Book Nook vs Lamplit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Nook
Organize your personal library, track reading progress with a built-in timer, and engage with a community of readers. Discover new books, join challenges, and share your reading journey.
- Digital bookshelf organization
- Reading timer with Lock Screen support
- Detailed reading statistics and yearly summaries
- Reading challenges and leaderboards
- Book club and reading circle discussions
- Social feed to follow friends and discover books
- Star ratings and spoiler-protected reviews
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Book Nook is a home for your reading life. Keep your books on a shelf you can see, time your reading, and read alongside other people. YOUR BOOKSHELF Add a book by scanning its barcode, searching by title, author or ISBN, or typing it in by hand. Each book lands on a shelf you arrange yourself. Pick one of five shelf themes or build your own, and add lamps and plants. If a book has no cover, take a photo of it and share that cover with other readers. READING TIMER Start a session from any book. The timer stays on your Lock Screen while you read. When you stop, log your pages and the session counts toward your daily goal and your streak. STATS AND READING WRAPPED See your books, pages, hours, pace and streaks by week, month and year. Reading Wrapped turns your year into a summary you can share. READING CHALLENGES Set a goal for the year and watch a shelf of spines fill in as you finish books. Join a public challenge or start your own, counted in books, pages or hours, with a leaderboard for everyone who joins. BOOK CLUBS AND READING CIRCLES Start a book club around one book, in public or only for friends you invite. Each club has its own discussion, and spoilers stay hidden until you finish the book. Reading circles are for readers who want a place to talk without a set book. Every book's page shows the public clubs reading it. FEED AND FRIENDS Follow other readers. Post what you are reading, with a photo if you like. See what your friends start and finish, and add a book from their shelf to yours in one tap. RATINGS AND REVIEWS Rate in quarter stars, so a 4.25 is a 4.25. Write a review, mark it for spoilers, and read what other readers thought. FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK Browse by genre, see the current New York Times fiction bestsellers, and get recommendations based on your shelf. YOUR DATA Your library is saved on your phone first and synced to your account, so it is on every device you sign in on. Choose what other readers see: your stats, your shelf, your recent activity, or single books. Export your library as a file at any time. Book Nook is free, with no ads and no subscription. Book Nook is made by one person. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome at support@trybooknook.com.
Lamplit
This app helps book lovers track reading sessions, organize their library, and analyze reading habits with detailed stats and streaks. It offers customizable themes, social sharing features, and privacy-focused data management.
- Track reading sessions with live Dynamic Island updates
- Organize library with custom shelves and series tracking
- Detailed stats and charts for reading trends
- Build reading streaks and earn achievements
- Rate books with half-star precision and custom tags
- AI-powered vibe search for book discovery
- Shareable social cards for reading recaps
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Lamplit is a reading tracker designed for people who love books. Track your reading sessions, organize your library, build streaks, and explore your stats — all in a warm, beautifully themed experience. TRACK YOUR READING Start a timed reading session and see it live on your Dynamic Island. Log pages for physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks. Pause, resume, and review session summaries with pages-per-minute stats. Focus mode with ambient reading sounds helps you stay in the zone — rain, fireplace, coffee shop, forest, ocean, or library. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Organize books by status — currently reading, want to read, finished, paused, or did not finish. Create custom shelves, track series in order, and import your existing library via CSV. Scan barcodes to add books instantly, or search and enter them manually. STATS & STREAKS See your reading trends with charts: pages per month, genre breakdowns, reading speed over time, and more. Set annual reading goals and track your progress. Build reading streaks and earn achievements along the way. RATE, TAG & DISCOVER Rate books with half-star precision. Add spice ratings, content warnings, tropes, and mood tags. Track point of view, pacing, and genre-specific ratings like fluff, angst, and humor. Use AI-powered vibe search to find books in your library by feel — search "cozy autumn mystery" and get results that match. Or choose Clean & Simple mode and see only the essentials. READ TOGETHER Start a reading session with friends on FaceTime via SharePlay. See each other's progress in real time and keep each other accountable. Or create an async reading group where everyone reads at their own pace. SHARE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Generate shareable social cards: your Top 4 books, Currently Reading spotlight, Year in Books recap, and Monthly Wrap — ready to share on social media. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven handcrafted color themes — Lamplit, Ember, Sage, Bloom, Cobalt, Aurora, and Inkwell — each with light and dark modes. Lamplit looks the way reading feels: warm, inviting, and personal. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Home Screen widgets show your current book and goal progress. Lock Screen widgets keep your reading stats at a glance. Control Center button to jump straight into a session. Siri Shortcuts let you log reading time hands-free. Works with Spotlight search across your entire library. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts required. No ads. No third-party SDKs. Your reading data syncs privately via iCloud and stays yours. Ratings and tags you add are shared anonymously. Export your full library as CSV at any time. MORE · Barcode scanner for quick book entry · Book notes and favorite quotes · Character tracker for complex series · Series tracking with reading order · OCR page scanning to update progress from a photo · Reading challenges with custom goals · Image Playground backgrounds for social cards · AI-powered vibe search — find books by feel, not just genre (iOS 26) · Control Center button to start reading instantly · CSV export of your full library with 18 data columns · Physical book, ebook, and audiobook format tracking · 7 color themes with dark mode support Free to use. No subscription required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lamplit at 5.0 against Book Nook's 4.5. Lamplit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Book Nook's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lamplit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Nook has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Book Nook ships an update every 2 days, Lamplit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Nook | Lamplit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | White Marble LLC | Adrian Stoyanov |
Customer experience
Book Nook
Lamplit
In-app purchases
Book Nook
No in-app purchases
Lamplit
No in-app purchases









