Comparison

Book Corner vs BookPine

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

Head to head
About

Book Corner

Organize your personal book collection, including books read, owned, and desired. Utilize online lookup and barcode scanning to easily add publication details. Ideal for book groups, it keeps your reading habits private and syncs across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Manage read, owned, and wish lists
  • Online book lookup (OpenLibrary, Google Books)
  • ISBN barcode scanning
  • Track book group meetings
  • Private data storage
  • Cross-device synchronization
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Book Corner helps you manage your personal book catalog — • Books you’ve read • Books you’d like to read • Books you own • Books you’d like to buy • Your favorites • Books you might like to give as gifts You can look at your library in a variety of ways. You can use online lookup (using OpenLibrary.org and Google Books) to fill in publication information. And if the book has an ISBN barcode, you can scan it to collect this information. If you belong to one or more book groups, you’ll find this app particularly handy, because you can keep track of your meetings, what you read, etc. Your reading interests and habits are completely private. All data in Book Corner is stored locally on your device (and backed up securely to iCloud) and are not available to anyone else. Book Corner runs on iPhone (iOS 15+), iPad (iPadOS 15+) and Macintosh (macOS 12+) and automatically synchronizes between all of your devices.

About

BookPine

Track your reading journey with detailed stats, custom lists, and reading goals. Easily import your library from other platforms and discover ambient sounds for focused reading. Share your progress and connect with a community of book lovers.

Highlights
  • Detailed reading stats and insights
  • Custom lists and shelves for organization
  • Personalized reading goals and challenges
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
  • Ambient sounds for focused reading
  • Social features to follow friends and share reviews
  • Transaction log for borrowed, lent, or purchased books
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BookPine is a free book tracker for readers who like to keep a record of what they read. Log your books, set goals that fit your life, and see real stats about your reading habits. If you're coming from Goodreads, you can bring your whole library with you and pick up right where you left off. There's no subscription and nothing is locked behind a paywall. READING CIRCLES Read a book together with friends or other readers. Start a circle from any book, make it public or private, and choose how long it runs. Members write posts, comment, vote in polls and log their progress as they go. You can hide a post until readers reach a certain point in the book, or until they finish it, so nobody gets spoiled. SERIES TRACKING BookPine builds your series list from the books on your shelves. Each series shows its books in order, how many you've read, and which one comes next. Reading a series in another language? Set the language for that series and your progress only counts the books published in it. You can also mark a series as paused or abandoned. CUSTOM COVERS Don't like the cover on your edition? Change it. Pick one from another edition, upload your own image, or grab one from any web page. Only you see your custom cover, and it shows up everywhere you see that book in the app. READING STATS AND INSIGHTS Track pages, finished books and reading time, with charts for your streak, monthly progress and yearly trends. It's an easy way to see how much you read and what you actually finish. BOOK TRACKER, LISTS AND SHELVES Shelve books as Currently Reading, Want to Read, Read or Did Not Finish. Rate with half stars, write reviews, and make your own shelves and lists. Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode or searching by title, author or ISBN. READING GOALS AND CHALLENGES Set yearly, monthly or custom goals by books, pages, minutes or authors. Streaks and milestones help you keep the habit going. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS, STORYGRAPH AND LIBRARYTHING Import your books, ratings, reviews and shelves in one go, so your reading history comes with you. TRY IT AS A GUEST Open the app and start tracking without an email address. Create an account later if you want to keep going. AMBIENT SOUNDS Play rain, a crackling fireplace, cafe noise and more while you read. SOCIAL Follow friends, share reviews and see what other people are reading, along with their goals, shelves and wishlists. SHAREABLE BOOK CARDS Turn your current read, a favorite quote, a review or a reading milestone into an image you can post or send to friends. TRANSACTION LOG Keep track of the books you borrow, lend, buy or give away. PRIVATE BOOKS Some reads are just for you. Private books never appear on your public profile. ALSO INCLUDED • Dark mode, plus high contrast, true black and sepia themes • Available in 16 languages • Half-star ratings and tags for more detailed reviews

Screenshots

Book Corner4 screens
BookPine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookPine at weekly against Book Corner's every 22 months. BookPine also leads on ratings volume (46 vs 5). Book Corner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book Corner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookPine has 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Corner ships an update every 22 months, BookPine weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Book Corner versus BookPine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook CornerBookPine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings546 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB85 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRichard AurbachDevpri SRL

Customer experience

Book Corner

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BookPine

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Book Corner

No in-app purchases

None

BookPine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Corner free?
Book Corner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookPine free?
BookPine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Corner or BookPine?
Book Corner is rated higher. Book Corner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BookPine averages 4.7 from 46 ratings.
Do Book Corner or BookPine have ads?
Neither Book Corner nor BookPine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Corner or BookPine?
Book Corner ships an update every 22 months, and BookPine weekly. Most recently, Book Corner was updated on June 3, 2026 and BookPine on September 20, 2026.

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