Bibliostats vs OpenBookshelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bibliostats
Log your reading progress, organize your library, and analyze your reading habits over time. Import existing libraries and discover meaningful statistics about your reading journey. Focus solely on tracking your books without distractions.
- Track reading progress by page or percentage
- Organize and filter entire library
- View yearly and weekly reading statistics
- Import library from Goodreads or Storygraph
- Search and add books easily
- Rate and review finished books
- No social feeds or distractions
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Track your reading journey with Bibliostats. Log the books you're reading, see how many pages you've read this week, and watch your yearly stats grow over time. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Update your current page or percentage as you read. See your progress at a glance from the home screen. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED Browse and filter your entire library by year, status, or author. Search by title or author to find any book instantly. MEANINGFUL STATS See books finished and pages read per year with monthly breakdowns. Track weekly trends for pages read, reading pace, books finished, and average rating. IMPORT YOUR LIBRARY Already tracking on Goodreads or Storygraph? Import your finished books from a CSV export and pick up right where you left off. FIND BOOKS EASILY Search by title or author to add books to your library. Covers and page counts are filled in automatically. JUST BOOKS No social feeds, no accounts, no distractions. Bibliostats is a focused tool for tracking what you read and seeing how your reading habits evolve. FREE FEATURES - Add unlimited books via search or manual entry - Track reading progress by page or percentage - Rate and review finished books - Weekly reading stats and trends - Yearly stats with monthly breakdowns - Import from Goodreads or Storygraph - Browse, filter, and search your library BIBLIOSTATS PRO Unlock even more with a Pro subscription: - Reading Trends — Compare your reading across months and years - Reading Pace — See your pages per day and estimated completion dates - Re-read Tracking — Start new sessions for books you want to read again - iCloud Sync — Keep your library in sync across all your devices Pro is available as a monthly subscription, yearly subscription (best value), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions include a 7-day free trial. Privacy Policy: https://bibliostats.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://bibliostats.app/terms-of-service
OpenBookshelf
Organize your reading list with a clean, focused book tracker. Easily search millions of titles, import your history from other platforms, and sync across devices without ads or subscriptions. Focus solely on your books.
- Track reading progress
- Search millions of books
- Import from Goodreads
- Sync across devices
- No ads or subscriptions
- Organize reading lists
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Your books. Without the noise. OpenBookshelf is a clean, focused book tracker for readers who want to organize what they read — not be sold a subscription, shown ads, or pushed into a social network. Track your reading in three taps. Search for a book, add it to your shelf, mark it as read. No onboarding wizard, no account creation, no tutorial. Just your books. SEARCH MILLIONS OF BOOKS Find books instantly by title, author, or ISBN — powered by Open Library, the world's largest open book database. No proprietary database, no lock-in. IMPORT FROM GOODREADS Bring your entire reading history with you. Export your Goodreads data and import it into OpenBookshelf in seconds. Keep your shelves, ratings, and reading dates without starting over. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your library stays up to date on every device automatically with iCloud. Add a book on your iPhone, see it on your iPad. No account required. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND HERE No algorithmic recommendations. No social feed. No reading challenges designed to make you feel guilty. No ads. No behavioral tracking. No subscription. OpenBookshelf does one thing well: it helps you keep track of what you've read, what you're reading, and what you want to read next. Nothing more. Nothing less. Completely free. No account. No tracking. No catch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: OpenBookshelf at free against Bibliostats's freemium. Bibliostats's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Bibliostats sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and OpenBookshelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bibliostats against 5.0 for OpenBookshelf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Bibliostats ships an update weekly, OpenBookshelf every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Bibliostats | OpenBookshelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casey Kirst | Jared Floersch |
Customer experience
Bibliostats
OpenBookshelf
In-app purchases
Bibliostats
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$13.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$34.99
OpenBookshelf
- Unlock$2.99







