Comparison

StoryGraph vs Addabook

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

Head to head
About

StoryGraph

Track your reading habits with insightful stats and personalized book recommendations powered by AI. Discover new books based on mood, pace, and genre, and connect with friends for shared reading experiences.

Highlights
  • Import Goodreads data
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Track reading habits with stats
  • Discover books by mood and pace
  • Read with friends (buddy reads)
  • Custom reading challenges
  • Content warnings for books
Features
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Import your Goodreads data: We will import all of your currently-reading, read, to-read, and did-not-finish shelves. Any custom shelves will be mapped to a custom tag on The StoryGraph. Simple tracking and insightful stats: Easily track and learn about your reading habits with our wide range of charts and graphs. See how your reading develops over time and use that to help you pick better books. Get smart personalized recommendations: Our machine learning AI is like your trusted go-to friend for book recommendations. It'll understand your reading preferences and find the best books for you. Discover books by mood: In the mood for something adventurous, funny, and fast-paced? What about a darker, slower, more emotional read? Mix and match our comprehensive set of filters to choose your next perfect book. Read with friends: Add live reactions to specific parts of the book without fear of spoilers. Comments are locked for other participants until they reach that point in their reading. Don't have people to read with? We’ve got machine learning-powered suggestions for great reading buddies. Reading Challenges: Want to read one book from every country in the world? Or how about read a book per week across a range of genres? Our reading challenges feature help you set up personal goals or join in with others. Custom Tags: Enhance your book tracking and discovery by making use of our custom tags feature. You can search and filter books by your tags and share curated lists with friends. Content Warnings: When you review a book, you can let us know if there's any content within it that might be triggering for others. Then, when searching for your next read, all of this information is at your disposal. Features: • Import your Goodreads account • Sync with Kobo • Reading charts and graphs • Streaks • Favorites • Buddy reads • Readalongs • Book Clubs • Personalized machine learning recommendations • Follow your friends to see what they're reading • Annual reading, page, and listening goals • Search/browse books by mood, pace, and more • Custom tags • Lists to share with your friends or the public • Create your own reading challenge or join in with others • Dark Mode • Barcode Scanner • Giveaways • Browse similar books • Find similar users • Half and quarter star ratings • Built-in DNF (Did Not Finish) functionality (including tracking pages read) • Progress updates with built-in reading journal • Author-approved and user-submitted content warnings Want to support an independent, Goodreads alternative? Consider upgrading to Plus! • Keep the platform ad-free: You'll help The StoryGraph stay independent! • Custom Charts: Create your own pie and bar charts. • Extra Stats Filters: Filter down your stats to a custom time period, or view stats for your fiction or nonfiction reads, your custom tags, any particular mood or genre, and more. • Custom Wrap-Up Graphics: Pick any custom date range and instantly generate shareable graphics for your reading. • Compare Stats: Compare any two stats segments of your StoryGraph library, whether that's a particular year against a custom time period, your To-Read Pile against your owned books, or a combination of several other options. You can also compare any stats segment with any segment from any other user — mix and match however you like. • Exclusive Charts: When comparing your reading across two different years, see exclusive year-on-year charts on the number of books read and their genres. • Shape the roadmap: You get to vote and comment on upcoming features as well as submit official requests for new ones • Priority Support: Your support tickets and requests for book information updates will be handled first Privacy Policy: https://app.thestorygraph.com/privacy Terms of Service:https://app.thestorygraph.com/terms-of-service

About

Addabook

This app provides a distraction-free space to reflect on your reading, discover new books through community recommendations, and track your reading progress. Create custom lists and access your journal across multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free reading reflections
  • Community-driven book discovery
  • Track reading progress and stats
  • Create custom book lists
  • Web platform access
  • Private or community-shared notes
Features
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Beautifully-Designed, No Distractions: We have no desire to become yet another social media app. You won’t find infinite scrolls, comment threads, or disruptive ads cluttering your view and competing for your attention. Just a quiet place for you to focus and write your own reading reflections. Discover New Books: One of the reasons that browsing through a bookstore is so satisfying is because of the serendipity. You never know what you will find to spark your curiosity--from the art on a book cover to a compelling staff review. It’s our goal to recreate that feeling. You’ll see book recommendations from fellow readers, nonprofit organizations, independent booksellers, book clubs, and more. You won’t see book lists that are generated by AI or based on TikTok trends because who wants more of the same when you can discover something unexpected? Easily Track Your Reading: Every time you add a rating or a Note to a book, it will be added to your Collection where you can easily see at-a-glance what you’ve read. These books can be filtered or sorted to help you find specific titles. The homepage features your reading stats so you can track your reading progress – books in your Collection, pages read, and Notes. Read & Reflect. Write to Remember: Books offer us so much – they inspire us, make us feel deeply, and take us on epic journeys. Reflecting on your reading makes the experience even richer. Not only do you get to relive your favorite moments when writing out your thoughts, you’ll also better remember them. Your Notebook is easy to access so you can jot down your reflections and reference them later. Mark Notes as private or share with the community. Lists That Go Beyond TBR: In addition to the standard Wishlist, on Addabook, you can also make custom lists for whatever theme or reason you’d like. Whether you want to keep a separate list of book suggestions for your book club, keep a running gift list for friends, track who recommended a book to you, and so on – you can customize your lists how you’d like. Web Platform: Your Addabook account works across iPhone, iPad, and the web, so your books, notes, and lists stay available wherever you read and reflect. Supporting Small Business: We couldn’t find a reading journal app that wasn’t full of distractions or overly-focused on quick ratings and categorization. So we made our own. Addabook is a small, independently-owned business that values and supports a vibrant reading culture. If you buy a book through one of our Bookshop.org links, it will help sustain our efforts as well as support independent booksellers throughout the United States. Other ways to support: sharing Addabook with friends, giving us a rating on the App Store, sending us feedback, and writing Notes about your favorite books and sharing them with the community.

Screenshots

StoryGraph4 screens
Addabook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Addabook at 5.0 against StoryGraph's 4.5. Addabook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). StoryGraph's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 5) and chart position (#38 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StoryGraph sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Addabook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Addabook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StoryGraph has 3.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of StoryGraph's written reviews are positive against 100% of Addabook's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
StoryGraph versus Addabook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoryGraphAddabook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.6K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better5
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#38 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperThe StoryGraphAddabook, LLC

Customer experience

StoryGraph

All ratings3,594 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews1,037 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral12.4%
Negative17.3%

Addabook

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

StoryGraph

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes when trying to update reading progress
  • Incorrect book details and page counts
  • Login issues where users get logged out frequently

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to track re-reads and multiple editions of books
  • More robust social features like following friends, liking reviews
  • Barcode scanning to easily add books
  • Customizable reading challenges and goal tracking
  • Dark mode option

Addabook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StoryGraph

Subscriptions2
  • The StoryGraph Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • The StoryGraph Plus Annual$49.991 Year
None

Addabook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StoryGraph free?
StoryGraph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Addabook free?
Addabook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StoryGraph or Addabook?
Addabook is rated higher. StoryGraph averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Addabook averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do StoryGraph or Addabook have ads?
Neither StoryGraph nor Addabook shows ads.

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