Comparison

BookQuest vs Reading Goal

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

Head to head
About

BookQuest

Gamify your reading with rewards, streaks, and challenges to conquer your book list. Track progress, earn coins, unlock achievements, and compete with friends. Features an AI companion for book discussions and quizzes.

Highlights
  • Track reading time and pages
  • Set daily and yearly reading goals
  • Earn coins and unlock achievements
  • AI companion for book discussions
  • AI-generated chapter quizzes
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Compete with friends on leaderboards
Features
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BookQuest helps you build a reading habit that sticks — with daily streaks, goals, and a gentle nudge when the phone is winning, so you finally make a dent in your TBR pile. Most reading apps just track. BookQuest helps you show up: log a session or a few pages, hit a small daily goal, and keep your streak alive. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Track reading time, pages, and daily streaks - Search and add any book to your library - Set daily and yearly reading goals - Save quotes and notes as you read - View detailed reading stats and insights - Earn coins by reading and completing quests - Unlock achievements for milestones and finished books - Compete with friends on the leaderboard - Follow friends and share progress in your feed - Create and customize your own avatar BOOKQUEST PRO Remember more of what you read: - Key ideas for every book - Recall quizzes after you read - Unlimited AI Book Coach - Scan pages with your camera - Ambient background sounds - Exclusive app themes Download free and build a reading habit today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bookquest.app/termsofuse Privacy Policy: https://bookquest.app/privacypolicy

About

Reading Goal

This app helps users establish a consistent reading routine by setting daily page goals and logging reading sessions. It visually tracks progress towards daily and weekly targets, encouraging a regular habit. Data is stored locally without requiring an account or synchronization.

Highlights
  • Set daily page goals
  • Log reading sessions
  • Track progress visually
  • Local data storage
  • No account required
Features
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PREMIUM — PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Set a daily pages goal and actually hit it. ReadGoal is a private, goal-first reading tracker built around one number: the pages you read today. Log each session, watch the ring close, and keep a streak alive that makes skipping a day feel expensive. Most book apps are shelves with a social feed attached. ReadGoal is the opposite. It cares about today's pages, your average pace, and the exact date you'll finish the book on your nightstand — not what strangers rated it. WHAT YOU GET • A daily page goal with a progress ring that closes as you log — one glance tells you whether today is done • A reading streak that counts every day you hit your goal, and survives until midnight so mornings never greet you with a zero • Your real pace: average pages per day over the last two weeks, computed from actual logs, not guesses • An estimated finish date for every unfinished book — "done by March 3" turns a 600-page doorstop into a plan • A shelf of every book you're reading, each with its own progress bar and its own daily page target • A 30-day chart with your goal line drawn across it, so a weak week is visible before it becomes a lost month PERFECT FOR • Readers who set a "30 pages a day" rule and want it enforced • Anyone juggling two or three books at once and losing the thread of all of them • Habit builders who need the streak to survive a busy Tuesday • Students and book-club readers working against a deadline WHY NOT JUST GOODREADS? Goodreads tells you what the internet thinks of a book. It doesn't know you are 40 pages behind pace, and it won't tell you which date you'll finish at your current speed. ReadGoal tracks the only number that finishes books: pages read today. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entire log lives on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no feed, no followers — the app works fully offline. An optional daily reminder at a time you choose is the only nudge it ever sends. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) ReadGoal requires Full Access, available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Full Access unlocks unlimited books on the shelf, the 30-day chart with goal line, pace and finish-date estimates, and per-book daily goals. Log tonight's pages and start the streak. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

BookQuest4 screens
Reading Goal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BookQuest at 60% against Reading Goal's 0%. BookQuest also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Reading Goal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BookQuest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Reading Goal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BookQuest holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookQuest has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of BookQuest's written reviews are positive against 0% of Reading Goal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookQuest ships an update every 2 weeks, Reading Goal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BookQuest versus Reading Goal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookQuestReading Goal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeanne CalderwoodLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

Customer experience

BookQuest

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Reading Goal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BookQuest

Subscriptions2
  • BookQuest Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
  • BookQuest Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
None

Reading Goal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookQuest free?
BookQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reading Goal free?
Reading Goal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BookQuest or Reading Goal?
BookQuest is rated higher. BookQuest averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Reading Goal averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BookQuest or Reading Goal have ads?
Neither BookQuest nor Reading Goal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookQuest or Reading Goal?
BookQuest ships an update every 2 weeks, and Reading Goal every 4 months. Most recently, BookQuest was updated on October 30, 2026 and Reading Goal on October 31, 2026.

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