BOOKSCAN for iPhone vs Booklover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOOKSCAN for iPhone
Access your digitized book collection on your iPhone or iPad. This tool allows you to download and view PDF files of your books, with features for adding notes, bookmarks, and adjusting display settings for a personalized reading experience.
- Download optimized book PDFs
- Add notes and memos to files
- Bookmark important pages
- Thumbnail page navigation
- Adjust brightness and page turn animation
- Zoom and fast page turning
- Change binding direction
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[詳細] 「BOOKSCAN」アプリは、BOOKSCANが提供する、お客様の蔵書をPDFファイル化したファイルをダウンロードをしてiPhone、iPadで楽しむ専用ツールです。iPhone、iPadそれぞれに合わせて最適化される「BOOKSCANチューニングラボ」ファイルが閲覧可能です。また、各ファイルごとに感想やメモを記録できるメモ機能や、気になるページにしおりを挟んで後から確認可能なしおり機能などを実装。いつでもどこでも自分の蔵書が好きなときに閲覧できる「BOOKSCAN」アプリ、新しい読書スタイルを体験してください。 [ご利用方法] 1.App Storeから「BOOKSCAN」アプリをダウンロードしてください。 2.会員登録後、「BOOKSCAN」アプリを起動し設定画面からメールアドレス・パスワードを入力してサインインしてください。 3.ダウンロードページ・管理番号一覧ページからファイルをダウンロードしてください。 4.ダウンロードすると、MY本棚に表示されますので、クリックしてお好みのファイルを閲覧してください。 [主な機能] ・iPhone、iPadそれぞれに合わせて最適化される「BOOKSCANチューニングラボ」ファイルをダウンロード可能 ・各ファイルごとに感想やメモを記録できるメモ機能 ・気になるページにしおりを挟んで後から確認可能なしおり機能 ・ページ下部にサムネイルリストを表示。開きたいページにダイレクトに遷移可能 ・明るさ調整 ・ページめくりアニメーション切り替え ・ピンチインによる拡大表示 ・画面長押しによる高速ページめくり ・綴じ方向の変更機能
Booklover
Organize and read a vast collection of eBooks, including PDFs, manga, and scanned books. Seamlessly sync with iCloud Drive and customize your reading experience with advanced reader settings and library management tools.
- Manage and view eBooks (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR)
- iCloud Drive syncing
- Organize books by genre and bibliographic details
- Powerful search and Library Navigator
- Customizable reader settings
- Bookmarks and PDF annotations
- Support for archived image files
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Booklover is a highly responsive and robust eBook reader. It excels at handling PDFs, manga, and scanned books. The metadata-driven library management system makes it easy to organize and enjoy a large collection of books in PDF, ZIP/CBZ, and RAR/CBR formats. Seamlessly integrated with iCloud Drive, books in the iCloud Drive/Booklover folder automatically appear in the app’s library and can be downloaded on demand. In the library, you can organize books by genres and arrange them using various bibliographic details such as title, author, publisher, and more. With the search field and powerful Library Navigator, you can quickly locate a book among thousands in your collection. Customize your reading experience with settings for each book, including page layout, transition axis and style, cropping, filters, progress direction, background, and more. Booklover supports bookmarks with titles and notes, as well as PDF text annotations (highlights), text search, and a table of contents. Main Features: # General • Manage and view eBooks (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR) • Support for archived image files in JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIF, WEBP, AVIF, and JPEG XL formats • Automatic syncing of book files placed in iCloud Drive/Booklover. On-demand caching (download) of the remote files • Import files via iTunes (Windows), Finder (Mac), AirDrop, Drag & Drop, "Open with..." etc. • Import files via apps from various cloud storage services, such as Dropbox and OneDrive, as well as other services accessible through the iOS Files app. • Slide Over / Split View (iPad) • Hardware keyboard support (mainly in the reader) # Library • Section books by genre (ON/OFF) • The Library Navigator (ON/OFF) • Histories of added and opened books • Context Menu for individual books (long-press a book cover) • Change sort order: By Title, Author, Publisher, Filename, Added Date, etc. • Alphanumeric Index Labels (ON/OFF) • Toggle display of cover accessories • Adjust cover grid size • Responsive Shadow (shows page volume with shadow) • Filter books by Status, Genre, Tags, etc. • Search books by various bibliographic details, file name, and tags # Reader • PDF text annotations (highlights) with notes, text search, and a table of contents • Bookmarks with titles and notes • Lists of bookmarks and PDF annotations • Page transition settings: Axis (Horizontal, Vertical), Style (Scroll, Continuous Scroll, Stack, Crossfade, Zoom fade, Instant) • Progress direction setting: Left to Right, Right to Left (for vertical text, manga, Arabic, etc.) • Page layout setting: Automatic, Single-Page, Two-Pages (spread) • Separate page layout settings for view orientation (Portrait / Landscape) • Page trimming (for images only) • Page sizing: Show All, Width-Fit, Height-Fit • Page thumbnail view (overview, bookmarks) • Image correction filters • Dynamic background (When the "Background Color" option for a book is set to "Dynamic") • Adjust page spread position (Insert adjuster page at the beginning of the book body) • Text recognition within images (with compatible devices only) • Export (share) the currently displayed page # Book Management • Edit metadata: Title, Author, Genre, Publisher, Published Date, ISBN, etc. • Edit Tags (Can be used as filter criteria in the side menu) • Extract metadata (title/author) from PDFs • Extract various metadata from file names with configurable extraction rules • Automatic/Manual cropping of book covers • Batch modification of book settings and metadata • Transfer book files: "Open with...", AirDrop, Drag & Drop, etc. • Can manage the content files and data separately ("Ghost Book") ——————————————— # Acknowledgments [Books used in the screenshots] • "Give My Regards to Black Jack" by SHUHO SATO (Manga on Web: http://mangaonweb.com) • Public domain books from Feedbooks (http://www.feedbooks.com) • Public domain comics from digitalcomicmuseum.com (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Booklover at 87% against BOOKSCAN for iPhone's 22%. Booklover also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (57 vs 4). BOOKSCAN for iPhone's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
BOOKSCAN for iPhone is free to download; Booklover costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booklover holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Booklover has 57 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of BOOKSCAN for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 87% of Booklover's.
BOOKSCAN for iPhone ships an update every 2 weeks, Booklover fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOOKSCAN for iPhone | Booklover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #40 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BOOKSCAN Inc. | Plastic Software, Inc. |
Customer experience
BOOKSCAN for iPhone
Booklover
In-app purchases
BOOKSCAN for iPhone
No in-app purchases
Booklover
No in-app purchases
Questions
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