Comparison

Bookshelf vs Book Tracking

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

Head to head
About

Bookshelf

Organize your entire reading life, tracking physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Set reading goals, log sessions, save quotes, and visualize your progress with detailed statistics and a reading habits heat map. Discover new books and connect with friends.

Highlights
  • Smart book organization with custom shelves
  • Reading timer and session tracking
  • Save quotes and notes with OCR
  • Flexible reading goals and progress tracking
  • Detailed statistics and insights
  • Reading habits heat map
  • Monthly and yearly recaps
  • Purchase and borrowing logs
Features
Read full description

The best reading tracker for physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Whether you're managing your TBR pile, tracking a BookTok recommendation, or building a reading habit - Bookshelf is the book journal, reading log, and library organizer you've been looking for. Switching from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your entire library in minutes. SMART BOOK ORGANIZATION Organize your books into Reading, To Read, Wishlist, Finished, and Abandoned shelves - or create unlimited custom shelves with your own icons and colors. Drag and drop books between shelves. Tag books with custom color-coded labels for easy filtering. Sort by title, author, rating, date added, start date, finish date, last read, pages, publication date, and more. Track series, editions, and co-authors. Add books by searching or by scanning ISBN barcodes - even in bulk scan mode. MULTIPLE VIEWS, YOUR WAY See your library the way you love it: a cozy 3D bookcase view, a flexible grid with adjustable cover size and spacing, or a detailed list. Customize progress indicators, goal badges, and shelf appearance down to the smallest detail. READING TIMER & SESSION TRACKING Start the built-in reading timer whenever you pick up a book. Use the stopwatch for open-ended sessions or set a countdown alarm for timed reading. Log pages read, reading percentage, and session duration. Track audiobooks with chapter-level, minute-precise listening sessions. Re-reading a favorite? Track multiple readings per book. Quick-start a session right from your home screen widget. QUOTES, NOTES & REVIEWS Save your favorite quotes by typing or scanning straight from the page with OCR text recognition. Attach photos to your notes for a richer book journal. Write reviews and rate every book you finish. FLEXIBLE READING GOALS Set goals for pages, reading time, or number of books across any date range - daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or anything in between. Pin your most important goals, show visual badges on book covers, and celebrate completions with animated confetti. DEEP STATS & INSIGHTS Explore your reading like never before: reading pace and velocity, rating trends, abandoned-book rate, genre and author distribution charts, a reading-pattern clock showing when you read best, milestones, history, and year-over-year comparisons. Unlock tiered achievements as your library grows. MONTHLY & YEARLY RECAPS Beautiful monthly summaries and full yearly recaps - your longest and shortest books, five-star reads, first and last finishes, top quotes, genre breakdowns, streaks, and month-by-month highlights. Like Spotify Wrapped, but for your reading life. Export and share as an image or PDF. PURCHASE LOGS Track purchases, borrowed books, and lending history. Set return-date reminders so you never forget to return - or get back - a book. Log price, location, and personal notes. READING FEED Follow friends and explore their shelves, reviews, and stats. Stay inspired with a feed of reading activity from people you follow and the global community. Control exactly what's visible on your public profile. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your reading front and center with customizable home screen widgets for your current reads and reading timer. 18 STUNNING THEMES Choose from themes like Nordic, Forest, Cyberpunk, Lavender, Pink, and more - each in light and dark. Decorate your shelves with 50+ adorable book nooks across 11 categories. Personalize shelf size, spacing, progress indicators, and your profile widget layout. EASY IMPORT Import from Goodreads or StoryGraph with a CSV file, or scan your physical books with the built-in barcode scanner. Sync your reading across devices, with Kobo e-reader sync supported. Build your shelves. Set your goals. Track your reading streak. Fall in love with reading again. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Book Tracking

This app helps you track your reading progress by logging pages and time spent reading. Set goals, view your reading consistency on a heatmap, and organize your digital library. Earn badges and rewards to stay motivated and read more books.

Highlights
  • Smart progress tracking
  • Goals and challenges
  • Heatmap view for consistency
  • Intelligent reminders and badges
  • Digital library organization
  • Detailed reading statistics
Features
Read full description

Book Tracking helps you read more consistently by turning your books, pages, goals, notes and streaks into clear daily progress. Your reading life deserves more than scattered notes, forgotten page numbers, or messy spreadsheets. With Book Tracking, you can organize your personal library, manage your TBR, log pages in seconds, track reading time, save notes and quotes, follow your goals, and see your progress grow over time. YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY Add books in seconds by searching online, scanning an ISBN barcode, or entering details manually. Organize every title by status: • To Read • Reading • Finished • DNF Keep your books easy to find, update, and beautifully displayed. TRACK PAGES & PROGRESS Always know where you stopped. Log your current page, track your completion percentage, and turn every reading session into visible progress. Track: • Pages read • Books finished • Reading sessions • Time spent reading • Daily streaks • Reading goals READING TIMER & SESSIONS Use the built-in timer to track focused reading sessions. Save your minutes, pages, and progress so you can better understand your real reading habits. TBR, GOALS & STREAKS Stay motivated with simple visual progress. Follow your TBR, set reading goals, build daily streaks, and keep moving toward the books you want to finish. READING STATS & HEATMAP See your activity with clear, motivating statistics. Track books, pages, time, consistency, goals, and habits with progress charts and a monthly reading heatmap. NOTES, QUOTES, RATINGS & REVIEWS Remember more from every book. Save personal notes, favorite quotes, star ratings, and reviews so your library becomes a real reading journal, not just a list. MADE FOR REAL READERS Book Tracking is perfect for: • Book lovers and avid readers • Students • Busy professionals • Book club readers • BookTok and Bookstagram readers • Readers clearing their TBR • Anyone who wants to build a consistent reading habit WHY BOOK TRACKING? Because reading more is easier when your progress is visible. Book Tracking helps you organize your library, remember what you read, stay consistent, and make every page count. Download Book Tracking today and fall in love with your library again. IMPORTANT Book Tracking is designed for book tracking, reading progress, library management, and reading journaling. Books are not read inside the app, and the app does not provide full book content or e-reader functionality. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS •Book Tracking offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions that unlock premium features. •Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. •Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. •Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. •You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. •Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://readtracker.net/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://readtracker.net/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Bookshelf4 screens
Book Tracking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bookshelf at 4.8 against Book Tracking's 3.0. Bookshelf also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). Book Tracking's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Bookshelf sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Book Tracking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookshelf holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookshelf has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Bookshelf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Book Tracking's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookshelf ships an update every 2 weeks, Book Tracking every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bookshelf versus Book Tracking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookshelfBook Tracking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (27 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTiago Almeidasylvain loirat

Customer experience

Bookshelf

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Book Tracking

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bookshelf

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Features$2.491 Month
  • Premium Features$2.991 Month
  • Premium Features$22.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Premium Features$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime (promo)$99.99
  • Lifetime$199.99
2 purchases

Book Tracking

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro Full Access3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro Full Access3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Bookshelf free?
Bookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Book Tracking free?
Book Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bookshelf or Book Tracking?
Bookshelf is rated higher. Bookshelf averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Book Tracking averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bookshelf or Book Tracking have ads?
Neither Bookshelf nor Book Tracking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookshelf or Book Tracking?
Bookshelf ships an update every 2 weeks, and Book Tracking every 3 months. Most recently, Bookshelf was updated on October 5, 2026 and Book Tracking on October 3, 2026.

Other comparisons