Comparison

Bnooks vs Librisia

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

Head to head
About

Bnooks

Features
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Bnooks is the reading tracker and book journal for readers who want to remember, reflect, and rediscover the books that have shaped them. Most reading apps are built around social graphs and ratings. Bnooks is built around you. Your shelves, your notes, your map of everywhere books have taken you. Features at a Glance - Personal reading library & book tracker - Reading progress & goal tracking - Reading journal: notes, photos, highlights - Save favourite quotes - Interactive reading map: track where every book takes you - Personal reading stats & insights - Build the Library You Actually Have Log the books you've read, the ones on your nightstand, and the ones you keep meaning to get to. Your reading log, organised exactly the way you think. - Keep a Reading Journal Worth Rereading Capture your thoughts mid-chapter, save the lines that stop you cold, and photograph the moments that matter. A reading journal that actually captures how a book made you feel. - Map Every Book's World Pin where each story unfolds, where its author lived, and even where you were when you read it. See your reading life as the geography it actually is. - Understand Your Reading Habits Set reading goals, track your pace, and see patterns across every book you've finished. Insights that illuminate your reading life without turning it into a dashboard. Bnooks is where your reading life lives. Not your followers. Not your ratings. Yours. Start your reading log today.

About

Librisia

Features
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Remember what you read. Librisia is a calm, beautiful reading journal for people who love books. Track your progress, capture the lines that move you, and build a daily reading habit you can actually see. SCAN ANY PAGE, KEEP EVERY QUOTE Point your camera at a printed page, or pick a photo from your library, and Librisia turns the text into a digital highlight. Add a note, tag it, and save it to the book it came from. CAPTURE YOUR THOUGHTS Log a quick thought while a book is fresh in your mind. Highlights and thoughts stay attached to each book, so you can come back to them years later. BUILD A DAILY HABIT • Update your current page in one tap • Set a daily page goal and watch your progress ring fill • Keep your streak alive and beat your personal record • See pages read over the last 7 days, 30 days and more YOUR VISUAL READING JOURNAL Every day you read, your calendar gains a book cover. Look back over a month and see exactly what you were reading. Set a yearly books goal and watch your finished shelf grow. SHARE QUOTES THAT STAY WITH YOU Turn a favorite passage into a beautiful quote card. Choose from several color themes, then share it anywhere. EFFORTLESS DAILY ACCESS The Currently Reading widget puts your book on your Home Screen. Update your progress or add a highlight or thought in one tap. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Search for any book, scan its barcode, or add it by hand • Organize your bookshelf: currently reading, want to read, finished • Import your library from Goodreads • Export your highlights to CSV or make a full backup, free LIBRISIA PRO Librisia is free to download, with a limited number of free page scans. Go Pro for: • Unlimited scans • iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad • Journal export: a book's highlights, thoughts and reflection as one Markdown file, ready for Obsidian or Notion • Supporting an independent app, built by one person, with no ads and no data selling Paper or ebook, if you read it, Librisia keeps it. Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bnooks4 screens
Librisia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bnooks at none against Librisia's 3. Bnooks also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Librisia's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Librisia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bnooks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bnooks ships an update monthly, Librisia every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Bnooks versus Librisia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBnooksLibrisia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBnooksPatricia Panda

In-app purchases

None

Bnooks

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Librisia

Subscriptions2
  • Librisia Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Librisia Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Librisia Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

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

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