Booxtack vs Adopt a Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booxtack
Easily scan book ISBNs to view global ratings and reviews. Join a community to rate books and share your evaluations with other users.
- Scan ISBNs
- View global ratings
- Read user reviews
- Rate books
- Share evaluations
- Join book community
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Greetings from Booxtack! It's now very easy to see global ratings and reviews of a book by just scanning its ISBN. And also it will be our pleasure to have you in our community. You can rate any book and share your evaluation with other users. Come on, let's start stacking!
Adopt a Book
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This app enables you to: * Manage your book inventory * Scan books with ISBN * Add book reviews * Follow friends and get recommendations * Share (lend, giveaway, sell) and request books * Track your lent books * Start conversations with people regarding books * View Best Seller books
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Booxtack at none against Adopt a Book's shown. Booxtack also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booxtack ships an update every 3 days, Adopt a Book every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booxtack | Adopt a Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Brotheos Yazilim Donanim Teknolojileri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Praneeth Peiris |
In-app purchases
Booxtack
No in-app purchases
Adopt a Book
No in-app purchases
