Bookbear vs Reday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookbear
Easily track your reading progress, build a virtual library of your collection, and discover trending books. Scan barcodes to add books instantly and share your reading list with friends.
- Seamless book tracking
- Build and admire your collection
- Scan and discover instantly
- Discover trending books
- Share reading lists
- Track progress at a glance
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FEATURES [[ Seamless Book Tracking ]] We tried using the other top book tracker apps. Honestly? We couldn’t. Buttons were confusing, and some apps even crashed on us. So we made bookbear—designed to be the easiest and most beautiful book tracker you'll ever use. Seriously, no more guessing or frustration. Download now and see how effortless tracking can be! [[ Build and Admire Your Collection ]] Who doesn’t love gazing at a gorgeous bookshelf? We’ve recreated that feeling in bookbear—your personal library on your phone! Add the books you want to read, are reading, or have read, and watch your virtual collection grow. You’ll be admiring it in no time! [[ Scan and Discover Instantly ]] POV: You're at a book store and you found a book that caught your eye. Skip the typing! Just use bookbear to scan the barcode, and boom—get all the details you need in seconds. Two taps, and you’re in the know. [[ Discover the Hottest Books ]] Stay in the loop with the latest trending books. The New York Times Best Sellers? Just one tap away. Never miss out on the book everyone’s talking about! [[ Share What You’re Reading ]] Want to show off your current read? With bookbear, you can easily share what’s on your reading list with friends. It’s quick, it’s fun, and hey, who doesn’t love a good book recommendation? [[ Check Your Progress at a Glance ]] Reading multiple books at once? We get it. With bookbear, you can track your progress on all your books at a glance. Stay on top of every chapter, effortlessly.
Reday
Easily manage your book collection, track reading progress, and set daily reading goals. Organize your library with custom tags and view statistics to stay motivated. Develop a consistent reading habit with daily reminders.
- Real-time reading progress tracking
- Daily reading goal setting
- Organized reading lists (Reading now, Want to read, Read)
- Customizable book tags
- Reading habit reminders
- Progress statistics
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The Reday app is your faithful assistant in reading. Managing your book library is easy and convenient with our app. Create tags to organize your collection, add new books, and track your reading progress in real time. Key features: - reading tracking with an accurate count of pages read; - setting reading goals for the day; - a system of lists “Reading now”, “Want to read” and “Read”; - daily reminders to maintain reading habits; - tags for convenient organization of books in the reading list; - statistics for your motivation. Develop the habit of reading every day with us!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reday at 5.0 against Bookbear's 4.5. Reday also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Bookbear's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reday holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookbear has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Bookbear's written reviews are positive against 100% of Reday's.
Bookbear ships an update every 9 days, Reday every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookbear | Reday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WOO MIN PARK | Yulia Shilova |
Customer experience
Bookbear
Reday
Bugs and requests
Bookbear
Reported bugs
3 issues- Book search not working (Lazykit.XOR error)
- Unable to delete incorrectly added books
- Calendar date selection jumps unexpectedly
Requested features
20 requests- Add ability to manually add books
- Implement account/login for data backup
- Add a memo/note-taking feature for books
- Include statistics (annual/monthly reading count, genre/author rankings)
- Allow editing of release dates
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- Add dark mode
- Option to customize calendar view (show ongoing books, book cover size)
- Add a reading timer
- Ability to record quotes or important sentences
- Allow multiple user profiles for family accounts
- Option to sort bookshelf by completion date
- Ability to hide star ratings
- Option to display only book titles in bookshelf
- Add a feature to mark 'favorite' or 'life books'
- Allow capturing the entire bookshelf as an image
- Add ability to record re-reads
- Improve book search speed
- Add option to select book start/read dates in calendar
- Allow adding photos to book entries
- Add option to export reading data
Reday
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bookbear
No in-app purchases
Reday
No in-app purchases
