Swappy Books vs Bookworm Reads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swappy Books
Exchange physical books with users in your local area. Scan a book's ISBN to list it for trade, then browse nearby listings and swipe to express interest. Connect with other readers to arrange book swaps.
- Scan ISBN to publish books
- Browse nearby book listings
- Swipe to express interest
- In-app chat for coordination
- No registration required
- Free to use
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Swap paper books with people nearby. - Simple & Free. - No registration required. All you need is a book to exchange. Scan: Scan the ISBN code at the back of the book you want to exchange and hit "Publish". Browse: See books other people want to exchange nearby and swipe up when you see a book you like. Tap to see the details. Book Match: When you get a Match you will be able to chat with the other book owner and coordinate where the swap will take place.
Bookworm Reads
Track your reading, connect with friends, and join a vibrant community of book lovers. Organize your library, discover new titles, and participate in reading challenges. Customize your unique worm avatar and share your literary journey.
- Track and categorize books
- Create custom bookshelves
- See friends' reading activity
- Rate, review, and discuss books
- Create and join book clubs
- Participate in reading challenges
- Customize worm avatar
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Bookworm Reads is a book tracker & joyful community app. On Bookworm, you can track your books, see what your friends are reading, rate, review, and discuss books, create and join book clubs, and be a part of a vibrant digital community of readers. We're like Goodreads but for the girls, gays, and theys. Plus, you get to be a worm. Discover new books to save to your library, create your own customizable bookshelves, send and receive book recommendations from friends, and join community reading challenges. The best part of all: dress up your wormy avatar from a variety of outfits, hats, accessories, and more! Import your Goodreads data: Say goodbye to Amazon-owned Goodreads, and keep your bookshelves just as you left them. Import from Goodreads and start using Bookworm. Simple, beautiful, book tracking. Track & categorize your books into bookshelves: books you want to read, have read, are currently reading. Plus, create your own custom bookshelves. Your 5-star club, books you DNF (did not finish), abandoned, repeat reads; whatever your heart desires. Add as many shelves as you want--no power-tools required. Join community reading challenges. Set a reading goal for yourself and let your friends cheer you on. The number of books you set as your goal is only visible to you. Upon joining, you get the option to give your wormy a badge to show you're participating in the community challenge. And, you can edit your goal number as the challenge continues. Share book recommendations. Send recommendations to friends and get them in return. Get notified whenever someone starts reading the book you recommended, and check out their review when they finish. All books recommended to you get saved to a bookshelf so you'll never lose them. Create, organize, and join book clubs. Find like-minded readers and host discussions in the app. You can create collaborative shelves, where everyone in the club can add to your shared to-read shelf, or you can do the choosing and let readers to follow along. Get started by joining Thee Bookworm Book Club--the Bookworm-wide club. Dress up your wormy avatar. Hands down the best feature on Bookworm Reads: dress up your wormy avatar! Choose from outfits, wigs, accessories, and more to keep your wormy as fresh as you are. Get creative, and change your outfit as much as you want! You can also buy a real life bookworm bookmark + sticker pack to keep your books adorned with Bookworm swag. Social sharing included. Share books to your instagram story with pre-made, gorgeous backgrounds. You can tweet, text, email, or whatever kind of sharing you'd like with everything on Bookworm. From books, to posts, to your wormy's outfit, share on whatever platform is your favorite. Features: • track & categorize your books into bookshelves: books you want to read, have read, are currently reading • plus, create your own custom book categories. for example, create a bookshelf for books you couldn't finish, or your favorite books you want everyone to read • join reading challenges: set a goal for yourself and get that lil dopamine hit every time you finish a book • recommend books to friends and get notified when they read your suggestion • organize your book club: set your books, your next meeting info, and host discussion in your club • discover new clubs: join one of the many public book clubs to find new reading buddies • design your wormy's outfit • share all of this to social media • import from Goodreads, Storygraph, Libib, or wherever you track your books. No need to start over! Bring your Goodreads/Storygraph data right into Bookworm. Download Bookworm Reads, create your wormy, and join the community!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swappy Books at none against Bookworm Reads's 2. Swappy Books also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). Bookworm Reads's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Bookworm Reads sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Swappy Books asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swappy Books holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookworm Reads has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Swappy Books's written reviews are positive against 77% of Bookworm Reads's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swappy Books ships an update every 4 weeks, Bookworm Reads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swappy Books | Bookworm Reads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pablo Paciello | Bookworm Reads CLUB |
Customer experience
Swappy Books
Bookworm Reads
Bugs and requests
Swappy Books
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bookworm Reads
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to permanently delete user profiles
- Signup process issues with 'Accept' button not working
- Inconsistent display of book covers and information
- Frequent crashes and app freezes
- Syncing issues with imported book data
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to track reading progress
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users
- Introduce more customization options for user profiles
- Expand search capabilities to include more book details
- Integrate with other popular book platforms
In-app purchases
Swappy Books
No in-app purchases
Bookworm Reads
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Year









