Comparison

Reading Time vs BookWorm

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

Head to head
About

Reading Time

This app helps readers estimate the remaining effort to finish a book based on their actual reading habits. It's designed for those who read in short, irregular sessions and want a realistic understanding of a book's time commitment.

Highlights
  • Estimate remaining book effort
  • Log reading sessions
  • Learn from reading pace
  • Realistic time commitment assessment
  • Track progress at your own pace
Features
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Find out how long it will take to finish your book. Simply log your reading sessions. Reading Time is built for readers who care about finishing important books, but read in short, irregular sessions. Instead of pages, streak pressure, or generic estimates, it shows the remaining effort for each book based on how you actually read. This lets you decide, realistically, whether a book fits into your life right now. Start reading and stop when you’re done. Reading Time learns from your sessions and shows how much effort is left for each book at your own pace. If you’ve ever thought “I want to read this, but I don’t know if I have time,” or found yourself starting books and never finishing them, or felt put off by apps that expect daily consistency, Reading Time was made for you.

About

BookWorm

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Set daily goals, maintain reading streaks, and visualize your progress with a unique calendar. It offers effortless book addition, customizable themes, and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • Track books, ebooks, and audiobooks
  • Set and achieve daily reading goals
  • Maintain reading streaks
  • Visualize progress with a reading calendar
  • Add books via search or barcode scan
  • Customizable themes (Light, Dark, Retro)
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Turn reading into a daily habit you can see. BookWorm tracks every book, ebook and audiobook, counts pages and listening time toward one daily goal, and keeps your streak alive. Every feature is free. BookWorm is a warm, hand built reading tracker for people who love books and want to actually finish them. No feed, no noise, no ads. Just your library, your progress, and a friendly bookworm cheering you on. WHY READERS FINISH MORE BOOKS • Track any format. Physical books and ebooks by page, audiobooks by hours and minutes. • One daily goal for all of it. Pages and listening time count toward the same target. • Reading streaks, so there is a reason to open a book today. • A calendar that fills in as you read, until your year tells a story. • Real stats: books finished, pages read, hours listened, days read, and your best streak ever. • Your most read genres and a format breakdown, so you learn how you actually read. EFFORTLESS BY DESIGN • Add a book in seconds. Search by title, or scan its barcode with your camera. • Covers, page counts and audiobook length estimates are filled in for you. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what you are reading at a glance. • iCloud sync keeps your library on every iPhone you own, in your own private iCloud. • Nine languages, switchable instantly with no restart. • Re-read a favourite and BookWorm keeps the earlier read in your history. • Finished a book months ago? Add it with its dates and your calendar fills in behind you. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING Saving your progress turns a page. Buttons click, switches flip, and finishing a book has a small celebration you can feel in your hand. And because so many readers here are listening rather than turning pages, BookWorm's sounds can never duck or interrupt your audiobook. Sound and haptics each have their own switch. MAKE IT YOURS Four looks, one tap apart. System follows your phone. Light is warm and creamy. Dark is easy on the eyes at night. And Retro dresses the whole app in a 70s sunset palette of teal, mustard and burnt orange, with chunky outlines and monospaced type. Add your own genres, set the goal that suits your week, and pick the look you like. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your library lives on your device and in your own iCloud, where the developer cannot read it. There is no account, no sign up, no email address. BookWorm collects a small amount of pseudonymous usage data to fix problems and decide what to build next, never your book titles, your name, or what you type into search. FREE, WITH A TIP JAR IF YOU LIKE IT Every feature is free. No paywall, no locked screens, no subscription, no ads. If BookWorm earns its place on your Home Screen, an optional tip supports one independent developer. That is the whole business model. Start your next chapter today.

Screenshots

Reading Time4 screens
BookWorm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookWorm at every 5 days against Reading Time's every 3 weeks. BookWorm also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). Reading Time's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Reading Time sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BookWorm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reading Time against 4.7 for BookWorm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Time has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Reading Time's written reviews are positive against 100% of BookWorm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Time ships an update every 3 weeks, BookWorm every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Time versus BookWorm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TimeBookWorm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUX FirstAdam Markocki

Customer experience

Reading Time

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

BookWorm

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Reading Time

One-time2
  • Unlock forever$11.99
  • Unlock forever (Special offer)$11.99
5 purchases

BookWorm

Subscriptions2
  • BookWorm Pro – Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • BookWorm Pro – Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • An espresso$2.99
  • Coffee & croissant$4.99
  • A week of coffee$9.99

Questions

Is Reading Time free?
Reading Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookWorm free?
BookWorm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Time or BookWorm?
Reading Time is rated higher. Reading Time averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while BookWorm averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Reading Time or BookWorm have ads?
Neither Reading Time nor BookWorm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Time or BookWorm?
Reading Time ships an update every 3 weeks, and BookWorm every 5 days. Most recently, Reading Time was updated on September 9, 2026 and BookWorm on September 19, 2026.

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