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Life changing
I’m coming back to re-write this review. I’ve had the app for almost a year now, and I’m reading more than I ever did before. I attribute much of that to this app. For example—it’s the sixth of January and I have read four books already (I’m about to finish a fifth!). I really think being able to track how much I’m reading, how far I am in books, etc, has been really encouraging.
I tried lots of other book trackers before this. Goodreads, of course, but that was too clunky and I found that the review system of misleading. (Also, it felt like every recommendation was to read Harry Potter or Pride and Prejudice). I tried some others, many of which boast intense features like the exact amount of time spent reading, words per minute, and statistics surrounding every tiny detail. It was overwhelming. This app is right in the middle. It isn’t too much, and it really isn’t too little. I would recommend it to anyone who reads.
There are a couple updates I would like to see, though. First and foremost, I would love it if after a book is finished, it’s possible to write a short note about it. I’d also love to see a tab to add “Books I want to read.” But honestly, the app of just fine—better than fine, really—without them.
Again: HIGHLY RECOMMEND.Show lesspuny penguin
This app is a book lover’s dream.
I absolutely love this app! I began to keep a list of my current, upcoming, and finished books in a spreadsheet but that just wasn’t cutting it.
I did a quick search and found this app and have been amazed at it’s ease of use and the fantastic way it keeps my books organized. You find books via searching for the title or author, scanning the barcode (AMAZING feature!) or through entering them manually. It also allows you to document when you started the book, how far along you are (based on page number), and the date that you finish.
Not only can you document progress and see all of your books in your reading queue, but the app also provides information on each book (back cover summaries, ISBN, publisher, subject categories, etc.) You can also organize your books into different lists based on genre, author, series, or whatever your heart desires (you create the lost titles).
Overall, I would recommend this app to anyone who loves to read and wants a better way of tracking their books and reading progress.Show lessWildRoseWells
Best Free Reading Tracking App I’ve Used!
For someone who is into personal development or trying to create new reading habits this app is fantastic. I love it’s functionality telling me how much of the book I’ve read & how long it’s taken me in a simple way. Being able to search titles when I hear a recommendation in passing is easy too. The only thing I’d like to see added would be a yearly “books read” counter since I track that based on calendar year. I do t think not having that feature changes the quality of this app, it’s just something I would find useful if it were in a future update.Show lessTanto6789446
Excellent app!!
I love this app! I do use Goodreads to track books but I wanted someplace non-social to track the spiritual books I read since people seem to be so judgy these days no matter what faith or eclectic spirituality you espouse. I was immediately impressed w this simple book tracker and how easy it is to look up books by barcode or title, author etc and add it to custom shelves, track your reading, add a rating. Not sure why book reading always has to be a social event, tied to social media, when it’s a mostly solitary endeavor. I love that I finally have a very nice non-social book tracker! Not all features are intuitive to figure out but there is a help menu that helped me figure out for example, how to add a book to a shelf. (Have to add book to Reading list first, then scroll to bottom of book description page to Manage Lists.) LOVE that I can have a book on multiple lists! In addition to categories & book club lists, I like to have lists that tell me whether the book is in Kindle, iBooks, physical etc so I can find the book if I want to re-read it. HIGHLY RECOMMEND this app and tipping the developer if you like the app since it’s completely free to use. (Tipping is under the in app settings menu.)Show lessJacquelinef18
Developer Response
Many thanks for the lovely review! ☺️The Best Reading List
This is by far the best reading list out there. I listen to about 7 to 8 audiobooks a week and I have hard time remembering their titles so I needed a reading list to keep track of the ones I’ve listened to and the ones I wanted to listen to. Books are easy to add to the list and it’s easy to mark the ones you’ve read. With another more known and popular app, you have to enter start and stop dates for the book to show up as read. Plus, you can organize your books by genre. I probably have 10 different genres in my reading list. Sometimes I get tired of reading a book in one genre so I just search for a book in a different genre. Outstanding app!Show lessAmilynn21
I love it! And I have a couple suggestions
Super low stress, easy to keep up way to track your reading! Especially helpful for keeping my resolution of reading 30+ books this year!
Update: I’ve surpassed my goal! I had a couple of suggestions though. I think it would be nice to have a way to mark when it’s the second time you’ve read a book. Then you could have it show two of them in the finished pile so that it doesn’t erase the data from the first reading. It would also be nice to have a way to put reads ‘on hold’ for when you start a book but don’t have the energy to finish it but want to save your progress without it showing up in the ‘reading’ section. Thanks so much! I love the app!!Show lessSoleilo21
Awesome to keep track books
I have been looking for free reading apps to keep track of what you read or what you already read. Often I got books, when I read them, recognized the pages, I realized I already read the book, I hate that. This app is the best, you can keep track, if you finished reading the book, you can update it that you finish reading the book. If there are books out there that you want to read, you can add them on your reading list. Often i took screenshots of books i wanted to read, taking up too much memory on my phone! I can just add the name of book on my reading list. Best thing ever!Show lessKrisakay
The PERFECT Reading Log
This app is perfect in every way for logging books you have read, and for keeping a list of books you want to read. You can also scan barcodes at the bookstore with a touch of a button to add those titles to your “want to read” list.
You can mark your progress through Books and look back on books you have finished as well as how long it took you to finish them. You can also categorize books into a series or a genre. I use it to record my physical books, Ebooks, and audiobooks that I have read and want to read. I can also look back and see how many books I read each year since it logs when you start and finish each book. Excellent app for every bookworm!
Update: I have really been enjoying the widgets feature added to the Reading List app for iOS 14!!!! Being able to see my book progress for multiple books at a glance, and then update my page number with a tap is phenomenal. Keep up the excellent work developers, I love Reading List!Show lessReaderJoe200
Great App! but needs more options for organization
This is such an easy and functional app to use! The only thing is I would like to have an option to have different accounts with the app. As a teacher, it would be nice to have separate accounts (one for myself and one for my classroom). I have books on here that I want to read myself as an adult but it’s also mixed with books that I want for my classroom for kids. I realize that you can put the books into categories but they are still all mixed up in the “To Read” section so it’s hard to keep it all organized. It would also be nice to have an option to add books within a specific list instead of all in the same place. If I had these two options, I would 100% give this app 5 stars!Show lessKhloe511
Love and Support from Overseas!
Hi Andrew! I’m from Iran and as you might know, this country has no connection to the international banking system. Thus, I can’t financially support you! But I wish I could; I really do!! This app has been really useful for me and trust me, as a perfectionist, I’d find it hard to get comfortable with a new app. But Reading List reached my iPhone’s main page in less than a few days! I’ve been looking for such reading app for a long time and this is the best organizer. So it’s really unfortunate for me, not being able to support my favorite and useful application. But giving it a 5 stars is the least I can do! I appreciate your time and effort you put on this app! Be safe and live your best life, man! 🙌🏼❤️Show lessSignificantNobody.
