Comparison

Book End vs Readable

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Readable

Track your reading journey with a private, ad-free app. Log books, time sessions, and view detailed stats. Discover new reads and connect with book clubs.

Highlights
  • Log reading progress
  • Time reading sessions
  • Import libraries
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Earn reading milestones
  • Write book reviews and notes
  • Organize books into shelves
  • Join or create book clubs
Features
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Every book you read, kept for good. Readable is a calm, private place to track what you read and see your reading life measured — page by page, year by year. No noise, no feeds shouting for your attention. Only your books, and what they add up to. Open the app and start straight away — your name, your genres, your favourite books. No account required until you want one, and everything you make comes with you when you do. TRACK EVERY BOOK Log what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's next. Time your reading sessions — real books included, not just ebooks — record your pages, and watch a quiet streak build as you go. Search by title, author or ISBN, or scan a barcode. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Moving from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your whole library with a single CSV file and keep your history. SEE YOUR READING, MEASURED A stats screen built like a year in review: books finished, pages read, and reading days as a masthead you'll want to screenshot. Go deeper into your genres, your most-read authors, how your ratings fall, and how your pace changes through the year. EARN YOUR MILESTONES Reading milestones drawn like engravings — earned quietly, kept for good. Yearly challenges and community goals give the habit somewhere to point. KEEP A DIARY Rate on a half-star scale, review every book, keep private notes, and save the lines worth remembering. Look back on a diary of everything you've read. FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK Search that knows the difference between editions and finds the one you meant. Browse by mood when you don't know what's next. Keep a wishlist for the books you want, with buy options from stores you know — Booktopia, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and more — matched to your country. BUILD YOUR SHELVES Organise your library your way and keep every format you own — paperback, hardcover, audio, ebook — together on one shelf. A PROFILE BUILT FROM BOOKS Headline your profile with the four books you love most, pin the reviews and lists you're proud of, and follow readers whose taste you trust. READ TOGETHER Book clubs with a room of their own: read the same book in sync, discuss chapter by chapter without spoilers, and finish together. Public, private, or invite-only. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THEM Verified authors can claim their works, share writing progress, and host read-alongs with their readers. CALM BY DESIGN Independent, ad-free, and quiet on purpose. No feeds engineered to keep you scrolling, and no selling your personal data. When you mark a book private, it leaves every public surface with one switch. MAKE IT YOURS Choose the cover each book wears, pick your theme, and shape the app around your reading. READABLE PRO Readable is free to use. Readable Pro adds the full depth of your stats, your choice of themes, streak freezes, a cloud-synced journal, hosting your own clubs, and more — for readers who want the complete picture. A Pro subscription renews until cancelled; manage it any time in your account settings. Every book you read, kept for good. Terms of Use: https://thereadableapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Book End4 screens
Readable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Book End at 4.6 against Readable's 4.0. Book End also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). Readable's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Book End sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Readable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book End holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book End has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book End ships an update every 10 days, Readable every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Book End versus Readable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook EndReadable
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBenjamin WheelerDAKOTA SWAIN

Customer experience

Book End

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

Readable

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Book End

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Readable

Subscriptions2
  • Readable Pro — Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Readable Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Book End free?
Book End is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readable free?
Readable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book End or Readable?
Book End is rated higher. Book End averages 4.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Readable averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Book End or Readable have ads?
Neither Book End nor Readable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book End or Readable?
Book End ships an update every 10 days, and Readable every 4 days. Most recently, Book End was updated on September 29, 2026 and Readable on September 15, 2026.

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