Reading Journal vs Hardcovers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Journal
This app helps you remember what you read by tracking your library, reading status, and favorite quotes. Set reading goals, join challenges, and keep your progress organized with personal notes and summaries.
- Track books (want to read, reading, finished)
- Save quotes, reviews, and summaries
- Set reading goals and track progress
- Join reading challenges
- Sync library with iCloud
- Export/import data (JSON/CSV)
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Reading Journal is a warm, quiet home for the books you read and everything they leave behind. Just say what page you're on. Reading Journal keeps the rest: pages read today, your week at a glance, how many sessions are left in the book, and a streak worth keeping. YOUR LIBRARY • Shelves for Reading, To Read, Finished and Did Not Finish • Add books by title, author or ISBN, or scan the barcode on the back • Real covers, and handsome cloth covers for books without one • Series kept in reading order A DIARY FOR EVERY BOOK • Every session with its pages and minutes • The lines you loved, with chapter and page • Stars, a one-line review, a summary and your favorite moment • Notebook pages on lined, dotted, grid or blank paper GOALS AND CHALLENGES • A yearly goal that fills a shelf with your covers • Monthly goals, a page target and a mood board • A–Z, Reading Bingo, 52 Books in 52 Weeks, genres, romance tropes and more • Finish a book and it lands in the right challenge slot Your library syncs through iCloud across iPhone and iPad, looks lovely in light and dark, and backs up to a JSON file or exports your books as CSV whenever you like.
Hardcovers
Easily manage your book collection and reading journey with this library tracker. Log your books, monitor your progress, and keep your reading organized.
- Book collection tracking
- Reading progress monitoring
- Digital library management
- Simple interface
- Organized reading log
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Hardcovers helps you track your book collection and reading progress in one simple library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hardcovers at none against Reading Journal's 3. Hardcovers also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Reading Journal's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Reading Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hardcovers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hardcovers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Journal has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Reading Journal | Hardcovers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergii Nesterenko | LEE ROBERT CAMPBELL |
Customer experience
Reading Journal
Hardcovers
In-app purchases
Reading Journal
- Monthly Access$3.991 Month
- Yearly Access$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$12.99
Hardcovers
No in-app purchases
