Beanstack Tracker vs ReadingTime

Beanstack helps schools, libraries, and families bring the fun back to reading with reading challenges, easy tracking, and insightful data. We invite students, families, and readers of all ages to a world of reading inspiration and motivation. You can create profiles for everyone in your family within a single library or Beanstack Go account, or you can use SSO to sign in to any of your students’ school accounts and swiftly toggle between them. Beanstack helps you grow your reading habits together, while also logging and tracking reading progress individually. We never sell your data or use it to show you ads, so Beanstack is safe for everyone. Features: - Join motivating reading challenges created by librarians, educators, and reading specialists. Our ever-growing reading challenge collection features seasonal challenges like summer reading, yearlong literacy initiatives, and diverse custom challenges for all ages, levels, and communities. - Track reading progress and create an all-time reading log. - Use a barcode scanner to quickly and easily find titles. - Record reading sessions with a reading timer or log an entire book with a click. - Achieve streaks for reading multiple days in a row and badges for reaching reading goals. - Complete fun enrichment activities and leave book reviews. - Access reading recommendations and resources. - Add friends from your organization to see what they’re reading and compete on leaderboards. - View reading stats, including totals and averages of time spent reading and titles read. - Participate in reading fundraisers: Raise money for your organization with reading! With Beanstack’s reading fundraisers, you can earn badges while collecting donations to fund important priorities at your school or library. Beanstack is created by Joyful Reading Co, where we're dedicated to nurturing a lifelong love of reading through engagement, access, and data-driven insights.

ReadingTime is a private reading tracker for your whole family. Every reader gets their own shelf — track what they're reading, how long they've been reading it, and celebrate when they finish. TRACK EVERY READER Add a reader for each member of your family. Each reader has their own Currently Reading, To Read, and Read shelves. See everyone's books at a glance from one screen. LOG READING TIME Record reading sessions with the built-in timer or enter time manually. Build a complete reading history for every book. SHARE WITH FAMILY Share any reader privately with family members via iCloud. Everyone stays in sync automatically across all devices — no extra accounts needed. READING REPORTS Generate beautiful PDF reading reports for any reader. Great for summer reading programs, school records, or just celebrating how much your family reads. YOUR FAMILY'S LIBRARY Search Google Books or scan a barcode to add books. Your library stays organized and accessible across all your devices. One purchase unlocks all features for your entire iCloud family automatically.