Bookmory vs ReadEra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookmory
This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking your progress, setting goals, and keeping a detailed reading journal. It offers a reading timer, calendar view, and insightful statistics to keep you motivated. Remember your books and reading journey with this all-in-one tool.
- Track books via search or barcode
- Reading timer and progress logging
- Create reading journal entries and notes
- Set daily and yearly reading goals
- View reading statistics and calendar
- Organize books with collections and tags
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Build a lasting reading habit with Bookmory, the ultimate reading tracker. Whether you read print books, e-books, or audiobooks, set your yearly reading goals, track your daily reading progress, and keep a beautiful reading journal. With a powerful reading timer, calendar view, and detailed reading stats, staying motivated has never been easier. When you record a book in Bookmory, you don't just track it — you remember it forever. --- Perfect for Readers Who Want To: • Build a consistent reading habit • Borrow books from the library often • Bring over their records from another reading app --- Key Features Easy Book Tracking • Add books via search or barcode scan • Keep print books, e-books, and audiobooks all in one place • Organize books with collections & series • Manage your library with custom tags • Save books you want to buy to your wishlist, and pick your next read with a Random Book Draw • Rate and review finished books Loans & Purchases • Track due dates for borrowed books and get return reminders • Record where you bought each book and the price, then see it all at a glance in purchase statistics Reading Timer & Progress Tracker • Log progress in the unit that fits each book: pages, percentage, episodes, or time • Track reading time with a built-in reading timer • Check your timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • See your reading speed and time left to finish every time you log • Set daily and yearly reading goals • Keep your reading habit going with a reading streak, or switch to a weekly streak if every day feels like too much • Log each re-read of a book separately Reading Journal & Notes • Write reading notes in an editor with underlining, highlighting, and photo attachments • Sort notes by type: Book Content, Summary, Thought, or Question • Extract text from photos using OCR • Share notes with aesthetic backgrounds • Revisit past reading records with Random Notes Reading Stats & Calendar • Daily and yearly reading statistics with page and reading time analysis • Stats by author, publisher, language, star rating, and tag • Reading calendar to visualize your progress • Annual Rewind feature (available every December) Import & Export • Import records you kept in other reading apps from CSV or Excel files • Export your reading records as text, Markdown, or Excel files Customization & Security • Multiple themes to match your style • App lock with password and Face ID • Reading reminders at the time you choose • iCloud backup support (automatic backups available) --- Premium Features • Remove all ads • Automatic sync across multiple devices, so you never have to worry about backups • Unlimited text extraction (OCR) • All statistics, plus the Daily Statistics timeline • All themes, plus create your own custom themes • Reorder and hide home screen sections --- Your All-in-One Reading Tracker Bookmory is more than a book tracker. It's a reading log, reading journal, reading timer, and reading goal app — all in one place. Track your books. Measure your reading time. Build a lasting reading habit. Start your reading journey with Bookmory today. Contact: tonysoft.net@gmail.com
ReadEra
This app allows you to read and listen to books and documents in various formats, including PDF and EPUB. It offers text-to-speech functionality, customizable reading settings, and a built-in book manager for your library. Enjoy an ad-free and registration-free reading experience.
- Multi-format ebook support (EPUB, PDF, MOBI, DOCX, etc.)
