Book Pile! vs Reading Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Pile!
Organize your reading list and track your progress. Never forget what you've read, what's next, or upcoming releases from your favorite authors. This app helps manage your growing collection of books.
- Track books to read
- Manage read books
- Monitor reading progress
- Never miss release dates
- Organize favorite authors
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If you're a reader, you probably have a pile of books just waiting to be read. The trouble is, sometimes that pile gets a little uh... long. It can be hard to remember what you've read, what you wanted to read next, and what you've been waiting for, but forgot you were waiting for! Book pile is here to solve those problems. Easily find and track books from the authors you love, and never miss a release date again! Having trouble keeping track of how many books you've read this year? We'll keep track of it for you! Have any books that you've been meaning to read, but that book pile just keeps getting longer, and longer, and now you've forgotten which ones you planned to read next? We've got that covered too. Just add it to the book pile.
Reading Diary
Organize your personal book collection by tracking, categorizing, and filtering your library. Add books by scanning barcodes or manually entering details. Share your reading progress and book information with friends.
- Track and categorize books
- Scan barcodes for easy entry
- Manual book detail entry
- Filter and sort library
- Share book information
- Cross-device synchronization
- Day/night theme
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Reading Diary is a simple book tracker and reading log for your personal library. Scan an ISBN or barcode to add books, track what you're reading, organize your shelves and build your TBR list, and see your reading stats. Pay once. No subscription. No ads. The free version lets you: - Add a book by scanning its barcode* - Search for books by ISBN, author, or title* - Add a book and enter its details manually - Enter book details: author, title, ISBN, category, book format (paperback, hardcover, e-book, audiobook, or other), reading status, date added, date you started reading, date you finished or abandoned it, book color, rating, and note - View the book cover* - Share book information with friends (author, title, note, and, when available, a link to more information or a cover image) - Filter books in the navigation drawer by reading status (not read yet, currently reading, finished, or abandoned), author, category, and format - Search for books by author, title, category, or note - Create an account and sync your data across all your devices** - Back up your data to a JSON file and restore it from that file - Use light or dark mode according to your device settings A one-time Premium purchase also unlocks: - Add your own cover photo if no cover is available online (sign-in required) - Set a book's ownership (whether you own it, borrowed it, or want it) and assign it to a shelf - Create custom tags and assign as many tags as you like to books - Enter the number of pages and the audiobook length in hours and minutes - Filter books in the navigation drawer by ownership, shelf, and tags - View detailed reading statistics - Share a reading summary for a selected period and your wishlist with friends * We use the Google Books and Goodreads services to search for books and retrieve information about them. If a book cannot be found, it is probably not in their databases. A book cover may not be available. ** You can register using an email address and password or a Google or Apple account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Pile! at every 6 days against Reading Diary's every 3 months. Book Pile! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Reading Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Book Pile! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reading Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Pile! against 5.0 for Reading Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Book Pile!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Reading Diary's.
Book Pile! ships an update every 6 days, Reading Diary every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Book Pile! | Reading Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Grant | Zdenek Skrobak |
Customer experience
Book Pile!
Reading Diary
In-app purchases
Book Pile!
- Unlimited Book Pile$4.99
Reading Diary
- Premium$8.19
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