Comparison

BookPine vs Modam

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 free 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. If you're coming from Goodreads, you can bring your whole library with you and pick up right where you left off. There's no subscription and nothing is locked behind a paywall. 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

Modam

Features
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기록을 시작하려다 멈춘 적 있나요? 모담(modam)은 나의 독서 기록을 모으고 담아, 결국 나의 독서 데이터를 하나의 자화상으로 완성한다는 의미를 담은 독서 기록 앱입니다. 모담은 “책과 나를 담는, 가장 간단한 방법”이라는 컨셉 아래, 부담 없는 기록이 자연스럽게 쌓이며 독서 습관과 패턴을 함께 돌아볼 수 있는 기록 경험을 제안합니다. 많은 독서 앱은 “무엇을 읽었는지”를 정리하는 데 집중합니다. 하지만 사용자는 시간이 지나면 이런 질문을 하게 됩니다. “내가 어떤 책을 좋아하는지, 어떤 순간에 잘 읽는지, 그리고 나는 어떤 방식으로 독서를 이어가는 사람인지.” 모담은 독서 기록을 통해 단순한 책 목록을 넘어, ‘나는 어떻게 독서하는 사람인지’를 이해할 수 있도록 설계된 서비스입니다. 그럼, 기존 독서 앱은 왜 오래 쓰기 어려울까요? 첫째, 기록 자체가 너무 무겁게 느껴집니다. 리뷰를 길게 써야 하거나, 감상을 정리해야 하거나, 완성도 있는 기록을 남겨야 한다는 부담은 결국 기록을 “과제”처럼 만들고 앱을 멀어지게 만듭니다. 둘째, 기록이 쌓여도 ‘나’가 보이지 않습니다. 기록이 많아질수록 책 목록은 늘지만, 내가 언제 읽는지, 어떤 상황에서 몰입하는지, 어떤 취향을 가지고 있는지 같은 독서 습관과 맥락은 드러나지 않는 경우가 많습니다. 셋째, 꾸준함이 만들어지는 구조가 부족합니다. 독서 기록은 결국 지속성이 핵심인데, 기록이 잠깐 끊기면 다시 돌아올 이유를 잃어버리기 쉽습니다. 모담은 이 문제를 ‘의지’가 아니라 기록 경험의 구조로 해결하고자 했습니다. 모담은 기록을 “수집 → 습관화 → 자화상”의 흐름으로 연결해, 부담 없이 시작하고 자연스럽게 이어지며 결국 ‘나’를 이해하게 만드는 경험을 제공합니다. [모담의 핵심 기록 경험] 키워드 리뷰 모담은 구조화된 키워드를 통해 클릭 한 번으로 독서 인상과 감정을 기록할 수 있습니다. 긴 리뷰를 쓰지 않아도 핵심만 남기면 기록이 되고, 기록이 가벼워질수록 더 오래 지속됩니다. 모담의 키워드 리뷰는 단순 메모가 아니라, 나중에 분석 가능한 ‘데이터형 기록’으로 설계되었습니다. 독서 기록 캘린더 독서를 기록한 횟수에 따라 채워지는 캘린더를 통해 일별 누적 독서 페이스를 직관적으로 확인할 수 있습니다. 모담은 단순한 일정 관리가 아니라, 내가 얼마나 꾸준히 읽고 있는지를 눈에 보이게 만들어 독서 습관을 이어갈 수 있도록 돕습니다. 캐릭터 리포트 모담은 독서 장소와 장르 데이터, 기록 패턴을 분석하고 조합해 사용자의 독서 취향을 반영한 맞춤 캐릭터 리포트를 제공합니다. 기록이 쌓일수록 단순한 책 목록이 아니라, “나는 어떤 독서 사람인지”가 더 선명하게 보이기 시작합니다. 또한 모담에서는 친구의 독서 달력도 함께 볼 수 있습니다. 서로의 기록을 보며 자연스럽게 자극을 받고, 함께 읽고 함께 꾸준해지는 독서 루틴을 만들 수 있습니다. 모담은 기록을 억지로 ‘열심히 하게 만드는 앱’이 아니라, 기록이 ‘부담 없이 계속되게 만드는 서비스’를 지향합니다. 기록이 부담될 때, 모담은 가볍게 시작됩니다.

Screenshots

BookPine4 screens
Modam4 screens

Verdict

The call

BookPine and Modam are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BookPine versus Modam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookPineModam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB39 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDevpri SRLsangjoon son

In-app purchases

None

BookPine

No in-app purchases

None

Modam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookPine free?
BookPine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Modam free?
Modam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BookPine or Modam have ads?
Neither BookPine nor Modam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookPine or Modam?
BookPine ships an update weekly, and Modam weekly. Most recently, BookPine was updated on October 12, 2026 and Modam on October 11, 2026.

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