Comparison

Great Reads vs Book End

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

Head to head
About

Great Reads

Easily manage your personal library by tracking books you're reading, want to read, or have finished. Scan barcodes or search online to add titles, record progress, and build reading streaks. Organize your collection with custom lists and share your favorites.

Highlights
  • Scan book barcodes to add
  • Online book search
  • Track reading progress
  • Build reading streaks
  • Custom book lists
  • Add ratings and notes
  • Share favorite books
Features
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Easily add and track books you're reading, want to read or have finished reading. Record your progress and make a habit of reading using the streaks feature! ADDING BOOKs • Just scan the barcode of any book to quickly add it to your library • Search online to find and add books from all over the world SYNC • Have your digital library at hand on any of your devices with iCloud sync REACH YOUR READING GOALS • Quickly log your reading efforts by updating your pages read • Organise your books into custom lists like 'Top 10' and 'Favorites' • Keep your reading streak going with an easy to view interface and automatic streak updates • Add custom ratings and notes to each book • Share your favorite books with friends and family COMPLETELY PRIVATE • No account required. No sign up required. Start straight away by adding your first book! • All data is private, and only stored on your devices or in your private iCloud if you enable sync features

About

Book End

Easily track your reading progress with this app. Scan or import books, log reading sessions, and receive personalized statistics like reading speed and time remaining predictions. Develop your reading habit with helpful insights.

Highlights
  • Scan, search, and import books
  • Log reading sessions with a timer
  • Generate personalized reading statistics
  • Predict time remaining for books
  • Track reading speed and pages per hour
  • Develop reading habits
Features
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Book End is an app that helps you keep track of the books you're reading and generates reading statistics. Just like how a physical bookend holds up books on a shelf, this app helps you keep your books and reading organised. Book End allows you to easily scan, search and import books that you're reading into the app. Once you have your physical book open, you can use Book End to set a reading session timer. After completing your reading session, return to the app to log it, and it will automatically create personalized statistics for you. These include precise time remaining predictions for each book and exclusive metrics like your reading speed, and average pages read per hour. Overall, Book End helps you stay on track and develop your reading habit.

Screenshots

Great Reads4 screens
Book End4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Book End at 4.5 against Great Reads's 4.0. Book End also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 3). Great Reads's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Book End sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Great Reads asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book End holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book End has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Great Reads's written reviews are positive against 85% of Book End's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Great Reads versus Book End: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGreat ReadsBook End
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.5 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.0% of reviews
Number of ratings322 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerrycan Co Pty LtdBenjamin Wheeler

Customer experience

Great Reads

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Book End

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Great Reads

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Book End

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Great Reads free?
Great Reads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book End free?
Book End is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Great Reads or Book End?
Book End is rated higher. Great Reads averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Book End averages 4.5 from 22 ratings.
Do Great Reads or Book End have ads?
Neither Great Reads nor Book End shows ads.

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