Comparison

Bukon vs Bookmarked

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

Head to head
About

Bukon

Easily manage your reading lists. Track books you've read and those you want to read. Search online, scan ISBNs, or add manually, then rate and organize your collection.

Highlights
  • Track read books
  • Track books to read
  • Search and add books online
  • Scan ISBN codes
  • Manually create books
  • Rate books
  • Export lists
Features
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Bukon lets you track and manage your books: • Track books you've read • Track books you want to read • Manage the two lists of books Bukon is an intentionally simple book tracker: No accounts. No social features. No statistics. No ads. Just the books you’ve read and the ones you want to read. What Bukon offers • Track books you’ve read • Track books you want to read • Search for books online and add them to your lists • Scan ISBN codes to add books even quicker to your lists (Pro-Feature) • Manually create books and add them to your lists • Rate books • Maintain a read date for the books you've read • Move books between lists • Search for books in your lists • Share books • Share lists and export lists to multiple formats • Store the lists on iCloud or locally • Have the two lists always with you on your Apple Watch What Bukon does not offer • No social features • No statistics or gamification • No ads or tracking To help you finding books, Bukon connects to Open Library and allows you to search its wide library of books. Book-information from Open Library like descriptions and cover-images can be used in Bukon.

About

Bookmarked

Easily track your reading history and recall book details with quick notes. Organize your library by author, add ratings, and manage a "Want to Read" list. Syncs via iCloud for seamless access across devices.

Highlights
  • Personal book library
  • Jot down notes for recall
  • Organize by author
  • Star ratings
  • Want to Read list
  • iCloud sync
  • Backup and restore
Features
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Bookmarked — your personal library of books you've read. Read a lot, but six months later can't remember what a book was about? Jot down short notes, and the story comes back in seconds. • Books grouped by author, quick search and an alphabet index • A note, date read and star rating for every book • Want to Read — friends' recommendations and finds, with Up Next on top • Add books from a cover photo or by sharing from Safari and Telegram • New releases from your favorite authors (optional) • Syncs through your own iCloud — your books move with you to a new iPhone • Back up to a file and restore from it No ads, no sign-up, nothing extra — just your books and your thoughts about them.

Screenshots

Bukon4 screens
Bookmarked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmarked at none against Bukon's 1. Bukon's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Bukon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bookmarked 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 Bukon against 5.0 for Bookmarked. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bukon ships an update every 2 weeks, Bookmarked every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bukon versus Bookmarked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBukonBookmarked
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarc MengesUrban Andrei Ivanovich, IP

Customer experience

Bukon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bookmarked

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bukon

One-time1
  • Bukon Pro$2.99
None

Bookmarked

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bukon free?
Bukon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookmarked free?
Bookmarked is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bukon or Bookmarked?
Bukon and Bookmarked are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bukon or Bookmarked have ads?
Neither Bukon nor Bookmarked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bukon or Bookmarked?
Bukon ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bookmarked every 5 months. Most recently, Bukon was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bookmarked on November 5, 2026.

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