ZBook vs Booklore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZBook
Organize your personal library with this app. Create custom shelves to categorize your books and easily move them between shelves. Keep your reading collection tidy and accessible.
- Add and track books
- Create custom shelves
- Move books between shelves
- Organize personal library
- Simple interface
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A small App to keep track of your books. You can add shelves to keep you books in, and change the shelf a book is on with ease.
Booklore
Log your reading progress, track your reading habits, and manage your personal library. This app allows you to add books, record page numbers, and set reading goals. It also offers features like ambient soundscapes and a reading calendar to enhance your experience.
- Add books by title, author, ISBN, or barcode scan
- Organize books into custom shelves and tags
- Log progress by page number or percentage
- Track reading time and set ambient soundscapes
- View reading calendar, streaks, and yearly goals
- Share reading stats and wrap-up cards
- Offline functionality with optional iCloud backup
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Every book you read, one tap away. Booklore is a reading log for people who would rather be reading: add a book, log your page, close the app. No sign-up stands between you and your first book, and your library lives on your phone. On the shelf • Find books by title, author or ISBN, or scan the barcode on the back cover • Shelves for Reading, Want to Read, Read, Paused and Did Not Finish, plus your own shelves and tags • Rate in half-stars, from ½ to 5, and tag a book's mood and pace • Print books, e-books and audiobooks side by side, with rereads counted At the page • Log progress with one tap (¼, ½, ¾, Finished) or type the exact page • Reading an e-book or listening to an audiobook? Enter the percentage your reader or player shows • See how much reading time is left in a book, at your own measured pace • Time a session and add ambient sound: rain, ocean, forest, café, fireplace and more, generated on your device • A Live Activity keeps the running session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Write notes and a review, and capture a quote straight off the page with your camera Over the year • A reading calendar that fills in every day you read • Streaks with a best-streak record, and a yearly goal that paces you from the day you set it • A daily reminder that skips the days you already read, scheduled on your device • Home Screen widget, Apple Watch app and Siri ("Start reading in Booklore") • Your Reading Year and monthly wrap-up cards to share, plus all-time stats Your library, your phone • Bring your library over from a CSV export and export everything whenever you like • Optional backup to your own iCloud • Book search and one-time cover downloads are the only network use, and cover downloads can be switched off • Your reading is never sold or used to build a profile of you Happy reading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Booklore at 5.0 against ZBook's 4.3. ZBook's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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.
Booklore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
ZBook ships an update every 2 days, Booklore fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZBook | Booklore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Shabowski | Hazem Abdeltawab |
Customer experience
ZBook
Booklore
In-app purchases
ZBook
No in-app purchases
Booklore
No in-app purchases









