Reading Plus Reviews 386

TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Evaluating 174 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people found the user experience to be extremely negative, citing issues with the app and website being outdated, buggy, and slow. Customers frequently mentioned that the product itself, particularly the reading materials, was boring and unengaging, leading to a decrease in their enjoyment of reading. The quality of the content was also a major concern, with many feeling that the questions were often irrelevant or misleading, and the system for tracking progress was flawed. However, some people did find the app to be enjoyable and helpful for improving their reading, comprehension, and vocabulary, with a few even recommending it highly.

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User experience

People report negative experiences with the user experience, often describing it as mentally draining and... See more

Product

Users describe negative interactions with the product, consistently reporting it as a monotonous,... See more

Application

Customers had negative experiences with the app. Many reviewers describe the app as a source of stress and... See more

Website

Customers consistently express strong dissatisfaction with the website. Many reviewers describe it as boring,... See more

Quality

Consumers find quality to be negative, consistently describing the reading materials as "awful," "trash," and... See more

Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This app is worse than horrible it is hell literally the only people who like this app are teacher who hates there students (yass)cause you book selection is bad you website is worse this is pure tort... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could I would give this NEGATIVE stars. Reading Plus is a Bug Filled heckscape. They say it's primary goal is to "increase your reading speed" when in reality it's "decrease your reading speed".... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible. Forces you to read at a slug's pace, while trying to get you to answer stupid questions about some random book you didn't want to read anyways. I have to install ReadingPlusClues... See more


Company details

  1. Elementary school
  2. High school
  3. School district office

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Reading Plus is a personalized adaptive reading intervention. Our program gives students the online tools they need to improve reading levels at their own pace, and teachers the ability to measure their progress and motivation. Reading Plus has partnered with some of the most well-respected names in publishing, publishers whose texts meet our exceedingly high standards for texts worth reading and provide students opportunities to learn about themselves and the world them. Contact our team for a short demo or to learn more.


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TrustScore 1 out of 5

386 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Please just do not use this, teachers

For the past three years, i have had reading plus homework and before this, i loved reading but now, it ruined it for me. There is absolutely no intereting selections and we are expected to do this every day. Then the I-rate is probably the worst idea made by reading plus as it is never right; i read quite fast u would say and yet, it thinks that i am extremely slow at reading and it gives me no option to give feedback on it to change it so its faster. Another point is the thing with putting people on hold, if they think you are doing something wrong, they lock you out of reading plus and do not allow you to get back in unless your teacher manually puts you off hold. My final point is that it is extremely glitchy (this is not about being put on hold) it wouldn't let me past certain pages and just froze and also, often, the books don't save when you finish them and it has made me have three detentions because of this. In conclusion, if you are a teacher and reading this, please just stick to real books, they are more interesting, don't put you on hold and is over all the better option by miles.

19 September 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

horrific.

I had this set as homework for a year and I have never been more drained. Our teachers have a rule that it should take ten minutes per homework, but it forces me to spend HALF AN HOUR to read some useless extract about something like how people can break into your house through your ring camera, and it doesn't even track my progress so it just marked it at incomplete EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. never do this if you get the chance.

14 March 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I love reading but I'm a student and this website is boredom on a screen

I love reading but I'm a student and the books on here are awful I feel we shouldn't have to do reading on computers then get forced to answer a bunch of questions I feel as if we should only read real books this is awful whenever I see a computer in the classroom no my thought isn't "yay" it's more like "oh more fake reading" and not to mention the fact that is says I'm going to fast like it knows how fast I'm supposed to be reading it doesn't and then it says I'm to slow but I'm just to tired to care. I say every student goes on strike to bring back bugclub or real reading.

11 September 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HORRIBLE

This application is horribal i used to use it in my primery school and its laggy the stories are awful just use a real book

6 September 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why reading plus is horrible.

It is terrible because every time I try to read it kicks me out. Like how is it going to tell ME that I AM GOING TO FAST? I do not recommend this for anyone trying to learn just stay reading books or learn on google.

5 September 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

i hate it

i hate it because i read fast but it cannot keep up with my reading speed im a student and overall i just hate it

5 September 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This website is terrible.

As a student using this website, it doesn’t help at all. You get an immediate yellow if you click the wrong answer. Flash and Scan are useless, the questions sometimes don’t relate to the story, and the website is just completely terrible.

28 August 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NO DONT-

if there was one thing i could get rid of in the world, this would be it. it freezes and lags my chromebook. sometimes the questions have no relationship to the book. the books are random and stupid. oh, and did i forget to mention it was boring? there's no "fun" built into the program. plus you can't level up. it's too hard. if your teacher is giving this consider you're being bullied by him/her.

17 August 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ME NO LIKE

Reading plus is legit the worst thing on earth. As a student, I find that I no longer enjoy reading because of reading plus. I used to love reading but now thanks to reading plus it is no fun at all.

15 August 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

it sucks

it sucks, to easy but too hard to level up, sometimes questions have no relating to book, did not help me in any way and is a big waste of time

14 July 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I HATE READING PLUS

reading plus is SOOOO bad and it makes me want to jump off a bridge each time i do it it is SO terrible. if your school is starting to do this, change schools NOW.

14 July 2025
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