Comparison

BookHabit vs Page Surfer

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

Head to head
About

BookHabit

This app helps you organize your personal library, track reading progress, and gain insights into your reading habits. It allows you to make notes, export bibliographies, and visualize your reading history over time. Designed for all types of readers, it supports a vast collection of books and ensures your data is secure.

Highlights
  • Organize reading lists
  • Add books by barcode or search
  • Track reading progress and history
  • Custom lists and sorting
  • Make and search notes
  • Export bibliographies
  • Visualize reading habits
Features
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BookHabit is the highest-quality reading and book tracker, library organizer, notetaker and reading companion for iOS. For anyone from casual to avid readers, students, self-learners, parents & kids, book clubs, eBook readers, closet librarians, etc. Gain insights into your reading habits. Finish books more quickly, get back to books you've set aside, organize your library, and learn more about what and who you love to read. Develop a rich history of your reading life, visualize your life in books over the years, bring up notes easily, pass book suggestions to friends. Features include: • Many ways to organize your reading lists • Easily add books by barcode or author / title search • Track your reading progress and history • Organize and sort books with custom lists • Make notes and easily find & search • Export professional bibliographies (APA, MLA, etc.) • Graphs charting your reading history • Sophisticated but simple to use book search • Hierarchical lists • Visualize and improve your reading habits • Rate books while you read • Track books by kind (paper, eBooks, reference) • Create libraries of thousands of books • Complete backup & transfer system • Inverted screen support / dark theme • Support for all iPhone sizes • Support for all iPads—from Minis to Pros! BookHabit is NOT an eBook reader, but it can be used with ALL types of books — including electronic books — to organize and track your reading progress. Information you collect over time in BookHabit is intended to last! Great care is taken to make sure you never lose that information. None of your personal data is shared with third parties. No ads, no promotions, just you and your books.

About

Page Surfer

Organize your reading life with this intuitive book management app. Track progress, set goals, and capture notes and quotes. Sync across devices and share your literary journey with friends.

Highlights
  • Personal book library
  • Custom reading lists
  • Reading goal setting
  • Page progress tracking
  • Note and quote capture
  • Reading statistics
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Page Surfer - Your Ultimate Books Management App Page Surfer turns your reading habit into a rich, organized experience — from your first page to your last note. Quickly add any book to your library, set personalized reading goals, manage your reading lists, and keep track of your progress, all in one place. Key Features ORGANIZE YOUR BOOKS • Personal Library: Create and manage your library effortlessly. Add books manually or scan barcodes for quick entry. • Custom Lists: Organize books into personalized reading lists tailored to your preferences. • Reading Plan: Add books to your Reading Plan for structured reading. • Seamless Sync: Sync your library across multiple iOS devices for access anywhere, anytime. • Share Your Passion: Share your favorite books, quotes, and notes with friends. • Add Rare Finds: Manually add old or rare books to your collection. • Flexible Sorting: Sort your books by date added, author, publication date, and more. • No Limits: Enjoy unlimited books, reading sessions, collections, and more. TRACK YOUR READING • Set Goals: Establish daily, weekly, monthly, or annual reading goals and monitor your progress in real-time. • Log Pages: Track how many pages you've read to see your accomplishments grow. • Average Reading Time: Monitor your average reading time to better understand your habits. NOTES AND QUOTES • Capture Insights: Take notes and quotes while reading or after finishing a book. • Diverse Input: Enter notes manually, dictate them, or scan text images for easy capture. • Share Your Thoughts: Share your notes and quotes with friends to inspire discussions. VIEW YOUR STATISTICS • Insightful Analytics: Gain valuable insights into your reading habits with detailed statistics. Discover how many books you've read, your average reading time, and more. Download Page Surfer and make every book count. And by downloading, you're supporting an independent developer — thank you! It requires a subscription to use the application. Subscription and Pricing: If you choose to purchase, payment will be applied to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of current period. You can cancel any time with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. The current subscription start at $1.99 USD/month. Subscription can be deactivated at the following link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: https://parakeetsoftware.com/Books_Adventure_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BookHabit4 screens
Page Surfer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Page Surfer at Free against BookHabit's $4.99. Page Surfer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). BookHabit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Page Surfer is free to download; BookHabit costs $4.99 up front. Page Surfer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BookHabit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Page Surfer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of BookHabit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Page Surfer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookHabit ships an update every 3 months, Page Surfer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BookHabit versus Page Surfer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookHabitPage Surfer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyperJeff, IncParakeet Software LLC

Customer experience

BookHabit

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative10.3%

Page Surfer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BookHabit

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Page Surfer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is BookHabit free?
BookHabit costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Page Surfer free?
Page Surfer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookHabit or Page Surfer?
Page Surfer is rated higher. BookHabit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Page Surfer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BookHabit or Page Surfer have ads?
Neither BookHabit nor Page Surfer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookHabit or Page Surfer?
BookHabit ships an update every 3 months, and Page Surfer every 2 months. Most recently, BookHabit was updated on November 6, 2026 and Page Surfer on November 3, 2026.

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