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BeeLine Reader App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
BeeLine Reader app received 27 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using BeeLine Reader? Can you share your negative thoughts about beeline reader?
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✓ App failed to workWish I would have listened to the other reviews. I purchased the app yesterday and it hasn’t been working, unless I choose to review the material online. I also tried sending them a message about the issue by filling out the “contact us” sheet on their website - that doesn’t work either..Version: 1.9.0
✓ Nowhere near the desktop versionI just deleted this app mainly because there's no way (that I can figure out) to delete old articles from beeline. That drives me crazy! Also there needs to be an option to upload PDFs. Basically everything I read is in PDF form and it would be so great to be able to read beelined PDFs on my iPad. Please fix!.Version: 1.2
✓ App without support = WorthlessI felt compelled to write this review in the hope it might stimulate improvement. Great app… when it works. But my E-book reader no longer functions, and two messages to Support over the last several weeks have gone unanswered. What is the point of paying $$$ for a product that fails to deliver?.Version: 1.8.0
✓ I wanted to like this, but......the only useful feature is the color gradient added to each line. Otherwise, it's painful to use. If I'm reading a PDF and switch to a different app and don't switch back within a few seconds, the app loses track of what I was reading. Additionally, there's no way (or perhaps no obvious way) to save a PDF for future reference. So when I switch to Safari to look up a concept, for example, when I switch back into Beeline, I have to go through the rigamarole of searching all my PDFs and finding the one I was originally reading. Another quirk is that trying to scroll sometimes triggers the sidebar. The only "fix" is waiting a few seconds and then trying to scroll again. While I am happy to pay for useful apps, especially accessibility-related apps,$15 ($10 to be able to read PDFs, $5 for the app) is a lot for something that's this buggy. My experiences thus far have all been on an iPad, so I don't know if the iPhone version is this frustrating to use. I should have heeded earlier reviews and passed on this one because the efficiency gains provided by the colored lines are negated by the kludginess of everything else..Version: 1.8.0
✓ Short sightedThe idea behind BeeLine Reader and associated apps is wonderful. Implementation, functionality, and actual usage falls very short. Missing very key & simple functionality that would allow you to use on your own documents. How about BeeLine's own web based PasteBoard ? Why isn't that at least in the app allowing users to create their own content using this uniquely wonderful font? Or tie-in better with other apps to either send documents from there to BeeLine (it pretends to want to do this, but fails), or function as a plugin directly with other apps (or partner with them for added user experience)? Really missing the mark on the potential application. The lack of being able to do any of this is why I continue not using this app or purchasing the pro version..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Why just money, money and then money?If you buy the app then they still keep asking for your money everywhere. Why? I don't get it..Version: 1.4
✓ Misleading!It's really not acceptable for you to state in the description that you can read kindle books but only tell people that this feature is no longer available once they've paid for the app. I want a refund!.Version: 1.9.0
✓ Mobile user experience could be betterA better way to bring the easy UX of the BeeLine chrome extension app to mobile: take note of how Safari browser allows you to read the content snippet. It’s embedded in the browser. Now take a look at the apple “shortcuts” app (formerly “workflow”)... if you could pipe a webpage into a Shortcut, and that Shortcut opened the page in the BeeLine app, then maybe MAYBE this would be usable. Good luck!!.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Doesn’t work with iBooksBeeline reader doesn’t work with iBooks and the developer should disclose that clearly. I purchased it specifically for that and have no intention of repurchasing hundreds of books in Kindle format. Trying to get refunded since this app is worthless to me and that’s not that easy. Beeline should clearly disclose that limitation..Version: 1.6.1
✓ Accessibility is only reason to buySo disappointed in beeline reader team. I paid the yearly extension cost, waited for years for an android app that never came. I finally got an ipad, and all that greets me is a buggy bare bones app from what feels like 2014. I laughed the other day because my review was still on your extension, excitedly saying I couldn’t wait for the never android app. This tech can change lives. But its behind a paywall before you can even try the darn thing. How are new people supposed to come try? There seems to be no updates from the team in the last few years. If they’re done trying to make money off this, I hope they release or open source this tech so other people and companies to try it. I can’t stress how much this has positively changed my life, but its distressing to see so little care put into this project. The 40 dollar uni package looks like a joke. The only reason this isn't one star is because the tech is still real and works, but everything else is garbage. I hope that changes, because I would love to use this tech with me as I age. I WISH I could recommend this to my friends, but i only do it for a few because how out of date and buggy everything is..Version: 1.8.0
✓ Doesn’t workNothing will load in the app; the instructions for adding files don’t work..Version: 1.1
✓ Keeps crashingSad to say, app keeps crashing. Very disappointed..Version: 1.1
