OpenBookshelf vs Liburu

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.

Liburu turns your bookshelf into a living library — on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Scan a book by its barcode and it appears on your shelf, covers and details filled in automatically — even regional and self-published titles. Track your reading, rate with half-stars, and keep the quotes that moved you alongside the emotion you felt. READ & LISTEN • Read your own EPUB and PDF files right inside the app • A separate audiobook library with listening time and covers from Apple • Open a book straight from Files or Apple Books into Liburu ORGANIZE • Shelves for reading, finished, to-read and your wishlist • Sort by date, title, author or genre; collections you can make public • Quotes & notes with an emotion, favorites, lending tracker, book location READ TOGETHER • A profile with a unique @username others can find • Follow readers, see who's reading a book, share recommendations • Reviews with likes and comments; an activity feed and notifications YOURS & PRIVATE Your library lives in your own iCloud — the same books, progress and notes on every device, automatically. Never on our servers. Works offline. One-time purchase. No subscription. Unlock everything, forever.