Comparison

Chapterly vs Dwellum

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

Head to head
About

Chapterly

This app helps readers track their reading habits and stay motivated to read more consistently. It offers a simple, distraction-free interface to log books and understand personal reading patterns.

Highlights
  • Track books read
  • Understand reading habits
  • Stay motivated
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Set yearly reading goals
Features
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Track every book you read, understand your habits, and stay motivated with a simple, distraction-free book tracker built for readers. Whether you’re working toward a yearly goal or just want to read more consistently, this app helps you turn reading into a lasting habit. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dwellum

Organize your reading lists, track your books, and discover new titles with a focus on beautiful cover art and a private, guilt-free experience. This app offers custom lists, author catalogs, and import/export options, all synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable reading lists
  • Drag and drop reordering
  • Bulk book editing
  • High-resolution cover art display
  • Search powered by Apple Books
  • Import/export library data
  • iCloud sync
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A calm, private home to track your books, navigate your reading lists, and get back to what you love: reading. No streaks, no goals, no ratings, no guilt. Not a habit tracker, not a stats dashboard, not a social network. Just your books, their beautiful covers, and the order you intend to read them. Organize - Five reading lists: Reading, Reading Next, Someday, Read, and Set Aside - Drag and drop to reorder books in the exact order you intend to read them - Bulk edit to move, favorite, or remove a stack of books at once - Edit the cover and details of any book in your library - Mark books as owned to keep track of what's on your shelf Covers, front and center - Book covers are treated like the art they are - Tap the cover on its detail page to open it in full screen - Zoom in to discover details you've never noticed before - Displayed in high resolution throughout the app Find your next book - Search powered by Apple Books - Book detail pages with cover art, description, genres, and more from the author - Tap any author to view their full catalog - Follow any author to keep their catalog a couple taps away - Add books that aren't in Apple Books, with your own covers and details - A Coming Soon list that tracks upcoming releases automatically Reflect - Add notes on any book in your library - Review all the notes taken across your entire library in the Notes List - A reading timeline showing what you finished, and when - Start a re-read from any finished book, keeping your first reading intact - Favorite the books you loved, then drag and drop to rank them Browse your library - Masonry grid and list views - Filter and sort by genre, author, date, favorites, ownership, and availability - Search directly within your library and individual reading lists Bring your books with you - Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or CSV - Export your full library as CSV - iCloud sync across all your devices Designed for iOS - Built natively for iOS26+27 from the ground up with Liquid Glass and system styling - Feels like a cohesive, first-party Apple app - Light, Dark, and System themes Private by design, and no data collection - No accounts. No sign-up. No profile. - No analytics, no tracking, no data collection - Your library lives on your device and syncs through iCloud Atlas was built to highlight your covers, your lists, and the order you decide to read your books in. Reading doesn't need to be gamified, optimized, or made public. It just needs a quiet space to keep your books, plan what's next, and remember where you've been. Reading is one of the few things left that's slow, quiet, and entirely yours. Atlas is built to keep it that way.

Screenshots

Chapterly4 screens
Dwellum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Dwellum at free against Chapterly's free with in-app purchases. Chapterly's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Chapterly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Dwellum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chapterly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chapterly ships an update every 10 days, Dwellum every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chapterly versus Dwellum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterlyDwellum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuis SantanaAustin Thompson-Truchan

Customer experience

Chapterly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dwellum

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chapterly

Subscriptions2
  • Chapterly Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Chapterly Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chapterly Lifetime Purchase$69.99
3 purchases

Dwellum

One-time3
  • Sticker Tip$1.99
  • Coffee Tip$4.99
  • Book Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Chapterly free?
Chapterly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dwellum free?
Dwellum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chapterly or Dwellum?
Chapterly is rated higher. Chapterly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dwellum averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Chapterly or Dwellum have ads?
Neither Chapterly nor Dwellum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chapterly or Dwellum?
Chapterly ships an update every 10 days, and Dwellum every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chapterly was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dwellum on November 5, 2026.

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