Comparison

MoBooks vs BookCard

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

Head to head
About

MoBooks

Features
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MoBooks is a way for book worms to track their reading progress. Enter the books your reading and gain insights on how your reading habits

About

BookCard

Features
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BookCard is the private, offline reading tracker that just works. No account. No ads. No 5-book paywall. Your shelf opens instantly and never leaves your phone unless you ask it to. OPENS INSTANTLY. WORKS OFFLINE. Your whole library lives on your device, so it loads in a blink โ€” on a plane, in the subway, anywhere. No loading spinner, no server round-trip, no grey screen. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY. NO BOOK LIMIT. Track unlimited books free. No cap that forces you to pay after five or ten books. The free tier is the real app, not a demo. SCAN ANY BARCODE. ADD A BOOK IN 2 SECONDS. Point your camera at the back cover and the book lands on your shelf โ€” title, author, cover, page count. Search and manual entry are always there too. HALF-STAR RATINGS. FIRST-CLASS DNF. Rate in half stars (4.5 is a real rating). Did-not-finish is a proper status, not a shame. Log pages, minutes, and notes as you read. STREAKS, YEARLY GOAL, MOOD CHARTS. Beautiful stats: books per month, reading streaks, your most-used moods, and a yearly reading goal with a progress ring. Set it, watch it fill. YOUR SHELF STAYS PRIVATE. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. No sign-in wall, no sponsored posts inside your own shelves, no feed, no social graph. Just your books. OPTIONAL PRO โ€” ONE-TIME UNLOCK. Pay once, keep it forever: real iCloud sync (opt-in, Apple-only), custom shelves, Goodreads + StoryGraph import with merge and dedupe, and shareable BookCards. If your plan ever lapses, your books stay fully readable and exportable. WHAT TO READ NEXT โ€” BASED ON YOUR RATINGS. A quiet, on-device suggestion from your own want-to-read pile. No AI, no cloud, just your data. BookCard is local-first. Your shelf, logging, and stats work fully offline; search and covers need a connection. Sync is opt-in and uses only your private Apple iCloud. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bookcard.uptrail.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://bookcard.uptrail.ai/privacy

Screenshots

MoBooks3 screens
BookCard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MoBooks at none against BookCard's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. BookCard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MoBooks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
MoBooks versus BookCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoBooksBookCard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohameth SeckMitaanshu Agarwal

In-app purchases

None

MoBooks

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BookCard

Subscriptions2
  • BookCardReadingTrackerMonthly$2.991 Month
  • BookCardReadingTrackerYearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • BookCard Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is MoBooks free?
MoBooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookCard free?
BookCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MoBooks or BookCard have ads?
Neither MoBooks nor BookCard shows ads.

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