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) for listening to books
- Ad-free and registration-free experience
- Offline reading capabilities
- Book manager with grouping and sorting
- Customizable reading settings (themes, fonts, margins)
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ReadEra - a book reader, allows you to read books for free, text to voice and listen to books for free, offline, in the PDF, EPUB, DOC, DOCX, RTF, MOBI, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, DJVU, FB2, TXT, ODT and CHM formats. No ads Read books and listen to books without ads. The ReadEra app for reading books and viewing PDF documents neither contains ads nor imposes internal purchases. No registration We’ve made a fast, reliable reader that doesn't compel users to use any specific services. The book reader works offline and is entirely free. Read books for free and listen to books for free (TTS), without limits! Text to Speech (TTS) Read text aloud with voice (TTS) – allows you to read text aloud and listen to all your books, PDF files and documents for free. With the Text to Speech (TTS) function, all your books and documents turn into audiobooks at the tap of the "Read aloud" button. TTS turns your book library into a personal audio library, making reading more flexible and enjoyable. This is especially useful for those who prefer the audio format or want to listen to books in situations where reading is impossible. You can read foreign books and at the same time listen to the pronunciation of words and sentences. You can choose a voice, adjust the speech speed, turn on repeating text to voice of the selected text, word or sentence. Listen to books and documents with ReadEra while doing your things – on the go, working out, before bed and even when sleeping. Read books of all formats ReadEra is a set of reading apps in one app, which reads well multiple types of formats: book Epub, Kindle (MOBI, AZW3), Fb2; business PDF, Djvu; office Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, RTF), ODT; text TXT and others. Reading books, viewing Microsoft Word documents and PDF files from zip archives. The reader for books, ReadEra, reads all popular formats of books, journals, articles and other documents in one app. Best book manager for your library Auto-detection of books and documents. Grouping books into lists: To Read, Have Read, Favorites. Sorting by name, file format, the last time read, etc. Quickly search for books, PDF files and documents in your library. Navigation through a book Quick access to reading settings, table of contents, your bookmarks, quotes, notes and other eBook options. Navigate through the book using the page index or the progress bar line. Convenient reading settings Auto-saving the current reading page. Comfortable color themes when reading books: day, night, sepia, console. Horizontal or vertical page flipping mode. Brightness and page margins adjustment, including PDF and DjVu. Separate settings for text and graphic formats. Adjustable type font, size, boldness, line spacing and hyphenation for Microsoft Word, Epub, Kindle (Mobi, Azw3), Fb2, TXT and ODT. Zoom in option for reading PDF and Djvu files. Quotes and Notes Create quotes and add notes to text. Highlight text in books, PDF files and documents, add personal notes to the highlighted text. A well-thought-out and simple algorithm for working with quotes and notes. All your quotes and notes in a book are conveniently gathered in one place—in the “About Document” section. Bookmarks Add bookmarks to save your favorite spots in books with a single tap. Just tap the upper-right corner while reading to quickly add a bookmark. All bookmarks for the book are conveniently gathered in one place—in the "About Document" section. Text Translation ReadEra supports integration with the iOS system “Translate” app for seamless text translation. Instantly translate text in books, PDFs, and documents using the built-in translator on your device. Read books and Listen to books easily and for free with ReadEra!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bookmory at 4.8 against ReadEra's 4.2. Bookmory also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). ReadEra's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, chart position, device support 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
Both are free to download. Bookmory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. ReadEra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bookmory holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmory has 16K ratings behind it against 231, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Bookmory's written reviews are positive against 60% of ReadEra's.
Bookmory ships an update every 6 days, ReadEra every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookmory | ReadEra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (16K ratings) — better | 4.2 (231 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 231 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #127 — better | #134 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TonySoft | READERA EOOD |
Customer experience
Bookmory
ReadEra
User reviews
Bookmory
From 16K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy and fun to use
- 🚀 Very easy to use
- 🚀 Organized and intuitive
- 🚀 Visually appealing
- 🚀 Seamless experience
Room to improve
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with data tracking
- 💰 Subscription model too expensive
- 🐛 Occasional app crashes
- 🐛 Inaccurate book information
- 🐛 Difficulty finding/importing books
ReadEra
From 231 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 🔒 Privacy-respecting
- 👍 Customizable reading experience
- 👍 Offline functionality
- 👍 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional performance issues
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 👎 Missing key features from Android version
- 👎 Lack of organization tools (collections, folders)
- 👎 No text-to-speech or annotation features
Bugs and requests
Bookmory
Reported bugs
3 issues- Barcode scanner not working properly
- Deleted data not recoverable
- Inconsistent book information display
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to track re-reads
- Yearly/monthly reading goals
- Book recommendation system
- Deeper integration with ebook/audiobook apps
- Option to share reading progress with friends
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- More customization options for the interface
ReadEra
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unexpected page jumps or scrolling issues
- Compatibility problems with certain file formats
- Inconsistent behavior when minimizing or locking the screen
Requested features
5 requests- Add text-to-speech functionality
- Implement highlighting, annotation, and lookup features
- Introduce cloud sync and cross-device syncing
- Expand font and theme options
- Add search within documents
In-app purchases
Bookmory
- Premium Monthly$3.491 Month
- Premium Yearly$30.991 Year
ReadEra
No in-app purchases









