Comparison

BookStash vs KRIZ

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

Head to head
About

BookStash

Features
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Bookstash — твоя особиста книжкова полиця. Додавай книги за посиланням, відстежуй прогрес читання, створюй списки та колекції. Уся інформація українською.

About

KRIZ

Features
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KRIZ is a reading diary, not another book catalogue. A catalogue answers “what have I read”. A diary answers “what happened to me while I was reading it”. KRIZ is about the second one. Three sections instead of lists Past, present, future. A book lives through them in turn, as it should. A diary you assemble yourself Quotes, thoughts, questions, observations, characters, things to explore after the book. Switch on only the blocks you need — the rest stays out of the way. Nothing is required: marking a book as finished is enough. Search your own words Remember the quote but not the book? A few words will find it. A book is added in a second By title, by author, or by scanning the barcode on the cover. What to read next The randomiser picks from the books you saved, from your shelf, or offers something new — from a selection of two thousand books with covers, descriptions and readers’ ratings. Cards for stories Eight ready-made looks. You tick what to show — cover, quote, rating, dates — and the app composes the card. Month summaries How much you read, what you liked most, which book turned out the longest. A fortune for the day One short line — a reason to open the diary even on a busy day. Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph Ratings, reviews, dates and shelves come across with the books. Free forever The whole diary: any number of books, entries and shelves. Search through your own words, barcode scanner, sync between devices, import, light and dark themes, story cards. What came free stays free. The KRIZ subscription adds Quote scanner: photograph a page, the text is recognised and you can fix it before saving. Voice notes. Photos for a book. Ambient sounds: rain, a library, a café. Every card template and extra appearances. The first seven days are free. Your entries are yours The diary lives on your phone and works offline. An account is only for syncing between devices — and it is optional. Backups are saved as an ordinary file. Ukrainian, Russian, English, Greek.

Screenshots

BookStash4 screens
KRIZ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookStash at every 3 days against KRIZ's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookStash ships an update every 3 days, KRIZ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
BookStash versus KRIZ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookStashKRIZ
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYulian LozynskyiKateryna Dimitrashko

In-app purchases

None

BookStash

No in-app purchases

None

KRIZ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookStash free?
BookStash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KRIZ free?
KRIZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BookStash or KRIZ have ads?
Neither BookStash nor KRIZ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookStash or KRIZ?
BookStash ships an update every 3 days, and KRIZ fortnightly. Most recently, BookStash was updated on October 15, 2026 and KRIZ on October 4, 2026.

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