Comparison

Book Tracker vs Ex Libris Lookup

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Capture, organize, and revisit key passages from your books with advanced text recognition. Create collections, add tags and notes, and easily export your highlights. Stop forgetting what you read and make your reading more impactful.

Highlights
  • Text recognition
  • Book collections
  • Tags and notes
  • Highlight export
  • Page number detection
  • Search functionality
  • Photo highlighting
Features
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4x App of the Day - Apple Remember more of what you read. Highlighted helps you capture meaningful passages from books, organize them into a searchable library, and revisit the ideas you do not want to forget. Point your camera at a page, select the text that matters, and save it with the book, page number, notes, and tags. Build your personal bookshelf, group books into collections, import highlights from Kindle or CSV, export everything in bulk, and share beautiful quote cards. Trusted by 150,000+ readers. ______ CAPTURE • Best-in-class text recognition • Smart sentence and paragraph detection • Photo highlighting from your library • Page number detection • ISBN barcode scanning • Kindle highlights import • CSV highlights import ORGANIZE • Personal book library • Book collections and reading status • Tags, notes, page numbers, and favorites • Powerful search and filters REVISIT • Highlight reminders • Home Screen widgets with random highlights • Siri Shortcuts • Offline mode SHARE & EXPORT • Beautiful highlight sharing cards • Bulk highlights export • Export to multiple formats • Include notes, tags, and page numbers • iPad drag and drop highlighting Highlighted is free to start. The core reading and highlight experience is free, and Highlighted+ unlocks optional power features. ______ Privacy Policy: https://highlighted-app.webflow.io/terms-and-policies#privacy-policy-heading Terms: https://highlighted-app.webflow.io/terms-and-policies#terms-of-service-heading ______ ABOUT ME I'm Damir, an independent creator from Europe who loves to read. Say hello at damir.stuhec@gmail.com

About

Ex Libris Lookup

Features
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Ex Libris Lookup — Know your books. Own your library. Ex Libris Lookup is a fast, private reference tool for readers, students, and librarians. Find the identifiers and details behind any book, build a personal library, and track your reading — all without accounts, ads, or tracking. Find any book Search by title, author, keyword, or ISBN and instantly pull the details you need. Or scan a book's ISBN barcode with your camera to search without typing a single character. Library identifiers at your fingertips Look up Dewey Decimal (DDC), ISBN, LCCN, ISSN, and ASIN numbers for cataloging, citations, and reference. Tap to copy any identifier in a moment. Your own library, on your device Save books to a personal library that lives entirely on your device — no cloud, no sign-in. Organize titles onto shelves, add books in bulk, and keep everything at hand offline. Scan whole shelves with AI (Pro) Point your camera at a bookshelf and let AI read the spines — add dozens of books to your library in one shot, no typing required. Smart collections (Pro) Build collections that organize themselves. Set rules — reading status, rating, format, Dewey class, subject, author, or tag — and books file themselves in automatically as your library changes. Shelf reports (Pro) Get an AI-crafted portrait of your library: its personality, highlights, and tailored suggestions for what to add next. Track loans and locations Lend a book without losing it. Record who borrowed what, set return reminders, and map your library's physical locations, room by room and shelf by shelf. Smart entry Adding books by hand is effortless. As you type, Ex Libris Lookup suggests authors and series drawn from your own saved library, so your catalog stays consistent and quick to build. Track your reading Mark books as want-to-read, reading, read, or did-not-finish. Record your current page to watch your progress, rate finished titles, and save memorable quotes and notes. Smart tags & summaries On-device text analysis suggests relevant tags and concise summaries for your books — processed right on your phone, never sent anywhere. For You recommendations Discover what to read next with personalized suggestions based on the tastes reflected in your own library. Statistics dashboard See your reading come to life with reading streaks, per-month charts, and insights into your habits over time. Citations made easy Generate clean citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, or BibTeX for any book in your library — perfect for essays, papers, and bibliographies. Private by design Ex Libris Lookup collects no personal information and requires no account. Everything you save stays on your device. Book searches are sent only to open book catalogs (Open Library and Google Books) to fetch results, and Pro's AI features send only the shelf photo or book list needed to generate results — nothing is sold or shared. The app sends a small number of anonymous, device-level diagnostics (such as anonymized purchase-error reports) to help us fix problems — these contain no personal information and are never used for advertising or tracking. No ads, no third-party trackers, no accounts — ever. Book data is provided by Open Library (openlibrary.org) and Google Books. Ex Libris Lookup is not affiliated with either service. Ex Libris Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription ($4.99/month or $29.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: available in the app under Settings → Privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
Ex Libris Lookup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ex Libris Lookup at every 9 days against Book Tracker's every 5 weeks. Ex Libris Lookup also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Book Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Ex Libris Lookup sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Ex Libris Lookup every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Book Tracker versus Ex Libris Lookup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerEx Libris Lookup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (746 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings746 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamir StuhecGarst Peterson

Bugs and requests

Book Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with recognizing text from curved pages
  • Problems with losing previously saved highlights

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to highlight and annotate PDFs
  • Integrate with ebook readers like Kindle
  • Implement cloud sync and backup
  • Add more customization options for highlights
  • Improve search and filtering functionality

Ex Libris Lookup

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Highlighted Club Monthly$2.991 Month
  • plus weekly$4.997 Days
  • plus yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small tip$9.00
  • Medium tip$25.00
  • Large tip$49.00
2 purchases

Ex Libris Lookup

Subscriptions2
  • Ex Libris Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Ex Libris Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ex Libris Lookup free?
Ex Libris Lookup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book Tracker or Ex Libris Lookup have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor Ex Libris Lookup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Tracker or Ex Libris Lookup?
Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Ex Libris Lookup every 9 days. Most recently, Book Tracker was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ex Libris Lookup on October 8, 2026.

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