Bookly vs TBR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookly
This app helps you track your reading habits in real-time, manage your library, and set reading goals. It offers detailed statistics, custom ratings, and ambient sounds to enhance your reading experience and build a consistent reading habit.
- Real-time reading timer
- Detailed reading statistics
- Custom book ratings
- Book library management
- Reading goals and reminders
- Character tracking
- Readathon tracking
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Bookly helps you track your reading in real-time, manage your books, make a habit out of reading and see your progress over time. Add books, e-books or audiobooks to your collections, use the timer to track your reading and get access to awesome stats that will help you improve and read even more. Set goals and reminders to stay motivated, get weekly and monthly or yearly reports on your progress. You can better rate your books by going beyond the classic five star ratings by adding custom ones like: inspiration, heartfelt, love, spice, humor, and many more. Bookly also allows half-star ratings. TRACK YOUR READING IN REAL-TIME - Start the timer every time you read with a simple tap - Record your current page number of the books you're reading - See how long it will take you to finish the book at your current pace - Set a Book Goal to finish your book by a given time - Add your own rating, thoughts, and quotes for each book - Play ambient sounds while you read - Generate awesome Infographics style reports for every book - Unlock achievements to stay motivated and read even more GET READING STATS & RESULTS - Get tons of insightful Stats: total read time, pages read, reading speed, estimated book finish time, daily reading time, days you read in a row, reading streak and more - Generate Reading Reports with graphs and stats per book/month/year - Set Monthly or Yearly Goals in number of hours, pages or books - Set daily reminders to keep you motivated to achieve your reading goals - Use the powerful Bookly Assistant to read more, get personalized reading suggestions, reminders, reports and a lot more - Share your progress directly from the app KEEP TRACK OF YOUR BOOKS - Track and manage your entire library of books, e-books and audiobooks - Setup your own custom book Collections, like "Wishlist", "Favourites" - Get book details by scanning the ISBN barcode or searching online directly in the app - Store and sync your books among devices using iCloud - Never lose a book again, mark a book as lent or borrowed KEEP TRACK OF YOUR BOOK CHARACTERS - Track and manage all characters that you meet in your reading journey - Track how they evolve over time, what challenges they face, the relationships between them and much more. KEEP TRACK OF READATHONS - Track your readathon progress in real time - Track books read, reading time and pages for any period of time - Track readathon prompts - Get notifications and stay on track - - - Bookly is free to download and use. No online account or signup needed. The Pro version is free with a 7 day trial, after which we offer three subscription packages: $4.99/month (1 Month Subscription), $19.99/6 months (6 Month Subscription), and $29.99/year (1 Year Subscription). All other features remain free to use indefinitely. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Subscription service conditions: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off 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 - You can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - Refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - All personal data is handled under the terms and conditions of Bookly’s privacy policy. More details can be found here: http://getbookly.com/privacy-policy/ http://getbookly.com/terms-of-use/ *Important: This app is for book TRACKING and MANAGEMENT. Book content and the actual reading is not done in the app.*
TBR
Easily track your reading progress, organize your book lists, and discover new titles through curated book news. Scan books with a barcode, add them manually, and sort them by various criteria. Get personalized recommendations and export your library.
- Track books to read, reading, and read
- Organize books into custom lists
- Barcode scanner for quick book entry
- Discover new books via curated news feeds
- Get 'More Like This' book recommendations
- Import from Goodreads
- Export to spreadsheet formats
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TBR is a fast, elegant and modern place to track your reading. The books you want to read (your TBR, To Be Read), the books you are reading, and the books you've read. You can also organize your books into custom lists of your own choosing. Get inspiration by reading Book News from our 1000+ curated book news sources. TBR contains a Book News browser, essentially a curated collection of RSS feeds, with links back to the original sources. Bookship will identify books in each story and easily let you save them, remembering where you found the book. TRACK BOOKS Add a book by name by searching our database, or use the easy Barcode Scanner to scan books quickly into TBR. It's great when you're in a bookstore and want to remember a book for later. Using Multi-scan lets you quickly add your entire library right into TBR. Reorder your TBR list by drag-n-drop, so you can change what's coming next. Sort and filter by author, genre, title, publication date and more. Mark books as Reading, or Read, and the books are automatically added to those lists as well, and dates are automatically tracked. Keep Notes about the books you are reading. Use our Share Extension to share pages you are reading on the web to TBR. TBR extracts the books being mentioned so you can easily browse or save them. READING IDEAS TBR’s More Like This tells you related or similar books to a book you're reading. Or get reading ideas by browsing our always-timely Book News, featuring the latest in books from around the web. BOOK NEWS We've curated over a thousand high quality book news sites, and assembled their RSS feeds into a timely, beautiful view into the world of books, with links back to the original sites. You can find news about books by genre, about the books you are reading, or just what's popular right now. Browse our feeds to see news from each source individually, or browse by Channel to see book news about a particular topic. DARK MODE We support dark mode, for a particularly striking view on the world of books. IMPORT, EXPORT, SYNC Import your books from Goodreads. Export your books to a spreadsheet (Excel, CSV). All sync'd with the cloud and with Bookship, our Social Reading app, so you can plan your reading for your reading group or Book Club.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bookly at Free against TBR's $4.99. Bookly also leads on ratings volume (63K vs 6) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). TBR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Bookly is free to download; TBR costs $4.99 up front. Bookly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TBR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bookly holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookly has 63K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Bookly's written reviews are positive against 100% of TBR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bookly ships an update monthly, TBR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookly | TBR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (63K ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 475 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TwoDoor Games | The Hawaii Project, LLC |
Customer experience
Bookly
TBR
Bugs and requests
Bookly
Reported bugs
3 issues- Reading sessions not always accurately recorded
- Inconsistencies in page count/progress tracking
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to delete/edit books
- Option to track audiobook progress
- Sync reading progress across devices
- More customization options
- Integration with other reading apps
TBR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bookly
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Monthly Pro Family Plan$9.991 Month
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Yearly Pro 50% OFF$14.991 Year
- Six Months of Pro$19.996 Months
- Yearly Pro 30% OFF$19.991 Year
- Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
- Yearly Pro (50% OFF 1st year trial)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Pro 20% OFF3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Bookly Pro$79.99
TBR
No in-app purchases







