Comparison

My Book List vs Velato

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

Head to head
About

My Book List

Effortlessly catalog your personal book collection with this library organizer. Easily add books by scanning barcodes or searching online, and view your library with customizable sorting and filters. Keep track of reading status, ratings, and notes for each title.

Highlights
  • ISBN barcode scanning
  • Online book search
  • Customizable library views
  • Read status and ratings
  • Multi-device syncing
  • Import/export library data
Features
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Catalog your entire home library in an afternoon. Snap a photo of any shelf and the AI adds every title. No typing, no spreadsheets, no scattered notes. Trusted by 600+ readers and rated 4.1 stars on the App Store since 2011. • Catalog a 200-book shelf in five minutes. Point your camera. AI reads the spines and adds the books. • Add a single book in seconds by scanning the barcode on the back cover. • Bring your Kindle library across in one tap. No CSV juggling. • Find anything in plain English. "That biography about the architect" works. • AI sorts your shelves by genre, mood, and theme so you stop tagging by hand. • Read on iPhone, edit on iPad, look something up offline at the bookstore. Sync handles the rest. How it works: 1. Point your camera at a shelf and let AI populate your library. 2. Sort, tag, and mark books as Read, Reading, or To Read. 3. Pick up on any device. Share with friends, join a club, ask for a recommendation when you want one. Coming from another app or a spreadsheet? Import CSV, TSV, JSON, XLSX, BibTeX, or RIS files. Field mapping is built in. Real review: "I had a bunch of books I needed to inventory and the barcode scanner made it incredibly easy. Great app." BuckeyeCityCates, App Store review, 2024 Free to start with twenty books and three barcode scans. Open the app and add your first shelf. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://BigBalli.com/privacy

About

Velato

Effortlessly digitize your book collection by scanning entire shelves with your camera. Organize your library, track your to-read list, and manage lent books. Discover insights into your reading habits.

Highlights
  • AI-powered shelf scanning
  • Instant digital library creation
  • Shelf and in-shelf book locator
  • To-read list management
  • Loan tracking
  • Duplicate purchase avoidance
  • Library insights and stats
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Point your camera at a bookshelf, and Velato does the rest. Just pan across your shelves — no typing titles or scanning barcodes one by one. Velato identifies your books and turns your bookcase into an organized, searchable digital library in minutes, with your to-read list and lent books tracked in the same place. Know exactly which books you own, search your collection from anywhere, find where a book sits on your shelves, track what you want to read next, and keep tabs on the books you lend. Velato can even uncover insights about what your collection says about you. Features: • AI-Powered Shelf Scanning: Pan your camera across a full shelf and let Velato identify multiple books at once — no manual entry, no barcode-by-barcode scanning. • Instant Digital Library: Keep a complete, searchable inventory of your books, organized and easy to browse. • Shelf Locator: See which shelf a book sits on, and where on that shelf. • To-Read List & Quick Verdicts: Save the books you want to read next, and give any book on your shelves a quick yes or no in one tap. • Loan Tracking: Keep tabs on which books you've lent out, to whom, and since when. • Avoid Duplicates: Check your library while at the bookstore so you never accidentally buy a book you already own. • Library Insights: Discover what your collection says about you — reading patterns, genres, and quirky stats about your shelves. Whether you're a casual reader keeping track of your TBR pile or a serious collector organizing hundreds of volumes across your home library, Velato is a fast way to digitize your shelves. Your shelf, unveiled.

Screenshots

My Book List4 screens
Velato4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Velato at 100% against My Book List's 49%. Velato also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). My Book List's advantage is ratings volume (643 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. My Book List sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Velato asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Velato holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Book List has 643 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of My Book List's written reviews are positive against 100% of Velato's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Book List ships an update every 4 days, Velato every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Book List versus Velato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Book ListVelato
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (643 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings643 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigBalli Consulting llcCONSI SOFTWARE LTD

Customer experience

My Book List

All ratings639 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral11.0%
Negative40.4%

Velato

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Book List

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books disappearing from user libraries
  • Scanning and importing issues
  • Crashes and freezes when using certain features
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort books by series or genre
  • Option to manually add book details
  • Offline access to book lists
  • Improved search and filtering capabilities
  • Sync across multiple devices

Velato

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

My Book List

Subscriptions3
  • Full unlock$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Offer$14.991 Year
  • Full unlock$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • 500 Tokens$4.99
  • 1000 Tokens$9.99
  • 10000 Tokens$49.99
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  • Lifetime Full Unlock$49.99
  • 20000 Tokens$79.99
None

Velato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Book List free?
My Book List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Velato free?
Velato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Book List or Velato?
Velato is rated higher. My Book List averages 4.1 out of 5 from 643 ratings, while Velato averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do My Book List or Velato have ads?
Neither My Book List nor Velato shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Book List or Velato?
My Book List ships an update every 4 days, and Velato every 6 days. Most recently, My Book List was updated on November 10, 2026 and Velato on November 9, 2026.

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