Comparison

Biblion vs Artkiv

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

Head to head
About

Biblion

Features
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Discover Biblion, the app designed to help you organize, track, and share your passions in a simple and intuitive way. With Biblion, you can manage books, movies, TV series, and video games in one personalized space. Create custom folders, organize your favorite content, update details, images, ratings, and dates, and always keep track of what you are reading, watching, or playing. Adding new books is even easier: scan a barcode, quickly search for a title with the built-in search engine, or import content from other platforms using CSV files. The Activities section lets you monitor your daily habits by tracking pages read, movies and TV series watched, completed episodes, and time spent playing video games. Biblion is also a community: follow your friends, explore posts from other users, and discover new inspiration. Customize your profile with a picture, cover image, description, and links to show the world your personal style. With Biblion, organizing your passions has never been so simple, complete, and fun.

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Artkiv

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Artkiv is the inventory and sales app for people who sell what they make at craft fairs, craft shows, makers markets and artist alleys. Your items in one place, every sale recorded at your booth in a few taps, every expense, and what the day really made. It works with no signal and needs no account. AT YOUR BOOTH • Record a sale in a few taps, mid-conversation • Several items in one sale, with a discount by percentage or straight to a final price • Cash or digital: show the buyer a QR code of your payment link, with the amount to pay big on your screen • Works with no signal, so the venue's Wi-Fi doesn't matter YOUR INVENTORY • Every item with photos, description, type, tags, price and how many are left • Each size is its own item, so the 8x10 print and the 11x14 never get mixed up • List or grid, with search and filters • Pick your craft at first launch (illustration and prints, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, wood and more) and start with item types and expense categories ready WHAT THE MARKET MADE • Log booth fees, materials and travel as expenses • Tag sales and expenses with the market's name and filter Finances by it: sales, expenses and what's left • Best sellers by money taken, so you know what to restock • Cash versus digital, and a day-by-day history YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • No account. Your business data stays on your phone • Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode, and amounts you can hide with one tap • A full backup with photos to iCloud Drive or wherever you keep files, and a CSV export for your accountant FREE TO START Artkiv is free to download, with ads. The free plan adds 10 new items and records 10 sales or expenses a day, with a backup every 30 days. Premium removes the limits and the ads: a Daily Pass for a single market day, or a monthly or yearly plan. Six languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Japanese. Illustrations by Gaia (@gaiaparte). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://artkiv.app/privacy_policy Terms of Service: https://artkiv.app/terms_of_service

Screenshots

Biblion3 screens
Artkiv4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Biblion at none against Artkiv's 3. Biblion also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Artkiv sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Biblion asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biblion ships an update monthly, Artkiv every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Biblion versus Artkiv: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiblionArtkiv
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGiosue AddarioAndrea Zanini

In-app purchases

None

Biblion

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Artkiv

Subscriptions2
  • Artkiv - Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Artkiv - Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Artkiv - Daily Pass$0.99

Questions

Is Biblion free?
Biblion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Artkiv free?
Artkiv is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Biblion or Artkiv have ads?
Artkiv shows ads; Biblion does not.
Which is updated more often, Biblion or Artkiv?
Biblion ships an update monthly, and Artkiv every 5 weeks. Most recently, Biblion was updated on November 7, 2026 and Artkiv on November 9, 2026.

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