# Book Tracker: Bookshelf & TBR — user reviews > 566 indexed App Store user reviews of Book Tracker by Simone Montalto, rated 4.70/5 from 6,001 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-tracker-bookshelf-and-tbr/id1491660771/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/book-tracker-bookshelf-and-tbr/id1491660771.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,008 · 4★ 596 · 3★ 185 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 147 ## What do users think of Book Tracker? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent book tracking app - 👍 Clean and intuitive interface - 🔒 No data collection, privacy-focused - 💡 Customizable library and reading stats - 👍 Seamless sync across devices - 👍 Responsive and helpful developer **Cons** - 🐛 Issues with data loss or sync - 🔒 Separate purchase required for Mac app - 🔒 Limited free version with paywall - 👎 Complicated workflow for some features **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect book cover images - Reading progress data disappearing - Issues with barcode scanning accuracy **Most requested features** - Ability to track re-reads - Option to differentiate owned vs borrowed books - Customizable reading goal/progress widgets - Shared library access for family/friends - Improved sorting and search functionality - More detailed audiobook tracking ## Newest reviews (17 of 566) ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-08-11, version 4.6.0* I’ve compared over a dozen book apps, and Book Tracker is easily the best. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-08-04, version 4.6.0* Easy to use and allows me to track how I want to. ### 5/5 — Application géniale, je ne m'en passerais pas *2026-08-03, version 4.6.0* Application parfaite pour le suivi des livres lus et à lire. Facile à modifier pour répondre parfaitement à son propre besoin. J'adore que ce n'est pas un réseau social !!! ### 5/5 — Great Book and Reading Tracker - Love The Privacy! *2026-08-02, version 4.6.0* Title of the review says it all. I have been using to track my reading for the last couple of years. Love the visual nature of the app, its’ support for customization the layouts, and most importantly, the privacy aspects. All your data is stored locally or in iCloud, no one else knows what you’re reading, so no ads. Thank you for this wonderful app and your attentive support. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-07-28, version 4.6.0* This book tracking app is exactly what I was looking for. It has all of the functionality I need, and is focused on keeping your data private. Also, the developer is very responsive and welcomes suggestions. ### 5/5 — Best Book App to Avoid Ads & Clutter *2026-07-26, version 4.6.0* This app is really good at keeping the interface low clutter. Also like the fact that it is not insistent on pressuring you to read. You CAN set goals; however, it’s nice to simply have a digital library where I can add the recommendations people suggest. ### 5/5 — Simple, clean, uncluttered *2026-07-24, version 4.6.0* I love how simple and clean this is, as well as how easy it is to search a book and swap a cover. No effort to keep my library looking exactly how I want it. The stats are really fun to look at, too. I track reading for myself, not to compare socially, so this is exactly what I've been looking for and I was happy to unlock. 💛 ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2026-07-23, version 4.6.0* I purchased this app because of its privacy policy. It’s nice that nothing is linking you and tracked to who knows where- so refreshing in this day and age. It is also very user friendly and has fantastic features. I’m very pleased and it’s been worth the purchase. Thank you!!! ### 5/5 — Love!! *2026-07-23, version 4.6.0* Love!! ### 5/5 — Easily the best book tracking app for the money *2026-07-22, version 4.6.0* Started using this app the other day and have found it well worth the $15 I spent on the pro unlock. It’s great, very customizable and easy to use. Has pretty much everything I want. That said, shaking my phone to pick a random book option (I’ve seen other apps do this) would be awesome. And a way to reorganize my Home Screen so the “currently reading” widget is above the filter buttons. Overall couldn’t be happier, I’ve tried quite a few tracker apps and this is by far the best one. ### 5/5 — Best book app I’ve used *2026-07-21, version 4.6.0* When Amazon bought GoodReads I started looking round for an independent app to track reading and books on, and this one is perfect. There are so many brilliant customisation options that I could set it up exactly how I want, and the developer has been really responsive on the occasion when I’ve had a feature request. 10/10! ### 3/5 — Pas de synchronisation facile entre appareil *2026-07-12, version 4.6.0* Mon iPhone ne se synchronise pas je dois transférer les fichiers manuellement. ### 2/5 — PITA *2026-07-10, version 4.6.0* This is probably user error, but even with extensive help from ChatGPT I couldn’t figure it out. All I want is to enter date read, rating, and a few notes. And I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get the notes in there. Sometimes a card pops up that allows me to enter notes, but I’m entering something else and when I click enter that card disappears and can never be retrieved again. I even tried deleting the entire entry and starting over and could not find that card again. