Meet New Books vs Reading Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meet New Books
Discover your next favorite read with personalized book suggestions based on your past favorites. Explore recommendations by genre, keyword, or trope, covering a wide range of popular categories.
- Personalized book suggestions
- Recommendations by genre
- Discover by keyword
- Trope-based discovery
- Wide genre coverage
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Looking for more reads that vibe with your favorites? We'll serve up suggestions based on books you've loved before. Not sure where to start? Discover recommendations by genre, keyword, or trope. Whether it's romance, fantasy, paranormal, or more - we've got it.
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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meet New Books at none against Reading Tracker's 15. Meet New Books also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Reading Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (284 vs 24). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Reading Tracker sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Meet New Books asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Meet New Books against 4.8 for Reading Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Tracker has 284 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Meet New Books's written reviews are positive against 89% of Reading Tracker's.
Meet New Books ships an update every 7 months, Reading Tracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meet New Books | Reading Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better | 4.8 (284 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 89.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 284 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 372 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Whimzera INC. | Mario Luis Gutierrez Abed |
Customer experience
Meet New Books
Reading Tracker
Bugs and requests
Meet New Books
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
Meet New Books
No in-app purchases
Reading Tracker
- Full Premium Access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Full Premium Access2 variants$3.991 Month
- Full Premium Access$4.997 Days
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- 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
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- Lifetime Bookworm access$9.99
- Lifetime Premium access$49.99
- Lifetime Premium access$69.99
- Lifetime Premium access$199.99
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