BookyTrack vs Afterglow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookyTrack
Easily track your reading progress on your Apple Watch and iPhone. Log your current page number with a tap to never lose your place. View detailed statistics on your reading habits and stay motivated by your progress.
- Track reading progress
- Log current page number
- Apple Watch integration
- Syncs reading progress
- Detailed reading statistics
- View reading journey progress
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With BookyTrack, tracking your reading progress becomes as easy as tapping on your wrist. Whether you're a bookworm or just pick up a book occasionally, our app makes it easy to set your current page numbers so you can continue reading exactly where you left off. Never lose track again: With just a few clicks on your Apple Watch, you can easily enter your current page number, so you no longer have to remember where you last left off. BookyTrack automatically syncs your reading progress with your Apple Watch - so you're always up to date no matter where you read. Stats that impress: Keep track of your reading habits with detailed stats that show you how far you've come on your reading journey. With BookyTrack you can track your reading performance and be inspired by your own progress.
Afterglow
Experience ebooks with a personalized ambiance, intelligently generated from cover art. Enjoy a clean interface with customizable typography and layout for comfortable reading in light or dark modes.
- Ebook reading interface
- Cover Tone themes
- Customizable ambience
- Typography controls
- Layout controls
- Light and dark modes
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A beautiful way to read ebooks. With Afterglow, give each book it's own ambience with Cover Tone themes, intelligently created from the book's cover art. Key features • Ebook reading with a clean, focused interface • Custom ambience for each book • Typography and layout controls for comfort and style • Light and dark reading options
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Afterglow at Free against BookyTrack's $1.99. Afterglow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). BookyTrack's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Afterglow is free to download; BookyTrack costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Afterglow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
BookyTrack ships an update every 5 weeks, Afterglow weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookyTrack | Afterglow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marvin Huelsmann | Mohammad Qureshi |
Customer experience
BookyTrack
Afterglow
In-app purchases
BookyTrack
No in-app purchases
Afterglow
No in-app purchases
