Comparison

Leio vs Bookshelf

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Leio

This app helps you manage your reading life by tracking reading sessions, progress, and notes. It offers predictions on when you'll finish books and allows you to set reading goals and deadlines. Gamified achievements and detailed statistics keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Time reading sessions
  • Track book progress
  • Barcode scanner for adding books
  • Reading predictions and deadlines
  • Reading planner and goals
  • Save notes and quotes
  • Reading statistics and archive
Features
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Take control of your reading life. Use Leio to time your reading sessions and stay motivated. How many books did you start this year? How many did you finish? How long did it take to read them? Leio can help you answer these questions and many more. Fun fact: Leio means “I read” in Portuguese. --- Leio is a digital journal to help you track and manage your reading. It's designed primarily around physical books, but you can also use electronic readers or other devices. Leio helps you organize your library, your notes and your favorite quotes, but that's just the beginning. Timing your reading sessions makes it easier to set aside some time and turn reading into a habit. The data gathered this way quickly turn into an extensive record of your reading life, providing you with statistics and information about your habits. These data can also be projected into the future: Leio will tell you when you will finish each book and help you plan accordingly. TIMER Time your reading sessions and gain insight into your habits. Life can be distracting: use Leio to set aside some time and focus on your reading. PROGRESS Keep track of where you are in multiple books. A quick look will tell you what page to read next, what percentage of the book you have completed, how long you have read it for and much more. New: add new books easily with Leio's barcode scanner! PREDICTIONS Leio will learn from your habits and give you accurate predictions to help you manage your reading life. Know exactly when you will finish a book and for how long you have to read until you are done. DEADLINES If you need to finish a book by a certain date, Leio can tell you how long or how many pages to read per day to finish in time. You can also play with the settings and come up with your own reading plan: tell Leio how much and how often you plan to read and see when you might finish in real time. PLANNER Tell Leio how often you want to read each book and use the planner section to stay on track. See how much you have read on each day, how much you still have to read, and how much time to set aside to accomplish your goals! ACHIEVEMENTS New: Complete achievements to unlock exclusive iMessage stickers! NOTES AND QUOTES Easily save and search your reading notes and always have them at hand. Share them with your friends or social networks. New: use Leio's text recognition service to save and share your favorite quotes even more easily!* STATISTICS Check how your reading life evolves over time. Charts and data for different timespans will help you stay motivated to read more and more. ARCHIVE Leio will keep an extensive record of your reading sessions, so you will always be able to tell when you started a book, when you finished it, how long it took you to read it, over how many days, how many sessions and much more. Keep track of how much you have read and challenge yourself to read more. Your finished books can be searched or filtered by tags and ratings, so your information is always easy to find! New: export your data to have even more control over your information. SHARE Share your progress with friends or save reports for yourself. Now you can also sync your progress to Goodreads and post status updates! --- * Choose between a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: http://leio.co/privacy.html Terms of service: http://leio.co/terms.html iMessage stickers and illustrations by Brazilian designer Caio Menezes. Interface icons by icons8.

About

Bookshelf

Organize your book collection with virtual shelves and tags. Track reading progress, set goals, and manage your TBR list. Discover new books, share recommendations, and connect with friends' reading journeys.

