Comparison

Read Coach vs BookTracker

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

Head to head
About

Read Coach

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Read Coach is your reading journal: track your books, hit your reading goals – and switch from Goodreads or StoryGraph in one minute. SWITCHING MADE EASY • Import your entire library from Goodreads or StoryGraph – covers, ratings and reading status included • Backup & restore: save everything and bring it back without losing a thing, e.g. when switching devices YOUR LIBRARY • Add books in seconds via search or barcode scan • Organize your collection into custom shelves • Notes, quotes and star ratings for every book GOALS & MOTIVATION • Set yearly, book and chapter goals and watch your progress in real time • Reading sessions with a timer – including a Live Activity on your lock screen • Celebrate every finished book with its own completion view • Gentle reminders that keep you on track STATISTICS • Genre breakdown, reading history and daily goal overview – see yourself grow page by page Whether you want to organize your library, build a reading habit or simply rediscover the joy of reading – download Read Coach today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BookTracker

Features
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BookTracker is the simplest way to build a daily reading habit. Press Start when you open your book. Press Stop when you're done and tell it what page you're on — that's the whole workflow. BookTracker takes care of the rest. TRACK EVERY SESSION • Live reading timer with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island support • Read the same book several times a day — sessions add up automatically • Edit, delete, or exclude any session afterwards DAILY GOALS THAT STICK • Set a minutes-per-day or pages-per-day goal for each book • Watch progress fill up on the Home Screen widget (40m/60m at a glance) • Get a nudge in the evening — only on days you haven't read yet • Celebrate with a notification the moment you hit a goal YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR HISTORY • Add books by title — covers, authors, and page counts found for you • Streaks, 14-day charts, and monthly/yearly finished-book counts • Every finished book keeps its start and finish dates ON YOUR WRIST • Apple Watch app shows today's progress and starts/stops sessions • Watch-face complication with your daily goal ring SHARE THE HABIT • Share a beautiful card of what you're reading with friends Private by design: your reading data never leaves your device. No account, no tracking, no ads.

Screenshots

Read Coach4 screens
BookTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookTracker at none against Read Coach's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Read Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BookTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Read Coach versus BookTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead CoachBookTracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes Markus SteimelOnur Ozer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Read Coach

Subscriptions2
  • Read Coach Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Read Coach Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

BookTracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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