# Bookjournal.app — Track and share your reading

> Digital reading journal for tracking, rating, and sharing books. (iPhone/iPad app by Rowan Trollope.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookjournalapp/id6447931333 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rowan Trollope](https://appshunter.io/developer/1683047449)
- Category: Books, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 242 App Store ratings · 36 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 36 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-07-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookjournalapp/id6447931333/reviews.md

## What is Bookjournal.app?

Keep track of all the books you've read, capture your ratings, thoughts and notes, add stickers and more.
Share your favorite books with family, friends and colleagues.

As avid readers, we craved a seamless way to journal, track, and share our literary experiences. Traditional journaling, though enjoyable, can be tedious and time-consuming.

We wanted our journals accessible anytime, anywhere - from waiting rooms to school pick-ups. That's why we built BookJournal.app.
Join us for an effortless and enjoyable reading journey!

Link to our End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Track read books
- Record ratings and notes
- Add stickers to entries
- Share favorite books
- Digital reading journal

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| Monthly | $4.99 | per month |


## What do users think of Bookjournal.app?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Half-star rating option
- 📚 Good for tracking reading progress
- ✨ Customizable features
- 📖 Great for organizing books
- 🌟 Wishlist feature for suggestions
- 📚 Tracks books on bookshelves
- 📖 Tracks reading goals
- 📖 Tracks currently reading section
- 📖 Tracks completed books
- 📖 Journal function available
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Nicely laid out
- 👍 Competes with Goodreads
- 👍 Great concept
- 👍 Good for recipe/cooking books

**Cons**

- 🐛 Deleted books reappear
- 🐛 Goodreads import issues
- 🐛 Incorrect book info
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App won't open/stay open
- 🐛 Import errors
- 🐛 Manual entry tedious
- 🐛 Issues with series organization
- 🐛 Premium features expensive
- 🐛 No single time payment option
- 🐛 Free version limitations
- 🐛 Journal not saving/updating
- 🐛 App not working after update
- 🐛 Books disappear after adding
- 🐛 Hard to use/not user-friendly
- 🐛 Can't access rating/date options
- 🐛 Reading goal reverts
- 🐛 App refuses to work
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Search results not returning

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Deleted books reappear
- Goodreads import does not work
- Incorrect book titles/covers after import
- Duplicate books
- App crashes
- App won't open or stay open
- Error message when trying to cancel
- Messages marked as undeliverable on Discord
- Journal entries not saving or updating
- App refuses to open since update
- Books disappear after adding
- App not working after transfer
- Cannot add and save books read
- Reading goal reverts to 50
- No connection on home screen
- No results for searches
- App crashes immediately on opening
- Unable to access rating and date options

**Most requested features**

- Connect with friends
- Add timer for reading tracking
- More information like a timer
- Audiobooks as a selection
- Add friends
- Integrate Goodreads list without re-adding
- Fix journal saving/updating
- Fix series organization
- One-time payment option for premium
- More premium features for the price
- Dark mode option
- Improve search functionality
- Fix connection issues

## Recent user reviews (10 of 36)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookjournalapp/id6447931333/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Horrible App

*2026-01-28, version 1.507*

This app is hard and complicated to use I first made my book and it doesn’t even say to add the pages it’s frustrating to use this app also the fact that the custom books can’t even get deleted it’s a mess in this app it’s so trash fake books that you don’t even find anywhere at all this app needs to get more fixes.

### 3/5 — Love this BUT

*2026-01-01, version 1.507*

I love this app but you cannot connect with friends. Also the import from Goodreads does not work. I had to manually transfer info from Goodreads

### 4/5 — Deleted books don’t stay deleted

*2025-11-18, version 1.507*

I love this app with the exception of one super annoying issue.  You are unable to permanently delete books that you add or that the Goodreads import gets incorrect.  The books appear to be deleted immediately after trying to delete them but if you refresh the open, or close and reopen it, all of the deleted books reappear.  Please fix this!!!

### 1/5 — Can’t Cancel

*2025-09-15, version 1.507*

Have been trying to cancel this for almost a year and can’t seem to get in touch with anyone. I get an error message every time and told to go to discord to report the issue but then my messages are marked as undeliverable. This is very disappointing.

### 5/5 — Love

*2025-07-20, version 1.507*

I absolutely love this app. I have sent it to every book lover I know.

### 3/5 — Update?

*2025-06-13*

Is this app still getting updates or is it another forgotten about app

### 5/5 — I use this daily

*2025-04-27, version 1.507*

Honestly I really like this app. I have added my entire TBR from the catalog already on there, you can do half star ratings, there are monthly and yearly reading goals, currently reading section, a bookshelf section for the books you’ve completed and a journal function (which I haven’t tried) and that’s just the free version. You can also keep track of how far along you are in a book when it’s in currently reading section. I use this like a bookmark almost! Whenever I’m done I just update what page I’m on. I don’t have the paid version so I don’t know if it’s on there or not but the only thing I’d add is more information like a timer to track how long it takes you to read a book, etc.

### 2/5 — I had to delete it

*2025-04-03, version 1.507*

It has potential to one of the best book tracking apps, but it has a lot of bugs to fix. I imported my books from GR but I would have to spend way too much time fixing the book titles/covers. Some of the books were completely wrong. Different titles by different authors would take the place of an actual book I read. Some books were duplicates? Throw the count off. Deleted books wouldn’t stay deleted, just a mess. There is a forum, sort to speak, where you can suggest fixes, but until they do that it was way too frustrating to use.

### 4/5 — Love the app but…

*2025-01-18, version 1.507*

I love what this app has to offer however issues with incorrect book info being posted under books and then when I try to delete it doesn’t delete it so it’s showing an incorrect about of books. That’s very frustrating to me

### 1/5 — Not a Good Start

*2025-01-12, version 1.507*

I was testing apps as alternatives for Goodreads and I hoped this one would be good. Signing up was easy, but importing my Goodreads data would not work. I tried multiple times with the same file that worked for other apps and was the file type BookJournal requested I upload. Obstacles like this at the beginning of a user/customer experience is not great.

## Frequently asked questions about Bookjournal.app

### What does Bookjournal.app do?

This app allows you to keep a digital journal of all the books you have read. You can record your ratings, capture your thoughts and notes, and even add stickers to personalize your entries.

### How can I share my reading progress with others?

The app enables you to easily share your favorite books with family, friends, and colleagues. This feature allows you to connect with others over your literary experiences.

### Is Bookjournal.app free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with the option for in-app purchases. This allows users to enjoy the core features without an initial cost.

### What are the benefits of using a digital reading journal?

A digital journal offers seamless accessibility anytime and anywhere, unlike traditional paper journals. It provides a more convenient and less time-consuming way to track and manage your reading journey.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.507 — 2024-02-05

New version with bug fixes

### 1.506 — 2024-01-18

Series tracking!

### 1.505 — 2024-01-01

Bug fixes

### 1.504 — 2023-12-31

Bug fixes and cleanup

### 1.503 — 2023-12-21

Book Selector, Scan physical books

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