Parse.ly vs Donate Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parse.ly
Gain immediate insights into your website's audience and content performance. Track trending posts, view real-time metrics, and analyze specific authors or sections on the go. Understand what resonates with your readers and how they discover your content.
- Real-time audience insights
- Top trending posts
- Key metrics and graphs
- Author and section filtering
- Sort posts by various metrics
- Real-time traffic stats
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Parsely provides clear audience insights about what’s being read on your website, right now. The app provides on-the-go access to your real-time Parsely dashboard so you’re not missing anything your audience is telling you. The app allows you to: - See top trending posts for your site or your entire network of sites - View today’s graphs and key metrics in real-time - Focus on specific authors, sections, or tags from your site - Sort top posts by metric: visitors, page views, social shares, social referrals, search referrals, and engaged time if activated for your account. - Follow any post’s performance with real-time traffic stats and referral sources. - Run Parsely analytics side-by-side with your site using multitasking on the iPad. The Parsely iOS App requires a Parsely account.
Donate Books
This app helps you identify which books from your collection are wanted by the Internet Archive for preservation and digitization. Scan book barcodes or printed identifiers using your phone's camera to receive immediate feedback on whether to donate.
- Scan book barcodes
- OCR printed identifiers
- Camera-based scanning
- Preservation feedback
- Digitization matching
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The Internet Archive Donate Books app helps donors determine which books from their collection to donate to the Internet Archive so they can be preserved and digitized. The app allows users to scan their book barcodes or identifiers to figure out which books to donate. Users can scan book barcodes or OCR printed identifiers in their books using their phone camera to identify their books and match to corresponding metadata. They will then receive feedback on whether the Internet Archive wants to preserve and digitize the book. The app includes modes for scanning barcodes or using OCR to scan printed identifiers. Simply place the barcode or identifier in the view of your phone camera and see a red or green response indicating whether to donate the book or not. For installation instructions, where to report bugs or request assistance, and information about physical item donations to the Internet Archive please see our help center page.
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Verdict
Parse.ly and Donate Books both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Parse.ly's written reviews are positive against 60% of Donate Books's. Parse.ly also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Parse.ly against 4.0 for Donate Books. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Parse.ly's written reviews are positive against 60% of Donate Books's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parse.ly | Donate Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automattic | Internet Archive |
Customer experience
Parse.ly
Donate Books
In-app purchases
Parse.ly
No in-app purchases
Donate Books
No in-app purchases









