Book Towers vs Readay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Towers
Track your reading progress by stacking virtual books to reach a height goal. Log finished, current, and desired reads with ratings and notes. Unlock and customize collectible characters as your tower grows.
- Stack virtual books to reach height goals
- Track reading status (Finished, Current, Want to Read, Stopped)
- Add ratings, reviews, and notes
- Unlock and customize over 60 characters
- View monthly reading statistics
- Export reading logs
- Customize app appearance
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Was your goal to read 100 books this year? Set a new goal to read enough books to stack up to 100 cm! Every book has its own height. Start stacking your books! Book Towers - The most fun way to build a reading habit! ◼ Start Stacking Your Books! - When you read and record books, you create your own book tower. - As your stack grows taller, you can unlock cute characters. ◼ Quick & Simple Tracking - Save by status: Finished Reading, Currently Reading, Want to Read, or Stopped Reading. - Add ratings, quick reviews, notes! Record only what you want. ◼ Collect Cute Characters - Discover over 60 characters, each with their own story. - Style them with items from the wardrobe! ◼ Growing Feature List - Monthly reading stats at a glance - Export your reading log to back up your records - Customize colors and fonts to design it your way! ◼ Additional Info ※ Access Permissions - Camera, Photos, and Videos: Used for ISBN scanning and book cover uploads. - These permissions are optional. The app works without them. ※ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ◼ Contact - help@studiobustles.com
Readay
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You finish a chapter with a thought you want to keep, so you screenshot a page, highlight a line in some app or snap a photo of a paragraph, and then never see any of it again. What you actually wanted was somewhere to write it down while it's fresh, so when a friend asks what you made of the book, it's all still there. Readay is just one journal for whatever you're reading, a thought or a quote with the page it's on. Snap a page to keep the exact line, talk a thought through when you can't be bothered typing, tag characters with @names and blur the spoilers, then scroll back when you go "wait, I had a theory about this part". No account and no feed, it stays on your phone and syncs through your own iCloud, so it's yours and nobody else's. Readay is free to download, with an optional Readay Pro subscription that renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage it in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://readayapp.store/#privacy Terms of Use: https://readayapp.store/#terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Readay at none against Book Towers's shown. Book Towers's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Towers sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Readay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Towers | Readay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (275 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 275 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sungeun Park | Gian Hao Liow |
In-app purchases
Book Towers
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- 레벨2$0.99
- 3단계 캐릭터$0.99
- 4단계 캐릭터$0.99
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- 5단계 캐릭터$0.99
- 6단계 캐릭터$0.99
- 코인 100$1.49
- 코인 150$2.79
- 코인 300$4.99
Readay
- Readay Monthly$4.991 Month
- Readay Yearly$29.991 Year
- Readay Lifetime$79.99
