# Booknook - Social Reading

> Social reading app for tracking, sharing, and discussing books with friends. (iPhone/iPad app by Jean-David Simard.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booknook-social-reading/id6779675472 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jean-David Simard](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779675474)
- Category: Books, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 5 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 53 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booknook-social-reading/id6779675472/reviews.md

## What is Booknook?

Booknook is the reading app for people who take their books seriously — and love talking about them.

Track everything.
Log your reading sessions, set goals, track progress, and build a complete history of every book you've read. Import your existing library in seconds and never lose track of where you left off.

Share your reading life.
Post your thoughts about books, collections, and reading moments with people who get it. Create themed collections, showcase your shelves, and let your library say something about you.

Build your book club.
Start a club, invite friends, read together, and keep the conversation going. Threads, reactions, and discussions that live alongside the books you're reading.

Made for readers who want more.

Full reading history with session tracking
Goals and challenges to keep you motivated
Custom themes to make Booknook yours
Collections to organize your books your way
Reading stats and progress tracking
A growing community of passionate readers
Whether you're a lifelong bibliophile or just building the habit, Booknook gives you the tools to read more, reflect more, and connect more.

Your next favourite book is waiting.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://booknook-app.com/policies#terms

## Key features

- Track reading sessions and progress
- Set reading goals and challenges
- Organize books with custom collections
- Share thoughts and create discussions
- Build and manage book clubs
- Import existing libraries

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Booknook Premium | $5.99 | per month |
| Booknook Premium | $59.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (5 of 5)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/booknook-social-reading/id6779675472/reviews.md

### 5/5 — J’ADORE!!!!

*2026-09-06*

Quelle surprise d’avoir découvert cette magnifique application pour les maniaques de lecture par pure hasard!L’app est vraiment bien fait et  facile a naviguer.De plus elle nous fais découvrir de nouveaux livres a travers une communauté fort sympathique.Je la recommande sans hesitation🫶🫶🫶

### 5/5 — J’adore Booknook

*2026-08-19*

J’adore Booknook cette appli est super bien pensée ! Il semble y avoir une belle communauté de lecteurs. Je trouve que c’est beaucoup plus agréable comme interface que plusieurs app de lecture ! Je trouve que cette app devrait être davantage publicisée. Bravo ! Je suis fière que cette app soit bilingue et Canadienne

**Developer response:** Merci!! On travaille à la faire connaître davantage et nous y mettons beaucoup de coeur. ❤️ Plein de belles updates s'en viennent pour que ce soit encore plus agréable à utiliser 😁

### 5/5 — 10/10

*2026-07-17*

Français ou anglais ! Formidable comme ça. Beaucoup d'app de lecture etaient juste en anglais. 
J'aime aussi le fait qu'on puisse interagir avec les autres.

**Developer response:** Et nous allons toujours fournir les deux langues officielles et spécialement le français qui est effectivement souvent oublié! :) Merci beaucoup pour le commentaire on l'apprécie beaucoup!

### 5/5 — Superbe!

*2026-07-15*

Application très bien faite, tout a été bien pensé et très facile d’utilisation. En bonus, c’est esthétiquement très beau!

**Developer response:** Merci :D!!!

### 5/5 — Home run of stars

*2026-07-07*

Convivial and friendly presentation, this app gathers all the best features and more from popular trending apps

**Developer response:** Thank you so much!! ^_^

## Frequently asked questions about Booknook

### What is Booknook?

Booknook is a social reading app designed for users who want to track their reading, share their thoughts, and connect with a community of book lovers. It allows you to log sessions, set goals, and organize your library.

### How much does Booknook cost?

Booknook is free to download and use. It offers optional premium subscription plans, Booknook Premium, at $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year for enhanced features.

### Does Booknook have ads?

No, Booknook does not contain advertisements. The app is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted reading and social experience.

### What devices does Booknook support?

Booknook is available on iPhone and iPad devices, indicated by its support for iOS platforms.

### How often is Booknook updated?

The latest version of Booknook is 1.18.0, and it was last updated on July 17, 2026. This suggests a relatively frequent update cycle for the application.

### What is the age rating for Booknook?

Booknook has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users, including children and adults.

### Can I import my existing book library into Booknook?

Yes, Booknook allows you to import your existing library in seconds. This ensures you don't lose track of your reading history or current reads.

### What are the benefits of Booknook Premium?

While the specific features of Booknook Premium are not detailed, subscription plans typically offer advanced functionalities or an enhanced user experience beyond the free version's capabilities.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.6.2 — 2026-09-05

Fixes, and a few small additions.

