Comparison

OpenBookshelf vs Weekly Episodes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Search millions of books
  • Import from Goodreads
  • Sync across devices
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • Organize reading lists
Features
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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.

About

Weekly Episodes

Features
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Suare is a studio for weekly fiction that is not only read, but felt. Each series releases a new episode every week, on its own night, at 8:00 p.m. Turkey time. Every episode begins with a cinematic, single-shot opening. Spatial sound, light, and subtle haptics meet the story's biggest moments. That tactile response remains present with Reduce Motion on. Between episodes, paper-textured universe files — documents, clock logs, map fragments — reveal what the story leaves just out of sight. IN THE STUDIO • The Shadow of What's Coming — Maximilian Schmidt believes he has built the technology that will make the world predictable. When his plane goes down, he is the only survivor. In the forest, an old man appears with knowledge of events that have not happened yet. A science-fiction thriller. • The Thousandth Door — Four university friends discover that blue-glowing mushrooms form a gateway to another world, open once every thousand years. That world does not fear — it watches. Once humanity notices the door, everyone wants to arrive first. An adult techno-fantasy. • The Last Alibi — A razor-sharp New York divorce lawyer's client is found dead at midnight. Every sign points to the same apartment. The only testimony that could support her innocence lies at the center of a life broken ten years ago. A romantic legal thriller. HOW IT WORKS • The first two episodes of each series are free to read. • A one-time Series Card permanently unlocks the series you choose, including future seasons. It is not a subscription. • The optional Suare Yearly Full subscription includes every series and one-day-early access to each new episode. Cancel anytime. • Read in Turkish or English, and switch anytime in Settings. • No account needed—your reading position is saved on your device. Vote in the studio and take part in deciding which story enters production next. The wait is part of the story. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://suare.stratanaut.com/en/privacy

Screenshots

OpenBookshelf4 screens
Weekly Episodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

OpenBookshelf and Weekly Episodes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. OpenBookshelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Weekly Episodes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenBookshelf ships an update every 2 weeks, Weekly Episodes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OpenBookshelf versus Weekly Episodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenBookshelfWeekly Episodes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJared FloerschCaglayan Ozgun Kasap

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OpenBookshelf

One-time1
  • Unlock$2.99
4 purchases

Weekly Episodes

Subscriptions1
  • Suare Yearly Full$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • The Last Alibi Series Card$4.99
  • The Thousandth Door Card$4.99
  • Shadow of What's Coming Card$4.99

Questions

Is OpenBookshelf free?
OpenBookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weekly Episodes free?
Weekly Episodes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OpenBookshelf or Weekly Episodes have ads?
Neither OpenBookshelf nor Weekly Episodes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenBookshelf or Weekly Episodes?
OpenBookshelf ships an update every 2 weeks, and Weekly Episodes weekly. Most recently, OpenBookshelf was updated on October 17, 2026 and Weekly Episodes on October 31, 2026.

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