Comparison

Leafed vs Hardcovers

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

Head to head
About

Leafed

This private book tracker stores your reading data locally, offering a secure and ad-free experience. It allows for easy book scanning, import from other platforms, and detailed tracking of your reading habits without algorithmic recommendations.

Highlights
  • Local data storage
  • Book scanning (shelf & barcode)
  • Import from other platforms
  • Customizable shelves and goals
  • Reading timer and notes
  • Algorithmic-free discovery
  • Data export
Features
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Leafed is a calm, friendly place to keep track of what you read and listen to. WHAT LEAFED WON'T DO - No feed, no followers, no algorithm deciding what you read next - No ads, ever - No AI reading your library - No paywall on your stats - Not owned by Amazon What's left is your books, your notes, and the pile you'll get to eventually. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Keep track of what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's waiting on the nightstand - Open to what matters: what you're reading, what's up next from your Want to Read shelf, and the books you looked at but haven't added yet - Find any book on your shelves fast: search ignores accents and capitals, matches authors, and takes an ISBN - Save a line you love by pointing your camera at the page. Leafed turns it into a quote you can keep - Bring in your Kindle highlights - Audiobooks count too: mark a book as an audiobook, log where you stopped in hours and minutes, and rate the narration on its own - Set a goal for the year (books, pages, or hours) and watch it fill up - Sort books onto shelves that make sense to you, and add your own - Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode - Tap a genre on any book to see what else is in it - Find your next read: what's trending, browse by genre, the New York Times bestseller lists, and indie books you won't see everywhere else - See your reading in Insights: pages read, hours listened, genres, favorite authors and narrators, a reading calendar, and your finished books as spines on a shelf - Read a written recap of your reading year, made on your phone from your own library - Share a book, a goal, or your year as a card sized for Stories or feeds, saved to Photos or sent anywhere COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? Choose the file the other app gave you, and Leafed works out whether it came from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Bookmory, Audible, or Kindle. You see every change before anything is written; you can fill in or update books you already have, and rows that can't be imported come back as a file you can fix. Your shelves, ratings, and dates come with you, and StoryGraph's moods and pace come across too. And you can export everything anytime. Your books are yours, whether you're in or out. WHERE YOUR BOOKS LIVE IS UP TO YOU - On your phone only. That's the default; it works fully offline and requires no account. - iCloud backup, to keep your library safe across your Apple devices, still without an account. - A free Leafed account, if you'd like your library on every phone and tablet you read on, plus on the web at leafed.app. WHAT IT COSTS Nothing. No paywall, no book limit, no subscription. If Leafed earns a spot on your nightstand, there's a tip jar. It unlocks nothing, because you already have the whole app.

About

Hardcovers

Easily manage your book collection and reading journey with this library tracker. Log your books, monitor your progress, and keep your reading organized.

Highlights
  • Book collection tracking
  • Reading progress monitoring
  • Digital library management
  • Simple interface
  • Organized reading log
Features
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Hardcovers helps you track your book collection and reading progress in one simple library.

Screenshots

Leafed4 screens
Hardcovers3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hardcovers at none against Leafed's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Leafed sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hardcovers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Leafed against 5.0 for Hardcovers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Leafed versus Hardcovers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafedHardcovers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMike WatsonLEE ROBERT CAMPBELL

Customer experience

Leafed

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hardcovers

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Leafed

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

Hardcovers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leafed free?
Leafed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hardcovers free?
Hardcovers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Leafed or Hardcovers?
Leafed and Hardcovers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Leafed or Hardcovers have ads?
Neither Leafed nor Hardcovers shows ads.

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