Apollo Books Tracker vs Italic Type
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Apollo Books Tracker
Organize your personal library by adding books through search or barcode scanning. Track reading progress, add notes, and filter your collection. Enjoy automatic iCloud sync and a customizable interface.
- Add books via search or barcode scan
- Track reading status
- Add and search book notes
- Filter and sort library
- iCloud synchronization
- Customizable interface
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Apollo Book Tracker is an iPhone and iPad app that helps you track your readings and build your digital books collection. With Apollo Books Tracker you can: * Add books to your library by searching books information on the internet. * Add books to your library by scanning a physical book barcode. * Set your books reading status to keep track of what you are reading, what you’ve already read, and what you will read. * Filter and sort your library to access the relevant information. * Add notes to your books and search them quickly. * Set books format to keep track of paper books, e-books and audiobooks. * Choose your favorite library layout. * Customise the app’s look-and-feel and choose your favorite accent color. * Take advantage of automatic iCloud synchronisation and access your library from all your mobile devices with no need to export and import your data. * Track book without being tracked in any way. Apollo Books Tracker does not collect your information and your privacy is never affected. Pricing: * Apollo Books Tracker is totally FREE and has no ads.
Italic Type
Organize your reading life with this book tracker. Import data, manage your reading queue, and take private notes on books, quotes, and new words. Share recommendations and create virtual book clubs.
- Import Goodreads data
- Manage reading queue
- Add context labels
- Private book board for notes
- Track quotes and new words
- Recommend books to friends
- Create virtual book clubs
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Italic Type is the simple, beautifully-designed book tracker loved by avid readers and authors. Easily import your Goodreads data. Email us to help with a custom spread sheet. Add books you want to read to your queue. Add a context label to remember why you want to read it or who recommended it. Keep track of your reading and take notes in your own private book board. Keep track of quotes you love, new words you find, or add links for the things you look up. Recommend books to friends and start pop up virtual book clubs. Review books with keywords and expressions to capture what you thought. https://www.italictype.com/privacy/ https://www.italictype.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Italic Type at 4.8 against Apollo Books Tracker's 3.0. Italic Type also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Apollo Books Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Italic Type holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Italic Type has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Apollo Books Tracker's written reviews are positive against 86% of Italic Type's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Apollo Books Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Italic Type every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Apollo Books Tracker | Italic Type |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Antonio Stigliano | Italic Type LLC |
Customer experience
Apollo Books Tracker
Italic Type
In-app purchases
Apollo Books Tracker
No in-app purchases
Italic Type
No in-app purchases
Questions
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