# Reading Log Bookshelf Tracker — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Reading Log Bookshelf Tracker by Hussain Mustafa, rated 4.40/5 from 93 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-log-bookshelf-tracker/id6504272983/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-log-bookshelf-tracker/id6504272983.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 67 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Reading Log Bookshelf Tracker? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great app for tracking books - 📊 Extensive stats and metrics - 📚 Large book database - 💡 Ability to manually add books - ✨ Polished and well-formatted UI - 🚀 Easy to use and customize - 👍 Motivates reading - 💖 Wonderful and adored app - ✅ Great functionality - 👍 Responsive developer - 👍 Clean and crisp tracking app **Cons** - 🐛 App resets when switching - 🐛 Timer doesn't retain progress - 📉 UI design could be improved - 🐛 Finished books not in stats - 🐛 Search algorithm is dreadful - 🐛 Can't find many books - 🐛 Required page number for ebooks/audiobooks - 🐛 Tiny type size for input fields **Commonly reported bugs** - App resets when switching away and loses timer progress - Timer doesn't record actual time when phone screen sleeps - Finished books don't appear in the statistics tab - Search function is poor, unable to find many books - Required page number field for ebooks and audiobooks - Purchases not shared with family members via Family Sharing **Most requested features** - Add audiobook recording functionality - Show reading activity graph from start to end date - Rename app due to misleading abbreviation - Set reading goals - Personalized book suggestions - Add 'Locs' as a metric besides page numbers - Search option for entered books - Link Goodreads account - Allow users to add books to the database - Import CSV files (e.g., from Calibre) - Update book metadata in batches online - Sync across devices - Add tags to books - Make type size adjustable - Export books from other library apps - Add social element - Sync with existing popular services - Add Google Books or Naver Books to search database - Add a suggestions feature based on interests ## Newest reviews (12 of 44) ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2025-08-22* I love the stats this app offers, and the user experience is generally very good. One thing I’m dying for the developer to change is the reading activity graph on a finished book. The fact that the only options on that graph are to show the last 7 or 14 days of activity makes it completely useless when looking back at stats for books I read more than two weeks ago. Why doesn’t it show the activity from the start date of the read to the end date? I know the data exists because I can see my reading activity as far back as I want in the general overview. That change plus a way to record audiobooks would make this a perfect app for me. ### 4/5 — Really like this! *2025-07-08* I wish it could keep track of audiobooks tho! ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2025-02-26* If you add an audiobook option to this app, it would be the perfect reader log. Otherwise, it's easy to use and customize. I especially like the fact that you can add a missed reading session in as you get into the habit of opening the timer when you start reading. ### 4/5 — 👍👍 *2025-02-05* 1️⃣、无法备份和恢复备份（在系统自带文件里找不到该app形成的“.zip”文件夹）2️⃣、没有中文版3️⃣、日历看板横屏模式展示不全 ### 4/5 — Neat reading app *2025-01-06* I enjoy this app a lot and love that I can track read time. This is motivating me to read more for sure. This is specific for an e-reader, I would like if “Locs” were available in addition to page numbers in the future. I use that more than page numbers. Also I do notice that finished books don’t appear in the statistics tab. Otherwise a great app! ### 3/5 — Can’t read ebooks on my phone *2024-10-27* Overall I like the app, it’s well formatted and easy to navigate. But I mostly read ebooks on my phone, and when I leave the app open and go to my ebook the stopwatch doesn’t run so I can’t really track anything unless I use a different stopwatch and edit the time. ### 4/5 — 系统更新18.0后直接打不开了，一直处于启动界面 *2024-09-27* 功能齐全，挺好用的，如果加个内置离线文件阅读就更好了，每次都要手动添加 ### 4/5 — Excellent Reading Tracker, but! *2024-09-14* The app is excellent, flawless, and easy to use and has greater functionality than Goodreads, BUT as someone who’s been using the latter for more than a decade, I’d say I can’t be too sure about switching unless the app could provide a way to link my Goodreads account to here, then I’d gladly give it 5 stars ### 3/5 — Import csv *2024-09-02* Hope to support the import of csv files exported from the software calibre ebook management, and the corresponding title, author, tag, isbn, formats, comments publisher and other corresponding information can be imported. The relevant information of imported or manually entered books is incomplete. Whether the function can be added is to update the book Metadata information in the RLT in batches online. ### 5/5 — Great app for keeping tracks of books you read *2024-08-31* This app is great. I used to keep track of books by typing them in Notes- now they’re all in this app, with a pic of the book. There are minor snafus like when I looked up a translated Russian novel; the app couldn’t find the translation but found the original Russian. That’s OK. I just need to keep track that I read the book. Also getting the ISBN number through the app is hit or miss but you can input it manually and look it up online so I really appreciate this app. If you are a reader, this is a big help. ### 5/5 — Wow - great app and responsive developer *2024-08-29* Previously I was using Bookwise. However, this app has some features Bookwise doesn’t. It allows you to create custom collections of books, and easily add notes. The book details are much more full featured and I love being able to look at collections. Also - the developer is super responsive. I let him know I wanted to be able to add books that I had finished - and set a completion date. He added the feature!!!!! This is my new go to reading tracker. