Comparison

Kabook vs ShortShot

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

Head to head
About

Kabook

Organize your reading life with this app. Track books you want to read, are currently reading, or have finished. Add books easily, categorize them, and view your reading history. Works offline and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Add books via search, ISBN, or barcode scan
  • Mark books as wish list, reading, paused, finished, or abandoned
  • Organize books into custom lists
  • Track reading dates and personal ratings
  • Import from Goodreads
  • Offline access and cross-device sync
  • Yearly reading summaries
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

ShortShot

Features
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ShortShot is built for photos that are useful right now and meaningless later. Instead of filling your photo library with one-off pictures of locker numbers, parking locations, hotel room doors, or temporary notes, ShortShot keeps those photos separate and easy to reach. Open the app, take the picture, and it stays available exactly for as long as you need it. When you come back soon after, or return to the same place, ShortShot can immediately surface the most relevant active photo again so it is ready when you need it. When you are done, delete it with one tap. If you prefer, ShortShot can also remove expired reminder photos automatically.

Screenshots

Kabook4 screens
ShortShot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShortShot at none against Kabook's 3. ShortShot also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ShortShot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kabook ships an update fortnightly, ShortShot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kabook versus ShortShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKabookShortShot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory SchierJens Krueger

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kabook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kabook Plus, lifetime$29.99
None

ShortShot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kabook free?
Kabook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShortShot free?
ShortShot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kabook or ShortShot have ads?
Neither Kabook nor ShortShot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kabook or ShortShot?
Kabook ships an update fortnightly, and ShortShot every 5 days. Most recently, Kabook was updated on November 3, 2026 and ShortShot on October 25, 2026.

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