Comparison

Bookira vs OpenBookshelf

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

Head to head
About

Bookira

Features
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Your personal reading assistant! Save the books you want to read, track your reading progress, and jot down your thoughts about the books you’ve finished. This app helps you: - Plan your reading journey. - Keep track of your progress for each book. - Write notes and reviews for books. - Build lists of favorites and recommendations. With an intuitive interface and seamless features, enjoy reading like never before.

About

OpenBookshelf

Organize your reading list with a clean, focused book tracker. Easily search millions of titles, import your history from other platforms, and sync across devices without ads or subscriptions. Focus solely on your books.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Search millions of books
  • Import from Goodreads
  • Sync across devices
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • Organize reading lists
Features
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Your books. Without the noise. OpenBookshelf is a clean, focused book tracker for readers who want to organize what they read — not be sold a subscription, shown ads, or pushed into a social network. Track your reading in three taps. Search for a book, add it to your shelf, mark it as read. No onboarding wizard, no account creation, no tutorial. Just your books. SEARCH MILLIONS OF BOOKS Find books instantly by title, author, or ISBN — powered by Open Library, the world's largest open book database. No proprietary database, no lock-in. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS Bring your entire reading history with you. Export your Goodreads data and import it into OpenBookshelf in seconds. Keep your shelves, ratings, and reading dates without starting over. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your library stays up to date on every device automatically with iCloud. Add a book on your iPhone, see it on your iPad. No account required. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND HERE No algorithmic recommendations. No social feed. No reading challenges designed to make you feel guilty. No ads. No behavioral tracking. No subscription. OpenBookshelf does one thing well: it helps you keep track of what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read next. Nothing more. Nothing less. Completely free. No account. No tracking. No catch.

Screenshots

Bookira4 screens
OpenBookshelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookira at none against OpenBookshelf's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OpenBookshelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bookira asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookira ships an update every 10 days, OpenBookshelf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Bookira versus OpenBookshelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookiraOpenBookshelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperIVAN LEVINJared Floersch

In-app purchases

None

Bookira

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

OpenBookshelf

One-time1
  • Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Bookira free?
Bookira is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenBookshelf free?
OpenBookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bookira or OpenBookshelf have ads?
Neither Bookira nor OpenBookshelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookira or OpenBookshelf?
Bookira ships an update every 10 days, and OpenBookshelf every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bookira was updated on November 4, 2026 and OpenBookshelf on October 31, 2026.

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