ぐるどく vs Bookries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ぐるどく
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ぐるどくアプリは、グループで EPUB ファイルを読む際に便利なリーダーアプリです。気になる文章を長押しして選択し、リーダー下部のコメントボタンを押せば選択した文章に対してコメントすることが出来ます。これにより「自分とは立場の異なる人はどういう感想を抱くのか?」「読んでいてわからなかった部分の議論になる」などを始めとしたことが起こり、書籍に対する理解や見識を深めることができます。 活用方法はさまざまです。ソフトウェアエンジニアがよくおこなっている輪読会に利用することができます。チームビルディングの際の共通認識を作るために書籍を読み合わせるときにも活用できるでしょう。夫婦で子育てに関する書籍をぐるどくで読み、コメントしてそれぞれの考え方を理解する手助けになることもあるでしょう。ぜひご利用いただいて、皆様のご活用方法をお教えいただけると嬉しいです。
Bookries
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BookRies is the perfect companion to record your reading experience and cultivate your reading habits. From book details to reading progress, you can comprehensively manage your reading life. Key Features Book Management: Record detailed information such as title, author, publisher, and ISBN, and add cover images. Organize your books with three statuses: Reading, Completed, and Plan to Read. Reading Sessions: Track each reading session with date, pages read, and reading time. Monitor your reading progress in real-time. Statistics & Analysis: Visually display statistics such as completed books, total pages read, reading days, and average pages per day. Check monthly reading volume and reading trends by day of the week through graphs. Achievements: Commemorate reading milestones such as completing 10, 50, or 100 books, or reaching 1,000 or 10,000 pages. Track continuous records like 30-day reading streaks. Reading Reminders: Get notifications for your daily reading time. Support for establishing reading habits. Customization: Eye-friendly display with dark mode support. Available in both English and Japanese. Record the joy of reading with BookLog and enrich your reading life. Discover your reading trends and growth through daily reading records.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookries at none against ぐるどく's 1. Bookries also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). ぐるどく's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. ぐるどく sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bookries asks for nothing beyond the download.
ぐるどく ships an update every 2 weeks, Bookries daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ぐるどく | Bookries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAKASETE, Inc | Tsuyoshi Matsuoka |
In-app purchases
ぐるどく
- コメントの閲覧・投稿機能の利用$5.99
Bookries
No in-app purchases