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your positive feedback! I am thrilled to hear that you love the details, notes section, and ease of adding books to your collections. I understand that the small font size when typing in book or collection names can be a struggle, and I appreciate you bringing this to my attention. I am working on making improvements, including a font adjustment option, to enhance your experience. Stay tuned for future updates, and thanks for helping me make the app better! ### 4/5 — Excellent reading tracker *2024-08-25* I really like all of the features this tracking app offers. A couple of things would make it even better. When adding a new book using barcode scan, some fields may not be picked up from the scan. It would be helpful to highlight the required fields, e.g., Author, before Save button could be turned on. Also, being able to sync across devices would be a great addition. Overall, a clean and crisp tracking app for reading. 👍 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs A Search Option *2024-11-19* It would be extremely helpful if there was a search option for the books already entered. It’s so frustrating/ annoying to have to swipe or scroll when trying to see if a book has been entered into my library. So far I’ve entered 665 books and it’s so tedious and time consuming to look for my own books in the app. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! 🎉 I'm excited to let you know that a search option has been added to the app in the latest update. Now, you can easily search for books in your library without scrolling through your collection. Please update to the latest version to access this new feature. I hope this makes managing your impressive library of 665 books much more convenient! If you have any other suggestions, feel free to share. 😊 ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2024-08-26, version 1.2.3* The search algorithm is dreadful. I'm trying to transfer my Amazon Kindle purchases. I can’t scan an ISBN, so I’m copying and pasting, but it can't find about half of the books. I have a lot of Joyce Carol Oates’s books, so entering the author’s name should bring them up. You’d think so, but nope. My results are *about* Joyce Carol Oates. I got the same useless results for Neil Gaiman and Sigid Undstet. A reasonable search would show their novels, and here’s a thought - give me related suggestions! What reader isn't always looking for something else to read‽ A reminder to read is absurd. I don't know anyone who needs to be reminded. Everyone I know is more likely to need a reminder to stop reading. When I wake up in the morning, I immediately want to return to my Kindle or the news. If you want this to be useful for heavy readers, you’ve got to make it easier to enter the data, and there needs to be a reason to use it, like generating suggestions. Otherwise, I can just screenshot my Amazon purchases and shopping list. ### 1/5 — Number of pages? *2024-08-25* I just used this app for the first time: I did a search for a book I’m reading, brought it up and it wouldn’t allow me to add it unless I entered the amount of pages the book was. This is a required field. What if I used an ebook and the amount of pages always varies? In fact, Im listening to an audio book version and there are ZERO pages. Bad first impression. ### 1/5 — 无法添加书籍 *2024-08-15* 无法添加书籍 ### 2/5 — Timer feature *2024-11-26* I had good hopes for this app. I was reading for almost an hour and my phone screen fell asleep and when I unlocked my phone the timer was going from when it fell asleep. It didn’t record the actual time. Please fix. Thank you. ### 2/5 — 完全打不开了 我是iOS18 *2024-09-19* 你们能打开吗 怎么没看见有人说这个 ### 2/5 — This App… *2024-09-13* I’m sorry that I had to give you a two star review, but I was just looking at the app. I have to say, it’s a very splendid idea, but you need to upload more to it. I read a lot of books and I need to be able to add these books easily and this app hasn’t made it very easy. I can give you a few books I looked up that you didn’t have. You only had one of the Diary of a Sixth Grade Ninja, no Percy Jackson, no Buster, and no Riders of the Realm. That is only the touch of what I have looked up. Maybe you could add a way for your app buyers to add books, but right now, somebody’s falling behind. I would really like it if you could find a way to have ALL of the books. And I mean ALL OF THEM. I have somebody who wants me to use this app to keep track of all of my books, but I just CAN’T when I cannot find them! So I give you my personal opinion, and hope you can make it better, sincerely, Annabeth Chase. **Developer response:** Thank you for your honest feedback and for sharing your experience with the app. I completely understand how important it is to have a comprehensive selection of books, and I truly appreciate your suggestions. I wanted to let you know that I have revamped the app's search capabilities, and the search is now much more powerful. The app currently has over 42 million books indexed, so you should be able to find many more titles, including those you mentioned like Percy Jackson and Riders of the Realm. I hope this update makes it easier for you to track your books. I’m always working on improving the app, and your