I absolutely adore the app!! One of my favorite things about it is being able to see all of your stats, especially having the ability to see what books you read in what months and the reader summary. Every single time I put a book in the Finished List I find myself looking forward to what my Reader Summary is going to update to say, a few I’ve even laughed out loud too. But I do want to suggest a rereading option on the reading status, that lets me track my progress when I set it to Currently reading as well as keeping it in my Finished List, so that way it shows up however many times I read it on the Finished # of books so far this year. Now this doesn’t need to count towards my reading goal since it’s not a new book, but it would be nice if it appeared as many times as I reread it in that year. Other than that idea I just had (as I am currently rereading a book and went to log it so it would count towards my streak, but realized it took it out of my finished list) it’s a lovely app that I’ve discovered thanks to a friend mentioning it, in which case I’ve now actually started recommending it to other people and would 10/10 recommend it to you!!

Fable is a great concept and could be something amazing. But there’s a lack of actual development on features that would keep users from needing multiple apps. Now maybe they just want to stick to the social/bookclub part, which is totally fine. But then just don’t bother having the book tracking system if you can’t even make it work properly after how many years? And then the new subscription model is…for the book tracking system. That already doesn’t really work.Multiple users have been told Fable will NOT work on updating their library. I just don’t see why anyone would want to come to Fable and choose to pay a subscription for something that’s not actually a working system. Not to mention the lack of dark mode, which Fable claims is too difficult for them to develop? I’m unsure how anyone would put their money and time in using an app where they don’t want to work on developing an accessibility feature. And it’s confusing because there’s a dark mode for the ebooks they sell! I completely understand the need for a subscription/paid app features. But when the money isn’t going towards the features users actually want…what’s the point? I know many users will pay just to support the company and I have done that myself. But I just don’t see any progress on the development of the platform. It’s just adding things that half-work and not fixing bugs and issues that have been happening for months.

As an avid reader who has been on Goodreads for 10+ years, I was really excited about Fable. It is beautiful and a gorgeous app overall however it has a few major pitfalls that are ultimately making me go back to Goodreads (and trust me I KNOW Goodreads isn’t the ideal app and has many issues). 1. Fable does not show when a friend has finished a book. Is this a setting that I’m missing? I can see anytime my friends add to “want to read” or “did not finish” but I can’t see when they’ve added to “read?” 2. When viewing a book’s page I cannot see that a friend has reviewed or even read the book. These two points are very basic things that Goodreads accomplishes quite well. It is the whole point (to me) of a social media app for reading. I want to easily see what a friend is currently reading and when they’ve finished it and what they thought of it. If I’m checking out a new book I would love to know if it’s on a friends “want to read” or “read” list so I can chat about it with them afterwards or let them know I loved it and they should read it asap. 3. Fable glitches for me just as much as Goodreads does. I’ve had to close and restart the app many times specifically when I’m using the explore page. 4. I don’t like the design of seeing all the books in someone’s list when they’ve just added 1 book to it. Goodreads makes every update a singular focus on the 1 book and I prefer this.