magic tree house, flat Stanley ext.) and there were only DRA levels for 2 of the books I scanned , it actually allows me to submit the DRA level myself which makes me not trust the ones that did pop up at all, it’s clear there’s no research put into this app, it just expects the teachers who PAY for the app to do the research and put in the information. This is NOT an efficient way to see the levels of books and a WASTE of money… the app is also extremely dated and has the format of an early 2000’s iPhone keyboard. I just threw away money buying this, don’t do the same..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Waste of MoneyI've never written a review, but this app is so terrible. I have just scanned and typed in about 75 books in my kids rooms and have only found THREE guided reading levels. It's ridiculous..Version: 3.0.1
✓ What a Mistake Buying This!Being a school librarian, we get donations and would like to properly assign a reading level. Not only does the scanner rarely work, but there are virtually no books in this app with information or reading levels assigned to books that were finely identified. What a waste of $5!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Level it booksThe app provides some levels for books but you cannot rely on the scan feature. You have to type in the title and then you often only get a dra level or Lexile level. No guided reading level. Why provide that option if you are not going to provide all types of levels and if you have to type in all the titles then don't provide the scan feature. The scan feature is why I bought the app in the first place..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Teacher/Literacy FacilitatorThis app is wonderful when it has the level, however, most books don't have a level and I end up spending lots of time on websites locating the level. This is not a one stop, convenient app if you're needing it to locate the reading level quickly. I am not currently using it to keep tracks of my own books. I'm needing it to provide the reading level quickly..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Fairly uselessFor this price you would expect to get a pretty decent app. No so much with this one. It is a waste of your money because it hardly recognizes any titles, including many very popular well known picture and chapter books. I rated this with one star but really it's less. I eventually deleted it from my phone..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Not worth it.I bought this app thinking it could level out the books but of course none of them showed up. I tried over 20 books. It is a waste of $6!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Don’t waste your moneyThis app isn’t even worth the money… hard to get signed into then if you can it doesn’t work like it says it should. Not worth it!!!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Level it RubbishDo not waste your time, I have scanned 20 children's books and this app could give me a lexile level for 2 of the books. Frustrating..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Not with french booksIt would be good if it work with french books too..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Not a good app for leveling booksI purchased this app to level books for my classroom library by DRA level. I had a stack of 20 books and only 2 of them came up with a level. The rest had no level or couldn’t be found. Waste of money!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Useless - do not buyThis app was absolutely useless. Every book I looked up had an entry but no levelling information (the purpose of the app). I used personal funds to buy it to use to level books at work. It was no help at all. I'm very disappointed I wasted my money..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Poor entries, limited info, not editableIt pulls from a very incomplete library and many of the entries lack cover pictures and reading level for all our most of the systems. If you are not a teacher it doesn’t allow you to add reading level info. Useless. Asking for a refund..Version: 3.0.1
✓ No scanPurchased this app for the scan feature to quickly level my books. And it doesn’t scan!!! I have to enter the ISBN 🙄.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Refund?I purchased this app to level my classroom books. Every book I enter doesn't have a level to coincide. Why did I waste my money?.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Worst purchase everI bought this thinking it would help level my classroom library. I wish I was joking when I say that this app literally had zero of the books that I had. Save the money and use Scholastic Book Wizard instead. It’s free and it has almost all of the books that you would have in your classroom library. I need my money back now..Version: 3.0.1
✓ DisappointedEvery book that I searched in the database was not found. A waste of my money!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Level itOnly has ratings for one of every 15 books I've scanned. Needs more books in its library..Version: 1.1.4
✓ Not very sufficientDoes not really provide levels unless you sign up as a teacher. As a homeschooling mom I attempted to email to change what I signed up as so I could get the proper book levels but never received a response. You would figure if you have to pay for an app that you’d get the levels for the books regardless of what you sign up as. I don’t recommend this app if your looking for an app to find out reading levels..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not that impressiveI have tried many different library apps to catalogue and sort my classroom library. I've used free and paid for apps and this app in particular crashes often and doesn't offer efficient features available in some free apps. For example, you cannot scan multiple books to add to a specified library or manually input books that do not come up in their system making the app only semi useful. Somewhat disappointed especially since this is a paid app..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Waste of moneyI am super disappointed. It doesn’t have most of my books and when it does there is no guided reading level listed..Version: 3.0.1
✓ TerribleI bought this app so I could easily thrift new books for my classroom. Of all the books I scanned in the thrift store, this app only recognized maybe 2 or 3 of them. NOT WORTH $5 at all. Really disappointed I spent money on this. It didn’t help me at all..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Limited InformationEvery book I have scanned is not in the app. A waste of money..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Poor Data BaseMost of the books I have scanned are not in the data base..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Another US only thing...Tried creating a teacher account, but apparently that only seems possible if you're in the US. Quite annoying as I've found a number of great educational apps, but some features are limited to where one lives..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Hardly any books already inI thought this would be a great addition to my classroom, but seeing how any older books are probably not in there, it's not worth it. One out of about every ten I scan is available..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not good to find levelsLooking to scan books to find levels and paid for NOTHING! Knew the book name but no info on reading levels. Very disappointed!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Needs a larger book databaseGood idea but I have yet to find a book I have scanned in the database..Version: 1.0.0
