Book Lovers App vs Thirdeyebag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Lovers App
This app provides a dedicated community for fans of African American literature. Discover exclusive stories, engage with authors and fellow readers, and explore a curated selection of Black writers, both contemporary and classic.
- Community for Black readers
- Explore African American literature
- Exclusive stories
- Author engagement
- Peer interaction
Read full descriptionHide full description
Book Lovers is a platform founded by New York Times best-selling author Ashley Antoinette. It is a place for her fans of African American literature to indulge in Black writers both new and old. Exclusive stories, unheard of engagement, and peer interaction is available inside the app.
Thirdeyebag
Discover African-centered books, accessories, and gifts. This app aims to inspire, connect the community, and enhance cultural pride through its curated collections. Easily search and find items that promote happiness and healing.
- African-centered book collection
- Accessories and gifts
- Community connection
- Cultural pride enhancement
- Easy item search
Read full descriptionHide full description
Our vision is to be the number one mobile application offering African Centered books, accessories and gifts in the Portland Metro Area. We believe our app will enhance and improve peoples lives and aid in connections between community members and our products. Our app will make is easier to search our growing and expanding collections of books. We believe our app will be used as a tool to motivate, inspire, restore or enhance a persons cultural pride and to bring forth happiness and healing into the hearts of our customers.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thirdeyebag at 100% against Book Lovers App's 34%. Thirdeyebag also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 36). Book Lovers App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (146 vs 43). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Book Lovers App sells 36 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Thirdeyebag asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thirdeyebag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Book Lovers App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Thirdeyebag's.
Book Lovers App ships an update every 2 weeks, Thirdeyebag every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Lovers App | Thirdeyebag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (146 ratings) | 5.0 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Book Lovers Corp. | MATKIT YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Book Lovers App
Thirdeyebag
Bugs and requests
Book Lovers App
Reported bugs
37 issues- App does not work
- Cannot create an account
- Never receive email replies
- App rarely works
- Constantly have to log in/out
Show 32 moreShow fewer
- Delete and redownload app
- Sign-up process difficult with Voiceover
- Cannot toggle Voiceover checkbox
- Goes back to the beginning when stopped
- No way to jump to page
- Starts over every time a break is taken
- No way to type in page number
- Won't let me sign up without logging me out
- Error message every time the app is opened
- Tired of logging in completely
- App won't let me create an account
- Code to confirm email is wrong
- App closes when entering name, email, password
- Error 400 when creating account
- User or email address does not exist
- No response for help
- Error message when creating account
- Not verified after account creation
- No place to use verification code
- App has a glitch
- Book not in library after purchase
- Password glitch, app crashes on reset
- Ran out of attempts to reset password
- Cannot create an account on iPhone
- Alert when trying to create account
- Money taken out but book not accessible
- Cannot open purchased book
- Cannot access purchased ebook
- Book disappeared from library
- User does not exist alert
- Cannot open book to read
- Cannot access book in library
Requested features
9 requests- Search by author, book type, or paid books
- More details in story time section
- In-app merchandise purchasing
- Adjustable font size
- Bookmarks for reading progress
Show 4 moreShow fewer
- Table of contents for chapter jumping
- Highlighting feature in ebooks
- Dark mode option
- Advanced search filters
Thirdeyebag
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Book Lovers App
- Premium Membership$9.991 Month
- When Eve Met AdamFree
- Butterfly 4Free
- Butterfly 5$4.99
Show 32 moreShow fewer
- Ethic 5$7.99
- Ethic 6$7.99
- Beyond Infatuation$7.99
- Expensive Pain$7.99
- Fragile With Reason$7.99
- All The Way Home$7.99
- A Match Made In Christmas$7.99
- AGDAFN$7.99
- Adam & Eva$7.99
- Twin Flame$7.99
- Birds of a Feather$7.99
- Jokes On You$7.99
- For You$7.99
- Birds In The Sky$7.99
- Heavyweight Holidays$7.99
- All Mine$7.99
- It Takes a Man$7.99
- Ethic 3$7.99
- Ethic 4$7.99
- Ethic$7.99
- The Second Time Around$7.99
- He's Your Ex For A Reason$7.99
- Five Whole Summers$7.99
- The Invitation$9.99
- Butterfly 5$9.99
- Christmas with the Okafors$9.99
- First Wives Club$9.99
- Beast Mode$9.99
- Sweatpants Season$9.99
- Butterfly 4$14.99
- Ethic 3$14.99
- Ethic$14.99
Thirdeyebag
No in-app purchases
