Comparison

Home Library Manager vs Dust Jacket

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

Head to head
About

Home Library Manager

Features
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Home Library Manager is a comprehensive personal library manager for iOS. Quickly add books with metadata, set and track reading statuses (Want to Read, Reading, Read) and keep notes. View detailed statistics such as total pages, average rating and top genres, explore your collection with filters and a clean, modern interface designed for ease of use. Data stays on-device for privacy, while a polished UI provides a delightful reading-journey experience.

About

Dust Jacket

Features
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Dust Jacket is the book tracking app for readers who take their reading life seriously. Your complete library, always with you. Log what you're reading, track what you've finished, and keep everything you want to read next in one beautiful place. Dust Jacket is built around the way real readers actually read โ€” in series, across genres, with stats that mean something. See your annual reading count and pace at a glance. Explore your genre breakdown over time. Discover your most-read authors. Track the gender of the protagonists you gravitate toward. Every book you've ever read, every book you want to read next, all in one place. A reading tracker that gets out of the way. Log a book in seconds. Search by title or author, tap to select, and you're done. No friction, no clutter, no social feed demanding your attention. Just your books. Your library, beautifully organized. Filter by status, sort by date, search across your entire history including notes and series. Every book exactly where you expect it. Stats that actually matter. Annual reading counts. Genre breakdowns. Author diversity. Protagonist gender. Most-read authors and series. The numbers behind your reading life, surfaced simply. Completely private. No social features. No algorithm. No ads. Just you and your books.

Screenshots

Home Library Manager4 screens
Dust Jacket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Home Library Manager at 15.1 against Dust Jacket's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Home Library Manager versus Dust Jacket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome Library ManagerDust Jacket
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size32 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianfranco AntenucciJohn White Jr

In-app purchases

None

Home Library Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Dust Jacket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Library Manager free?
Home Library Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dust Jacket free?
Dust Jacket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home Library Manager or Dust Jacket have ads?
Neither Home Library Manager nor Dust Jacket shows ads.

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