Bookmeter vs UDTalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookmeter
Log your reading progress, manage your book collection, and discover new titles. Track books you want to read, have read, or are currently reading. Explore millions of reviews and connect with other book lovers.
- Log reading progress
- Categorize books
- Reading goal graphs
- Book shelf management
- New book updates
- Barcode scanner
- Book reviews
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Bookmeter is an app designed to help you log what you've read during the day. With features including graphs, book shelves, and over 18 million reviews—enjoy Finding, Recording, or Sharing new books. ◆Record and manage your reading material ・Categorize books you want to read, have read or haven't gotten around to reading quick and easy! ・Use graphs to help you detail your reading goals! ◆Utilize book shelf and new book updates feature ・Use book shelf feature to categorize books ・Check new book updates feature for new books from your favorite authors ・Use to prevent repurchasing or forgetting to buy books of interest ◆Add books with active bar-code reader ・Add books via book bar-code reader. ・Use active reader feature stress free! ◆Broaden your horizons ・Check reviews and other reader impressions ・Connect with others via communities or events --------------------------------------------------------------------- For people like you who love --------------------------------------------------------------------- ・Books（Novels, Manga, Essays, Magazines, etc.) ・Looking for fellow book lovers. ・Being interested in popular books ・Wanting to manage your reading library. ・Being inspired by books. ・Recording books that moved you. ・Recommending good books. ・Writing book reviews ・Reading others' book impressions. ・Creating new habits to learn more With Bookmeter, a new world awaits you at the turn of a page.
UDTalk
Facilitates universal communication by translating speech and handwriting into text across devices. Ideal for bridging language barriers and supporting interactions with deaf individuals. Connects via Wi-Fi or internet for seamless real-time translation.
- Speech recognition translation
- Handwriting recognition translation
- Automatic language translation
- Wi-Fi and internet connectivity
- Cross-device communication
- Supports deaf communication
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UD Talk can deliver to support universal communication in your life. Especially, it is for useful between deaf people and us or other languages, and so on. You can connect other devices using wifi or internet. You can send your speech to other devices using speech recognition, hand writing. Languages is translated automatically (to your native language). For example, if you want to see Japanese content, you can use it. About Auto renewal subscriptions - Items Compact Plan 1 month (It's renewed automatically.): 980 yen 1 week (It's renewed automatically.): 480 yen + 3 days free trial It'll be paid in the Apple ID you use. - About an automatic renewal and accounting. Use will be "automatic continuation renewal". Use is renewed automatically within 24 hours which end and charged for the iTunes account you use. - About a stop of confirmation of setting and an automatic renewal. It's possible to be to turn off an automatic renewal and suspend an automatic renewal of a license from customer's account setting screen before more than 24 hours of a license period end. It's possible to change an automatic renewal from a "Settings > iTunes &App Store > Tap your Apple ID area > View Apple ID > Tap subscriptions "manage". - About cancellation. It isn't possible to do change in the period and cancellation during "Compact Plan" use. - Private policy http://udtalk.jp/privacy/ - Terms of use https://udtalk.jp/license_of_app/ - About subscriptions http://udtalk.jp/compact/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmeter at none against UDTalk's 2. Bookmeter also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 2). UDTalk's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. UDTalk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Bookmeter asks for nothing beyond the download.
UDTalk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmeter has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Bookmeter's written reviews are positive against 55% of UDTalk's.
Bookmeter ships an update every 2 months, UDTalk every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Bookmeter | UDTalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 54.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | BOOKWALKER | Shamrock Records, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bookmeter
UDTalk
In-app purchases
Bookmeter
No in-app purchases
UDTalk
- Compact Plan (1 week)$1.997 Days
- Compact Plan (1 month)$2.991 Month
