Sora, by OverDrive Education

Laurel McKay

4 years ago

i love that my school district has this. it always works for me. there are 3 main things that i like- 1, you can freeze your hold in place which is super helpful for non-school related books. 2, the highlight & notes feature. its super handy if you need to save certain things for an assingment. 3, it saves your spot. also it works with public librarys via your library card which is so handy overall, its super nice and i totally reccomend for school/not leaving your house for the library.

Heike Parks

2 years ago

Love the app, use it for story time at the school and to read my books on my phone, especially while traveling. I had no issues until I got a new phone this summer. Now, I am not able to log in on my phone anymore. It goes to a white screen with a small Sora symbol in the center for a while, then kicks me back to the login screen with an error message. The same goes for my husband's phone. The app still works on my laptops at home and at work... Any idea on what to do?

Sophia

2 years ago

I really like it, only thing I have a grudge against is I never got a notification for my book hold and then was disappointed to find they removed it from hold. But other than that (it was a one time thing) 10/10. Free, effective, audio is clear (for audio books), and uhm..yeah :-)

Basil

5 years ago

It's an amazing experience except I would like to know what timezone this is in because I had just finished reading a book at around about 4pm and once I finished an achievement popped up on the screen for reading before 7am 'early bird' and Im thinking that when someone opens the app up it should do something like connect to that person's timezone. All in all though if something helps that little problem this rating can reach 5 stars! Happy reading!

Crow

5 years ago

The app was great at first, I was able to find good books, wait wasn't that long, and it has audio books as well. Which I actually didn't expect at first. But then everything started to take 20 minutes to load INTO the app, I can't access the books I want because of the wait. And then when it finally loads, the app crashes and I can't load back in for another 20 minutes. I'm assuming its a glitch so I won't rate it low or anything. I hope it gets fixed soon though.

nkent2204

1 year ago

Can log in online (web browser) with no issues, but can't log in to use the app. Ridiculous!

L Shell

5 years ago

😕 Worked fine at first. I would have given it 4 stars. But now it's not working! I have to download the books each time I open the app. This takes about 10-15 minutes per book. But now after each book downloads, the others say download failed. I have to refresh each time to get the books to download. Now after opening the audio book either the fan keeps spinning or I get a message the book is not available. I've tried on 3 different devices, operating systems, and networks. 😟

A Google user

6 years ago

It worked great for a while, but now when I try to open a book (I only do audiobooks), the little rotating circle goes around and around and it won't load. If I try opening another book, the play button will appear in my notification bar and I can start the audio that way, but it never loads fully. I can't make notes or see which chapter I'm on and how much of the book is left. I tried restarting the app and my whole phone. No change. So frustrating!

Laurentiu Gavrea

1 year ago

Maybe could be best for?...but did not find any logical means among related ads promoting new AI by OpenAI? image generating by text input and this world wide advertised app.... Is this a new tricky mode to track interests for next still hidden level or not correlated with the reality outside as just few funny ideas? Thanks to Lord we fix it smarterly searching ...Youtube for these new commercials... Not more a surprize for new trends disordering minds... Take care your child future!...

Madz

1 year ago

Wish it had more books, but honestly it's so helpful for when u don't have access to a library

Grant Premo

1 year ago

This app used to work but now every time I try to sign in, it lets me choose my school but says it isn't responding when I click the Sign In button. I've tried updating and uninstalling and reinstalling, but it still doesn't work.

Alaina MacMillan

1 year ago

The app its self is great with not to long wait times. But their most recent update makes it impossible to see many of the functions in dark mode (e.g. filters for diffent generas). If they fix that it would definately be 5 stars.

AbdulBaasit Salami

1 year ago

Very large array of books. Easy to use (for me at least since I got a free account with school and my county) Would only like small QoL things like more bugs I can hold etc but overall very nice. Been using it for 3 years now. Also wish u could join other libraries easier. I want some books that aren't in my libraries but are in USA or smth and I literally cannot get those so pain

K S

4 years ago

Great app that let's you access your kids local school library. 2 of my kids like listening to audiobooks and this is user friendly and a great second option when putting books on hold. My only issue is I wish you could have more than 3 holds at a time. Super frustrating when you have more than one book with a really long wait time. And it won't continue playing after I close the app. Overdrive will still play even after I close it, but this one won't. It has to hang out in the background.

Hailey Simko

4 years ago

I LOVE this reading app! It's very easy and asthetic to use. I'm just super disappointed with a recent problem where I can't turn up the reading speed on audiobooks without the app giving me an error message saying that there's a problem with my internet connection--even though I have full bars. Otherwise, it's an awesome way to check out ebooks and read.

Victoria Nemetchek

4 years ago

I love this app, and it makes reading so convenient compared to carrying around books everywhere. The highlighting, definition, and note functions are great. My only problem I have with it is that it's trying to be too much like a book. Sometimes I'm in the middle of reading and I put my finger down on my phone, making me go to the next page. If I could have an option to read each chapter by scrolling instead of turning pages, similar to Wattpad, I think the app would be perfect.

Gareth Flandro

2 years ago

Can we just take a moment to think that a publicly funded program made this app? Sure it's not perfect, but when you get it running, it sure does run. You can search from multiple local libraries at once, interact with your audiobook as a notification, have multiple people or locations on one card (*cough* Netflix) and so much more. I feel like the app really is intuitive and remembers me each time I use it. It's certainly my go to library app and I will miss it after I leave high school.