proLibro vs OpenBookshelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
proLibro
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Introducing proLibro, the ultimate destination for digital reading enthusiasts. Dive into a world where imagination knows no bounds, where every page-turn unveils new adventures, knowledge, and inspiration. Experience unparalleled convenience with our user-friendly interface, meticulously crafted to enhance your reading journey. Embrace the future of reading with our cutting-edge technology. With seamless synchronization across devices, your reading progress, notes, and annotations are always at your fingertips, allowing you to pick up right where you left off, anytime, anywhere. You’ve never searched and interacted with content like this before. Some of our key features include: • Immersive content reading experience • Powerful multi-title capable search • Ability to add annotations and notes to your content.
OpenBookshelf
Organize your reading list with a clean, focused book tracker. Easily search millions of titles, import your history from other platforms, and sync across devices without ads or subscriptions. Focus solely on your books.
- Track reading progress
- Search millions of books
- Import from Goodreads
- Sync across devices
- No ads or subscriptions
- Organize reading lists
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Your books. Without the noise. OpenBookshelf is a clean, focused book tracker for readers who want to organize what they read — not be sold a subscription, shown ads, or pushed into a social network. Track your reading in three taps. Search for a book, add it to your shelf, mark it as read. No onboarding wizard, no account creation, no tutorial. Just your books. SEARCH MILLIONS OF BOOKS Find books instantly by title, author, or ISBN — powered by Open Library, the world's largest open book database. No proprietary database, no lock-in. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS Bring your entire reading history with you. Export your Goodreads data and import it into OpenBookshelf in seconds. Keep your shelves, ratings, and reading dates without starting over. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your library stays up to date on every device automatically with iCloud. Add a book on your iPhone, see it on your iPad. No account required. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND HERE No algorithmic recommendations. No social feed. No reading challenges designed to make you feel guilty. No ads. No behavioral tracking. No subscription. OpenBookshelf does one thing well: it helps you keep track of what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read next. Nothing more. Nothing less. Completely free. No account. No tracking. No catch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenBookshelf at every 2 weeks against proLibro's monthly. proLibro's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. proLibro sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and OpenBookshelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
proLibro ships an update monthly, OpenBookshelf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | proLibro | OpenBookshelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CogniLore | Jared Floersch |
In-app purchases
proLibro
- Purchase 200 proLibro Credits$2.99
- Purchase 500 proLibro Credits$6.99
- Purchase 1000 proLibro Credits$12.99
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- Purchase 2000 proLibro Credits$24.99
- Purchase 5000 proLibro Credits$64.99
- Buy 10 000 proLibro Credits$129.99
OpenBookshelf
- Unlock$2.99








