Comparison

Library Notes vs Bookopedia

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

Head to head
About

Library Notes

This app helps book lovers organize their thoughts and memories about the books they read. It allows users to create detailed notes and offers a unique review mode to help recall key information and quotes.

Highlights
  • Organize book notes
  • Create reading logs
  • Review mode for memory recall
  • Capture quotes and prompts
  • Open-source
  • User owns all data
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Library Notes is a free, open-source iOS app for taking notes about the books you read. There’s no service, no accounts, no passwords. You always own your data. If you are a book lover, your reading log and the notes you take about the books you read are one of the most important things you create in your life. Your notes help books become a part of you. Inspired by Commonplace Books, Library Notes is an iPad and iPhone app designed specifically for book notes. To help you remember your book notes, Library Notes has “review mode.” Review mode scans your notes for quotes, prompt questions, and fill-in-the-blank questions. It prompts you with this material to make sure you constantly refresh your memory with all of the great things you’ve been capturing. You are what you read!

About

Bookopedia

This app helps book lovers track and organize their reading journey. It allows users to manage books, take detailed notes, track story elements like characters and locations, and build a personal reading journal. Features include importing data from other services and extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Track physical, eBook, and audiobook formats
  • Organize notes with Markdown support
  • Save and share customizable quote visuals
  • Monitor characters and story locations
  • Build a reading journal with calendar view
  • Import data from popular book services
  • Extensive interface and content customization
Features
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Looking for the ideal all-in-one book companion that would allow you to track and note everything you want? Bookopedia is a unique note-taking & tracking app for book enthusiasts. Whether you are diving into a complex novel, studying for class, or simply enjoying a good story, Bookopedia enhances your journey. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to record your thoughts, track progress and revisit your favorite moments. Here are the key features: Book Management - Support physical books, eBooks and audiobooks. - Add books by their ISBN or title. - Automatically retrieve the covers. - Manage a wish list and a favorite list. - Set up the reading progress of each book (TBR / Unread, Reading, Finished, DNF / Unfinished). - Track your current reading progress for entire books or individual short stories, poems, chapters within a book. - Link books to a series. Note-taking, Content creation - Capture and organize notes with optional Markdown support. - Save quotes and share them in fancy & customizable visuals. - Build your personal vocabulary lists and impress your friends with new eloquent sayings. Story Elements Trackings - Monitor characters and follow their relationships. - Track story locations. - "Wait, who's that again?" are now a thing of the past. Reading Sessions - Build your own reading journal. - Display your reading sessions using a calendar. Import & Export - Import csv files from Goodreads, The Story Graph, BookBuddy, Calibre, Book Tracker... Missing a service? Send an email, it will be covered in the next update :) - Export your Bookopedia data to csv and zip files. - Create your own backups with ease. Customization - Choose interface colors. - Display your favorite fonts for your favorite quotes. - Organize filters. - Reorder created content. - Select a different app icon among several color variations and alternative designs. - Display books as a minimal line or as a grid of covers. - Activate a background color or keep it simple. The little details that make a big difference - Enjoy preface support with roman numerals. - Track your book purchases (price, notes). - Save web assets such as book maps for an offline use. ~ Your books, your experience, your literary journey. Now visually unforgettable. You can also find these features: - iCloud support. - Dark mode support. - Automatically fetch definitions for the words you want to track (only available in English, French, Russian and Spanish). - Accessibility support via font scaling and VoiceOver markups. - Tag virtually everything: Books, quotes, notes, vocabulary, characters, locations, etc.

Screenshots

Library Notes4 screens
Bookopedia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Library Notes at none against Bookopedia's 5. Bookopedia's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Bookopedia sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Library Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Library Notes against 5.0 for Bookopedia. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookopedia has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Library Notes ships an update every 3 months, Bookopedia every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Library Notes versus Bookopedia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibrary NotesBookopedia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian DeweyJerome Pasquier

Customer experience

Library Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bookopedia

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Library Notes

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Bookopedia

One-time5
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Premium$6.99
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  • Wonderful Tip$9.99
  • Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Library Notes free?
Library Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookopedia free?
Bookopedia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Library Notes or Bookopedia?
Library Notes and Bookopedia are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 22 ratings respectively.
Do Library Notes or Bookopedia have ads?
Neither Library Notes nor Bookopedia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Library Notes or Bookopedia?
Library Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Bookopedia every 2 weeks. Most recently, Library Notes was updated on September 15, 2026 and Bookopedia on October 1, 2026.

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