BookLog vs Book Pile!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookLog
Easily track your reading list and books you want to read. This app is ideal for managing collections by author or series. Scan book barcodes with your device's camera or search for titles.
- Track read and to-read books
- Organize by author or series
- Scan ISBN barcodes with camera
- Search titles on Google Books
- Manage personal library
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BookLog helps you keep track of what books you've read and what books you want to read. It's specifically designed to keep track of books in a particular series or by a particular author. Use the camera in you iPhone or iPad to scan ISBN barcodes, or search for titles on Google Books.
Book Pile!
Organize your reading list and track your progress. Never forget what you've read, what's next, or upcoming releases from your favorite authors. This app helps manage your growing collection of books.
- Track books to read
- Manage read books
- Monitor reading progress
- Never miss release dates
- Organize favorite authors
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If you're a reader, you probably have a pile of books just waiting to be read. The trouble is, sometimes that pile gets a little uh... long. It can be hard to remember what you've read, what you wanted to read next, and what you've been waiting for, but forgot you were waiting for! Book pile is here to solve those problems. Easily find and track books from the authors you love, and never miss a release date again! Having trouble keeping track of how many books you've read this year? We'll keep track of it for you! Have any books that you've been meaning to read, but that book pile just keeps getting longer, and longer, and now you've forgotten which ones you planned to read next? We've got that covered too. Just add it to the book pile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookLog at none against Book Pile!'s 1. BookLog also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Book Pile!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Book Pile! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BookLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BookLog against 5.0 for Book Pile!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BookLog ships an update every 10 months, Book Pile! every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookLog | Book Pile! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Austin Code Factory | Michael Grant |
Customer experience
BookLog
Book Pile!
In-app purchases
BookLog
No in-app purchases
Book Pile!
- Unlimited Book Pile$4.99
