Anobii™ vs Hardcover.app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anobii™
Connect with a global community of book enthusiasts. Discover new titles, read and write reviews, and participate in discussions. Organize your personal library and wishlist by scanning book barcodes.
- Social network for book lovers
- Discover new books and read reviews
- Write your own reviews and ratings
- Participate in reading groups
- Curate digital library and wishlist
- Scan book barcodes to add to library
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Anobii is the independent social network for book lovers. Discover new books, read reviews from the community, chat and discuss with other readers. - Engage with a vast community of people who share a passion for books. - Browse reviews and quotations, write your own. - Participate in reading groups. - Search books and discover your next great read. - Curate your own digital library, build your own wishlist. - Scan book barcodes to turn your physical library into a digital one in minutes - or to instantly read insightful reviews and comments of the book in front of you in a bookshop or public library. WHAT IS ANOBII? Anobii features a vast database of millions of books, constantly updated, 2M+ reviews and 25M+ ratings. Curate your own digital library, keep track of your reading progress, build a wishlist, write reviews, rate books, visit fellow readers' libraries and engage with other Anobians. Anobii is the home of people who love reading.
Hardcover.app
This app helps you organize and discover books. Track what you've read, create custom lists, and see what friends are reading. Set reading goals and share your thoughts on books.
- Track read and to-read books
- Organize with lists and tags
- See friends' reading activity
- Discover trending books
- Rate and review books
- Set reading goals
- Track reading statistics
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Hardcover is a book tracking app with a social side, built for readers, not algorithms. Add books you’ve read or want to read. Keep your library tidy with lists and tags. See what your friends are reading, explore trending picks, and discover hidden gems through curated lists. Rate, review, and share your thoughts. Make your profile public, private, or friends-only—your reading, your rules. Set goals, track your stats, and find your reading rhythm. We use Apple's standard Terms of Service (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hardcover.app at 4.2 against Anobii™'s 3.4. Hardcover.app also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (66 vs 5). Anobii™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hardcover.app sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Anobii™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hardcover.app holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hardcover.app has 66 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Anobii™'s written reviews are positive against 52% of Hardcover.app's.
Anobii™ ships an update every 6 weeks, Hardcover.app every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anobii™ | Hardcover.app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.2 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | 52.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ovolab | Hardcover LLC |
Customer experience
Anobii™
Hardcover.app
In-app purchases
Anobii™
No in-app purchases
Hardcover.app
- Supporter - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Supporter - Yearly$49.991 Year
