Matthew Teeters
I appreciate poetry offline, but I didn't find this helpful. A dry alphabetical list of poets and poems, so no orientation to the app. I don't mind unobtrusive ads, but banners throughout *and* a timed full screen ad after one poem really reduces the usefulness of the app. And given the lack of orientation and the fact that the poem was in the public domain is frustrating - it feels like a low effort fencing in of something that belongs in the commons without adding any utility or function.
A Google user
This app has the widest available variety of poets and poems of any of the other poetry apps I've tried and the ads aren't too intrusive. The one issue I have with it is that the search bar is only able to pull up author's names, you can't search using a poem's title. And, on a superficial note, the interface is not very aesthetically pleasing. That probably doesn't matter to most people but I think the presentation of a poem can really affect the way I perceive it.
83 people found this review helpful
Jacob Rasmussen (Jake)
Pros - wide variety of poems. Cheap payment to get rid of ads. Good choice of authors. Cons - while the $0.99 payment is quite small, be aware that without this ads are so intrusive that the app is barely useable. Don't even bother with the free. Also a con, the app will only allow you to copy and paste one line at a time. I understand restrictions on copying things if material is copyrighted, but this app is entirely stuff in the public domain, there is no reason to restrict copying.
7 people found this review helpful