Comparison

Chapter vs spine

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

Head to head
About

Chapter

Features
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Chapter is made for spending more time with your books. Read your EPUBs and PDFs, listen to EPUB books, and keep your library and reading history in one place. READ YOUR WAY Make your EPUB books comfortable to read with adjustable fonts, spacing, and light, dark, or sepia themes. Keep your PDF books alongside them in the same library. LISTEN TO YOUR BOOKS Let Chapter read your EPUB books aloud. Choose a voice and playback speed that suit you, then enjoy the next chapter. A PLACE FOR EVERY BOOK Organize your books into collections and keep track of what you’re reading. Search for titles or add them manually to include your physical books too. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Keep your library and progress in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud. Jump back into your current book from the Continue Reading widget. GET TO KNOW YOUR READING HABITS Keep a history of your reading sessions. Chapter Pro adds daily and yearly goals, streaks, activity views, and deeper insights to help you see your progress over time. YOUR READING STAYS PERSONAL Chapter does not collect, sell, or share your personal data. Your reading data stays on your device and, if enabled, in your personal iCloud account. Chapter Pro is available as a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sergiu-prodan.github.io/Chapter/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

spine

Visualize your reading history with a digital bookshelf. Search for books to create realistic spines based on cover art and page count, then arrange your collection. Keep your reading private and share your shelf as an image.

Highlights
  • Realistic book spine generation
  • Sort and organize your library
  • Mark books as read, reading, or want to read
  • Private shelf mode
  • Day and night themes
  • Export shelf as an image
Features
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spine turns the books you've read into a bookshelf you can actually look at. Search for a book and spine builds its spine: the colours come from the real cover, the thickness from the real page count, and the typography from a library of classic book faces — Baskerville, Didot, Futura, Copperplate and more — so no two shelves look alike. BUILT FROM REAL BOOKS Search across multiple book catalogues worldwide. spine reads each book's cover and measurements, then renders a spine to match. YOURS TO ARRANGE Sort by title, author, or recently added. Mark books as read, currently reading, or want to read — books you're reading get a bookmark ribbon, and ones you haven't started sit quietly at the back. A PRIVATE SHELF Not everything you read is everyone's business. Tap any book to turn it around, showing the page edges instead of the title. It stays that way until you turn it back. DAY AND NIGHT A pale gallery wall by day, deep charcoal by night, where the gold foil on the spines comes alive. SHARE IT Export your whole shelf as a single image, ready to post. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING Your shelf lives on your device. There's nothing to sign up for and nothing to subscribe to. Can't find a book? Add it by hand and spine will render it just the same.

Screenshots

Chapter4 screens
spine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: spine at none against Chapter's 3. spine also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Chapter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. spine asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Chapter versus spine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterspine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergiu ProdanJessica Lee

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chapter

Subscriptions2
  • Chapter Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Chapter Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chapter Pro$9.99
None

spine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chapter free?
Chapter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is spine free?
spine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chapter or spine have ads?
Neither Chapter nor spine shows ads.

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