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2026-07-02, version 4.6.0* So easy to track books and your profess no payment needed brilliant app ### 5/5 — Буквально лучшее приложение для книг! *2026-07-01, version 4.6.0* Я искала приложение, чтобы хранить информацию о своих книгах и перепробовала кучу всяких. Здесь самый лучший, удобный и понятный интерфейс, все очень стильно и приятно. Ловлю себя на том, что прямо удовольствие получаю, когда тусуюсь в нём. Аж отзыв пришла написать! Спасибо создателям 🧡 ### 5/5 — Love It! *2026-06-30, version 4.6.0* Absolutely love this app! Have been using it since July 2023 (3 years) and it is amazing. It seamlessly tracks all statistics and information on your reading. It has about 90% of the books I look up already in their online database (and sometimes my taste in books is a bit obscure). And even if it does not have the book you’re looking to add - it is very easy to manually add. The app has been through 3 major updates since I’ve had it and each has made it more user friendly or changed the dashboard to read and maneuver more easily. I use this app almost every day, have around 2500 books stored and cannot recommend it enough. ### 3/5 — Not good but not bad *2026-06-28, version 4.6.0* At first it was a great app. I like how everything was so organized and easy to figure out. What I didn’t like was after 3 books, it wouldn’t let me add more without paying. I didn’t like that ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t get this app unless you want to pay! *2026-08-20, version 4.6.0* You can only add 5 books without paying for the “unlimited version” was just trying to track the books my daughter and I were reading together smh ### 1/5 — . *2026-07-27, version 4.6.0* Подписка платная, но что я заметил, что вот сканирование штрикодов работает в 40% случаев, дай бог. Это приложение практически автоматически платное ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-06-28, version 4.6.0* When I got the app I saw I needed to upgrade. I got a window stating that it’s 9.99 for unlimited sharing and the ability to add more than 50 books. After getting the app I was then informed I needed to pay 1.99 a month. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-05-30, version 4.5.12* Can’t track any books without paying $16, what is the point of this app? ### 1/5 — Where did my books go? *2026-04-24, version 4.5.7* All my books are gone? Was this an iOS update error or did I do something wrong? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-08, version 4.5.6* Reached out to developer but got no response. Cannot scan any ISBNs. Waste of money. ### 1/5 — Update *2026-04-06, version 4.5.6* Very disappointed with the update to this app, not a patch on how it used to be ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-02-22, version 4.5.2* Can’t even add all your books without paying. What?! ### 1/5 — Paywall *2026-02-02, version 4.4.1* There is a paywall after 5 books. Just charge for the app and don’t list it as free. ### 1/5 — You don’t give us instructions *2026-01-08, version 4.3.12* 1 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-08-27, version 4.6.0* This app is everything I’ve been looking for combined into one, it has brilliant tracking and so much customisation, would love the reading tracker to have more reading speed statistics per book like pages/hour etc but otherwise absolutely love ### 5/5 — Best Tracker Fr *2026-08-26, version 4.6.0* I've had this app for idek how long and by God they still keep updating it to be better and more user friendly. I remember when there wasn't even an option to write which page a quote was from and now you can add a new reading status if you've abandoned a book after reading a couple pages so that your initial progress never gets erased. Friggin genius man.... I even track kindle books on this app because it's that good. Also there's a new option to specify where books are located like if they're in the bookshelf in the bedroom or wherever. I didn't even realize that was something I needed... there's also a loan feature so you know to who you've loaned what books to. Guys just get it. Seriously just get it. idk if they're still offering the one time pay for the entire thing option but definitely go do that. I'm a huge fan of this app. It is such an amazing supplement to my Hobonichi journals. I do keep private, physical reviews and notes of books I've read and it's just perfect with this app. ### 5/5 — Thank Goodness! *2026-08-25, version 4.6.0* The answer to my prayers! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-22, version 4.6.0* Love using this app. I use it everyday. It’s so easy to log all your books into the library and recording your reading on your phone or watch. The app record so many different stats that it makes for fascinating reading. Get it you won’t be disappointed. ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-08-18, version 4.6.0* The app is very easy to use, I find it great that I can have a list of all my books and can see in the statistics where they are, how many I read etc ### 5/5 — What I’ve been looking for *2026-08-15, version 4.6.0* I’m in love with this app ### 5/5 — Super *2026-08-14, version 4.6.0* What a great program. Thoughtful insightful and comprehensive in content. Buy it and play with it. ### 5/5 — Wonderful app *2026-08-13, version 4.6.0* Very useful and intuitive. I love how integrated into iOS it is - it feels like an official Apple product in a lot of ways. ### 5/5 — best app for tracking books! *2026-08-12, version 4.6.0* i love this app so much. it's so perfect for tracking my reading, my tbr and my wishlist. i love being able to scan barcodes to automatically add books to my wishlist when i go to a bookstore or something. i haven't encountered any issues with this app at all! ### 5/5 — Book Titles *2026-08-11, version 4.6.0* This is a great app and I am loving it. Can I make a suggestion - ignore “The” and “A” on the start of titles for sorting. As it is at the moment they all bunch up into one place. In other languages you might need to ignore other short words like “Le”, “La” etc. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*