Comparison

Book Record vs Flows

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Log finished books
  • Plan future reads
  • Add titles, authors, genres
  • Include personal notes
  • Track reading status
  • Update book details
Features
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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.

About

Flows

Organize your day with intelligent scheduling and task management. Capture notes, set time estimates, and let the app automatically arrange your schedule. Stay focused with a built-in Pomodoro timer and track your progress with daily streaks.

Highlights
  • Auto-scheduling of tasks
  • Rich-text note editor
  • Smart tag suggestions
  • Integrated Pomodoro timer
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Global search and filtering
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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PLAN YOUR DAY IN MINUTES Add tasks, set time estimates and difficulty levels, then let Flows arrange your schedule. Let Auto-Schedule place them intelligently; hard tasks go in the morning, easy ones fill the gaps. View your day, week, or month at a glance. NOTES THAT WORK WITH YOUR TASKS Capture ideas, meeting notes, and to-dos with a rich-text editor organized into folders. Flows can detect tasks hiding in your notes and turn them into real, schedulable items, no copy-pasting required. SMART TAGS & AUTO-TAGGING Create tags with descriptions and keywords, and Flows will suggest them automatically as you add tasks. Organize your work by project, priority, or whatever makes sense for your life. STAY IN THE ZONE Start a Pomodoro timer for any task with customizable work and break intervals (5–90 minutes). Pick from ambient sounds like rain, lo-fi beats, or white noise. When the timer ends, your progress is logged automatically. BUILD A STREAK YOU'RE PROUD OF Complete your daily plan to keep your streak alive. Flows understands that rest days happen; your streak won't break over a weekend. Check your weekly recap to see how your focus time, completion rate, and productivity are trending. SEARCH EVERYTHING Find any task or note instantly with global search. Filter by type, date range, or completion status. Sort by relevance, date, or name. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 16+ handcrafted color themes, switch between dark and light mode, and pick a display font. Five notification personalities, from gentle encouragement to delightfully unhinged commentary, keep things interesting. FLOWS PRO (30-Day Free Trial) Unlock the full experience: • Auto-Schedule — Intelligently fills your timeline based on difficulty, priority, and your available hours. Hard tasks land in the morning. Dreaded ones go first. • Focus Forecast — See how your focus time trends across days and weeks. Get a Monday morning preview of what's ahead. • Calendar Sync — Pull events from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar so your schedule and your plan live side by side. • Notion Sync — Connect your Notion workspace and keep everything in one place. • Slack Integration — Share your focus status with your team automatically. • Cloud Sync — Your tasks, notes, and streaks stay in sync across all your devices. • Unlimited Tags — Create as many tags as you need. • All Themes — Access every color theme and future additions. Terms & Conditions: https://flowspomo.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flowspomo.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Book Record4 screens
Flows4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Record at none against Flows's 2. Flows's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flows sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Book Record asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Record against 4.9 for Flows. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Record ships an update every 3 weeks, Flows weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Book Record versus Flows: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook RecordFlows
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.216.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlyssa ParkerHUNTER WESTLEY BOLTON

Customer experience

Book Record

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flows

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Book Record

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flows

Subscriptions2
  • Flows Pro — Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Flows Pro — Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Book Record free?
Book Record is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flows free?
Flows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book Record or Flows?
Book Record is rated higher. Book Record averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Flows averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Book Record or Flows have ads?
Neither Book Record nor Flows shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Record or Flows?
Book Record ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flows weekly. Most recently, Book Record was updated on October 8, 2026 and Flows on September 23, 2026.

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