Almost read vs Dewey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Almost read
Organize your reading with custom shelves and track your progress. Get personalized book suggestions based on your preferences and use the built-in timer to build a mindful reading habit. Enjoy a clean, minimalist interface designed for deep reflection.
- Organize books into custom shelves
- AI-powered book recommendations
- Reading time tracker
- Minimalist interface
- Personal reading reflections
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Looking for a book tracker that does more than count pages? Almost read is an aesthetic book tracker and reading journal built for readers who reflect on what they read. Track every book on your shelf, log reading time with a timer, build a habit with streaks, and get AI recommendations that actually match your taste. MANAGE YOUR LIBRARY AND TBR LIST Organize your library across lists: Books in progress, Finished, and Want to read. Build your TBR and custom shelves by mood, genre, or anything you choose. Add books by barcode scan, manual search, or import from Goodreads. Search by title or author to grow your library fast. READING TIMER, STREAKS, AND GOALS Track time for every book with a built-in timer. Log manual sessions to catch up on past reading. Set yearly goals and build a streak that keeps your reading habit alive. View your progress on a beautiful calendar and see your reading story month by month. Visual stats show time, pages, and sessions at a glance. READING JOURNAL AND QUOTES Keep a journal with personal notes for every book. Scan and save your favorite quotes so you never forget what a book meant to you. Rate finished books. AI BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Not the top charts. Not sponsored picks. Almost read uses smart AI to recommend books that match what you actually like, based on the themes of books you have loved. Discover your next read without endless scrolling. CLEAN, AESTHETIC DESIGN No noise. No social pressure. Just your shelf, your journal, your timer, and your stats. Almost read was designed for focused, thoughtful readers who want more than a checklist. WHAT USERS SAY "Simple, beautiful, and made with love. Reading feels cozier now!" "Really functional and super convenient for tracking my reading." Download Almost read and make reading a part of your life. For inquiries: info@almostread.com Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dewey
Engage in deep conversations about any book with AI personas, digitize your notes and highlights from physical pages, and build lasting reading habits. Discover your reading identity and map your literary tastes.
- AI-powered book discussions
- Digitize physical book notes
- Memory retention lessons
- Reading habit tracking
- Reading taste mapping
- Discover reading identity
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Dewey is the reading companion for people who want more from every book: a real conversation, a home to document what mattered, and the tools to actually remember it. TALK THROUGH ANY BOOK Ever finish a book and wish you had someone to think it through with? Choose a persona: a Literary Critic, a Professor, a well-read Friend, or the Editor (The Writing Room) and discuss any book in your library. Ask about themes and characters, push back on an argument, or take a finished book apart to see how it was built. Every conversation is shaped by the exact book you're reading and designed to fo deep on whatever sticks out to you! Beware the virtual author might disagree with you! SNAP A PHOTO-CAPTURE EVERYTHING Photograph a page and Dewey pulls your highlights and handwritten notes into clean, editable text. Save quotes and add reflections chapter by chapter. Your best thinking for all of your books for the first ever lives in one Notebook. Dewey is built to be an additive tool, we still expect you to still highlight and write margin notes in your physical book, we just centralize your ideas so they're accessible at any time. REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ You're not alone- so many times we often find ourselves saying "I can't remember anything of what I read" with most books fading within days of finishing it. Dewey's daily memory lessons teach the science of retention (i.e. the forgetting curve, spaced repetition, active recall etc.) so what you read actually sticks. MAP YOUR TASTE Rate every finished book by craft and impact and watch your whole library arrange itself on your Reading Map. BUILD A READING HABIT Track a daily reading streak, log the days you read on a calendar, and watch your year add up and see how many books you finished, pages read, genres explored etc.. DISCOVER YOUR READING IDENTITY Your habits reveal more than you think. See your Reading DNA, the themes you return to, your reading personality etc. all drawn from the books you read and the notes you take. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dewey at 5.0 against Almost read's 4.7. Almost read's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Almost read sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Dewey sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dewey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Almost read has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Almost read | Dewey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KUKI EDZHENSI, OOO | Glenn Harris |
Customer experience
Almost read
Dewey
In-app purchases
Almost read
- Monthly Pro$3.991 Month
- Yearly Pro1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$79.99
Dewey
- Dewey Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Dewey Premium Annual$59.991 Year









