Comparison

Reader vs Dust Jacket

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

Head to head
About

Reader

This app helps you track your reading, discover new books, and connect with other readers. Organize your library, set reading goals, and join or host book clubs. Share your reading journey and see your year in review.

Highlights
  • Track reading with shelves, ratings, and reviews
  • Reading timer with widgets
  • Import history from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Book discovery and recommendations
  • Join and host book clubs
  • Yearly reading stats and review
Features
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Reader is a home for everything you read, and the people you read with. TRACK YOUR READING - Shelves, ratings, rereads and reviews, with no limits - A reading timer with a Live Activity, Lock Screen widget and Cover mode - Daily streaks and a yearly reading goal - Import your history from Goodreads or StoryGraph in a minute FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK - Search books, authors, series, readers and clubs in one place - The Stack: swipe through books picked for you - Genre and author pages, series order, and "if you liked" picks - Buy from Bookshop.org to support independent bookstores READ TOGETHER - Post updates, reply, like and @mention other readers - Join book clubs with reading sprints, a Lounge and catch-up chapters - Host your own private club for up to 10 friends - Watch short book videos from creators SEE YOUR YEAR - Rank your 2026 reads in a built-in tier list - Stats for books, pages and streaks - A Year in Review card to share READER+ Reader is free to use. Reader+ adds: - Unlimited Stack swipes, with undo - 2 streak freezes a month - Custom tier lists and reading challenges - Advanced stats: pace, genres, authors, moods and your reading heatmap - Your full Year in Review - Custom covers and TBR priority, with "pick my next read" - Host up to 5 clubs, public or private, with up to 50 members each - Alternate app icons and a Reader+ badge CREATOR For BookTok creators and club hosts. Everything in Reader+, plus: - Host unlimited clubs with unlimited members, public or private - Post your own book videos to the feed - A Creator badge on your profile - Paid clubs, coming soon PRICING Reader+ costs $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. Creator costs $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Prices are in US dollars and vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. No ads. Terms: https://readerapp-oss.github.io/reader-legal/terms.html Privacy: https://readerapp-oss.github.io/reader-legal/privacy.html

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 — 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

Reader4 screens
Dust Jacket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dust Jacket at none against Reader's 4. Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dust Jacket asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reader ships an update every 3 days, Dust Jacket every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Reader versus Dust Jacket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReaderDust Jacket
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMATTHEW ROBERT FRIEDMANJohn White Jr

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Reader+$4.991 Month
  • Creator$9.991 Month
  • Reader+ Annual$39.991 Year
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  • Creator Annual$79.991 Year
None

Dust Jacket

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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