✓ Only identified a few booksI just purchased this app for my classroom with school funds. I wish I could get a refund. I just scanned 30 books and only 5 were identified with a reading level. Approximately 10 weren’t even in the database. This is very frustrating. Now my students are suffering because of an inferior product..Version: 3.0.1
✓ No levels!Almost every book I scanned with the app had no level on file. Very frustrating. Why did I have to pay for this app?? A refund would be nice..Version: 3.0.1
✓ DisappointingMost of the books I have scanned today do not have the reading level. Isn’t that the whole point of this app?.Version: 3.0.1
✓ AwfulShould have read the reviews. Every single book I tried to look up did not have level info. Every. Single. One. What a waste of money!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ UselessScanned over 200 books and NONE of them had the levels. Complete waste of money.Version: 3.0.1
✓ RefundHow do I get a refund? I am teacher trying to level her classroom library. So far every book I scanned has no level information..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Complete waste of moneyAlmost all the books I scanned (at least 50) were not in the database and if they were which were just a few they weren’t even leveled... do not purchase the app.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Don’t waste your timeHardly any of the books that I search are levelled. It’s very frustrating!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ DisappointingThis really should not be for sale as the number of books it is actually able to identify is minimal. A waste of time and money. Refunds appreciated!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Don't want an accountWhat's the point of making you register for an unneeded account. There are plenty of ways to manage backup and cross device sync through iCloud without another password to remember.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not impressed!After scanning, This app takes forever to "search" for a book that you can't even cancel the search. I have yet to find a book that works!! This would be a great app for teachers/parents and schools if it actually worked!!!!! Please continue adding titles and fix this problem. It fails to give "instant" levels, 5 minutes has gone by and still scanning!!!!! Wasting my time!!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ No ImpressedNot impressed. I wish I could receive a refund. The two books I just scanned searching for the level, neither was listed. As a teacher, I also thought their recommendations for specific grade levels were not for independent reading (student led reading), which is really what I was looking for ideas. Disappointing..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not Recommended for DRAUnfortunately, I need my books leveled using DRA and this app just didn’t do the job. Several books did not have a DRA level listed..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not worth itThe whole point in me purchasing this app was to get help leveling the books for my classroom. I can easily go to the scholastic website and type in any books information to get the DRA number that way. Why would I spend $3.99 to access a poor camera to scan the isbn that won't even focus? I still have to type everything in to get the DRA number. Fix your camera focus and maybe this app will be half decent. What a waste..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not ImpressedThis app has only been able to level 1 of the 25 books I have scanned. Not worth the money at all!.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Can’t create an accountI created an account. When I attempted to log in, it won’t let me in. So I tried to reset the password, but the email never came. Thinking I made a typo in the email address when creating the account, I tried to create a new account, but it said I already created an account. I can’t figure out how to log in..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not Very HelpfulMost of the books I try to scan either do not come up or they come up wrong. Very disappointed..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Difficult to useWhen scanning books the same book pops up for many different isbn and I have to take time searching manually. Also the levels are often not correct..Version: 3.0.1
✓ TerribleI scanned an entire kit purchased through Scholastic Canada and not one single level came up. I inputted several titles exactly, between quotes and the app treated it the same it would, a keyword search. I inputted authors’ first and last & last, first and again got many that matched either/or but not both. Useless to me. And why no Reading Recovery AND Guided Reading equivalents listed?.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Good idea but not enough books listed!Good idea and it works to a degree. The books come up when you scan them but 8/10 books that I scanned did not have their lexile level listed. I think the app is relying on the public to input the lexile levels etc in order to build their library up. A rather expensive app when it doesn’t actually do what it’s advertised to do. In time, when people have contributed (it gives you this option in the app) then it will be very handy but for now I’m inputting the book name into a site on the internet rather that using this app to scan the code. Hopefully, the creators of this app are busy trying to add the levels too. Sorry, but I wouldn’t recommend this app as the repertoire of levels isn’t there..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Not many titlesI am leveling a huge classroom library and using 3 different apps. I will say sadly this one was the most expensive and is finding such a small amount that it has not been worth it. Many times it may find a book but will give NO info for the book which is not helpful at all. I would NOT buy this app. Wish I could get w refund 😞.Version: 3.0.1
✓ MA total waste of money. Scanned over 50 books and maybe 3 in the database but with no levels attached to them. 😞 Disappointing!!.Version: 3.0.1
✓ 50-50Of over 90 books I've added to my sons library only half of them are actually Coming in with any information. This makes it very difficult to evaluate what he can read in his library based on gr levels. How can this be fixed?? Like dr Seuss new books that are now out. "What pet should I get" and similar if that genre but grouping of authors have zero rating. Now what?? I paid money to this ap I would expect at least accurate information.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Does not workI tried to level 30+ books from my kindergarten library. Not a single book I scanned (including popular titles) was in their library. This app was completely useless. 😡.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Terrible. Doesn't work for Spanish books.What a waste of $4!! All the books I scanned were "not found" and the 2 books that I did find didn't have all the different reading levels available. Not to mention I have a Spanish library, so that probably didn't help the situation. Perhaps I should have read the reviews before purchasing..Version: 3.0.1
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