Comparison

Bookshelf vs Book

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
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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

Features
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Book-Loop is a cozy home for your reading life — a place to track what you're reading, build a bookshelf that actually looks like you, and talk about books with friends without anyone spoiling the ending. It's not an e-reader. It's the social, gamified layer around the books you already read — paperbacks, Kindle, Audible, library loans, all of it. YOUR BOOKSHELF IS YOUR PROFILE Most apps give you a list. Book-Loop gives you a room. • Real covers standing on real shelves — currently-reading books glow, finished books earn a trophy • Choose your shelf style and room: gothic, cozy, wood, fantasy, neon — library, bedroom, café, forest, cabin • Unlock decor as you read: lamps, candles, plants, posters, bookends, even a pet owl • Name your own shelves and sort them your way — by author, title, date read, or drag them exactly where you want • Visit your friends' rooms and see what's on their shelves SPOILER-SAFE BOOK CLUBS The best part: nobody has to read at the same pace. • Chapter-by-chapter discussion threads that unlock for each reader as they get there • Anything past your progress stays locked — no meeting times, no "wait, don't scroll" • Separate spaces for general chat, reactions, predictions, and favorite quotes • Tag a fellow member with @ and they'll get a notification • Share a club with a link so friends can join in a tap TRACK IT YOUR WAY • Search millions of books and add them in one tap • Update progress by page or by chapter — slide to your page, no endless tapping • Rate books privately (Book-Loop has no public reviews, on purpose) • See exactly how many books and pages you've finished READ TOGETHER • A warm activity feed of what your friends are reading right now • Direct messages with friends, separate from club chatter • Reading sessions: start a quiet timer and read alongside others • Book of the Month, trending titles, and readers who love what you love EARN YOUR PLACE IN THE LIBRARY • XP for every page you read and every book you finish • Level up to unlock new decor for your room • Collect bronze, silver, and gold badges — Night Owl, Genre Explorer, Library Legend and more • Build a reading streak and watch your room grow with it MADE FOR READERS WHO LOVE BOOKS • Warm, cozy design in light and dark • Build a little reader avatar that looks like you • Privacy you control: public, friends-only, or invisible • Your ratings are always private — never shown to anyone Free to use. Pull up a chair.

Screenshots

Bookshelf4 screens
Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book at none against Bookshelf's 6. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Bookshelf sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bookshelf versus Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookshelfBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTiago AlmeidaGregrey Isely

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bookshelf

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Features$2.491 Month
  • Premium Features$2.991 Month
  • Premium Features$22.991 Year
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  • Premium Features$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime (promo)$99.99
  • Lifetime$199.99
None

Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookshelf free?
Bookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Book free?
Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bookshelf or Book have ads?
Neither Bookshelf nor Book shows ads.

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