Comparison

Reading Goals vs PagePath

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

Head to head
About

Reading Goals

Display your reading progress directly on your iOS Home Screen with customizable widgets. Track books read this year, total books, and pages consumed, with a five-year history available in the companion app.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Reading goal progress
  • Books read this year
  • Total books read
  • Pages read tracking
  • Five-year history
Features
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Reading Goals is a iOS app built primarily to place useful, bookish widgets on your Home Screen. After you confirm a public reading profile, it saves only the essential reading statistics on-device so widgets can show reading-goal progress, books read this year, total books read, and—in the largest summary—pages read and whether you are on pace; the companion app provides manual refresh, optional daily updates, and a swipeable five-year history.

About

PagePath

Track your reading habits privately and offline. Easily add books by scanning or typing, view detailed stats, set reading goals, and get visual recaps of your progress. Offers a free tier with a limit and a one-time purchase for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Add books via scan or manual entry
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Weekly and monthly reading recaps
  • Set and track yearly reading goals
  • Offline and private data storage
  • Import/export reading library
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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PagePath keeps your entire reading life on your phone - private, offline, and subscription-free. ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS Scan the ISBN barcode or type in the author and title. PagePath pulls the cover and details automatically. You can also upload your own cover or add books entirely by hand. YOUR STATS Books finished this month. Pages read this year. All-time totals. Daily reading streaks. WEEKLY & MONTHLY WRAPS A visual recap of your reading - books finished, pages read, genres explored, time spent. Like a year-in-review you can check anytime. Share them or keep them private. SET A GOAL Pick a yearly book target. PagePath tracks your progress and celebrates when you hit it. YOUR DATA, YOUR PHONE Your reading library stays on your device. PagePath does not upload your reading history. Book lookups send only the ISBN, title, or author needed to fetch covers and details. Purchases and referrals use external services, but your library and reading history are not uploaded. SWITCH WITHOUT LOSING ANYTHING Import your existing reading library from CSV. Books, ratings, shelves, and dates carry over. Export your full history anytime as a backup. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS See your current book and reading goal right on your home screen. No need to open the app. TBR ROULETTE Can't decide what to read next? Spin the roulette and let PagePath pick from your to-be-read pile. TIME YOUR SESSIONS Track each reading session. Enter your start and end pages. See how your reading time adds up by day, week, and month. FREE & PRO Your first 25 books are free. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited books plus monthly and yearly wraps. No subscription. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese.

Screenshots

Reading Goals4 screens
PagePath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reading Goals at none against PagePath's 2. PagePath's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. PagePath sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Reading Goals 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 Reading Goals against 5.0 for PagePath. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Reading Goals versus PagePath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading GoalsPagePath
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB50 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAndrew ZiehlAndreas Schevzik

Customer experience

Reading Goals

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PagePath

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Reading Goals

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PagePath

One-time2
  • PagePath Pro — Lifetime (Special)$4.99
  • PagePath Pro — Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Reading Goals free?
Reading Goals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PagePath free?
PagePath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Goals or PagePath?
Reading Goals and PagePath are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Reading Goals or PagePath have ads?
Neither Reading Goals nor PagePath shows ads.

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