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 бібліотека. Додавай книжки за посиланням, веди полиці «Хочу прочитати», «Читаю» й «Прочитано», став оцінки й нотатки, дивись статистику й ділись прочитаним. ЗА ПОСИЛАННЯМ • Встав посилання на сторінку книжки або поділись нею з браузера — назва, автор, обкладинка й опис заповняться самі • Список підтримуваних книгарень — у застосунку; немає твоєї — запропонуй її • «Хочу купити» для книжок, які збираєшся придбати БІБЛІОТЕКА • Три полиці: хочу прочитати, читаю, прочитано • Оцінки, нотатки, дати початку й кінця читання • Колекції: зібрані вручну або автоматичні СТАТИСТИКА • Скільки прочитано за тиждень, місяць, рік чи весь час • Улюблені автори й жанри, середня оцінка КОЛАЖІ • Колаж обкладинок прочитаного за період або з вибраних книжок • Квадрат, портрет чи формат для сторіз, світлий або темний РАЗОМ З FAMHQ • Книжка з BookStash — у списку речей поїздки в Roam Умови використання: https://bookstash.famhq.org/terms Політика конфіденційності: https://bookstash.famhq.org/privacy-policy

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 in-app purchases: BookStash at none against KRIZ's 2. BookStash also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. KRIZ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BookStash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookStash ships an update weekly, KRIZ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
BookStash versus KRIZ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookStashKRIZ
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYulian LozynskyiKateryna Dimitrashko

In-app purchases

None

BookStash

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

KRIZ

Subscriptions2
  • KRIZ Full7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • KRIZ Full7 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is BookStash free?
BookStash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KRIZ free?
KRIZ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BookStash or KRIZ have ads?
Neither BookStash nor KRIZ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookStash or KRIZ?
BookStash ships an update weekly, and KRIZ every 3 weeks. Most recently, BookStash was updated on October 31, 2026 and KRIZ on November 6, 2026.

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