Comparison

Month Read vs Booktail

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

Head to head
About

Month Read

Organize your reading with this comprehensive journal. Track progress, manage your library, set reading goals, and analyze your habits with detailed statistics. Enjoy features like a dark theme and customizable rating systems for a comfortable reading experience.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress with timers or manual entry
  • Organize books in your library
  • Create and manage TBR lists
  • Set daily, monthly, and yearly reading goals
  • Analyze reading statistics and summaries
  • Dark theme for comfortable night reading
  • Customizable rating systems (5 or 10 points)
Features
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Month Read is a convenient reading journal that helps you organize your reading. Track your reading progress, add books to your library, read with the app, make notes, and analyze your reading statistics. Track your reading progress: - Start a timer or manually enter a reading session to see how long it takes to finish a book. - Month Read predicts your reading completion date for convenience. Keep your reading journal: - Mark books as read. - Add books from your personal library. - Easily sort books by author, publisher, or even purchase date. Read more with Month Read: - Set goals for the day, month, or year. - Create your TBR list. - Add new books to your future reading list. - Participate in the 12-hour reading challenge. Analyze your progress: - View your reading statistics. - Always know how many books are on your shelves. - Mark gifted books and library books. - Track how much money you spend on books. - Earn rewards for your achievements. - Year-end summary for every book lover. Reading is easy with Month Read: - Dark theme—read comfortably even at night without eye strain. - Choose your rating system, either a 10-point or 5-point scale. - Record your progress in pages, percentages, or hours. Additional features available through a separate Month Read Premium subscription: - Advanced reading statistics (detailed analytics by genres and authors). - Summaries for previous months. - No ads. - Mood impressions. - Turbo Paws — a bonus feature that allows you to mark missed days in the reading marathon. - Unlimited advanced search usage without frequency restrictions. Subscription details: - Duration: 1 month with automatic renewal. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon purchase confirmation. - The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage your subscription and turn off automatic renewal in your Apple ID settings after purchase. - The subscription price is displayed on the subscription purchase screen in the app. You'll read more with Month Read. Privacy Policy - https://www.monthread.pp.ua/privacy-policy Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Booktail

Organize your personal library, track reading progress, and save memorable quotes. This app helps you manage your book collection, log reading sessions, and create shareable reading recaps. It also features a series organizer and a 'Book of the Year' selection tool.

Highlights
  • Add books via search or ISBN
  • Organize books by status and custom shelves
  • Track reading time and pages
  • Save quotes, thoughts, and photos
  • Create monthly reading recaps
  • Manage book series
  • Set reading goals and wishlists
Features
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Booktail is a book tracker that helps you keep your library organized, follow your reading progress and save the parts you want to remember. Add books, log time and pages, save quotes and plan your next reads — and a little buddy will be there whenever you return to your books. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR SHELVES Add books by search or ISBN barcode. Organize them by reading status and create your own shelves to group books by genre, mood or reading plans. Choose colors, icons and patterns to make each shelf your own. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR READING Start the reading timer, settle into your book and log the pages you finish. See your progress and an estimate of the time left. If you forget the timer, add or edit a session later. SHARE YOUR READING RECAP Turn your reading into a monthly recap with covers and stats. Choose the colors, title and details you want to show, then save the image or share it with friends. You can also share your calendar, a series card or your Book of the Year bracket. KEEP A SERIES TOGETHER See which volumes you've read and which are still ahead. Compare your collection with the series catalog to find missing books. FIND YOUR BOOK OF THE YEAR Choose your favorite read from each month, compare the winners through the rounds and pick the one book that stays with you. REMEMBER MORE OF WHAT YOU READ Save quotes, thoughts and photos alongside your books. Add page numbers and find your notes again with search. LOOK BACK AND PLAN AHEAD See your reading days on a calendar and explore your pages, books and reading time in the statistics. Set monthly or yearly goals, plan upcoming reads and keep a wishlist of books you'd like to buy. A BUDDY FOR YOUR BOOKS Choose a character who greets you, celebrates finished books and comments on your progress. Pick an app theme that feels right for you. Booktail is free to download and has no ads. Optional Premium adds more themes and buddies, all-time statistics and series rankings. Add the book you're reading and take it from there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Month Read4 screens
Booktail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Month Read at 5.0 against Booktail's 4.0. Month Read also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Booktail's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Month Read sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Booktail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Month Read holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Month Read's written reviews are positive against 100% of Booktail's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Month Read ships an update weekly, Booktail fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Month Read versus Booktail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonth ReadBooktail
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYana OdnostebletsVasyl Khatsiur

Customer experience

Month Read

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Booktail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Month Read

Subscriptions1
  • Month Read premium for 1 month$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Booktail

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Month Read free?
Month Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Booktail free?
Booktail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Month Read or Booktail?
Month Read is rated higher. Month Read averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Booktail averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Month Read or Booktail have ads?
Month Read shows ads; Booktail does not.
Which is updated more often, Month Read or Booktail?
Month Read ships an update weekly, and Booktail fortnightly. Most recently, Month Read was updated on October 25, 2026 and Booktail on October 25, 2026.

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