Reading Journey vs Booktrace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Journey
Easily log your reading sessions, track your emotions, and discover your reading habits. Share your reading journey with visually appealing graphics and import your existing libraries. This app makes tracking books enjoyable, not a chore.
- Log reading sessions with photos
- Track reading emotions and reactions
- Quick book import via scanning
- DNF (Did Not Finish) book tracking
- Import from Goodreads and Storygraph
- Goodreads library synchronization
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Book tracking should feel like fun, not like homework. It’s a chance to explore, escape, and connect with stories. With Reading Journey, you can log your sessions, track your reactions, and discover who you are as a reader. Why you’ll love it: Easy & Fun Reading Logs: Snap a pic of your reading sessions.Record your pages and emotions. Share the Feels: Track your reactions as you read — we’ll turn it into a graphic worth sharing. Quick import: Scan books to quickly upload them to your TBR. DNF Graveyard: Bury the books you didn’t finish—they still count for something! No Streaks, No Stress: Show up for your books however you want. Import your library from GoodReads or Storygraph. GoodReads Sync: Automatically fetch and synchronize new books from GoodReads Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://readingjourney.co/privacy
Booktrace
Track your audiobook progress with visual duration bars and a glanceable dial screen. Engage in spoiler-free chats about your current listening material. Review your listening habits with stats and a completion calendar.
- Visual duration bars for library
- Spoiler-aware chat
- Glanceable dial screen
- Lock screen controls
- Listening streaks and sessions
- Completion calendar
- Personalized shelves
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Your books, on a shelf. Track every book you read or listen to, plan your TBR, and watch your reading year fill in. Booktrace works for print books, ebooks and audiobooks. Add a book, say what format it is, and start a session. For a paperback or an ebook you say which page you're on and Booktrace counts the pages down; an audiobook moves forward by the minutes you listened. Booktrace keeps the time either way. YOUR BOOKSHELF Take one photo of a row on your real shelf and every spine stands on a shelf inside the app, or scan books one at a time. Lean them, stack them, drag them into place, and add a plant, a lamp, or a photo. A bookshelf that looks like yours, because it is. YOUR TBR, SORTED Flip through your want-to-read pile like a crate of records, or let Pick one choose your next book when you can't decide. Browse your whole collection as a wall of covers, and see your history as a calendar of book covers. A SESSION DIAL YOU CAN GLANCE AT Start a session with one tap. A dial you can read from across the room keeps you oriented, and the same information follows you to your lock screen and Dynamic Island. Forgot to start it? Log the session after the fact. WHERE YOU READ If you read on the move, Booktrace can keep a map of the route, so you can revisit the walk that got you through chapter twelve. ASK WITHOUT SPOILERS The built-in chat only knows what you've read so far, so you can ask about a character, recap what happened, or catch back up after a break with zero risk of finding out what's next. STATS THAT ADD UP Streaks, sessions, hours, pages, and goals, with a calendar that fills in as you go. Every book you finish stands on its own shelf. MADE FOR AUDIOBOOKS TOO Narrator credits and ratings, real listening hours, playback speed, and duration bars that show how long each audiobook really is, so a 30-hour epic looks like one. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Import a Goodreads or Libby export in one go. Shelves, ratings, finish dates, formats, and page counts come along. - Scan a whole shelf in one photo - Your TBR in a crate, and Pick one for your next read - Print, ebooks, and audiobooks, tracked in one place, by page or by minute - Spoiler-aware chat that stops exactly where you are - A session dial built for a glance, on your lock screen too - Streaks, goals, sessions, and a reading calendar - Home Screen widgets and Siri Shortcuts SUBSCRIPTION Booktrace is available as a weekly subscription at $4.99 per week or a yearly subscription at $49.99 per year. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available for $79.99. Some plans include a free trial; its length is shown before you confirm. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://booktrace.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://booktrace.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reading Journey at 73% against Booktrace's 0%. Reading Journey also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Booktrace's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Reading Journey sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Booktrace sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reading Journey holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Journey has 375 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Reading Journey's written reviews are positive against 0% of Booktrace's.
Reading Journey ships an update every 10 days, Booktrace every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Reading Journey | Booktrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (375 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 375 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #151 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vinh Dinh | Brian Fisher |
Customer experience
Reading Journey
Booktrace
Bugs and requests
Reading Journey
Reported bugs
1 issue- Occasional bugs and glitches reported
Requested features
3 requests- Option to edit book page counts
- Additional star rating options (0.25, 0.75)
- Ability to follow other users
Booktrace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reading Journey
- Reading Journey Plus$4.991 Month
- Reading Journey Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Booktrace
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly (special offer)$24.991 Year
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- Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly$49.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99









