Comparison

Book Breeze vs Reading Journal

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

Head to head
About

Book Breeze

Develop a consistent reading habit with this app. Track your progress with detailed graphs, monitor reading streaks, and receive optional daily reminders to stay motivated. Make reading enjoyable and achieve your yearly book goals.

Highlights
  • Detailed reading progress graphs
  • Book completion time estimates
  • Daily reading streak tracking
  • Weekly and yearly reading statistics
  • Optional daily reading reminders
  • Motivational design elements
Features
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Book Breeze helps you develop your reading habit. Whether your goal is 3 or 300 books a year — Book Breeze will make it fun and rewarding to get started with, and to finish, those books. Book Breeze reading tracker features: - Large graphs for pages read, books read and reading pace on weekly, monthly and yearly time scales - Continuously updated progress and remaining time estimates for each book - Tracking daily reading streaks and record of your best streak - Accessible weekly reading stats for short term goals, and total reading stats for long term motivation - Optional daily reminder to keep your daily reading habit on track - Designed in every aspect to make reading more attractive, and ultimately to make you read more Develop your reading habit — Download Book Breeze today! Notes: * This app is a book tracker (reading tracker). Book content and the actual reading is not done in the app, only the tracking of your reading. * Icons from icons8.com.

About

Reading Journal

This app helps you remember what you read by tracking your library, reading status, and favorite quotes. Set reading goals, join challenges, and keep your progress organized with personal notes and summaries.

Highlights
  • Track books (want to read, reading, finished)
  • Save quotes, reviews, and summaries
  • Set reading goals and track progress
  • Join reading challenges
  • Sync library with iCloud
  • Export/import data (JSON/CSV)
Features
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Reading Journal is a warm, quiet home for the books you read and everything they leave behind. Just say what page you're on. Reading Journal keeps the rest: pages read today, your week at a glance, how many sessions are left in the book, and a streak worth keeping. YOUR LIBRARY • Shelves for Reading, To Read, Finished and Did Not Finish • Add books by title, author or ISBN, or scan the barcode on the back • Real covers, and handsome cloth covers for books without one • Series kept in reading order A DIARY FOR EVERY BOOK • Every session with its pages and minutes • The lines you loved, with chapter and page • Stars, a one-line review, a summary and your favorite moment • Notebook pages on lined, dotted, grid or blank paper GOALS AND CHALLENGES • A yearly goal that fills a shelf with your covers • Monthly goals, a page target and a mood board • A–Z, Reading Bingo, 52 Books in 52 Weeks, genres, romance tropes and more • Finish a book and it lands in the right challenge slot Your library syncs through iCloud across iPhone and iPad, looks lovely in light and dark, and backs up to a JSON file or exports your books as CSV whenever you like.

Screenshots

Book Breeze4 screens
Reading Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Book Breeze and Reading Journal both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Reading Journal's written reviews are positive against 70% of Book Breeze's. Reading Journal also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Book Breeze's advantage is ratings volume (347 vs 35) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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. Book Breeze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reading Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Book Breeze against 4.8 for Reading Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Breeze has 347 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Book Breeze's written reviews are positive against 100% of Reading Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Breeze ships an update every 2 weeks, Reading Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Book Breeze versus Reading Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook BreezeReading Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (347 ratings)4.8 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings347 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZendo MobileSergii Nesterenko

Customer experience

Book Breeze

All ratings339 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative19.7%

Reading Journal

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Book Breeze

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Streak resets on October 26th or Daylight Saving Time dates
  • Data loss when switching phones without account system
  • Books showing completion date as January 1, 1970
  • App crashes during new year transitions
  • App freezes when updating reading sessions
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  • Unable to edit or change book completion dates
  • Icon notification stuck on 1
  • Inability to save books without completing form

Requested features

16 requests
  • Cloud backup and account login system
  • Dark mode option
  • Barcode scanner for quick book entry
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Notes and quotes feature for books
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  • Reading goals and deadline setting
  • Book review writing capability
  • Widget for home screen display
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Daily tracking instead of streak-only stats
  • Words per minute tracking and graphs
  • Ability to pause or archive books
  • iPad app version
  • Automatic book metadata loading
  • Support for ebooks and audiobooks tracking
  • Book search functionality

Reading Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Book Breeze

One-time1
  • Book Breeze Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Reading Journal

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$12.99

Questions

Is Book Breeze free?
Book Breeze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reading Journal free?
Reading Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book Breeze or Reading Journal?
Reading Journal is rated higher. Book Breeze averages 4.7 out of 5 from 347 ratings, while Reading Journal averages 4.8 from 35 ratings.
Do Book Breeze or Reading Journal have ads?
Neither Book Breeze nor Reading Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Breeze or Reading Journal?
Book Breeze ships an update every 2 weeks, and Reading Journal every 3 weeks. Most recently, Book Breeze was updated on November 3, 2026 and Reading Journal on November 5, 2026.

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