Comparison

Time to Read vs Book Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Time to Read

Features
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Read a little every day. Time to Read helps you build a daily reading habit: start a session with one tap, keep your streak going and watch your books fill a shelf. No ads, no tracking, no subscription. A HABIT, NOT A CHORE • Today shows your week at a glance. Every day with at least five minutes of reading counts for your streak. • Streak freezes: every seven days in a row earns you one, so one busy day doesn't break your streak (you can keep up to two). • A ring shows how many minutes are left for today's goal. • Reminders at the time you choose, and a nudge in the evening when your streak is waiting. A READING SESSION THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY • Tap "Read" and the timer starts, in a calm, dark full screen. • Pause, resume and end from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island with the Live Activity. • At the end you enter the page you reached and see your daily goal and your streak. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR SHELF • Find books by title, author or ISBN (Open Library, Google Books and the German National Library), or add them by hand. • Reading, Up next, Read: you always know what comes next. • Switch from covers to a bookshelf with real spines, as thick as the book. • Series: the app spots books that belong together and suggests the series. Missing volumes stand on the shelf as placeholders. QUOTES AND THOUGHTS • Keep quotes and your own thoughts with the page, during a session or any time. • Scan a sentence from the printed page with the camera (Live Text, in English, German and French). • Every book has its own notes page with your summary. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the app drafts it from your notes, on the device. • Share a quote as a picture. STATS AND YOUR READING YEAR • Week, month and year: minutes per day against your daily goal, a calendar of every reading day, and the time of day you read most. • Edit a session or add one you forgot. • Your Reading Year: five cards with your books, hours, reading days and longest streak, ready to share. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. • Your library, sessions and notes stay on your device. The app goes online only to look up books and covers. • Back up everything to a file and restore it whenever you want. And Siri and Shortcuts: log reading time, set your daily goal, check your streak. Requires iOS 26.

About

Book Tracker

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BookTracker — это удобное приложение для управления вашей личной библиотекой. С его помощью вы легко организуете процесс чтения и никогда не забудете интересную книгу. BookTracker идеально подойдет тем, кто: Часто находит рекомендации книг, но забывает их сохранить Хочет вести учет прочитанной литературы Предпочитает простые и функциональные приложения без лишней сложности Стремится читать больше и систематизировать свое чтение Приложение бесплатно, не содержит рекламы и не требует подписки. В будущих версиях планируется добавление статистики чтения, заметок к книгам и возможности синхронизации между устройствами. Начните использовать BookTracker сегодня и превратите свою любовь к чтению в организованную коллекцию!

Screenshots

Time to Read4 screens
Book Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Tracker at every 4 days against Time to Read's every 2 months. Book Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time to Read ships an update every 2 months, Book Tracker every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Time to Read versus Book Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime to ReadBook Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWolfgang PetersNina Iashina

In-app purchases

None

Time to Read

No in-app purchases

None

Book Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time to Read free?
Time to Read is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time to Read or Book Tracker have ads?
Neither Time to Read nor Book Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time to Read or Book Tracker?
Time to Read ships an update every 2 months, and Book Tracker every 4 days. Most recently, Time to Read was updated on October 24, 2026 and Book Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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