Comparison

BooLi vs Volumes

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

Head to head
About

BooLi

Features
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Manage your books, scan, track them (lent to who?), organise them (put them in lists, series, ...), share your book lists with your friends (you need to allow access), nobody or with the world (public lists). Follow friend's booklists (find them and request access to their lists).

About

Volumes

This app helps you track, rate, and reflect on the books you read, building a personal library. It offers personalized reading recommendations based on your history and can import existing reading lists. Discover new titles with a comprehensive book catalog and keep your reading life backed up.

Highlights
  • Track books read
  • Rate and reflect on books
  • Personalized reading recommendations
  • Import existing reading lists
  • Comprehensive book catalog
  • iCloud backup
Features
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Volumes is a reading companion for thoughtful readers. Track the books you read, rate them, and reflect on what stayed with you. Over time you'll build a personal library that becomes richer with every entry. Next Read โ€” Recommendations that tell you why โ€” Volumes draws on the books you've loved, rated, and written about to suggest what to read next. Every recommendation includes a short note explaining the connection, helping you discover books that genuinely fit your taste. Bring your reading list with you โ€” Already keep a list in Notes, a spreadsheet, or somewhere else? Paste it in and Volumes will magically import it, matching each title with cover art and preserving your ratings and notes. Your library starts full, not empty. Your reading history, all in one place โ€” Keep track of the books you've read, revisit old favourites, and remember what you thought years later. Notes and reflections are surfaced throughout your library, turning your reading history into something personal and lasting. A complete book catalog, built in โ€” Search across more than 40 million books, with beautiful cover art and rich metadata. Quickly add books to your library without manually entering titles or authors. Yours forever โ€” Your library is backed up to iCloud and stays private. A lifelong record of your reading life that grows more meaningful over time.

Screenshots

BooLi4 screens
Volumes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Volumes at every 5 days against BooLi's every 7 months. BooLi's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BooLi ships an update every 7 months, Volumes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 5 level
BooLi versus Volumes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooLiVolumes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoppietersJacob Ruiz

In-app purchases

None

BooLi

No in-app purchases

None

Volumes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BooLi free?
BooLi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Volumes free?
Volumes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BooLi or Volumes have ads?
Neither BooLi nor Volumes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BooLi or Volumes?
BooLi ships an update every 7 months, and Volumes every 5 days. Most recently, BooLi was updated on October 5, 2026 and Volumes on October 8, 2026.

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