Bookcase! vs Life Ledger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookcase!
Organize your physical book collection by tracking ownership, location, and personal ratings. Quickly add books using an ISBN scanner to automatically retrieve title, author, and cover art.
- Track physical book ownership
- Record book locations
- Assign star ratings
- ISBN scanner for automatic data entry
- Download book cover art
- Add personal notes
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Use Bookcase to keep track of your physical books — what books do you own? Where are they? What rating would you give them? Quickly add all of your books with the in-built ISBN scanner — automatically download your book's author, title, even your book's cover art! • Add title, author and cover art for your books manually or use the in-built ISBN scanner to automatically download. • Bookcase will automatically detect the principal colors in your book's cover art and style appropriately. • Add notes and star ratings for a book to help keep track of your personal library.
Life Ledger
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Keep your life organized! Effortlessly track, protect, and manage all your belongings in one secure place with Life Ledger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Life Ledger at every 2 months against Bookcase!'s every 24 months. Life Ledger also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Bookcase! ships an update every 24 months, Life Ledger every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookcase! | Life Ledger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craig Grummitt | JPL LLC |
In-app purchases
Bookcase!
No in-app purchases
Life Ledger
No in-app purchases
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