✓ WaitingIf I get a response I will probably raise my rating... I have sent an email asking about any information about using this app with any of the book apps, but nothing yet. I tried to buy the ebook app in the in app purchase section but there is not actually a link to use. So don't get this yet if you want to use it for books. I was able to purchase news for $.99 for a link to three news feeds of those listed. I only went for one so far - BBC. It works as stated, but so far I can only read through the Beeline app. I would prefer to read in The BBC app with Beeline's font and color, but this is not what happens. I really want to read books, full books, using this, but either they are not ready to sell that part of the app or there is something I have missed. Can't wait to live this app.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Needs more functionality...This app does two things - it can BeeLine news articles on a webpage very well. Just send the article to BeeLine Reader and it pops in the index ready for reading. Once finished, just swipe left on the index title and delete. It's very simple. The other thing this app does is to take PDF files and BeeLine them once inside the app. My purpose for purchasing the app was to add text books (which I can download in PDF format from my school's website). I tried a small 18 page chapter and it failed to download. The app was left spinning and spinning. A file that was easily sent to iBooks and Kobo failed with BeeLine. I even tried emailing the file, and I wasn't given the option to send to BeeLine - just iBooks and Kobo. For me, it's 1/2 an app. The developers need to open it up a bit for sharing like during a sync to iTunes on a desktop...some way to get the PDF files in the app like Kobo. Also, opening it up to ePub books would help, too..Version: 1.2
✓ Unsupported and dysfunctionalAmazon reading does not work... I'm not sure anything works in this app. No colouring of text, regardless of what I do. Support links to an info page with no support anywhere to be found. Ridiculous. I wish I hadn't wasted my money..Version: 1.4.3
✓ There is no mention of the extra cost for the (useful) bundles up frontThe concept is really useful but you have to pay extra and upgrade to Pro in order to use the recommended email and social sites (of which there are not many to choose from). I assume that it would be difficult to get permission from most of them. They offer Medium for free but you have to create an account for that or sign in with your Google, Facebook or other email address. With the news option you can get Reuters and AP for free but you have to pay for any others. This offer is not so bad - £0.99 for up to 3 news sites or £4.99 for an unlimited list of sites. This app only works with Kindle Cloud reader (which I don’t have. I use the Books app). It suggests to use another app which can read ePub files, but now I’m not motivated to chase it down just to make reading easier. For reading pdfs you have to pay £9.99 for their pdf reader. So If I wanted to read my emails, look at a couple of news sites and read pdfs I would have to spend almost £20 extra. I think more people would buy this app if it was £0.99 or even a free trial with the option to buy the bundles and it would also be in good faith to mention the option to buy the bundles in the description. Otherwise I have found the text colours very easy on the eyes..Version: 1.8.0
✓ Extremely disappointedI paid for this app under the impression that I could import documents to read through it. Finding out there are only *three* select places I can use them from in the app without paying even more? Ridiculous. I really love the concept, but this was a waste of my money..Version: 1.6.1
✓ Great idea, meh implementation.Beeline reader is great for me. However, even excluding the issues with availability due to external limitations, the implementation leaves something to be desired. The UI is white with lines for options. There is no guide or settings, and you have to spend some time figuring out how it works - especially with the current iOS bug that means you need to restart to add anything new to the “share” list. I found this helpful tidbit in the pocket documentation. The pricing structure is great, much more reasonable than the subscription service I saw at one point. I’m really happy about this. I strongly suggest getting in touch with a UI/UX designer for iOS apps and work on that, since it’s the only major downside to the app that you can do anything about. (Most other complaints seem to be that it won’t work everywhere, which is unfortunately to be expected.) As it stands, this isn’t quite worth the money, but it’s still so useful for accessibility reasons that I paid it. I also suggest adding in a feature - paid or otherwise - to read files we add. Epub, html, docx, I thunk even just those would help a ton..Version: 1.8.0
✓ Kindle needs dyslexic fontI will definitely change my star review to 5 stars. Currently, this app is linked to the old kindle cloud reader, without Opendyslexic or another similar font. Beeline reader is pretty useless for me without it..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Still has a lot of work...Slow loading articles...doesn't remember your location. Great idea, but it still has a lot of work..Version: 1.0
✓ Dont fall for thisThey charge you for the app, then 10$ to use the app, then that doesnt cover the web extensions which is 3$ a month. This is a cash grab someone is masquerading as enabling to people with disabilities. Disgusting..Version: 1.9.0
✓ Can’t useI paid $8 for this app and can’t use it for anything because everything requires me to ‘upgrade’ from the ‘free’ version. I am deeply disappointed. I thought it was a great idea and would have loved to use it and recommend it to others..Version: 1.8.0
✓ Waste of money impulse buyTakes far too long to load even on new iPhone 6 to be useful. Reading a book maybe good but for general webpage use its pointless.Version: 1.3
✓ I Want to Like it……but why is the Kindle functionality only available on iPad? I read, almost exclusively, on the Kindle App on my iPhone. This seems like a nice option, but I’ll never know, because the Kindle features are only available on the iPad version. That’s dumb..Version: 1.3
✓ Not another greedy app developer...I'm so disgusted with greedy app developers doing everything they can to nickel and dime their customers. BeeLine Reader is no different. I got the app while free. The original price was $4.99. Not only that, but we also have to pay to add news sites? They say NOTHING about this in the app description. SHAME ON YOU BEELINE!!!.Version: 1.4
✓ These guys are the worst.The program stopped working, so I tried re-downloading and reinstalling. It wanted me to purchase it. I tried “restore purchases,” and it still wanted $20. Then I sent them an email, waited a few days, and wrote them again when I got no response. Three weeks later still no response from these thieves. Avoid, unless you’re looking to get ripped off..Version: 1.6.1
✓ JunkCant share a pdf from ibooks or mail. Regretting the $5 already..Version: 1.3
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