# Commonplace: A Reading Tracker

> Commonplace: A Reading Tracker (iPhone/iPad app by Tim Lockridge.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/commonplace-a-reading-tracker/id6757343001 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tim Lockridge](https://appshunter.io/developer/1865544687)
- Category: Books
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/commonplace-a-reading-tracker/id6757343001/reviews.md

## What is Commonplace?

Commonplace is a personal reading tracker for books, science fiction/fantasy magazines, and short fiction. Log what you're reading, keep notes as you go, and look back on your reading year.

BOOKS
• Add books instantly by search, or share a link from Safari, Libby, or any bookstore page.
• Track your pile: To Read, Started, Finished, Did Not Finish.
• Record start and finish dates, rate books, and tag them print, audio, or digital.
• Track the books you re-read. Commonplace can count and log multiple readings.

MAGAZINES & SHORT FICTION
• Import issues from Clarkesworld, Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• Track every story you read with its own rating and notes.
• Add stories by hand or from an EPUB.

NOTES
• Capture thoughts during each phase of reading: before, during, and after. Commonplace will tag and sort them.
• Search and filter notes across your whole library, and export them all as Markdown.

YOUR READING YEAR
• Yearly stats: books, stories, pages, ratings, and month-by-month charts.
• A Reading Timeline that lays your whole year out visually.

YOURS, PRIVATELY
• No account. No ads. No tracking. Your library lives on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud.
• Import your history from Goodreads or Libby CSV exports; back up everything to JSON anytime.
• Optionally connect micro.blog to share your bookshelves.

Commonplace is for readers who want to remember what they read and how they felt about it.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-09-19

Redesigned the Stats view (including a few new stats), improved metadata details (like page counts and ISBNs), and added a bit of visual polish.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-16

Fixes a crash that could occur when saving a book shared from another app, such as Libby.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-15

No release notes.

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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 2026-09-20.*