Comparison

Bookish Goals vs Sutra

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

Head to head
About

Bookish Goals

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Bookish Goals is a reading companion app designed to help you track and improve your reading habits. It provides detailed statistics on pages read, minutes spent, and overall progress across your library. With a built-in reading time tracker and calendar visualization, you can easily see which days you’ve read and monitor your daily goals. The app organizes books into categories such as “Reading,” “Finished,” and “Want to Read,” while offering quick search by title, author, or tags. You can also add notes, write reviews, and rate books to keep a personal record of your thoughts. Whether you’re a casual reader or a dedicated book lover, Bookish Goals helps you stay motivated and celebrate your reading journey. This application contains auto-renewable subscriptions and In-App Purchases: 1 week 4.99USD, 1 month 12.99USD, 1 year 39.99USD, Lifetime 59.99USD. Terms of Use Link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MD9LbuqcLrrRnakXfF9r1HoBkamcHmPxCY_KkmXDwJo/edit?usp=sharing

About

Sutra

Organize and read all your eBooks and comics in one beautiful, calm reader. Connect to self-hosted libraries, explore online catalogs, and customize your reading experience with various display options. Enjoy seamless progress syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Unified reader for EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, comics, and manga
  • Connect to Kavita, Komga, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • Customizable reading experience (fonts, themes, layout)
  • Organized library with Series and Collection views
  • Progress and finished-book sync across devices
  • Offline reading support for comics
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

Screenshots

Bookish Goals4 screens
Sutra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bookish Goals at 13.0 against Sutra's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bookish Goals sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bookish Goals versus Sutra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookish GoalsSutra
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostas IoannouKoustav Dasgupta

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Bookish Goals

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly-Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99
4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Sutra Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Bookish Goals free?
Bookish Goals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bookish Goals or Sutra have ads?
Neither Bookish Goals nor Sutra shows ads.

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