Bukon vs Book Tracker & Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Track read books
- Track books to read
- Search and add books online
- Scan ISBN codes
- Manually create books
- Rate books
- Export lists
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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.
Book Tracker & Log
This app helps you organize your entire reading life, track progress towards your reading goals, and discover new books. It offers visual bookshelves, detailed statistics, and daily reminders to encourage consistent reading.
- Visual bookshelf organization
- Annual reading goal tracking
- Detailed reading statistics
- Book discovery via search and ISBN scan
- Daily reading reminders
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
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Booxne is a book tracker built around one simple idea: every book you read deserves a place on your shelf. Add a book and its spine appears on your bookshelf, in the colors of its cover. Track your pages, keep your reviews, notes and quotes, and watch your shelf fill up all year long. YOUR BOOKSHELF Every book becomes a spine, colored from its cover. Filter by status, search your shelf, and sort by title, author or color for a beautifully ordered shelf. 5 STATUSES Reading, To Read, Finished, Wishlist and Abandoned. Read several books at once: they all wait for you on the home screen. EVERY PAGE COUNTS Add your pages in two taps. Booxne keeps your reading history day by day and builds your reading streak. CELEBRATE EVERY FINISH Finished a book? Rate it with half stars and write your review in a few words. NOTES AND QUOTES (PRO) Keep a little journal for each book: dated notes, with the page if you want, and your favorite quotes on their own cards. YOUR YEAR IN READING Set your yearly goal and watch it grow. See your streak, your reading calendar and, with Pro, all your stats: pages per day, genres, ratings and more. FIND ANY BOOK Search in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian, scan an ISBN barcode, or add a book by hand if it can't be found. A GENTLE REMINDER One reminder a day, at the time you choose. On days you've already read, Booxne stays quiet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your books stay on your iPhone and sync for free with your private iCloud. FREE AND PRO Booxne is free for up to 5 books. Booxne Pro unlocks everything with a single purchase: - Unlimited books - Notes and quotes - All statistics - Library export (CSV and JSON) - One-time payment, yours for life - No subscription, ever EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://booxne.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://booxne.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Tracker & Log at every 6 days against Bukon's every 2 weeks. Bukon's advantage is 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
Both are free to download. Bukon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Book Tracker & Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bukon against 5.0 for Book Tracker & Log. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Bukon ships an update every 2 weeks, Book Tracker & Log every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bukon | Book Tracker & Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Menges | Alessio Munzi |
Customer experience
Bukon
Book Tracker & Log
In-app purchases
Bukon
- Bukon Pro$2.99
Book Tracker & Log
- Booxne Pro - Lifetime Access$17.99







