Comparison

Booka vs Brooksie

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

Head to head
About

Booka

Manage your personal book collection and reading progress. Easily add books, track pages, notes, and reading history. Organize your library with tags, add reviews, and sync your data across devices.

Highlights
  • Add books to read
  • Search by ISBN/barcode
  • Organize by tag
  • Track reading progress
  • Record reading history
  • View reading stats
  • Add book reviews
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Booka is your personal booklist manager to keep track of your booklist. You can easily add books you want to read or already read. When you start reading, Booka can keep track of your current page, notes and your reading history. Feature - Quick add books to read - Search books by isbn and bar code scanning - Catalog and organize books by tag - Track reading progress - Reading system, record your reading history - View reading stats - Add reviews for each book - iCloud sync - Sync data to notion - Import & export to csv - Widgets - Support dark mode Feedback: heybooka@gmail.com # If you like Booka - Please give me a review - Share with your friends --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cybercatworks.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-ffc01a24603b44dfb7eb0419733a89d0?pvs=4

About

Brooksie

Features
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Your books deserve a place that feels like home. Meet Brooksie, your cozy reading companion. Build your own virtual bookshelf, make time for another chapter, and keep the words that stay with you—with a friendly fox by your side. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Keep your wishlist, next reads, current books, and finished stories together. Add books by searching, scanning a barcode, or entering the details yourself. Arrange your shelves, follow your series, and remember who borrowed your books. MAKE TIME FOR YOUR NEXT CHAPTER Track your progress page by page and use the built-in reading timer to log your sessions. Set a reading goal, earn badges, and celebrate every little step. Your reading journey moves at your pace. KEEP THE WORDS YOU LOVE Save favorite quotes and personal notes as you read. Turn meaningful passages into quote cards to share or keep for yourself. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Can't decide what to pick up? Get a suggestion from your To Be Read shelf and rediscover the books already waiting for you. LOOK HOW FAR YOU'VE READ See your all-time reading totals and celebrate your journey with shareable monthly and yearly recaps. A LITTLE MORE MAGIC WITH BROOKSIE PRO Unlock Pro with a single, one-time purchase. No subscription. • Find books in a bookshelf photo, review the suggested matches, and add them to your library. • Capture quotes from photographed pages. • Make your shelves your own with premium themes and decorations. • Explore detailed reading statistics, including monthly comparisons, genres, authors, and reading pace. • Filter your next-read suggestions by mood, available time, and genre. • Discover similar books and explore missing volumes in your series. • View series statistics and filter your shelves by trope. • Style quote cards and reading recaps with premium templates. • Keep two reading goals active at once. • Follow reading sessions with a Lock Screen Live Activity. • Give your earned badges a premium foil finish. The essentials are free: organizing your library, tracking your reading, using the timer, saving quotes manually, earning badges, and sharing reading recaps. Your saved books, quotes, notes, and reading history remain accessible whether or not you choose Pro. A little library. Entirely yours.

Screenshots

Booka4 screens
Brooksie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brooksie at daily against Booka's every 3 weeks. Booka's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Booka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Brooksie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booka ships an update every 3 weeks, Brooksie daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Booka versus Brooksie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookaBrooksie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiani LiIOZSEF MADAR

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Booka

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Yearly Pro1 Year trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$39.99
1 purchases

Brooksie

One-time1
  • Brooksie Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Booka free?
Booka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brooksie free?
Brooksie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Booka or Brooksie have ads?
Neither Booka nor Brooksie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booka or Brooksie?
Booka ships an update every 3 weeks, and Brooksie daily. Most recently, Booka was updated on November 2, 2026 and Brooksie on October 31, 2026.

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