PINES (Georgia)

This has mostly been really useful, but after the last update it crashes whenever I view holds or checkouts. Is there a way to undo the update?

I have used this app for many years and love it for the most part! My primary reason for using it is to place books on hold. It is easy to search for a book, and widen the area of my search if it is not at my library. I saw someone else mentioned in a review and I completely agree - it was very helpful when the due date for a book turned red when the date was approaching and when it was overdue. I would like the see that feature come back! Another feature that would be SO amazing is the ability to renew multiple books at once. I primarily check out picture books for my children, so we will bring home around 40 each visit. It is slow to renew each individually, and it has happened multiple times where I am interrupted in the middle of renewing, forget to continue, and end up with late fees on dozens of books… they accrue quickly when you check out that many! Definitely my fault, not the app, but that feature would probably help my save about $40 in fines each year! 😅

I really wish I could give a five for my review. The app is very easy to access. The format is simply and fun to read. And yet, I give a one for two MAJOR flaws. One, if you put books on hold, they may not be on hold. It may not register as a hold for the library, so you will wait forever for a book not to come. Two, the Pine libraries don’t have the equipment to read the barcode on the app. You have to give the phone to the person behind the counter, and he/she has to type it into their computer. Download and tolerate this app if you must, just know that the library system is not current with today’s technology.

I love this app, however, with a recent update I noticed the approaching due date (the date turns red) feature has stopped. I loved that feature to alert me it’s time to renew/return. Please bring that back!!

I have enjoyed the ease and convenience of this app. I use it often! The main thing I see missing is the ability to create a list of items that I would like to return to or check out in the future.

Really enjoy having the ability to check quantity and place holds, but I wanted to use this app to maintain a list of novels to check out in the future. Please add the list option to the app.

This is really handy. I like “show card” and how you can quickly change libraries in the search section. I would like to be able to renew items in batches, instead of one at a time like you can online.

I’m SO glad I found this app! It’s so much easier than having to pull out my computer. And I can check my account no matter where I am!

This app is a no brainer! Makes searching, placing holds, and renewing 10times easier. No more searching on my Mac. Thank you!

I moved from Oregon where my library used the Overdrive app and I REALLY wish our library system here used that. I read a lot of ebooks on my kindle and Overdrive was a great way to link my library card and have access to a ton of free ebooks and audiobooks. This app is honestly kind of useless to me with without that feature……

Only thing missing is my lists of saved books. Can you add this feature? It would make the app so much better.

Seriously? You have an app and it doesn't include a barcode I can use to scan to checkout a book? The library requires I carry around a physical card too check out a book. It's the 21st century. You have an app. Put the barcode on it so we can just scan it from our phones.

Will it made to where you can actually read books from the app? Like Ebooks?

I’m delighted with this app. It does exactly what I need it to do. I WOULD like to see Lists, but they are on the backlog, and I can be patient, so I think 5 stars is deserved. Good job!

01Mar2022 I love this for searching and holding books, but I wish I could pay fines online.

In theory I like this app. In reality it just crashes constantly. I can access my library card barcode, but that’s it. Trying to see what I have checked out? Crash. Trying to check my holds? Crash. Super frustrating. I’ll give it one more update and then I’m going to delete it.

I have changed my passwords twice and it still would not let me log in on the app. As soon as I logged in on my safari browser, I was able to log in. I am deleting this app immediately. It is useless and a waste of space on my phone’s memory.

It would be nice if they were available in the app, especially when one can put any on hold from a list when on the full site, but they are not even available on the app.

I have loved this app for years, but for the past 2 weeks it will no longer open. It sits on the login screen with a spinny circle like it’s thinking but does nothing.

Very convenient! I can place books on hold from my phone.

This app is great the best but it won’t let me sign in please fix this

Do you know how to tell when you’re getting old?…When you write a glowing review for a library app. Easy, and convenient.

Edit: Works fine now.

Lists are very important to people who use library apps frequently, especially during quarantine, when I’m doing all my book searching on the app. I just switched from an Android and lost the ability to view/manage my lists from the app. Everything else runs smoothly. But without lists I still have to get on the browser. So until lists are added, this app doesn’t do me a lot of good. I will add 2 stars when we get lists.

I’m able to login on the website with my username and password but I can’t login onto this app. I’ve tried deleting and clearing my cache, no help there🤷🏽‍♀️

This app would be great if it had the option to add books you’ve searched to your lists through the iPhone version like you can with android. I love my lists and this was a sad realization.

The android version of the app is so much better and more intuitive than this one.

I have found that if the description of the book is more than a line or two it immediately collapses and cannot be read. This forces me to make a note to perform the search on a regular computer when I get back to one. The bar code worked once and failed twice at the library when used in place of the card. Is there a magic distance from the wand to hold it? Or a screen brightness limitation? (Apple XR)

Downloaded the app.works great as an extension of the library homepage. Was able to search for and renew Checkedout items. Couldn’t get into the offered e-book feature for Apple.