Comparison

BookBites vs Bookworm Reads

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

Head to head
About

BookBites

This app centralizes your reading, whether physical or digital, offering insights into progress for students and teachers. Discover thousands of digital books, track reading habits, and engage with a community for inspiration.

Highlights
  • Centralized reading overview
  • Access to thousands of digital books
  • Progress tracking for students
  • Classroom reading analytics for teachers
  • Community features for book inspiration
  • Physical book reading logging
  • Customizable e-book reader
Features
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The world's best digital reading experience! BookBites gathers all your reading in one place: whether you read physical or digital books, BookBites provides an overview and insight into reading - for both students and teachers. In BookBites you will find thousands of digital books from big and small publishers. The latest books are always available and you never have to wait in line. BookBites gives students ongoing insight into their own progress, keeping them engaged in the world of books and motivating them to take another bite. It is also possible to log readings from physical books in BookBites. BookBites gives the teacher an accurate insight into the reading ability and reading patterns of the class. The teacher can see statistics for individual students or get an overview of all students. With BookBites, teachers can target their support even more precisely, and students can also inspire each other to read new books under 'Community'. - Books for everyone - Search the entire catalog - An e-book reader at the forefront - Visualize how much of the book you have read - Customize text - Make markings and notes - Look up words - Focus on lines - Qualified book suggestions

About

Bookworm Reads

Track your reading, connect with friends, and join a vibrant community of book lovers. Organize your library, discover new titles, and participate in reading challenges. Customize your unique worm avatar and share your literary journey.

Highlights
  • Track and categorize books
  • Create custom bookshelves
  • See friends' reading activity
  • Rate, review, and discuss books
  • Create and join book clubs
  • Participate in reading challenges
  • Customize worm avatar
Features
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Bookworm Reads is a book tracker & joyful community app. On Bookworm, you can track your books, see what your friends are reading, rate, review, and discuss books, create and join book clubs, and be a part of a vibrant digital community of readers. We're like Goodreads but for the girls, gays, and theys. Plus, you get to be a worm. Discover new books to save to your library, create your own customizable bookshelves, send and receive book recommendations from friends, and join community reading challenges. The best part of all: dress up your wormy avatar from a variety of outfits, hats, accessories, and more! Import your Goodreads data: Say goodbye to Amazon-owned Goodreads, and keep your bookshelves just as you left them. Import from Goodreads and start using Bookworm. Simple, beautiful, book tracking. Track & categorize your books into bookshelves: books you want to read, have read, are currently reading. Plus, create your own custom bookshelves. Your 5-star club, books you DNF (did not finish), abandoned, repeat reads; whatever your heart desires. Add as many shelves as you want--no power-tools required. Join community reading challenges. Set a reading goal for yourself and let your friends cheer you on. The number of books you set as your goal is only visible to you. Upon joining, you get the option to give your wormy a badge to show you're participating in the community challenge. And, you can edit your goal number as the challenge continues. Share book recommendations. Send recommendations to friends and get them in return. Get notified whenever someone starts reading the book you recommended, and check out their review when they finish. All books recommended to you get saved to a bookshelf so you'll never lose them. Create, organize, and join book clubs. Find like-minded readers and host discussions in the app. You can create collaborative shelves, where everyone in the club can add to your shared to-read shelf, or you can do the choosing and let readers to follow along. Get started by joining Thee Bookworm Book Club--the Bookworm-wide club. Dress up your wormy avatar. Hands down the best feature on Bookworm Reads: dress up your wormy avatar! Choose from outfits, wigs, accessories, and more to keep your wormy as fresh as you are. Get creative, and change your outfit as much as you want! You can also buy a real life bookworm bookmark + sticker pack to keep your books adorned with Bookworm swag. Social sharing included. Share books to your instagram story with pre-made, gorgeous backgrounds. You can tweet, text, email, or whatever kind of sharing you'd like with everything on Bookworm. From books, to posts, to your wormy's outfit, share on whatever platform is your favorite. Features: • track & categorize your books into bookshelves: books you want to read, have read, are currently reading • plus, create your own custom book categories. for example, create a bookshelf for books you couldn't finish, or your favorite books you want everyone to read • join reading challenges: set a goal for yourself and get that lil dopamine hit every time you finish a book • recommend books to friends and get notified when they read your suggestion • organize your book club: set your books, your next meeting info, and host discussion in your club • discover new clubs: join one of the many public book clubs to find new reading buddies • design your wormy's outfit • share all of this to social media • import from Goodreads, Storygraph, Libib, or wherever you track your books. No need to start over! Bring your Goodreads/Storygraph data right into Bookworm. Download Bookworm Reads, create your wormy, and join the community!

Screenshots

BookBites4 screens
Bookworm Reads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookBites at none against Bookworm Reads's 2. Bookworm Reads's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 26). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Bookworm Reads sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BookBites asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BookBites against 4.8 for Bookworm Reads. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookworm Reads has 1.1K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of BookBites's written reviews are positive against 77% of Bookworm Reads's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookBites ships an update monthly, Bookworm Reads every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BookBites versus Bookworm Reads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookBitesBookworm Reads
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings)4.8 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews77.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings261.1K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBookBitesBookworm Reads CLUB

Customer experience

BookBites

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bookworm Reads

All ratings1,061 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

BookBites

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bookworm Reads

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to permanently delete user profiles
  • Signup process issues with 'Accept' button not working
  • Inconsistent display of book covers and information
  • Frequent crashes and app freezes
  • Syncing issues with imported book data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to track reading progress
  • Improve accessibility for visually impaired users
  • Introduce more customization options for user profiles
  • Expand search capabilities to include more book details
  • Integrate with other popular book platforms

In-app purchases

None

BookBites

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bookworm Reads

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is BookBites free?
BookBites is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookworm Reads free?
Bookworm Reads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookBites or Bookworm Reads?
BookBites and Bookworm Reads are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 26 and 1.1K ratings respectively.
Do BookBites or Bookworm Reads have ads?
Neither BookBites nor Bookworm Reads shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookBites or Bookworm Reads?
BookBites ships an update monthly, and Bookworm Reads every 3 weeks. Most recently, BookBites was updated on October 11, 2026 and Bookworm Reads on October 11, 2026.

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