READsquared

This app would be better if it allowed barcode reading as a way to enter in book titles and authors. The ISBN is right in the barcode and would pull up the title and author. Added bonus, readers would have the actual title they read in hand to use the barcode. At minimum, allow readers to cut and paste in a title and author. I realize this app is free, but I have other free apps that do allow both features and it makes logging in my book titles effortless.

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Please have it remember all the past books I entered so I don’t have to retype them when I don’t read just one continuously. Please tell me what I badges are ahead and what I have to do to earn them so it doesn’t seem like I randomly get some random level badge every other time I enter reading. Or at least tell me what the badge stands for later (by clicking on the badge) so it has some meaning, but really, I would rather know what to work toward. What comes after adult level? How many levels of adult are there? I feel like I’m blindly accumulating meaningless trophies There are 15 different icons on the tiny side panel and none stand out from the others. Either reduce this number, move it to the home page or at least make the icons look like what’s behind them. Don’t tell me I earned zero points when I took the time to write a book review. If I get no points then send a different message that tells me you got the submission but doesn’t make me feel left out or like I did it for nothing. If this is all about time spent reading, why is there no easy way to time my reading in the app? Just a “start reading” and “stop” button would be good but better to be able to connect with kindle and estimate reading time off percentage read. I’m using this app only because I want to compete with my school and district in reading and I wish the link to the competition was on the home page.

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I really wanted to like this app! I’m using an Iphone 8 plus so maybe that was the issue? When trying to play the colored square game it said to “double tap the screen to start” and when I did that nothing happened/it wouldn’t start. So then I went to the crossword puzzle game and the buttons at the top overlap onto the letters. The functionality just isn’t the best unfortunately. I also found that when I would select the icons on the left hand side to go from games to the home section or maybe to the log that I would have to wait 5 or 10 seconds till it went to that screen. At first I thought it was frozen but it turns out it was just loading. I really want this app to be successful and I fully support it!! Just hoping these things can get fixed!!

The app is very convenient for mobile use for the summer reading program. Very good. The one problem I have with it is that, when you login, the library card number is labeled “username,” and the PIN is labeled “password.” A bit confusing compared to the login screen on the web browser.