ReadStats vs Booknest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadStats
Effortlessly track your reading habits with this app. Log books, monitor reading sessions, and gain insights into your reading speed and progress. Organize your library with custom views and enjoy a distraction-free experience.
- Book logging with details
- Reading session tracking
- Detailed reading statistics
- TBR and wishlist management
- Advanced sorting and filtering
- Customizable user interface
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ReadStats is a private, offline reading tracker for people who love books and data. Log what you read, time your sessions, and turn your reading habit into stats and shareable cards—no account, no ads, no cloud. TRACK YOUR LIBRARY - Organize books across Want to Read, Currently Reading, and Finished shelves - Add books in seconds by searching Open Library or scanning an ISBN barcode - Or add them manually—paperback, hardback, eBook, or audiobook - Rate with stars or numbers and capture your own reviews LOG EVERY SESSION - Record pages read and time spent, or use the built-in reading timer - Your timer survives app restarts, so you never lose progress - Sessions roll up automatically into your stats SEE YOUR STATS - Reading speed in words per minute and pages per minute - Total read time, days to finish, session counts, and averages - Filter your statistics by year - Set reading goals and track them as you go SHARE BEAUTIFUL CARDS - Turn any finished book into a share card—Cover, Simple, Poster, or Review styles - Light, dark, and transparent themes - Save as an image or share anywhere MAKE IT YOURS - Light, dark, and system themes with a custom accent color - Choose your typeface and configure the navigation bar - Tag books and filter your library exactly how you like YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE - Everything is stored locally—no account, no sign-in, no tracking - Import your existing library from Goodreads or CSV - Export everything to CSV whenever you want Whether you're chasing a yearly goal, curious about your reading pace, or just want a tidy log of every book you finish, ReadStats keeps it simple, private, and yours. Questions or ideas? Reach us right from Settings.
Booknest
Easily catalog your personal book collection by scanning barcodes or manually entering details. Track reading progress, add notes, and view insightful statistics about your reading habits. All features are free and accessible offline.
- Barcode scanning for book entry
- Manual book entry
- Reading progress tracking
- Personal notes and ratings
- Reading statistics and graphs
- Data export (CSV, XLSX, ZIP)
- Offline functionality
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A quiet home for the books you own. Scan the back cover — no typing. Every feature is free. No account, no ads. Three ways to fill your nest Pull any book off your shelf and point the camera at the barcode on the back. Or search by title or author. Or type it in yourself, for the old paperback that never had a barcode — and pick a cover from your own photos while you're there. Looking a book up does ask the internet: Booknest queries public book services (Kakao, Open Library, Google Books) for the title, author, and cover, and tells you which one answered. You see what came back before you decide to shelve it. Working through a stack? Keep scanning. Booknest collects the books as you go, flags anything already in your library, and shelves the batch once you've looked it over. Your shelf, the way it stands at home Books sit spine out on a shelf you can flick through; tap one to open it. Switch to a grid of covers or a plain list whenever you'd rather see everything at once. Search and sort — by title, author, date added, publication date, rating, or date finished — or narrow the shelf by category, publisher, rating, language, or where the book is kept. A record of your reading Mark a book to read, reading, or finished. Save the page you're on and watch the progress fill. Add a rating, the day you started and the day you closed it, and notes for whatever stayed with you. None of it is required — log as much or as little as you like. Watch the year take shape How many books you own, how many you added this month, how many you finished this year. A chart of your finishes month by month, the categories you lean toward, your average rating. Yours to take with you Export the whole library to CSV or XLSX. Or make a ZIP backup — your records and every cover image — and keep it wherever you keep your own files, ready to restore onto your next iPhone. Free, and staying that way The statistics, the exports, the backups: all of it is free, and no feature is locked. There is a tip jar if you'd like to leave something for the developer. Tipping is purely a kindness — it unlocks nothing. Your nest stays off the grid There's no sign-in, because there's nothing to sign in to. No account, no server of ours, no ads, no analytics, nothing collected about you. Your library, your notes, and your covers live on your iPhone, and everything already on your shelf is there whether or not you have a signal. Made to be read Booknest speaks English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. It follows Dynamic Type and works with VoiceOver — at accessibility text sizes the cover grid drops to two columns and offers you a list instead. iPhone only. Shall we shelve your first book?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ReadStats at 3 against Booknest's 1. ReadStats also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReadStats ships an update fortnightly, Booknest every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadStats | Booknest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tyler Shoemake | Jinwoo Kim |
Customer experience
ReadStats
Booknest
In-app purchases
ReadStats
No in-app purchases
Booknest
No in-app purchases









