Comparison

Book Hunter Plus vs Spine

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

Head to head
About

Book Hunter Plus

Features
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Book Hunter Plus is your personal reading app for copyrighted Vietnamese ebooks in your library. Sign in to access your titles, open any book with a single tap, and enjoy a focused experience built for long reading sessions. EBOOK READER • Clean, distraction-free reader designed for extended sessions • Adjust font size, line spacing, text alignment, and reading theme • Navigate with a built-in table of contents • Progress saves automatically and restores exactly where you left off YOUR LIBRARY • All your ebooks and audiobooks in one organized place • Continue reading or listening directly from the home screen • Your entire collection at a glance in the Library tab ACCOUNT & SECURITY • Sign in with Apple or Google • Reading progress tied to your account across sessions • Delete your account and data at any time from within the app Book Hunter Plus is for readers who want to get back into a book quickly, and stay there.

About

Spine

Log your reading progress, create custom tier lists of your favorite books, and discover new titles. Connect with friends to see their reading habits and share recommendations.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Create book tier lists
  • Follow friends' reading
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Import Goodreads library
Features
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Track what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read next. Build tier lists of your favorites. Reach your reading goals. Follow your friends and see what they're reading, create a blend, share books that mattered, recommend books. [ READING LOG ] Mark books read, currently reading, or queued. Note when you started, when you finished, and what you thought. [ TIER LISTS ] S, A, B, C, D. Easily drag-and-drop your favorites into a tier list. [ FRIENDS ] See what your people have read. Let them know what you've read and what you think about it. [ DISCOVER ] Personalized recommendations based on what you’ve read, rated, and exactly what you're specifically looking for. [ IMPORT ] Easily bring your Goodreads library over. Mr. Bezos won't miss you.

Screenshots

Book Hunter Plus4 screens
Spine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spine at weekly against Book Hunter Plus's every 3 weeks. Book Hunter Plus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Hunter Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, Spine weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Book Hunter Plus versus Spine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Hunter PlusSpine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (75 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—75 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConsen AITanner Flake

In-app purchases

None

Book Hunter Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Spine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Hunter Plus free?
Book Hunter Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spine free?
Spine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book Hunter Plus or Spine have ads?
Neither Book Hunter Plus nor Spine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Hunter Plus or Spine?
Book Hunter Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Spine weekly. Most recently, Book Hunter Plus was updated on September 25, 2026 and Spine on October 18, 2026.

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