Comparison

HomeBooks vs Leafed

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

Head to head
About

HomeBooks

Effortlessly catalog your entire book collection by simply scanning shelves or pages. Track reading habits with visual progress rings and save quotes instantly via photo or voice. Organize your library, import from other services, and enjoy a private, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Shelfie Scanner for instant book identification
  • Reading progress rings and habit tracking
  • Page and voice note saving for quotes
  • Customizable shelves and themes
  • Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph
  • Private and ad-free experience
Features
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SCAN WHOLE SHELVES INSTANTLY - The "Shelfie Scanner" feels like magic. Just snap a photo of your bookshelf, and HomeBooks identifies every book, downloads the covers, and organizes them for you. No typing, no barcodes, just your library in your pocket. CLOSE YOUR READING RINGS - Build a reading habit without the pressure. - Set a gentle daily goal—pages or minutes—and watch your progress rings close as you read. - Track your streaks, see your reading velocity, and look back on your year in books. SAVE QUOTES WITHOUT TYPING - Don’t put the book down to type out a long passage. - Page Scanner: Snap a photo of the text, and we’ll turn it into a digital note instantly. - Voice Notes: Speak your thoughts while you read, and we’ll transcribe and save them to the right book automatically. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY 
 - Customize your books’ covers - Organize books into custom shelves (Read, TBR, Favorites, etc.) - Create a "Wishlist" - Customize the app themes to match your vibe 
IMPORT YOUR EXISTING LIBRARY
 - Import from Goodreads or StoryGraph in seconds - Bring in your books, reviews, progress seamlessly 
 PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - HomeBooks is built by a solo developer, not a big tech company. - No ads. - No selling your data. - No social clutter. Just a safe, beautiful home for your books. Privacy Policy: https://www.homebooks.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.homebooks.app/terms-of-use

About

Leafed

This app provides a peaceful space to log your reading and listening habits. It offers features like quote saving, audiobook tracking, goal setting, and detailed reading insights without ads or a social feed.

Highlights
  • Log reading and audiobooks
  • Save quotes via camera
  • Import Kindle highlights
  • Set reading goals
  • Detailed reading insights
  • Offline functionality
  • Data export
Features
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Leafed is a calm, friendly place to keep track of what you read and listen to. WHAT LEAFED WON'T DO - No feed, no followers, no algorithm deciding what you read next - No ads, ever - No AI reading your library - No paywall on your stats - Not owned by Amazon What's left is your books, your notes, and the pile you'll get to eventually. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Keep track of what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's waiting on the nightstand - Open to what matters: what you're reading, what's up next from your Want to Read shelf, and the books you looked at but haven't added yet - Find any book on your shelves fast: search ignores accents and capitals, matches authors, and takes an ISBN - Save a line you love by pointing your camera at the page. Leafed turns it into a quote you can keep - Bring in your Kindle highlights - See one of your saved quotes on Home each day - Audiobooks count too: mark a book as an audiobook, log where you stopped in hours and minutes, and rate the narration on its own - Own it twice? Note that you also have a book as an ebook or audiobook, and keep track of copies you sold, donated, or gave away - Set a goal for the year (books, pages, or hours), or a daily one in minutes or pages, and watch it fill up - Keep a streak without the guilt: every 7 days you read earns a freeze that covers a missed day - Sort books onto shelves that make sense to you, and add your own - Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode - Tap a genre on any book to see what else is in it - Find your next read: what's trending, browse by genre, the New York Times bestseller lists, and indie books you won't see everywhere else - See your reading in Insights: pages read, hours listened, genres, favorite authors and narrators, a reading calendar, and your finished books as spines on a shelf - Read a written recap of your reading year, made on your phone from your own library - Keep what you're reading on your Home Screen with the Leafed widget - Share a book, a goal, a shelf, or your year as a card sized for Stories or feeds, saved to Photos or sent anywhere COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? Choose the file the other app gave you, and Leafed works out whether it came from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Bookmory, Audible, or Kindle. You see every change before anything is written; you can fill in or update books you already have, and rows that can't be imported come back as a file you can fix. Your shelves, ratings, and dates come with you, and StoryGraph's moods and pace come across too. And you can export everything anytime. Your books are yours, whether you're in or out. WHERE YOUR BOOKS LIVE IS UP TO YOU - On your phone only. That's the default; it works fully offline and requires no account. - iCloud backup, to keep your library safe across your Apple devices, still without an account. - A free Leafed account, if you'd like your library on every phone and tablet you read on, plus on the web at leafed.app. WHAT IT COSTS Nothing to track your reading. No paywall on your books or stats, no book limit, no subscription. If Leafed earns a spot on your nightstand, there's a tip jar, plus an optional one-time Supporter Pack of share card styles. Tracking, stats and sync stay free either way.

Screenshots

HomeBooks4 screens
Leafed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Leafed at free against HomeBooks's free with in-app purchases. Leafed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, review sentiment, 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. HomeBooks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Leafed sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leafed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeBooks ships an update every 9 days, Leafed every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HomeBooks versus Leafed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBooksLeafed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size233 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHomeBooks Technologies Inc.Mike Watson

Customer experience

HomeBooks

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Leafed

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HomeBooks

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
6 purchases

Leafed

One-time6
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Supporter Pack$4.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Large Tip$9.99
  • Box Set Tip$19.99
  • First Edition Tip$49.99

Questions

Is HomeBooks free?
HomeBooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leafed free?
Leafed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HomeBooks or Leafed?
Leafed is rated higher. HomeBooks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Leafed averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do HomeBooks or Leafed have ads?
Neither HomeBooks nor Leafed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeBooks or Leafed?
HomeBooks ships an update every 9 days, and Leafed every 3 days. Most recently, HomeBooks was updated on November 5, 2026 and Leafed on November 9, 2026.

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