Comparison

Bukon vs Läst

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

Läst

Features
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Läst är en enkel app för att hålla koll på din läsning. Spara böcker du läser just nu, markera böcker som lästa och bygg upp din egen bokhylla. Du kan skanna ISBN-streckkoder, söka efter böcker, sätta betyg, skriva kommentarer och markera böcker som måsteläsning. I Utforska kan du hitta boktips, se topplistor och följa andras läsning och rekommendationer. Funktioner: • Lägg till böcker via ISBN-skanner eller sök • Håll koll på Läser, Läst och Bokhylla • Sätt betyg och skriv egna kommentarer • Se statistik över din läsning • Följ andra läsare och upptäck böcker via din läskrets • Synka ditt bibliotek mellan installationer med Sign in with Apple

Screenshots

Bukon4 screens
Läst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Läst at none against Bukon's 1. Läst also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Bukon's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Läst asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bukon ships an update every 2 weeks, Läst every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bukon versus Läst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBukonLäst
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarc MengesGustav Wiel-Berggren

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bukon

One-time1
  • Bukon Pro$2.99
None

Läst

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bukon free?
Bukon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Läst free?
Läst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bukon or Läst have ads?
Neither Bukon nor Läst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bukon or Läst?
Bukon ships an update every 2 weeks, and Läst every 5 days. Most recently, Bukon was updated on October 31, 2026 and Läst on October 31, 2026.

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