Comparison

Kabook vs Bookly

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

Bookly

Streamline salon and barbershop operations with an appointment scheduling app. Manage calendars, book clients, and send automated reminders to minimize no-shows. Features include customer profiles, payment tracking, and service management for efficient business operations.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Client management
  • Automated reminders
  • Payment tracking
  • Service management
  • Customer profiles
Features
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Take control of your salon or barbershop with our powerful appointment scheduling app designed specifically for beauty professionals. Easily manage your calendar, book clients, and send automated reminders to reduce no-shows. With features like customer profiles, payment tracking, and service management, running your business has never been easier. Whether you're a solo stylist or managing a team, our app ensures a seamless and efficient experience for both you and your clients.

Screenshots

Kabook4 screens
Bookly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookly at none against Kabook's 2. Bookly also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Kabook's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kabook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bookly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Kabook against 5.0 for Bookly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kabook has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kabook ships an update every 4 weeks, Bookly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kabook versus Bookly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKabookBookly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory SchierAkhmad Ounesoud

Customer experience

Kabook

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bookly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kabook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
None

Bookly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kabook free?
Kabook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookly free?
Bookly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kabook or Bookly?
Bookly is rated higher. Kabook averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Bookly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kabook or Bookly have ads?
Neither Kabook nor Bookly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kabook or Bookly?
Kabook ships an update every 4 weeks, and Bookly every 3 days. Most recently, Kabook was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bookly on October 18, 2026.

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