Commonplace vs Book Tracker & Reading List

Commonplace is a personal reading tracker for books, science fiction/fantasy magazines, and short fiction. Log what you're reading, keep notes as you go, and look back on your reading year. BOOKS • Add books instantly by search, or share a link from Safari, Libby, or any bookstore page. • Track your pile: To Read, Started, Finished, Did Not Finish. • Record start and finish dates, rate books, and tag them print, audio, or digital. • Track the books you re-read. Commonplace can count and log multiple readings. MAGAZINES & SHORT FICTION • Import issues from Clarkesworld, Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. • Track every story you read with its own rating and notes. • Add stories by hand or from an EPUB. NOTES • Capture thoughts during each phase of reading: before, during, and after. Commonplace will tag and sort them. • Search and filter notes across your whole library, and export them all as Markdown. YOUR READING YEAR • Yearly stats: books, stories, pages, ratings, and month-by-month charts. • A Reading Timeline that lays your whole year out visually. YOURS, PRIVATELY • No account. No ads. No tracking. Your library lives on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud. • Import your history from Goodreads or Libby CSV exports; back up everything to JSON anytime. • Optionally connect micro.blog to share your bookshelves. Commonplace is for readers who want to remember what they read and how they felt about it.

Your reading deserves better than a spreadsheet. Read is the warm, beautiful book tracker built for people who actually read. Track every book, time every session, save every quote, and watch your reading year fill up with covers. Track Every Book Search by title or author, scan an ISBN barcode, or add a book manually. Mark each book as Want to Read, Currently Reading, Finished, or Did Not Finish. Half-star ratings, personal notes, and saved quotes - all in one place. Reading Timer Built-in session timer with wakelock so the screen never sleeps while you read. It keeps time by the clock, so locking your phone mid-chapter doesn't pause it. When you stop, log the pages you read - your book progress, daily reading and streak update automatically. Stats That Tell a Story Year in Books: every cover you finished this year, in one grid. Books, pages, reading time and average rating at a glance, plus your current and best reading streak. Advanced Stats adds a genre breakdown and a books-per-month chart - unlock it free by watching one short video. Reading Goals Set a yearly goal ("Read 24 books in 2026") and track it on a progress ring. A daily ring on Home shows today's reading minutes against a 30-minute goal, right next to your streak. Your Library Filter by status, search by title or author, and sort by date, title, author, rating, or progress. Switch between a grid of covers and a list view. Quote Collector Save your favorite passages with page numbers, shown in serif italic on warm paper-cream cards. Share any quote as text, or let Read surprise you with a random one. Achievements Earn 15 reader badges as you go: First Page, Bookworm, Scholar, Bibliophile, Centurion, Marathon Reader, Speed Reader, 7-Day Streak, 30-Day Streak, Genre Explorer, Critic, Quote Collector, Night Owl, Early Bird, and Goal Crusher. Your Data, Your Files Export your whole library as CSV or JSON whenever you like - it is your data, in a format you can actually open. Privacy First Your library lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no cloud sync. Read goes online to search for books and load covers, and to show ads. Download Read today and finally treat your reading life with the love it deserves.