My Book List vs DustJacket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- ISBN barcode scanning
- Online book search
- Customizable library views
- Read status and ratings
- Multi-device syncing
- Import/export library data
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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
DustJacket
Organize your physical and digital book collections, track your reading progress, and manage your reading queue. Easily add books by scanning barcodes or searching a vast database. View your library beautifully with cover art.
- Track owned books and wish lists
- Manage reading status (Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read)
- Categorize by format (Physical, Digital, Audiobook)
- Build and reorder reading queues
- Add books via barcode scan or search
- Display library with cover art
- Syncs across iPhone and iPad via iCloud
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DustJacket is the personal book tracker you've been looking for. It is simple, beautiful, and built around the way you actually read. Whether you're managing a growing physical library, tracking digital reads, or keeping a wish list of books to buy, DustJacket keeps everything organized in one place. TRACK YOUR LIBRARY - Mark books as Owned or on your Wish List - Track reading status: Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read, or Did Not Finish - Tag books as Physical, Digital, or Audiobook, or all three - Log purchase dates for your collection YOUR READING QUEUE - Build an ordered reading queue from any book in your library - Drag to reorder what's up next - Swipe to remove when you're done ADD BOOKS INSTANTLY - Scan a barcode to look up any book automatically - Search by title or author to find and add books from Open Library's database of millions of titles - Add books manually when needed BEAUTIFUL SHELF VIEW - Browse your library as a cover grid, just like a real bookshelf - Cover art loads automatically for most books - Search and filter by status, reading state, or format SYNCS EVERYWHERE - iCloud sync keeps your library up to date across all your iPhone and iPad devices automatically DustJacket is simple by design. No social features, no algorithms, no noise. Just your books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: My Book List at Free against DustJacket's $0.99. My Book List also leads on ratings volume (639 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). DustJacket's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 14). On ads, 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
My Book List is free to download; DustJacket costs $0.99 up front. My Book List sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. DustJacket asks for nothing beyond the download.
DustJacket 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 639 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
My Book List ships an update every 4 days, DustJacket every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Book List | DustJacket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (639 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 639 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BigBalli Consulting llc | Dylan Hofmann |
Customer experience
My Book List
DustJacket
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
DustJacket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My Book List
- Full unlock$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly Offer$14.991 Year
- Full unlock$24.991 Year
- extra details for all books$0.99
- Barcode scanner$0.99
- remote database & device sync$1.99
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- CSV Import$3.99
- Amazon Kindle eBook import$3.99
- BibTeX and Zotero export$4.99
- 500 Tokens$4.99
- 1000 Tokens$9.99
- 10000 Tokens$49.99
- Lifetime Full Unlock$49.99
- 20000 Tokens$79.99
DustJacket
No in-app purchases
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