Openreads vs Bookopedia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Openreads
Organize your reading life with this app. Track books you've finished, are currently reading, or want to read later. Add books by searching, scanning barcodes, or manual entry, and view insightful statistics.
- Organize reading lists
- Track finished books
- Track current reads
- Track future reads
- Add books via search
- Add books via barcode scan
- Manual book entry
- Reading statistics
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Openreads is a reading list app that will help you organize your library with three lists provided: - books you finished, - books you are currently reading, - books you want to read later. You can add the books by searching them up in Open Library, scanning their barcode or by entering the book's details manually. You can also see come cool statistics!
Bookopedia
This app helps book lovers track and organize their reading journey. It allows users to manage books, take detailed notes, track story elements like characters and locations, and build a personal reading journal. Features include importing data from other services and extensive customization options.
- Track physical, eBook, and audiobook formats
- Organize notes with Markdown support
- Save and share customizable quote visuals
- Monitor characters and story locations
- Build a reading journal with calendar view
- Import data from popular book services
- Extensive interface and content customization
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Looking for the ideal all-in-one book companion that would allow you to track and note everything you want? Bookopedia is a unique note-taking & tracking app for book enthusiasts. Whether you are diving into a complex novel, studying for class, or simply enjoying a good story, Bookopedia enhances your journey. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to record your thoughts, track progress and revisit your favorite moments. Here are the key features: Book Management - Support physical books, eBooks and audiobooks. - Add books by their ISBN or title. - Automatically retrieve the covers. - Manage a wish list and a favorite list. - Set up the reading progress of each book (TBR / Unread, Reading, Finished, DNF / Unfinished). - Track your current reading progress for entire books or individual short stories, poems, chapters within a book. - Link books to a series. Note-taking, Content creation - Capture and organize notes with optional Markdown support. - Save quotes and share them in fancy & customizable visuals. - Build your personal vocabulary lists and impress your friends with new eloquent sayings. Story Elements Trackings - Monitor characters and follow their relationships. - Track story locations. - "Wait, who's that again?" are now a thing of the past. Reading Sessions - Build your own reading journal. - Display your reading sessions using a calendar. Import & Export - Import csv files from Goodreads, The Story Graph, BookBuddy, Calibre, Book Tracker... Missing a service? Send an email, it will be covered in the next update :) - Export your Bookopedia data to csv and zip files. - Create your own backups with ease. Customization - Choose interface colors. - Display your favorite fonts for your favorite quotes. - Organize filters. - Reorder created content. - Select a different app icon among several color variations and alternative designs. - Display books as a minimal line or as a grid of covers. - Activate a background color or keep it simple. The little details that make a big difference - Enjoy preface support with roman numerals. - Track your book purchases (price, notes). - Save web assets such as book maps for an offline use. ~ Your books, your experience, your literary journey. Now visually unforgettable. You can also find these features: - iCloud support. - Dark mode support. - Automatically fetch definitions for the words you want to track (only available in English, French, Russian and Spanish). - Accessibility support via font scaling and VoiceOver markups. - Tag virtually everything: Books, quotes, notes, vocabulary, characters, locations, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Openreads at none against Bookopedia's 5. Openreads also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bookopedia sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Openreads asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Openreads against 5.0 for Bookopedia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 22 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Openreads ships an update every 3 weeks, Bookopedia every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Openreads | Bookopedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATEUSZ JAN BAK | Jerome Pasquier |
Customer experience
Openreads
Bookopedia
In-app purchases
Openreads
No in-app purchases
Bookopedia
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Premium$6.99
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- Wonderful Tip$9.99
- Premium$9.99









