This unequivocally overrides any other reading/book tracking app around. Those of you still using anything else (GoodReads) are just bringing yourselves great disappointment. I beg you delete all but Fable. Not only does this have plenty of features (reviews, style matching, stars, community comparison, spice level, content warnings, spoiler blurring, book clubs, personalised layout/theme/lists….) & way to connect with fellow avid readers - based off your preference or open - it’s also aesthetically pleasing & feels unique. That I have not found elsewhere (GoodReads I’m still looking at you). Also, they’re constantly updating & revamping different areas to ensure improvements 24/7. Glitches or features lacking that existed when I first downloaded (Jan24), are just no longer a thing now. The only thing I’m still painfully & patiently waiting for is a dark mode option, I have absolutely zero complaints otherwise. Anyone who’s actually read this far I’d just like to point out I’ve actually only ever used this app for cataloguing, reviewing & book clubs - I can’t speak on what the e-books are like to read as I’m a physical or kindle reader.

I love the idea of the app and I‘ll probably keep using it but some features really need improvement: 1. I‘ve been getting random notifications about ebooks being available and if I accidentally click on them, the app becomes unusable for minutes (!) while it tries to download the book (not even restarting the app helps) 2. in-app notifications often don‘t go away even after clicking on them 3. it takes too many steps to update the reading progress on a book: clicking the menu button, clicking update progress, having to delete the existing progress before entering a new number because that doesn’t happen automatically. Other reading trackers make that so much more user-friendly (1-2 clicks rather than 4) 4. you can‘t switch between different editions of books like you can on GoodReads or StoryGraphOn the plus side: I really do love the book club feature and the focus on community on fable. I also really like the book review flow which allows you to pick from a pre-configured list of categories what applied to the book

Love the look of the app, the various ‘profile’ aspects which look really aesthetically pleasing compared to other reading apps which allows you to see and compare your reading in a fun way to those in your friends list. Also love the way the app suggests similarities between you and others! Only negative which I think the app team need to sort asap - 1. The ‘track progress’ feature is glitchy! I have to click on the ‘percentage’ icon lots and it doesn’t always select for me to then type the increased percentage as I’m reading. Very clunky and annoying confiding I like to do this every time I read. Please sort !! 2. You’re able to link to google reads and import previous good reads reviews but what about after this? It doesn’t seem to then automatically sync ongoing reviews from good reads. So I’m having to copy and paste. Would be better if this is automated then I can add any additional review aspects to Fable if I wish. Thanks Fable - I’m nearly converted fully

I really love a lot of the freedom the app gives. Being able to DNF a book, track in percentages or pages or just generally that you read it, adjusting your streaks, seeing which books I read when - great! What I really came to hate so far is that while there is a better rating system in .25 steps, the categories are often not aligned with the genre. For example, in about a third of my fantasy books, I'm being asked to rate the scientific research and counter thesis, so clearly it's using a review setup for scientific books rather than fantasy. It's really annoying as it removes the depth from the review I'd like to provide. There's also no flagging system or a way to choose a different rating scale for a book. Additionally, some of the books are still missing and while you can request for a book to be added, you won't receive feedback if and when it will. And this is not for a book that was added yesterday, but for a title in a series that was released back in January. There's also a lot of duplicate titles in the lists, which makes little sense considering the books get added by staff and not users. Which then means you don't see an accurate rating.It feels like the focus is now on monetising the app more and more instead of fixing issues that make people want to move away from the app. I'm certainly not considering moving to a subscription if I can't even find my books or rate them accordingly to their genre.