Comparison

Kabook vs Break60

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

Head to head
About

Kabook

Easily manage your personal library by scanning, searching, or manually adding books. Track reading progress, rate titles, and add personal notes. Organize your collection with custom lists and sync across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Add books via barcode scan or search
  • Rate and take notes on books
  • Create custom book lists
  • Track reading status
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Kabook is a quiet place for the books in your life: the ones you want, the ones you’re reading and the ones you finished. Add a book in a few keystrokes, mark it reading or finished, and Kabook keeps the rest. ADD A BOOK IN A FEW KEYSTROKES Search 8 million books as you type, by title, author or ISBN. Spelling is forgiven, and a book already in your library says so and opens your copy. Scan a book’s barcode with the camera, or create one yourself. MARK IT READING, OR FINISHED Wish list, Next up, Reading, Paused, Finished and Abandoned. Each has its own colour, and every cover wears its status, so a shelf reads at a glance. The Reading screen shows what is open now and what comes next. KEEP WHAT YOU THOUGHT Give a book stars and a line about it, and put it on your own lists: a book club, a summer, a shelf for Dad. Kabook keeps the dates for you, so every book has its history. YOUR LIBRARY Every book you have, as covers or as a list, sorted the way you like and searchable by title or author. Coming from Goodreads? Import its export file, and your shelves become lists. WORKS OFFLINE, SYNCS ACROSS DEVICES Your library lives on your device, so it works on a plane. An account is optional: continue with Apple or Google, or with an email and password, and your library stays in step on iPhone and iPad when the signal comes back. Export your library as a spreadsheet file at any time, signed in or not. ON IPAD A sidebar, a shelf that uses the width, and the book you open beside it. Finished books are grouped by the year you finished them. Keyboard shortcuts, the menu bar, and drag and drop: a cover dropped on a list goes on it. YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS Every year gets its own page: how many books, the first and the last, your stars, and a picture to share. Free. KABOOK PLUS Kabook is free. Kabook Plus adds the ledger of your reading over the years, most-read authors, series progress, unlimited lists, and app icons and accent colours. Monthly or yearly. NOTHING TO KEEP UP WITH No feed, no streaks, no challenges and no ads. Kabook is a list of your books and whether you’ve read them. Terms of Use: https://kabook.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://kabook.app/privacy

About

Break60

Features
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# Features - Timer - You can receive multiple notifications a certain amount of time before your break ends. - You can check the timer from the lock screen, etc. even if you close the app. # Terms of Service https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Kabook4 screens
Break603 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kabook at none against Break60's shown. Kabook also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kabook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Break60 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kabook ships an update every 4 weeks, Break60 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kabook versus Break60: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKabookBreak60
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory SchierKanta Oikawa

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kabook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
4 purchases

Break60

Subscriptions3
  • Individual$0.991 Month
  • Ongoing Support$1.991 Month
  • Individual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time Support$2.99

Questions

Is Kabook free?
Kabook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Break60 free?
Break60 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kabook or Break60 have ads?
Break60 shows ads; Kabook does not.
Which is updated more often, Kabook or Break60?
Kabook ships an update every 4 weeks, and Break60 every 3 months. Most recently, Kabook was updated on October 25, 2026 and Break60 on October 15, 2026.

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