Scribd Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Close to scam…

I was lured into their online site to download a pdf. However I tried to cancel multiple times afterwards as I didn’t find anything else of value. Close to impossible to cancel, and after months of trying to cancel I’m not yet sure if off the hook. Stay away!

No refund

I was charged a monthly fee even though I canceled my subscription like a few weeks ago. I've tried to contact them but to this day without an answer or a solution. The next monthly payment was scheduled for the 18th of May, and I canceled the subscription 22nd of April! And today on the 11th of May came a notification from my bank that I was charged 10.99e from Scribd.com!! which is the price for their monthly fee. Your app is great for research or other things, but the lack of customer ...

Useless and Liars

Told me they would send an email before the first payment out of my account was made after the free trial. They did not do this and continued to take 2 months payment out of my account. Absolutely furious! Will be contacting someone in charge to get my money back!

I love scribd app very much

I love scribd app very much, i just prefer to read on my kindle and i can't do that with scribd, i found out i go through very few audiobooks a month to continue subscription, however it's a very good service and i would definitely resubscribe if it gets kindle support

Well

Well, basically; Scribd is giving me the material that I ask for, need, and want. They are doing what they said they would do and more. They are a company of their word.

Really great for audiobooks

I have been using scribd since last year, mostly for audiobooks, and I have really liked it. I did unsubscribe for a short while and had no issue, though my subscription was through apple so when I did unsubscribe it was through my apple subscriptions settings. I know some people have issues with books becoming unavailable if you go through too many, but my pace for audiobooks is probably 3 a month at most so I haven’t run into that problem. I also had some confusion on when I would be ...

Why are books available and then all of…

Why are books available and then all of a sudden they are no longer available until a certain date. Scribd was so amazing at one time but it’s been so terrible lately. It’s super disappointing because I’ve had this for well over a year and I really just want to cancel bc it’s not worth it anymore.

They limit the amount of books you can…

They limit the amount of books you can read or listen to every month. I have books become available on the day I pay and 3 days later most are back on the “available next month” list. It’s so frustrating especially when I’ve started one and they remove access mid way through.

They charged my bank account while I…

They charged my bank account while I was still on my trial period. I will edit this review if they rectify, but so far all I can say is this company is a scam, and I will report it all their platforms.

I can't seem to get help to cancel my…

I can't seem to get help to cancel my subscription. I'm on a 30 day free trial and have decided it's not for me