Book End vs Reading Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book End
Easily track your reading progress with this app. Scan or import books, log reading sessions, and receive personalized statistics like reading speed and time remaining predictions. Develop your reading habit with helpful insights.
- Scan, search, and import books
- Log reading sessions with a timer
- Generate personalized reading statistics
- Predict time remaining for books
- Track reading speed and pages per hour
- Develop reading habits
Read full descriptionHide full description
Book End is an app that helps you keep track of the books you're reading and generates reading statistics. Just like how a physical bookend holds up books on a shelf, this app helps you keep your books and reading organised. Book End allows you to easily scan, search and import books that you're reading into the app. Once you have your physical book open, you can use Book End to set a reading session timer. After completing your reading session, return to the app to log it, and it will automatically create personalized statistics for you. These include precise time remaining predictions for each book and exclusive metrics like your reading speed, and average pages read per hour. Overall, Book End helps you stay on track and develop your reading habit.
Reading Tracker
This app helps book lovers organize their reading life. Track books you want to read, are currently reading, or have finished. Add notes, set goals, and view statistics on your reading habits.
- Organize books into TBR, In Progress, Completed, Abandoned lists
- Add notes, custom ratings, and tags
- Set and track reading goals
- Detailed reading statistics
- Sync across devices with iCloud
Read full descriptionHide full description
ReadTracker is the ultimate tool for avid readers to organize, track, and enhance their reading experience. Whether you’re managing your to-be-read (TBR) list, keeping up with in-progress books, or reflecting on completed ones, ReadTracker helps you stay on top of it all. Add notes, set reading goals, categorize books with tags, and enjoy powerful statistics to visualize your progress over time. Key Features: • Organize books into TBR, In Progress, Completed, and Abandoned lists • Add personal notes, custom ratings (half-stars and emojis supported!), and tags to books • Set and track reading goals • Detailed statistics on pages read, time spent, and more (even more statistics on Pro version) • Seamless sync across devices with iCloud (Premium feature) Stay motivated, stay organized, and make every reading session count with ReadTracker. Link to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Book End at free against Reading Tracker's freemium. Book End also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Reading Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (284 vs 21). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Book End sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Reading Tracker sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reading Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Tracker has 284 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Book End's written reviews are positive against 89% of Reading Tracker's.
Book End ships an update every 10 days, Reading Tracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book End | Reading Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (284 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 89.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 284 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 372 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Benjamin Wheeler | Mario Luis Gutierrez Abed |
Customer experience
Book End
Reading Tracker
Bugs and requests
Book End
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Reading Tracker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with saving book details after editing
- Problems with changing or deleting tags
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add and track ARCs
- Support for reading ebooks and audiobooks directly in the app
- Annotation and highlighting features for ebooks
- Batch editing of book formats (ebook, physical, audiobook)
- Apple Watch app
In-app purchases
Book End
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Reading Tracker
- Full Premium Access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Full Premium Access2 variants$3.991 Month
- Full Premium Access$4.997 Days
Show 4 moreShow fewer
- Full Premium Access$5.991 Month
- Full Premium Access$19.996 Months
- Full Premium Access7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- All Access$24.991 Year
- Small Coffee$1.99
- Medium Coffee$3.99
- Large Coffee$7.99
Show 4 moreShow fewer
- Lifetime Bookworm access$9.99
- Lifetime Premium access$49.99
- Lifetime Premium access$69.99
- Lifetime Premium access$199.99
Questions
Is Book End free?
Is Reading Tracker free?
Which has better reviews, Book End or Reading Tracker?
Do Book End or Reading Tracker have ads?
Which is updated more often, Book End or Reading Tracker?
Other comparisons















