Circulate Book Swap vs Mood Reader

Welcome to Circulate Book Swap—the simplest way for readers to lend, borrow, and discover books in their community. Build your library, list titles you’re willing to share, and request books from nearby readers. Chat to coordinate swaps, track each book’s journey across members, and get notified at every step. Safety features include in-app reporting, blocking, and active moderation, so you can swap with confidence. Start sharing stories, earn points for every swap, and watch your books travel

Mood Reader is a book recommendation app that starts from a different question. Not what other people rated a book. Not what an algorithm decided is popular right now. It asks what a reader is in the mood for — in plain language — and returns books that match the shape of that answer. — Three things it does 01. Semantic prompts Describe what to read in plain language. "Something quiet and observant." "A romance that isn't formulaic." "Whatever will pull me out of a slump." Mood Reader returns books that match the description, ranked by fit to taste rather than by crowd rating. 02. Self Portrait A written reading of the reader — generated from the shape of a library and the reflections left along the way. Not a personality quiz. Not a genre list. Not a score. A close reading of what books, together, reveal about a reader. 03. Ambient recommendations As a library grows and one-sentence reflections accumulate, Mood Reader learns and surfaces books that fit what comes next. Every recommendation arrives with a short rationale for why it fits. — An independent app, built to be worth using No investors. No acquisition target. No ad SDKs, no analytics tools, no advertising identifiers. Mood Reader stores what a reader tells it, and nothing else. Reading history stays with the person who created it. Built by one person in Washington State. — Import from what already exists Full library imports work from Goodreads exports and Kindle libraries. Shelf photos work as a fast on-ramp. Ten favorite books is enough to start recommending. Deeper imports sharpen the results but aren't required. — Reflections instead of star ratings Star ratings summarize a book but don't say much about a reader. A one-sentence reflection ("surprised me by how much I cared about the sister") gives Mood Reader far more signal than five stars alone. Reflections stay in the reader's Master Library and shape both Self Portrait and future recommendations. — Free at launch. iOS 18 or later. iPhone only. Support: hello@moodreaderapp.com