Book Progress vs ReadLevel AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Progress
Track your reading across all formats, log sessions, and capture thoughts. Organize your library, build reading streaks, and gain insights into your habits. Discover new books and manage your entire reading life in one place.
- Personal library management
- Reading session logging
- Audiobook tracking by hours
- Notes and journal entries
- Custom collections and tags
- Reading stats and insights
- Home screen widgets
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Book Progress is your complete reading companion — track every book, log every session, capture every thought, and watch your reading life come to life. Whether you read paperbacks, eBooks, or listen to audiobooks, Book Progress keeps everything in one beautiful library. —————————————————— YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY —————————————————— Search for any book and import it instantly with cover art, author, and page count. Add books manually or scan your shelf. Track what you're Reading, what you've Completed, and what's waiting on your list. —————————————————— READING SESSIONS —————————————————— Log reading sessions with start and end pages. See exactly how many pages you read each day, build streaks, and watch your daily pace improve over time. —————————————————— AUDIOBOOK SUPPORT —————————————————— Track audiobooks by hours and minutes, not pages. Log listening sessions the same way you log reading — Book Progress handles both seamlessly. —————————————————— NOTES & JOURNAL —————————————————— Capture what moves you as you read. Save Quotes, Thoughts, Questions, and general notes — each linked to a specific page or timestamp. Your reading journal, always close at hand. —————————————————— RATINGS & REVIEWS —————————————————— Rate every book you finish with a 5-star rating and write your own personal review. Your thoughts, privately yours. —————————————————— COLLECTIONS —————————————————— Organize your library into custom collections. Group by series, genre, mood, or reading challenge — however your mind works. —————————————————— DISCOVER —————————————————— Browse this week's NYT Fiction and Non-Fiction bestsellers right inside the app, complete with cover art and descriptions. Add any book to your library with a single tap. —————————————————— STATS & INSIGHTS —————————————————— Your reading at a glance — total books read, pages turned, longest streak, average reading pace, and a full visual calendar of your reading history. —————————————————— HOME SCREEN WIDGETS —————————————————— 5 widgets to keep your reading life front and center: • Currently Reading — your book and progress at a glance • Reading Streak — keep the momentum going • Recent Notes — your latest captures • Quick Stats — pages read and books completed • Last Session — pick up right where you left off —————————————————— TAGS & FORMATS —————————————————— Tag books with custom labels and track every format — Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, EPUB, Audiobook, and 20+ more. —————————————————— EXPORT & IMPORT —————————————————— Export your full library as JSON or CSV. Import collections shared by friends. Your data is always yours. Book Progress respects your privacy. No account required. Just you and your books.
ReadLevel AI
Instantly determine a book's reading level by scanning a page with your phone's camera. Get detailed analysis including age, grade, and language-specific scores. Ideal for parents, educators, and anyone selecting reading materials.
- Scan book pages with camera
- AI text analysis
- Determine reading level
- Age range and grade level
- Foreign language levels
- Works offline
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Find any book's reading level in seconds - just take a photo of a page. Made for parents, teachers and homeschoolers. This app analyzes any page from a book and instantly determines its reading level using advanced AI technology. Simply point your camera at a page of text, and get comprehensive reading level information including age range, grade level, English Lexile score, and foreign language reading levels. Unlike barcode scanning apps that require the book's ISBN and internet lookup, this app analyzes the actual text content. This means it works with: • Library books without visible barcodes • Old books or books with damaged covers • Photocopied pages or digital displays • Books without ISBN numbers • Foreign language books Our AI analyzes text complexity, vocabulary difficulty, sentence structure, and content sophistication to provide accurate reading levels. The analysis happens instantly with results in seconds. Get three standardized reading level formats: • Age Range (e.g., 8-10 years) • Grade Level (3rd grade) • Language Specific Reading Level (Lexile, HSK, CEFR, etc.) Need Help? Want to send feedback? Please contact our support at readlevelapp@gmail.com! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Book Progress at free against ReadLevel AI's free with in-app purchases. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Book Progress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ReadLevel AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Progress against 5.0 for ReadLevel AI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Progress | ReadLevel AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chelsea Hannah | Isabella Lee-Rubio |
In-app purchases
Book Progress
- Goodreads Export$2.99
ReadLevel AI
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Pro Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Scan Pack$0.99









