Quillow vs Booktrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quillow
Easily catalog your book collection with a beautiful, ad-free interface. Search an extensive database to add book details automatically, mark favorites, and organize your library. Access your list across multiple devices with user authentication.
- Elegant and simple UI
- Ad-free and no in-app purchases
- User authenticated login
- Cross-device access
- Extensive book database search
- Mark and sort favorites
- Customizable book sorting and deletion
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ELEGANT USER INTERFACE: - Simple and pretty UI to showcase and record your books - NO ads, in-app purchases and other monetization - Beautiful dark mode is compatible with the app LOGIN FUNCTIONALITY: - Allows for user authenticated login to keep your booklist private - Able to access the same book list through multiple devices by login functionality FIND YOUR BOOKS: - Easily search our extensive database of books and add your book to your list - Automatically stores the book's information and provides a detailed view ADD YOUR FAVOURITES: - Quillow has a favourites functionality that allows for you to favourite a book - Allows you to sort and only show your favourite books SORT AND DELETE: - Allows you to customize the order of the books - Allows you to completely remove your book
Booktrail
Organize your personal library by tracking books you're reading, want to read, or have finished. Add books by scanning barcodes or searching by title/author, and monitor your reading progress. Create custom collections for better organization and discover new titles with synopses and reviews.
- Track reading status (reading, want to read, finished)
- Add books via barcode scan or search
- Record reading progress and percentage
- Create custom book collections
- View book synopses and user reviews
- Private, no account required
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Scan a barcode. Build your shelves. Track your progress. Booktrail is a private book tracker and reading list that lives on your device. No account, no sign-up. SCAN OR SEARCH TO ADD BOOKS Scan the ISBN barcode on the back of a book, or search by title or author. SHELVES FOR EVERY STAGE Keep books you're reading, want to read, and have finished, all in one place. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Update pages read or percentage complete, and see how far along you are. CUSTOM COLLECTIONS Group books into your own collections to organize your library your way. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ Browse synopses and reader reviews before you add a book. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. Your library is stored on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Booktrail at 3.0 against Quillow's 1.0. Booktrail also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 13 months). Quillow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booktrail holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Quillow ships an update every 13 months, Booktrail every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quillow | Booktrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pilot Ventures | Defyner |
Customer experience
Quillow
Booktrail
In-app purchases
Quillow
No in-app purchases
Booktrail
No in-app purchases
