Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 vs MyBooksTracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」
This app helps you manage your reading history like a bank book. Track book titles, dates, prices, ratings, and reading status. Save summaries, images, and notes, organized by category for efficient review.
- Track book title, date, price, and rating
- Manage reading status (read, reading, unread)
- Record book summaries and notes
- Save book-related images and charts
- Organize saved content by category
- View reading history on a calendar
- Access statistical information on books read
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"RecoDoku" is an application that can manage the history of the read book like a bank book. This app allows you to check the book's title and date, as well as the book's price, rating, reading status (read, reading, unread,). It is fun to record as you save a book. In addition, it is possible to record the summary in texts for each book, and save images, graphs, and notes written in books as images. Saved summaries and images are organized into categories and can be read back in a batch. Basically, once a book has been read, it is not necessary to read it from the beginning unless it is a good book. It is possible to establish the knowledge efficiently by carefully selecting the necessary part for yourself and reading it back repeatedly. [Characteristics of RecoDoku] ・ Display of book can be switched by "category" or "date" ・ Check the evaluation after reading in a list ・ Check the reading status (read, reading, unread) in a list ・ For books that need to be returned, alert notification function prevents forgetting to return ・ Record and save abstracts of books ・ Save memos, charts, etc. of books as images ・ Saved summary and memo images can be checked together by category ・ Check which book you read on the calendar ・ Statistical information such as "total number of books", "total price", "total number of pages" is also enhanced
MyBooksTracker
This app serves as a personal log for readers to record their reading history. It's designed to help users easily track which books they've read over time, acting as a comprehensive personal library journal. The app ensures your reading data is private and not stored by the developer.
- Personal reading log
- Track books read
- Unlimited log entries
- Private data storage
- Life-long reading history
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MyBooksTracker is a personal log for prolific readers. Perfect for children to keep a life-long book reading history, MyBooksTracker is an unlimited book reading log. MyBooksTracker does not track, store, or access the books log in any way. MyBooksTracker is the perfect answer to the question, "Gee, I wonder which books I've read this year?"
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Verdict
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 and MyBooksTracker both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of MyBooksTracker's written reviews are positive against 38% of Reading record notes「RecoDoku」's. MyBooksTracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Reading record notes「RecoDoku」's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 against 5.0 for MyBooksTracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyBooksTracker has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Reading record notes「RecoDoku」's written reviews are positive against 100% of MyBooksTracker's.
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 ships an update every 4 months, MyBooksTracker every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 | MyBooksTracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mitsuhiro nara | Gerald Washington-Collins |
Customer experience
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」
MyBooksTracker
In-app purchases
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」
No in-app purchases
MyBooksTracker
No in-app purchases
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