Book Record vs Book Yappy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Record
Easily manage your reading life by logging finished books and planning future reads. Organize titles, authors, genres, and personal notes to make your book collection more meaningful. Track reading status and update book details intuitively.
- Log finished books
- Plan future reads
- Add titles, authors, genres
- Include personal notes
- Track reading status
- Update book details
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Book Record makes it easy to keep track of your reading life. Whether you're logging books you've finished or planning your next great read, this app helps you stay organized and reflective. Add titles, authors, genres, and personal notes. Track your reading status, update book details, and delete entries with ease. It's a simple and intuitive way to make your book collection more meaningful, right from your phone.
Book Yappy
This app helps you track your reading progress, stay motivated, and build consistent reading habits. Engage with virtual book characters and analyze your reading data. A subscription unlocks advanced features like data syncing and more character interactions.
- Reading habit tracking
- Reading motivation tools
- Book character chat
- Reading data analysis
- Note taking
- Data syncing (subscription)
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Book Yappy helps you track your reading, be more engaged and motivated while reading, develop lasting reading habits, chat with book characters, and more! NOTE: The BookYappy+ subscription is needed for data syncing, more character chats, and more! EULA: https://d1af2lvvh100pg.cloudfront.net/bookyap/terms.pdf For feature suggestions or questions, leave a rating or contact: team@fbdstudio.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Record at none against Book Yappy's 2. Book Yappy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Book Yappy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Book Record asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Record against 5.0 for Book Yappy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Book Record ships an update every 3 weeks, Book Yappy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Record | Book Yappy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alyssa Parker | Fajar Dirham |
Customer experience
Book Record
Book Yappy
In-app purchases
Book Record
No in-app purchases
Book Yappy
- BookYap Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- BookYap Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
