Comparison

BookQuest vs ReadFlow

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

ReadFlow

Easily track your reading progress across print, e-books, and audiobooks. Log sessions, save favorite quotes with your camera, and visualize your reading habits with insightful statistics. Organize your library with custom shelves and set personal reading goals.

Highlights
  • Track print, e-books, and audiobooks
  • Log reading sessions with notes
  • Save quotes using camera text recognition
  • Organize books into custom shelves
  • Set yearly or daily reading goals
  • Import from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • View reading statistics
Features
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ReadFlow is a simple way to track your reading. Add your books, log your progress and see how much you read, whether you read print books, e-books or audiobooks. QUICK TO SET UP Scanning the ISBN barcode or searching by title adds a book with its cover, author and page count already filled in. If you have used Goodreads or StoryGraph before, your existing library can be imported from their export file in one step. TRACKING THAT FITS EACH FORMAT • Pages or percent for print books and e-books • Listening time for audiobooks • A reading timer for every session • A short note after each session • Half-star ratings for finished books YOUR LIBRARY AT A GLANCE Books can be viewed as spines, as covers or as a list, and organized into shelves you create yourself. Every book has a status, so it is always clear what you are reading now, what comes next and what you have already finished. QUOTES WITHOUT TYPING The camera recognizes text on a printed page, so a favorite passage can be saved in a few seconds. You can fix any word before saving, and every quote is kept in your journal, linked to the book it came from. YOUR READING IN NUMBERS • A yearly book goal or a daily page goal • Books finished each month • A calendar of the days you read • Your longest, shortest and fastest reads • Your highest-rated books of the year Download ReadFlow and start tracking your next book today.

Screenshots

BookQuest4 screens
ReadFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ReadFlow at 5.0 against BookQuest's 4.4. ReadFlow also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). BookQuest's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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. ReadFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ReadFlow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. 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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BookQuest versus ReadFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookQuestReadFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB8 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperLeanne CalderwoodAlona Nesterenko

Customer experience

BookQuest

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

ReadFlow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BookQuest

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

ReadFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookQuest free?
BookQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadFlow free?
ReadFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BookQuest or ReadFlow?
ReadFlow is rated higher. BookQuest averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while ReadFlow averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BookQuest or ReadFlow have ads?
Neither BookQuest nor ReadFlow shows ads.

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