Comparison

Read It Now vs Nerdie

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

Head to head
About

Read It Now

Features
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Read It Now is the app for people who love reading and want to track every book, every page, every bit of progress. Organize your library into three states — want to read, reading, finished — and never lose track of what you're reading. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Update pages read in real time, time your reading sessions, and watch your progress on a visual dial, book by book. ADD BOOKS IN ONE TAP Search by title, author, or ISBN and auto-import cover, publisher, page count, and details. Scan the barcode to add physical books in seconds. FULL STATISTICS See how many books you read, how many hours you spend reading, your favorite genres and authors, your reading speed, and your streaks. READING CHALLENGE Set a yearly book goal and track your progress with real-time projections. YEARLY WRAPPED At year's end, get your personalized recap — books read, hours, favorite genre — ready to share. NOTES & QUOTES Save the lines you love and your thoughts on every book, and share them in one tap. FULL ORGANIZATION Manage authors, genres, publishers, tags, and series — your library, organized your way.

About

Nerdie

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Nerdie is the social platform for book lovers, the place to track everything you read AND share it with people who love books as much as you do. FREE. Want to see what other readers really think about your favorite book? Curious whether a friend loved the ending as much as you did? Or maybe you just want a beautiful home for everything you've read, a rating for every book, and a want-to-read list so you're never stuck for your next great read. Nerdie does all of it, in one app. TRACK QUIETLY, OR SHARE OUT LOUD Some readers want a private diary of their reading life. Others want a community. Nerdie is built for both. Keep a review to yourself with "Only me," or post it and start a conversation. It's your call, book by book. RATE, REVIEW & REMEMBER • Rate every book on a five-star scale and write a review while it's fresh. • Log the same book more than once — made for the ones you reread every year. • Look back on your full reading history, your ratings, and everything you thought. • Mark a spoiler, or keep a review private — you're always in control. SOCIAL, THE BOOKISH WAY • Follow your friends and favorite readers and see what they're into right now. • Read their reviews of the books you love, like them, and comment to talk it out. • Discover your next read through people you actually trust, not an algorithm. • Every rating, review and comment is anchored to a book. No noise, just books. YOUR SHELF, YOUR WAY • Track your whole library, log every book you own and give it a rating. • Build custom lists for anything: want-to-read, all-time favorites, summer stack. • Customise your profile with your favorite bedside books and recent activity. • Set a yearly reading goal and watch your progress add up. THOUSANDS OF BOOKS & AUTHORS Search a huge catalog of books and authors. With covers, ratings, and reviews from the Nerdie community. Nerdie is built for book lovers who want to track their library and socialise around the thing they love most: reading. Give your reading life a home. Try Nerdie today, free. Privacy: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/privacy Terms: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/terms Support: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Read It Now2 screens
Nerdie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nerdie at every 10 days against Read It Now's every 3 weeks. Nerdie also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Read It Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nerdie sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read It Now ships an update every 3 weeks, Nerdie every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Read It Now versus Nerdie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead It NowNerdie
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFranco TorrianiHALIL AHMET CENGELOGLU

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Read It Now

One-time1
  • Unlimited Books$3.99
1 purchases

Nerdie

Subscriptions1
  • Nerdie Premium Yearly3 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Read It Now free?
Read It Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nerdie free?
Nerdie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Read It Now or Nerdie have ads?
Neither Read It Now nor Nerdie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read It Now or Nerdie?
Read It Now ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nerdie every 10 days. Most recently, Read It Now was updated on October 4, 2026 and Nerdie on October 15, 2026.

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