Comparison

Book Tracker vs Bukon

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Organize your reading with custom shelves, track progress through timed sessions, and set reading goals. Log books via search, scan, or import from other platforms. Analyze your reading habits with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Organize books on custom shelves
  • Track reading sessions with timers
  • Set page, book, or hour goals
  • Import from Goodreads & Storygraph
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Log notes with tags and page references
Features
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Auread – Your Reading Tracker & Journal Track your reading journey with library, goals, streaks, notes, and stats - all in one beautiful app. Library Organize books on four shelves: Currently Reading, To Be Read, Completed, Did Not Finish. Add via Google Books search, barcode/ISBN scan, manual entry, or bulk import. Import Goodreads & Storygraph CSV easily. Sort however you prefer. Reading Sessions Start stopwatch or timed sessions (15–60 min). Live Activity shows timer on Lock Screen & Dynamic Island. Log pages with a simple dial or manually. Get session-end notifications. Book Details Track progress, view all sessions, add notes (with tags & page refs) and vocabulary words. Share session or completion cards in story-style format (customizable light/dark/frosted). Goals & Streaks Set page, book, or hour goals (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly). Track consecutive reading days with current + best streak. Stats View pages, books, and hours read. See charts for Today, Week, Month, or Year.Premium unlocks • Unlimited books, sessions, notes, vocab & goals • Full stats access • iCloud backup & restore Light/dark theme • iPhone & iPad support • Haptics & smooth experience. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bukon

Easily manage your reading lists. Track books you've read and those you want to read. Search online, scan ISBNs, or add manually, then rate and organize your collection.

Highlights
  • Track read books
  • Track books to read
  • Search and add books online
  • Scan ISBN codes
  • Manually create books
  • Rate books
  • Export lists
Features
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Bukon lets you track and manage your books: • Track books you've read • Track books you want to read • Manage the two lists of books Bukon is an intentionally simple book tracker: No accounts. No social features. No statistics. No ads. Just the books you’ve read and the ones you want to read. What Bukon offers • Track books you’ve read • Track books you want to read • Search for books online and add them to your lists • Scan ISBN codes to add books even quicker to your lists (Pro-Feature) • Manually create books and add them to your lists • Rate books • Maintain a read date for the books you've read • Move books between lists • Search for books in your lists • Share books • Share lists and export lists to multiple formats • Store the lists on iCloud or locally • Have the two lists always with you on your Apple Watch What Bukon does not offer • No social features • No statistics or gamification • No ads or tracking To help you finding books, Bukon connects to Open Library and allows you to search its wide library of books. Book-information from Open Library like descriptions and cover-images can be used in Bukon.

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
Bukon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bukon at every 2 weeks against Book Tracker's every 5 weeks. Book Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18). 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. Book Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Bukon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Tracker against 5.0 for Bukon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Bukon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Book Tracker versus Bukon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerBukon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElementra LLCMarc Menges

Customer experience

Book Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bukon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Bukon

One-time1
  • Bukon Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bukon free?
Bukon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book Tracker or Bukon?
Book Tracker and Bukon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Book Tracker or Bukon have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor Bukon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Tracker or Bukon?
Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bukon every 2 weeks. Most recently, Book Tracker was updated on June 4, 2026 and Bukon on September 11, 2026.

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