Comparison

MyBooksTracker vs Dust Jacket

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

Head to head
About

MyBooksTracker

This app serves as a personal log for readers to record their reading history. It's designed to help users easily track which books they've read over time, acting as a comprehensive personal library journal. The app ensures your reading data is private and not stored by the developer.

Highlights
  • Personal reading log
  • Track books read
  • Unlimited log entries
  • Private data storage
  • Life-long reading history
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MyBooksTracker is a personal log for prolific readers. Perfect for children to keep a life-long book reading history, MyBooksTracker is an unlimited book reading log. MyBooksTracker does not track, store, or access the books log in any way. MyBooksTracker is the perfect answer to the question, "Gee, I wonder which books I've read this year?"

About

Dust Jacket

Features
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Dust Jacket is the book tracking app for readers who take their reading life seriously. Your complete library, always with you. Log what you're reading, track what you've finished, and keep everything you want to read next in one beautiful place. Dust Jacket is built around the way real readers actually read — in series, across genres, with stats that mean something. See your annual reading count and pace at a glance. Explore your genre breakdown over time. Discover your most-read authors. Track the gender of the protagonists you gravitate toward. Every book you've ever read, every book you want to read next, all in one place. A reading tracker that gets out of the way. Log a book in seconds. Search by title or author, tap to select, and you're done. No friction, no clutter, no social feed demanding your attention. Just your books. Your library, beautifully organized. Filter by status, sort by date, search across your entire history including notes and series. Every book exactly where you expect it. Stats that actually matter. Annual reading counts. Genre breakdowns. Author diversity. Protagonist gender. Most-read authors and series. The numbers behind your reading life, surfaced simply. Completely private. No social features. No algorithm. No ads. Just you and your books.

Screenshots

MyBooksTracker3 screens
Dust Jacket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dust Jacket at fortnightly against MyBooksTracker's every 17 months. MyBooksTracker's advantage is iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyBooksTracker ships an update every 17 months, Dust Jacket fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MyBooksTracker versus Dust Jacket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyBooksTrackerDust Jacket
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerald Washington-CollinsJohn White Jr

In-app purchases

None

MyBooksTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Dust Jacket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyBooksTracker free?
MyBooksTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dust Jacket free?
Dust Jacket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyBooksTracker or Dust Jacket have ads?
Neither MyBooksTracker nor Dust Jacket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyBooksTracker or Dust Jacket?
MyBooksTracker ships an update every 17 months, and Dust Jacket fortnightly. Most recently, MyBooksTracker was updated on October 2, 2026 and Dust Jacket on September 29, 2026.

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