Book Pile! vs Booklyst
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. Easily manage books you want to read, are currently reading, and have finished. Never forget a release date or lose track of your reading goals again.
- Track books to read
- Manage current reads
- Record finished books
- Monitor reading progress
- Never miss release dates
- Organize reading lists
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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.
Booklyst
Organize your personal library by tracking books you've read, want to read, or are currently reading. Search for books by ISBN, online, or manually, and add personal notes, ratings, and categories. Visualize your reading habits with easy-to-understand statistics.
- Track read, reading, and to-be-read books
- Manage library and wishlist collections
- Search books via ISBN, internet, or manual entry
- Add ratings, notes, categories, and quotes
- Visualize reading statistics and habits
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TRACK THE BOOKS YOU HAVE READ AND WOULD LIKE TO READ. - Track and manage your books, ebook and audiobooks. - Manage your "Library" and "Wish List" collections. - Search your books by scanning ISBN, searching on the internet or manually. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Mark your saved book as "Reading", "Read" or "To Be Read". - Add your own rating and notes. - Add category, quotes and notes for the book. TRACK YOUR STATISTICS - With using easy UI, see your library book count. - Change your reading habits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Book Pile! at 5.0 against Booklyst's 4.1. Book Pile! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Booklyst's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Booklyst sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Book Pile! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Book Pile!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Booklyst's.
Book Pile! ships an update every 6 days, Booklyst daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Pile! | Booklyst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Grant | Atalay Asa |
Customer experience
Book Pile!
Booklyst
In-app purchases
Book Pile!
- Unlimited Book Pile$4.99
Booklyst
- Booklyst Pro Features$2.99







