Comparison

ZBook vs Booklore

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ZBook4 screens
Booklore4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZBook ships an update every 2 days, Booklore fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZBook versus Booklore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZBookBooklore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen ShabowskiHazem Abdeltawab

Customer experience

ZBook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Booklore

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ZBook

No in-app purchases

None

Booklore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZBook free?
ZBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Booklore free?
Booklore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZBook or Booklore?
Booklore is rated higher. ZBook averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Booklore averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ZBook or Booklore have ads?
Neither ZBook nor Booklore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZBook or Booklore?
ZBook ships an update every 2 days, and Booklore fortnightly. Most recently, ZBook was updated on November 3, 2026 and Booklore on November 5, 2026.

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