Comparison

Bookopedia vs Holodeck Archive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Holodeck Archive

Organize your science fiction book and comic collection. Browse a vast catalog, track owned and read items, and manage wish lists. Sync your data across devices with a clean, ad-free interface.

Highlights
  • Browse sci-fi novel and comic catalog
  • Track owned, read, and wish list items
  • Organize by series and chronological order
  • Sync collection data across devices
  • Minimalist, ad-free interface
Features
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Your personal sci-fi archive. Beautifully organised. Holodeck Archive is a collection tracker and catalogue browser built for fans of science fiction novels and comics. Browse thousands of titles, track what you own, mark what you've read, and keep a wish list — all in one place. Browse a Massive Catalogue Explore thousands of sci-fi novels and comics, complete with cover artwork, author credits, publisher info, and release dates. New titles are pulled live from an actively maintained database, so the catalogue stays current. Track Your Collection Mark titles as Owned, Read, or Want with a single tap. Your collection data is stored privately on your device and syncs to your account across all your devices when signed in. Explore by Series Browse titles grouped by their series run, jump between arcs, and explore issue-by-issue within a comic series. A timeline view lets you browse novels in in-universe chronological order or by release date. Comics Support The Comics tab lets you explore series runs, view cover art, browse individual issues, and track reading progress across a dedicated comic catalogue — separate from the novel library. Sign In to Sync Create a free account to sync your Owned, Read, and Want lists across devices. Set a Currently Reading and Currently Listening title that appears on your profile. No social features, no noise — just your collection. Clean, Calm Design Holodeck Archive is built around a dark, minimalist interface designed for browsing. No clutter. No ads. Just your collection. Catalogue data is sourced from publicly maintained community wikis and databases, used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licensing. Holodeck Archive is an independent fan project. All franchises, characters, and intellectual property referenced within the catalogue belong to their respective owners. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by any rights holder.

Screenshots

Bookopedia4 screens
Holodeck Archive2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bookopedia at Free against Holodeck Archive's $3.99. Bookopedia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). Holodeck Archive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bookopedia is free to download; Holodeck Archive costs $3.99 up front. Bookopedia sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Holodeck Archive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookopedia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookopedia has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookopedia ships an update every 2 weeks, Holodeck Archive daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bookopedia versus Holodeck Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookopediaHolodeck Archive
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (22 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome PasquierJAMES ANTHONY BOOKER

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Bookopedia

One-time5
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Premium$6.99
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  • Wonderful Tip$9.99
  • Premium$9.99
None

Holodeck Archive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookopedia free?
Bookopedia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holodeck Archive free?
Holodeck Archive costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bookopedia or Holodeck Archive?
Bookopedia is rated higher. Bookopedia averages 5.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Holodeck Archive averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bookopedia or Holodeck Archive have ads?
Neither Bookopedia nor Holodeck Archive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookopedia or Holodeck Archive?
Bookopedia ships an update every 2 weeks, and Holodeck Archive daily. Most recently, Bookopedia was updated on October 24, 2026 and Holodeck Archive on October 28, 2026.

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