input helps a lot. If you come across any further issues or have more suggestions, please feel free to reach out! ### 3/5 — Great app, need some fixes though *2025-07-10* This app does a lot of things right, it has an extensive database of books, and tracks a lot of useful metrics. unfortunately, it also comes with a lot of failings that i’d love to see improved: the app resets itself if you switch away from it even to do the simplest of tasks, and it doesn’t retain the timer for you, in any case that happened, so you have to restart from the beginning. the UI design is also not the most pretty out there, it’s not a big deal, but it could do with some uplifting. ### 3/5 — 支持中文 *2025-01-21* 能支持中文就完美了 ### 3/5 — Good. But add Audiobooks *2025-01-20* I’ve been a reader my whole life. Since I had children and got older, there’s less time to sit down and read books, but they’re still plenty of time to listen while I exercise, Cook, do gardening and many other activities. I know there’s a workaround for audiobooks, we can add them as if they are a paper book, but still some of the controls Are not geared for . Please add audiobook record keeping. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 蹲一个限免 *2026-01-15* 什么时候可以有限免啊啊啊啊啊，喜欢是真喜欢，贵也是真的贵 ### 5/5 — 希望能有中文版 *2026-01-14* 见面非常的简洁，漂亮，希望能有中文版 ### 5/5 — Please rename this great app *2025-08-10, version 1.5.13* Abbreviation is misleading. ### 5/5 — Wonderful 🥰 *2025-04-12* I absolutely adore 😊 this app. I just love the extensive books library I can search through and even if they don’t have something in my native language I can just manually add it. The stats do really make everything that much more interesting. I’d only wish if there was the ability to set reading goals. Other than that it’s great 👍 ### 5/5 — Family Sharing Issue with App Store Purchases *2025-03-01, version 1.5.03* I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to reach out regarding an issue with Family Sharing for purchases made on the App Store. It seems that my purchases are not being shared with my family members. Could you please provide guidance on how to resolve this issue? Any steps or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your assistance! ### 5/5 — Crazy good 💕 *2025-01-12* I adore this reading tracker. I’m almost on my 11th book now that I’ve solely tracked on this app. I just wish it offered me personalised suggestions on what books to read once I’ve finished my current reads. Still it’s fantastic. ☺️ ### 5/5 — Great app for keeping tracks of books you read *2024-09-28* This app is great. I used to keep track of books by typing them in Notes- now they’re all in this app, with a pic of the book. There are minor snafus like when I looked up a translated Russian novel; the app couldn’t find the translation but found the original Russian. That’s OK. I just need to keep track that I read the book. Also getting the ISBN number through the app is hit or miss but you can input it manually and look it up online so I really appreciate this app. If you are a reader, this is a big help. No getting a book and halfway through realizing I read it a couple years ago **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience! I am thrilled to hear that the app has made it easier for you to track your books, especially compared to using Notes. Regarding the search results for translated works and the ISBN lookup feature, I really appreciate your feedback. I am always working to improve the app’s accuracy, and your input helps guide me in the right direction. In the meantime, I am glad that the manual input option has been helpful for you. If you have any other suggestions or run into any issues, feel free to reach out—I am here to help! Happy reading! 📚✨ ### 5/5 — Great Tracking App *2024-09-12* Ive been keeping track of my books using Notes app for a couple of years now. Recently found out about this app and it has literally transformed the way I manage my TBR list and bookshelf. I’d love to see a suggestions feature in the app for books I should look into reading based upon my interests other than that it’s perfect. :) **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your positive review! ### 5/5 — Great app for keeping tracks of books you read *2024-09-11* This app is great. I used to keep track of books by typing them in Notes- now they’re all in this app, with a pic of the book. There are minor snafus like when I looked up a translated Russian novel; the app couldn’t find the translation but found the original Russian. That’s OK. I just need to keep track that I read the book. Also getting the ISBN number through the app is hit or miss but you can input it manually and look it up online so I really appreciate this app. If you are a reader, this is a big help. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience! I am thrilled to hear that the app has made it easier for you to track your books, especially compared to using Notes. Regarding the search results for translated works and the ISBN lookup feature, I really appreciate your feedback. I am always working to improve the app’s accuracy, and your input helps guide me in the right direction. In the meantime, I am glad that the manual input option has been helpful for you. If you have any other suggestions or run into any issues, feel free to reach out—I am here to help! Happy reading! 📚✨ ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-09-10, version 1.2.4* I love everything about this app, except for the fact that I can't search any books in Korean. I would love to see Google Books or Naver Books added to the online book search database. Thank you🙏 --- *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 2026-08-24.*