Comparison

Reading Tracker vs Avid

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

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

About

Avid

This AI-powered reading companion helps you engage deeply with books. Import highlights, discuss passages via text or voice, and discover connections across your reading library. It transforms reading into lasting insight by remembering your notes and conversations.

Highlights
  • AI-powered book discussions
  • Import highlights from popular platforms
  • Text and voice interaction
  • Personalized insight cards
  • Cross-book connection discovery
  • Build a personal reading library
Features
Read full description

You read serious books. You think while you read them. And then, a few weeks later, the thinking is gone. The argument you found convincing, the objection you had at page 200, the connection to something you read last year: all of it fades. The highlights are still there. The thinking isn't. That is what Avid is for. Avid is where your thinking compounds across books, sources, and time. It turns reading into conversation, conversation into insight, and insight into an archive that grows more useful the longer you keep it. Avid uses AI to work with the books, highlights, notes, and questions you bring, so the technology stays in service of your reading rather than replacing it. HOW IT WORKS Tell Avid what you're reading. Scan a cover, search by title, or bring in highlights you already have. Avid brings your notes, highlights, and past conversations into discussions about what you're reading. Then have a real conversation about it. Not a summary, not a quiz. A discussion that presses on assumptions, names the tension you were circling, and asks what a well-read friend would ask. Type, or talk out loud. Over time it compounds. Avid remembers what you have discussed and surfaces connections between books you read months apart: the memoir and the philosophy text arriving at the same conclusion about identity, the history and the business book sharing a model of power you never noticed. WHAT MAKES AVID DIFFERENT Cross-book synthesis. Avid can connect ideas from the books, notes, and conversations in your library. Depth instead of answers. Avid does not summarize and stop. It goes further with each exchange. Memory that carries. A thought from three weeks ago comes back when today's book needs it. A letter every Monday. A short piece of writing about your own week of reading, drawn from what you actually thought. From the Margins. Books recommended from your highlights and your arguments, not from a bestseller list. BUILT FOR SERIOUS READERS - Import highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Readwise, and Kobo - Scan a cover to begin in seconds - Voice conversations for thinking out loud - Insight cards that keep your strongest thoughts - Wrap-ups that capture where a conversation landed - The Reading Year: what you read, and what it did to you Avid is for the reader who closes a book wanting to go further into it, not straight on to the next one. Avid is a subscription. Current pricing and terms appear on this page and in the app before anything is charged. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Reading Tracker4 screens
Avid4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reading Tracker and Avid both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Reading Tracker's written reviews are positive against 57% of Avid's. Reading Tracker also leads on ratings volume (284 vs 7). Avid's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Reading Tracker sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Avid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reading Tracker against 4.9 for Avid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Tracker has 284 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Reading Tracker's written reviews are positive against 57% of Avid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Tracker ships an update every 8 days, Avid every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Tracker versus Avid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TrackerAvid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (284 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings284 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size372 MB185 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMario Luis Gutierrez AbedPascal Okafor

Customer experience

Reading Tracker

All ratings284 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative5.4%

Avid

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

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

Avid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Reading Tracker

Subscriptions7
  • Full Premium Access3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Full Premium Access2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Full Premium Access$4.997 Days
Show 4 more
  • 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
One-time7
  • Small Coffee$1.99
  • Medium Coffee$3.99
  • Large Coffee$7.99
Show 4 more
  • Lifetime Bookworm access$9.99
  • Lifetime Premium access$49.99
  • Lifetime Premium access$69.99
  • Lifetime Premium access$199.99
3 purchases

Avid

Subscriptions3
  • Avid Plus Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Avid Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Avid Plus Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Reading Tracker free?
Reading Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Avid free?
Avid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Tracker or Avid?
Avid is rated higher. Reading Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 284 ratings, while Avid averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Reading Tracker or Avid have ads?
Neither Reading Tracker nor Avid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Tracker or Avid?
Reading Tracker ships an update every 8 days, and Avid every 3 days. Most recently, Reading Tracker was updated on October 20, 2026 and Avid on October 19, 2026.

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