Comparison

BookPine vs Between Covers

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

Between Covers

Discover your next favorite romance novel and connect with a passionate community. Get personalized recommendations, join discussions, and explore curated reading experiences. It's the perfect escape for book lovers.

Highlights
  • Curated book recommendations
  • Mood-based reading picks
  • Community discussions and polls
  • Immersive monthly reading themes
  • Personalized book bestie assistant
  • 7-day free trial
Features
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Your next obsession is waiting. Between Covers is the romance escape where you discover, feel, and talk about the stories you love—with a community that gets it. Find your next five-star read, set the vibe, and sink deeper into the world of romance. From curated recommendations to cozy, mood-based picks, every corner is designed to pull you in. Step into the Lounge for real conversations, hot takes, polls, and bookish chaos. Explore Cozy Corner for immersive monthly themes and curated reading experiences. And meet Iris—your romance book bestie, here to guide you, spark debates, and help you find your next favorite story. Because the best part of finishing a book is having someone to talk about it with. Explore everything Between Covers has to offer with a 7-day free trial. After your trial, continue with a monthly or annual membership. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS - Annual Membership — $89.99/year (about $7.50/month) - Monthly Membership — $9.99/month - Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period - Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Terms of Use: https://betweencovers-legal-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://betweencovers-legal-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

BookPine4 screens
Between Covers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookPine at none against Between Covers's 2. BookPine also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (60 vs 1). Between Covers's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Between Covers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BookPine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Between Covers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookPine has 60 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookPine ships an update weekly, Between Covers every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BookPine versus Between Covers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookPineBetween Covers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (60 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB38 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDevpri SRLModern Vision Design LLC

Customer experience

BookPine

All ratings60 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Between Covers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BookPine

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Between Covers

Subscriptions2
  • Between Covers Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is BookPine free?
BookPine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Between Covers free?
Between Covers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookPine or Between Covers?
Between Covers is rated higher. BookPine averages 4.8 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Between Covers averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BookPine or Between Covers have ads?
Neither BookPine nor Between Covers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookPine or Between Covers?
BookPine ships an update weekly, and Between Covers every 5 weeks. Most recently, BookPine was updated on October 12, 2026 and Between Covers on October 5, 2026.

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