Comparison

Book End vs What Are You Reading?

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

What Are You Reading?

Track your reading progress, discover new books based on your mood, and connect with other readers. This app is designed with Australian book lovers in mind, highlighting local authors and titles.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Discover books by mood
  • Connect with readers
  • Log pages read
  • View reading history
  • Discover Australian titles
Features
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WAYR: What Are You Reading? Track every book you read, discover what's worth your time, and connect with readers who actually share your taste. Built for Australian book lovers. TRACK YOUR READING Log what you're reading, mark books as finished, and track your pages read over time. See your reading history at a glance and watch your stats grow. DISCOVER BOOKS YOU'LL LOVE Browse by mood — whether you want something gripping, heartwarming, funny, or thought-provoking, WAYR surfaces books that match how you're feeling. Discover Australian titles alongside the best books from around the world. CONNECT WITH READERS Follow friends and readers whose taste you trust. See what they're reading, what they've loved, and what they'd recommend. Reading is better when it's shared. AUSTRALIAN-FIRST WAYR is built with Australian readers in mind. Discover locally relevant titles, Australian authors, and books that matter here — not just what's trending overseas. — Join a growing community of Australian book lovers. Download WAYR and start tracking today.

Screenshots

Book End4 screens
What Are You Reading?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: What Are You Reading? at none against Book End's 3. What Are You Reading? also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. What Are You Reading? asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book End ships an update fortnightly, What Are You Reading? every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Book End versus What Are You Reading?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook EndWhat Are You Reading?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin WheelerBookchoice PTY LTD

Customer experience

Book End

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

What Are You Reading?

Written reviews26 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative3.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Book End

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

What Are You Reading?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book End free?
Book End is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What Are You Reading? free?
What Are You Reading? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book End or What Are You Reading? have ads?
Neither Book End nor What Are You Reading? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book End or What Are You Reading??
Book End ships an update fortnightly, and What Are You Reading? every 5 days. Most recently, Book End was updated on November 3, 2026 and What Are You Reading? on November 9, 2026.

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