Softcover vs Booklore

Your favorite book tracking companion is here! Softcover brings the power of Hardcover to your iPhone with a beautifully designed, native iOS experience. Track Everything You Read Manage your Currently Reading, Want to Read, and Finished lists with ease. Update your progress by page, percentage, or time—perfect for both books and audiobooks. Stay Connected Follow friends, explore trending titles, discover curated community lists, and engage with book discussions. Join a vibrant community of passionate readers. Beautiful Home Screen Widgets Keep your reading progress at your fingertips with elegant widgets showing your current books and reading goals. Smart Features • Detailed reading statistics and annual goals • Release notifications for anticipated titles • Comprehensive book search with ratings and reviews • Edition selection Seamlessly Syncs with Hardcover All your reading data stays perfectly in sync with your Hardcover.app account across all your devices. Requires a free Hardcover.app account.

Booklore is a private, offline reading tracker that never asks you to sign up and never sends your library anywhere. Searching for a book asks Open Library (or Google Books) for that title, and covers download once and are then kept on your device — everything else stays with you. Just you and your books. TRACK YOUR READING • Search millions of books by title, author, or ISBN — or scan a barcode • Shelve books as Want to Read, Reading, Read, Paused, or Did Not Finish • Update your progress page by page as you go • Rate finished books in half-stars, from ½ to 5 • Tag books with mood and pace for easy rediscovery • Add notes and a review for every book • Capture a quote straight off the page with your camera — read on device • Track rereads — count every time you return to a favorite • Keep physical books, e-books, and audiobooks together A READING TIMER THAT KEEPS YOU IN THE BOOK • Start a session with one tap and see your total reading time per book • Ambient sound while you read — rain, ocean, forest, café, fireplace and more, synthesized on your device, so nothing streams and nothing downloads • A Live Activity keeps the session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — and stops counting when the session is no longer one, instead of running all night BUILD THE HABIT • A reading calendar that fills in every day you read • Reading streaks and a best-streak record • Set a yearly reading goal and track your pace • A daily reminder that skips the days you have already read — scheduled on your device, no push server, nothing leaves your phone • An optional streak last call, only on evenings when a streak would really end • Start a session hands-free with Siri: "Start reading in Booklore" • Home Screen widget and an Apple Watch app for what you're reading right now YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS • A beautiful, shareable card of your reading year • Books read, pages turned, top genres, and your average rating • Made to share with your bookish friends INSIGHTS • All-time stats: books, pages, reading time, average rating • Your most-read genres and how your year is shaping up • Shuffle a pick from your shelves when you can't choose BRING YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY • Import your existing library from a CSV in seconds • Export everything anytime — your data is always yours • Optional private backup to your own iCloud — no account with us, ever PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your library lives on your device — works fully offline • No account, no sign-up — we operate no server and hold no copy of your library • Your reading is never sold and never used to build a profile of you • Network use is limited to book search and one-time cover downloads — and cover downloads can be switched off Custom shelves and tags, advanced stats, beautiful share cards, and themes are all included. Happy reading.