# Thaal — Discover, track, discuss books

> Discover, track, discuss books (iPhone/iPad app by SHELTON FREDDY.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thaal/id6789221793 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SHELTON FREDDY](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789221795)
- Category: Books, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Thaal?

Thaal is a book discovery and social reading platform for literature that English-first apps serve poorly — starting with Malayalam.

Most reading apps treat a Malayalam novel as a badly-spelled English one. Titles get mangled into romanised approximations, covers go missing, and the books that shaped a literature are nowhere to be found. Thaal is built the other way round: the interface is English so anyone can navigate it, and the books stay in their own script.

DISCOVER
• Thousands of Malayalam and English titles with real covers, synopses and author pages
• Top 100 — the essential shelf, ranked
• Browse by genre, mood, decade or literary award
• Author pages with lineage, themes and the full body of work
• Search that understands Malayalam script and romanised spellings alike

TRACK YOUR READING
• Shelve books as reading, finished, or want to read
• Rate what you have read and write full reviews
• Save the passages worth keeping
• Set a Reading Challenge for the year and watch it fill
• Year in Books — what your reading year actually looked like

READ TOGETHER
• Book Clubs — start one for your city, your friends, or a single author
• Follow other readers and see what they are shelving and reviewing
• Build and share public lists
• Import an existing library from Goodreads

BUILT BY READERS
The catalog is editorially curated and open to correction — suggest an edit or report a problem on any book or author page, and earn a librarian badge for good contributions.

Thaal is free, has no advertising, and does not sell your data. Discovery, shelving, reviews and social features will never sit behind a paywall.

Malayalam literature is the heart of the catalog. Your shelf is your whole reading life — Malayalam, English, and whatever comes next.

## Is Thaal safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Thaal.

## Is Thaal legit?

Thaal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Thaal is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-28

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 2026-10-09.*