Highlights
  • Virtual bookshelves and tags
  • ISBN barcode scanner
  • Reading progress tracking
  • TBR wishlist management
  • Social reading profiles
  • Book statistics and insights
  • OCR text scanning for quotes
Features
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Organize book collection by creating virtual shelves and tags. Track your reading progress and set reading goals to stay motivated. Manage a wishlist of books that you want to read (TBR). Discover great new reads: rate, review and share book recommendations. Create your own social profile and allow friends to follow your reading journey. ORGANIZE YOUR BOOKS - Catalog books using fast and easy to use ISBN barcode scanner - Batch scanner option allows to rapidly scan multiple books at once - Books can be added using search functionality (title/author/ISBN) - Old and rare books can be added manually - Import books from a CSV file generated by other popular book apps - Import books from Goodreads CREATE SHELVES AND TAGS - Organize books by creating virtual bookshelves and tags - Use search functionality to quickly find books on your shelves - Sort your books by title, author, number of pages, publication date, etc. - Use filters to display books matching your criteria - Track your lent and borrowed books - Add information about your book purchases - Organize books by series and volumes - Create personal notes or add other useful information - Add quotes by simply scanning the text with our OCR reader - Multiple book selection; apply batch operations - Grid view available - Dark theme available SET CUSTOM READING GOALS - Create annual reading goals to stay motivated - Define custom date range goals and share them with your friends TRACK YOUR READING - Log how many pages you have read so far and when did you start and finished reading a book - You can record multiple readings for each book SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE READING - Create your own reading social profile - Allow your followers to see your last read books, wishlist and reading goals DISCOVER NEW BOOKS - Discover bestselling books in different categories - Share your favorite books with your friends on social media VIEW YOUR STATISTICS - Rich statistics about your books, purchase, reading progress, ratings, top authors, top categories etc. MANAGE YOUR WISHLIST - Maintain a wishlist of books that you want to read - Book price tracking and price alerts available in some countries RATE AND REVIEW - Help others to discover great books and find books for yourself - Rate books with 5 star rating (half-star ratings available) - Read book reviews from others and leave your own opinion NEVER LOSE YOUR DATA - Your data is securely stored on our servers and it's linked to your account - If you change your device/platform, you just need to log back in with your username - You can export data to a CSV file to create your own backup - You can export your data as HTML web page for easy printing with cover images BOOKSHELF PRO PLANS - Bookshelf is free to download and use for up to 100 books - Bookshelf Pro removes the 100-book limit and unlocks other advanced features - Bookshelf Pro includes a 7-day free trial period after which you can choose between monthly, annual or lifetime plans OTHER NOTES - This is an app to organize your books and to track your reading - Reading is not available within this app FOLLOW US Stay in touch for new features and improvements - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookshelfconcept/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookshelfapp/ FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS bookshelf.concept@gmail.com https://www.bookshelfapp.info * Privacy policy: https://www.bookshelfapp.info/privacy-policy.html * Terms of service: https://www.bookshelfapp.info/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Leio4 screens
Bookshelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bookshelf at 94% against Leio's 43%. Bookshelf also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Leio sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Bookshelf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookshelf holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 3.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Leio's written reviews are positive against 94% of Bookshelf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leio ships an update every 9 days, Bookshelf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Leio versus Bookshelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeioBookshelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings)4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews93.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K3.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#178 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel MarquesSquidBit d.o.o.

Customer experience

Leio

All ratings1,593 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative50.5%

Bookshelf

All ratings3,041 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews1,244 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.0%

User reviews

Leio

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful reading tracker
  • 📊 Useful statistics and data
  • 🗒️ Ability to take notes and quotes
  • 🔗 Goodreads integration
  • 🎨 Clean and minimalist design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy after updates
  • 🔄 Loss of reading data and progress
  • 🤔 Confusing new UI changes
  • 💰 Expensive paid subscription
  • 📱 Lack of cross-device sync

Bookshelf

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Batch scanning feature
  • 📚 Excellent for organizing book collections
  • 💰 Free app with no limits
  • 🔍 Helpful for avoiding book duplicates

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Search function could be improved
  • 🔢 Inability to add multiple copies of the same book
  • 📷 Limited cover image options for some books

Bugs and requests

Leio

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Reading timer resets unexpectedly
  • Incorrect reading statistics and progress
  • Inability to edit or delete reading sessions
  • Syncing and backup issues after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Customizable reading reminders
  • Improved book search and discovery
  • Better organization and sorting options
  • Ability to track reading of ebooks

Bookshelf

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional issues with scanning barcodes
  • Trouble accessing app after account creation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to organize books by author and series
  • Option to filter statistics by bookshelf
  • Manual page count entry
  • Borrowing/lending tracking system

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Leio

Subscriptions15
  • Text Recognition (Monthly)1 Month trial$0.491 Month
  • Text Recognition (Yearly)$3.991 Year
  • Leio Plus$3.991 Month
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  • Leio Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Leio Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Leio Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Leio Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Leio Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Leio Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Leio Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlimited Books$7.99
  • Leio Plus$59.99
4 purchases

Bookshelf

Subscriptions2
  • Bookshelf (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Bookshelf (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Bookshelf (Lifetime)$59.99
  • Bookshelf (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is Leio free?
Leio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookshelf free?
Bookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Leio or Bookshelf?
Bookshelf is rated higher. Leio averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Bookshelf averages 4.8 from 3.1K ratings.
Do Leio or Bookshelf have ads?
Both Leio and Bookshelf show ads.
Which is updated more often, Leio or Bookshelf?
Leio ships an update every 9 days, and Bookshelf every 2 weeks. Most recently, Leio was updated on October 26, 2026 and Bookshelf on October 28, 2026.

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