Bookie Jar vs Bertie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookie Jar
Discover award-winning literature across fiction and non-fiction genres. Get curated book recommendations, including Pulitzer Prize winners and Man Booker Prize long-list titles.
- Award-winning literature recommendations
- Fiction and non-fiction genres
- Pulitzer Prize winners
- Man Booker Prize long-list titles
- Curated selections
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This application provides book recommendations based on a selection of award winning literature, for a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres. The book recommendations range from Pulitzer Prize winners to Man Booker Prize long-list.
Bertie
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Bertie helps you keep a reading list, and lets you order books from independent bookshops.
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Verdict
Bookie Jar and Bertie are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Bookie Jar | Bertie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thu Ly | Aristidis Catsambas |
In-app purchases
Bookie Jar
No in-app purchases
Bertie
No in-app purchases