• A shared invite or creator code now opens the offer — not your own dashboard, and not a login wall. Invite links also open when you're signed out with the app already installed.
• Text shortened for a preview no longer cuts an emoji in half: message previews, notifications, reply quotes and shared links.
• Reading pace and average time per book now count only the sessions you actually timed, and tell you how many they're based on.
• Notes can be grouped into sections you name. Deleting a section keeps its notes and moves them back to General.
• Pin a nook to your profile board.
• Hide the tile on a header without losing your decoration or colour.

### 2.6.1 — 2026-09-04

Halloween is here.

Ten new looks for your reader profile — five rings that wrap your avatar (Drip, Cobweb, Horns, Fangs, Bats) and five auras that take over the page around you (Fog, Ghosts, Tombstones, Pumpkins, Spiders). The effects picker has been rebuilt so you can see each one moving before you pick it, and the rest of the collection sits alongside them — Falling leaves, Lantern, Glow, Rain and more.

Also fixed:

A Nook conversation you had just posted in could come back reading "no messages yet" when it had simply failed to load. It now tells you what happened and lets you reopen it
Covers sometimes came out blank on a shared card. The capture now waits for every image to finish decoding before it draws
A publication date that isn't a real date is caught while you type, instead of failing quietly later on
Steadier Nooks, a smoother row of online readers, and refreshed policy pages
Happy haunting — and happy reading.

### 2.6.0 — 2026-08-27

Two things readers kept asking for, plus a lot that got steadier:

Can't find a book? Add it yourself, in seconds. It's usable right away — sessions, progress, rating, notes, goals, quotes and shelves all work — and Booknook keeps checking the catalog on its own. If the book turns up later we link your copy automatically, keeping everything you'd already written
New notification settings: one switch for this device, quiet hours overnight, and nine categories you turn on or off one at a time. Your bell still keeps every notification — these only decide what interrupts you
100 badges instead of 21, and not just counters: what you read now counts too — long books, other languages, older books, series, rereads, audiobooks — alongside how steadily you read
Booknook Partners: if a creator you follow shares their code, you get 20–25% off Booknook Creative for a full year
Invite a friend and you both get a free month — and a code you tapped before signing up is now remembered and applied once your account exists
Challenge and goal progress moves as you log pages, instead of sitting at 0% until the moment you finish
Reading sessions land on the right calendar day no matter which timezone you're in
Long conversations stay where you left them — a new reaction no longer throws you to the bottom of the thread — and timestamps now separate conversations instead of being stamped on every message
A short buzz the instant a long press catches, so the reaction tray responds before it draws
More covers, loading faster, in more places
Thanks for reading with Booknook — happy reading!

### 2.5.2 — 2026-08-18

This one is all fixes — the parts you use every day, made dependable:

- Book covers load reliably everywhere, including inside pickers and while you scroll fast — no more covers stuck shimmering forever
- Your library now works offline: your shelf and its covers stay on screen without a connection, and an outage no longer tells you your own library is private
- Videos are prepared on your phone before they upload, so posting a clip takes seconds instead of minutes
- Videos start sharp instead of blurry, and only the clip you're looking at loads — lighter on data and on memory
- Sound follows the post you're viewing, with a proper mute/unmute control
- @mentions in comments, replies and messages now really link to the person and notify them — replies no longer post a name as plain text
- The feed stops bringing back posts you've already read, while still filling up when there's little new
- Fixed collection banners not showing on profile board pins
- Announcement cards, the Board, News, Changelog and Roadmap all line up properly and look right on every screen size
- Better cover artwork, and more French titles turn up in search

Thanks for reading with Booknook — happy reading!

### 2.5.1 — 2026-08-14

Explore is now the Booknook Board.

Everything we publish, everything we're building, and new books to
find — gathered in one place, and open to everyone.

• Read the news, the roadmap and release notes without leaving the app
• Comment on articles and events, reply to other readers, react with
  any emoji, and add a GIF
• Get notified only when someone replies to you or reacts to your
  comment — never for the whole thread
• Search has its own screen now, with a compact bar and its options
  one tap away
• Discovery shelves show whose books they are, right on the cover
• Articles are public pages you can share with anyone

Plus a lot of smaller fixes across the Board, the article pages and
the search screen.

## Related topics

[social reading](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/social-reading)

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*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 2026-09-07.*
