Comparison

Anobii™ vs BookPine

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

BookPine

Track your reading journey with detailed stats, custom lists, and reading goals. Easily import your library from other platforms and discover ambient sounds for focused reading. Share your progress and connect with a community of book lovers.

Highlights
  • Detailed reading stats and insights
  • Custom lists and shelves for organization
  • Personalized reading goals and challenges
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
  • Ambient sounds for focused reading
  • Social features to follow friends and share reviews
  • Transaction log for borrowed, lent, or purchased books
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BookPine is a book tracker for readers who like to keep a record of what they read. Log your books, set goals that fit your life, and see real stats about your reading habits. Note: BookPine is not an e-reader, so you can’t read books inside the app. READING CIRCLES Read a book together with friends or other readers. Start a circle from any book, make it public or private, and choose how long it runs. Members write posts, comment, vote in polls and log their progress as they go. You can hide a post until readers reach a certain point in the book, or until they finish it, so nobody gets spoiled. SERIES TRACKING BookPine builds your series list from the books on your shelves. Each series shows its books in order, how many you've read, and which one comes next. Reading a series in another language? Set the language for that series and your progress only counts the books published in it. You can also mark a series as paused or abandoned. CUSTOM COVERS Don't like the cover on your edition? Change it. Pick one from another edition, upload your own image, or grab one from any web page. Only you see your custom cover, and it shows up everywhere you see that book in the app. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your books on your home screen. Pick a grid of covers, a shelf of spines lined up like a real bookshelf, or the book you are reading now with your progress on it. Choose which shelf each widget shows, how it is sorted and which colors it uses. From the Currently Reading widget you can start the reading timer or update your progress. CUSTOM GENRES AND TAGS Sort your library with your own genres and tags: comfort read, slow burn, signed copy, book club, five-star prediction, whatever fits how you read. They are private to you, and you can filter your whole library by them, so any book is easy to find again. READING STATS AND INSIGHTS Track pages, finished books and reading time, with charts for your streak, monthly progress and yearly trends. It's an easy way to see how much you read and what you actually finish. BOOK TRACKER, LISTS AND SHELVES Shelve books as Currently Reading, Want to Read, Read or Did Not Finish. Rate with half stars, write reviews, and make your own shelves and lists. Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode or searching by title, author or ISBN. READING GOALS AND CHALLENGES Set yearly, monthly or custom goals by books, pages, minutes or authors. Streaks and milestones help you keep the habit going. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS, STORYGRAPH AND LIBRARYTHING Import your books, ratings, reviews and shelves in one go, so your reading history comes with you. TRY IT AS A GUEST Open the app and start tracking without an email address. Create an account later if you want to keep going. AMBIENT SOUNDS Play rain, a crackling fireplace, cafe noise and more while you read. SOCIAL Follow friends, share reviews and see what other people are reading, along with their goals, shelves and wishlists. SHAREABLE BOOK CARDS Turn your current read, a favorite quote, a review or a reading milestone into an image you can post or send to friends. TRANSACTION LOG Keep track of the books you borrow, lend, buy or give away. PRIVATE BOOKS Some reads are just for you. Private books never appear on your public profile. ALSO INCLUDED • Dark mode, plus dark gray, high contrast, true black and sepia themes • Available in 16 languages • Half-star ratings and tags for more detailed reviews Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Anobii™4 screens
BookPine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BookPine at 4.8 against Anobii™'s 3.4. BookPine also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Anobii™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (41% vs 25%). On price, monetization model, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BookPine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Anobii™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BookPine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookPine has 74 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Anobii™'s written reviews are positive against 25% of BookPine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anobii™ ships an update every 6 weeks, BookPine weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Anobii™ versus BookPine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnobii™BookPine
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.8 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings574 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB101 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperOvolabDevpri SRL

Customer experience

Anobii™

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative53.1%

BookPine

All ratings74 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Anobii™

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BookPine

Subscriptions2
  • BookPine Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • BookPine Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Anobii™ free?
Anobii™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookPine free?
BookPine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anobii™ or BookPine?
BookPine is rated higher. Anobii™ averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BookPine averages 4.8 from 74 ratings.
Do Anobii™ or BookPine have ads?
Anobii™ shows ads; BookPine does not.
Which is updated more often, Anobii™ or BookPine?
Anobii™ ships an update every 6 weeks, and BookPine weekly. Most recently, Anobii™ was updated on October 22, 2026 and BookPine on October 28, 2026.

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