SoloRead vs StackBooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoloRead
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SoloReadは「読むためのアプリではなく、読めてしまう状態をつくる」ことを目指した読書アプリです。 毎日、青空文庫から厳選された短編が提示されます。 選んだ瞬間から、静かな読書が始まります。 余計なボタンも、通知も、広告もありません。 【SoloReadの特徴】 ◆ 今日の出会い 毎日、未読の作品から厳選して提示。 迷わず、読み始められます。 ◆ 静謐な読書体験 起動した瞬間から本文が始まり、読み終わるまで余計なUIは現れません。 ステータスバーも消え、ただ文字だけと向き合えます。 ◆ 自動栞 スクロールを止めると、自動で栞が挟まります。 次に開いたとき、続きから読めます。 ◆ 一期一会 一度読んだ作品は、二度と提示されません。 常に「まだ見ぬ一篇」との出会いがあります。 【こんな方におすすめ】 ・短編小説を気軽に読みたい ・読書アプリの機能過多に疲れた ・静かな環境で集中して読みたい ・青空文庫の作品に触れたい ・シンプルな読書体験を求めている 【収録作品について】 青空文庫に掲載されている作品の中から、 読了目安時間が適切な短編を厳選して収録しています。 芥川龍之介、太宰治、夏目漱石、宮沢賢治など、 日本文学の名作に出会えます。 【ないもの】 SoloReadには、以下の機能がありません。 ・検索機能 ・評価・レビュー機能 ・SNSシェア機能 ・広告 ・複雑な設定 ・通知 ・読書記録 引き算の美学で、読書だけに集中できる場所を作りました。 --- 静かに、一篇を。 今日の出会いが、あなたを待っています。
StackBooks
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A reading tracker that makes adding books easy — and stacks up every book you finish. ADDING A BOOK IS ONE SCAN Point the camera at the barcode (ISBN) on the back of a book and the title, author, cover and page count are filled in. Scans run back to back, so a whole shelf takes a couple of minutes. You can also search by title or author and add a book from the results. WHAT YOU READ BECOMES HEIGHT The page count of each book turns into thickness, and your finished books pile up. Look back on how tall your stack has grown. A mug, an ostrich, a utility pole — your stack is drawn next to things you know, so you can see how far it has come. You can also turn the stack into an image and share it. YOUR TBR PILE AND YOUR READS, SORTED Five statuses keep your books sorted: Wishlist, TBR, Reading, Read and Paused. Books you're curious about go to Wishlist; books you own but haven't read yet go to TBR. Move them to Reading when you start, Read when you finish, or Paused if you set them aside. You can also see how tall your TBR pile alone has grown. Finished books can hold a star rating, the date you finished, and a note about what you thought. Add tags and you can filter later by "fiction", "work", or anything else you use. RE-READS COUNT TOO When you read a book again, each read gets its own finish date and notes. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Titles, notes, ratings and the cover photos you take are kept on your device, not on a server. There is no account and nothing to log in to. When you change phones, export a backup and import it on the new one. LOOK BACK ON YOUR READING Built-in reading stats. Books read, pages read and the height of your stack, whenever you want to see them. See how much you read by author or by tag. WHO IT IS FOR - Readers whose TBR pile got out of hand - Anyone who wants to count books and pages, not just titles - Readers who want to keep notes instead of a separate reading journal - Fiction, non-fiction and comics, tracked in one place - Anyone looking for a book tracker that works without an account FREE, WITH NO BANNER OR FULL-SCREEN ADS Every feature is free. No banner or full-screen ads, and no in-app purchases. ALSO - English and Japanese, following your device language - Stack height in cm/m or inches/feet, whichever you prefer - Works offline; only book search needs a connection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StackBooks at none against SoloRead's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SoloRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StackBooks asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SoloRead | StackBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryoya Anno | Kenta Nobutani |
In-app purchases
SoloRead
- スタンダードプラン$2.99
StackBooks
No in-app purchases









