Comparison

Bookworm Reads vs Lorecaster App

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

Head to head
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!

About

Lorecaster App

Stream your entire audiobook library from your Mac to your iPhone without subscriptions or cloud lock-in. Listen at home or download for offline playback, with features like accurate resume and adjustable playback speed.

Highlights
  • Private audiobook server
  • Stream to iPhone
  • Offline playback
  • Accurate resume
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
  • Syncs progress
Features
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Lorecaster turns your Mac into your own private audiobook server and streams your entire library straight to your iPhone — no subscriptions, no cloud lock-in, no accounts to hand your data to. Point Lorecaster at the free Lorecaster server (available on the Mac App Store), and your whole collection appears instantly: covers, chapters, and where you left off. Listen at home over your network, or download books to take them anywhere — on a flight, a run, or anywhere without signal. Built entirely in Swift and designed for the latest iPhone, Lorecaster is fast, lightweight, and effortless. It launches quickly, scrolls smoothly, and sips battery — so nothing gets between you and the next chapter. Beautiful to look at, effortless to use • Gorgeous, full-resolution cover art across a clean, modern library • Simple, focused controls — play, skip, and navigate chapters without hunting through menus • A distraction-free player that puts the story first Made for listening • Stream over your local network, or download for full offline playback • Accurate resume — pick up exactly where you left off, every time • Chapter navigation, adjustable speed (0.5×–2×), and a sleep timer (including End of Chapter) • Smart Rewind nudges you back a few seconds after a pause, so you never lose the thread • Full lock screen, Control Center, and headphone controls • Your progress syncs back to your Mac automatically Private by design • Your library lives on your Mac — not on someone else's servers • Connects automatically on your network, or by simple address entry • Optional multi-user sign-in lets you share your library and keeps everyone's progress separate Lorecaster requires the free Lorecaster companion app for Mac, available on the Mac App Store.

Screenshots

Bookworm Reads4 screens
Lorecaster App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lorecaster App at every 3 days against Bookworm Reads's every 3 weeks. Lorecaster App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Bookworm Reads's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Lorecaster App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lorecaster App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookworm Reads has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookworm Reads ships an update every 3 weeks, Lorecaster App every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bookworm Reads versus Lorecaster App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookworm ReadsLorecaster App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBookworm Reads CLUBJustin James

Customer experience

Bookworm Reads

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

Lorecaster App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Lorecaster App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bookworm Reads

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

Lorecaster App

One-time1
  • Lorecaster Plus$9.99

Questions

Is Bookworm Reads free?
Bookworm Reads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lorecaster App free?
Lorecaster App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bookworm Reads or Lorecaster App?
Lorecaster App is rated higher. Bookworm Reads averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Lorecaster App averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bookworm Reads or Lorecaster App have ads?
Neither Bookworm Reads nor Lorecaster App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookworm Reads or Lorecaster App?
Bookworm Reads ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lorecaster App every 3 days. Most recently, Bookworm Reads was updated on October 25, 2026 and Lorecaster App on October 10, 2026.

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