Reading Tracker vs SpiceRack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Tracker
This app helps book lovers organize their reading life. Track books you want to read, are currently reading, or have finished. Add notes, set goals, and view statistics on your reading habits.
- Organize books into TBR, In Progress, Completed, Abandoned lists
- Add notes, custom ratings, and tags
- Set and track reading goals
- Detailed reading statistics
- Sync across devices with iCloud
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ReadTracker is the ultimate tool for avid readers to organize, track, and enhance their reading experience. Whether you’re managing your to-be-read (TBR) list, keeping up with in-progress books, or reflecting on completed ones, ReadTracker helps you stay on top of it all. Add notes, set reading goals, categorize books with tags, and enjoy powerful statistics to visualize your progress over time. Key Features: • Organize books into TBR, In Progress, Completed, and Abandoned lists • Add personal notes, custom ratings (half-stars and emojis supported!), and tags to books • Set and track reading goals • Detailed statistics on pages read, time spent, and more (even more statistics on Pro version) • Seamless sync across devices with iCloud (Premium feature) Stay motivated, stay organized, and make every reading session count with ReadTracker. Link to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
SpiceRack
This app helps readers catalog their literary journeys. Track books read, create wishlists, and rate your favorites with detailed metrics. Discover new titles and organize your reading life.
- Track books read and TBR lists
- Rate books and add reviews
- Save favorite quotes
- Track reading count and dates
- Organize by genre and format
- View reading metrics on charts
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SpiceRack is your new companion to save the books you've read, the books you want to read and everything in between. SpiceRack is built for all readers, but we tried to cater to BookTok. Give your books ratings, spice ratings, reviews and read count to keep track of the books you loved, and how much you loved them. With SpiceRack you can: - Track the number of books you've read - Search OpenLibrary for the books you love and save them to your library - Save them as 'Read' or 'To Be Read' - Save your favourite quotes for each book - Track the number of reads and first read date - Store the format saved (E-Book, paperback, hardcover) - Store your favourite genres and assign them to your books as you please - See your reading metrics on charts and graphs over time And SO much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Reading Tracker at Free against SpiceRack's $1.99. Reading Tracker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). SpiceRack's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On 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
Reading Tracker is free to download; SpiceRack costs $1.99 up front. Reading Tracker sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and SpiceRack sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reading Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Tracker has 284 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Reading Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpiceRack's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Reading Tracker ships an update every 8 days, SpiceRack every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Tracker | SpiceRack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (284 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 372 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mario Luis Gutierrez Abed | The Sparky |
Customer experience
Reading Tracker
SpiceRack
Bugs and requests
Reading Tracker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with saving book details after editing
- Problems with changing or deleting tags
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add and track ARCs
- Support for reading ebooks and audiobooks directly in the app
- Annotation and highlighting features for ebooks
- Batch editing of book formats (ebook, physical, audiobook)
- Apple Watch app
SpiceRack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reading Tracker
- Full Premium Access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Full Premium Access2 variants$3.991 Month
- Full Premium Access$4.997 Days
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- Full Premium Access$5.991 Month
- Full Premium Access$19.996 Months
- Full Premium Access7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- All Access$24.991 Year
- Small Coffee$1.99
- Medium Coffee$3.99
- Large Coffee$7.99
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- Lifetime Bookworm access$9.99
- Lifetime Premium access$49.99
- Lifetime Premium access$69.99
- Lifetime Premium access$199.99
SpiceRack
- Tiny Tip$0.99
- Small Tip$4.99
- Good Tip$9.99
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- Great Tip$19.99
