Comparison

BookPine vs Bookovery Book Recommendations

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

Head to head
About

BookPine

Track your reading journey with detailed stats, custom lists, and reading goals. Easily import your library from other platforms and discover ambient sounds for focused reading. Share your progress and connect with a community of book lovers.

Highlights
  • Detailed reading stats and insights
  • Custom lists and shelves for organization
  • Personalized reading goals and challenges
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
  • Ambient sounds for focused reading
  • Social features to follow friends and share reviews
  • Transaction log for borrowed, lent, or purchased books
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BookPine is a book tracker for readers who like to keep a record of what they read. Log your books, set goals that fit your life, and see real stats about your reading habits. Note: BookPine is not an e-reader, so you can’t read books inside the app. READING CIRCLES Read a book together with friends or other readers. Start a circle from any book, make it public or private, and choose how long it runs. Members write posts, comment, vote in polls and log their progress as they go. You can hide a post until readers reach a certain point in the book, or until they finish it, so nobody gets spoiled. SERIES TRACKING BookPine builds your series list from the books on your shelves. Each series shows its books in order, how many you've read, and which one comes next. Reading a series in another language? Set the language for that series and your progress only counts the books published in it. You can also mark a series as paused or abandoned. CUSTOM COVERS Don't like the cover on your edition? Change it. Pick one from another edition, upload your own image, or grab one from any web page. Only you see your custom cover, and it shows up everywhere you see that book in the app. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your books on your home screen. Pick a grid of covers, a shelf of spines lined up like a real bookshelf, or the book you are reading now with your progress on it. Choose which shelf each widget shows, how it is sorted and which colors it uses. From the Currently Reading widget you can start the reading timer or update your progress. CUSTOM GENRES AND TAGS Sort your library with your own genres and tags: comfort read, slow burn, signed copy, book club, five-star prediction, whatever fits how you read. They are private to you, and you can filter your whole library by them, so any book is easy to find again. READING STATS AND INSIGHTS Track pages, finished books and reading time, with charts for your streak, monthly progress and yearly trends. It's an easy way to see how much you read and what you actually finish. BOOK TRACKER, LISTS AND SHELVES Shelve books as Currently Reading, Want to Read, Read or Did Not Finish. Rate with half stars, write reviews, and make your own shelves and lists. Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode or searching by title, author or ISBN. READING GOALS AND CHALLENGES Set yearly, monthly or custom goals by books, pages, minutes or authors. Streaks and milestones help you keep the habit going. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS, STORYGRAPH AND LIBRARYTHING Import your books, ratings, reviews and shelves in one go, so your reading history comes with you. TRY IT AS A GUEST Open the app and start tracking without an email address. Create an account later if you want to keep going. AMBIENT SOUNDS Play rain, a crackling fireplace, cafe noise and more while you read. SOCIAL Follow friends, share reviews and see what other people are reading, along with their goals, shelves and wishlists. SHAREABLE BOOK CARDS Turn your current read, a favorite quote, a review or a reading milestone into an image you can post or send to friends. TRANSACTION LOG Keep track of the books you borrow, lend, buy or give away. PRIVATE BOOKS Some reads are just for you. Private books never appear on your public profile. ALSO INCLUDED • Dark mode, plus dark gray, high contrast, true black and sepia themes • Available in 16 languages • Half-star ratings and tags for more detailed reviews Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bookovery Book Recommendations

Discover your next favorite read with personalized book suggestions. Swipe to like or dislike titles, and watch as your recommendations become smarter over time. Build your personal bookshelf and explore a wider range of literature.

Highlights
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Swipe to like/dislike books
  • Smart suggestion improvement
  • Automatic bookshelf addition
  • Explore new books
Features
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Can't choose a book? Try swiping book recommendations in Bookovery. Simply swipe to like or dislike books, and improve your suggestions over time. Features: - Personalized book recommendations based on your preferences - Like, dislike, or mark books as read and get smarter suggestions over time - Book automatically get added to your Bookshelf - Explore new books and expand your library Start discovering new books today and never run out of great books to read! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BookPine4 screens
Bookovery Book Recommendations3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BookPine at 4.8 against Bookovery Book Recommendations's 3.8. BookPine also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium) and ratings volume (81 vs 20). Bookovery Book Recommendations's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and review sentiment (33% vs 25%). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BookPine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bookovery Book Recommendations sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BookPine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of BookPine's written reviews are positive against 33% of Bookovery Book Recommendations's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookPine ships an update weekly, Bookovery Book Recommendations every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BookPine versus Bookovery Book Recommendations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookPineBookovery Book Recommendations
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (81 ratings) — better3.8 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings81 — better20
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB35 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDevpri SRLRobin Beekman

Customer experience

BookPine

All ratings74 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

Bookovery Book Recommendations

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral22.2%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BookPine

Subscriptions2
  • BookPine Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • BookPine Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Bookovery Book Recommendations

Subscriptions3
  • Bookovery Unlimited Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Bookovery Unlimited Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Bookovery Unlimited Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bookovery Unlimited Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is BookPine free?
BookPine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookovery Book Recommendations free?
Bookovery Book Recommendations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookPine or Bookovery Book Recommendations?
BookPine is rated higher. BookPine averages 4.8 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Bookovery Book Recommendations averages 3.8 from 20 ratings.
Do BookPine or Bookovery Book Recommendations have ads?
Neither BookPine nor Bookovery Book Recommendations shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookPine or Bookovery Book Recommendations?
BookPine ships an update weekly, and Bookovery Book Recommendations every 3 days. Most recently, BookPine was updated on November 4, 2026 and Bookovery Book Recommendations on October 30, 2026.

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