Comparison

Book Tracker vs Papyrus

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Features
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ReadersGuild turns reading into something you can see, measure, share, and make your own. Think Strava, but for books. Track every reading session. Build your own digital bookshelf. Read alongside friends. Watch your reading life take shape over time. Start a reading timer. Log your pages and mood. Discover how you read. Share what you're reading with people who actually care. ReadersGuild is a social reading tracker built around the idea that reading is better when it's visible, shared, and part of your identity. TRACK YOUR READING SESSIONS Start a timer every time you read. Log pages, duration, and your mood. Sessions sync to your profile and feed automatically. BUILD YOUR DIGITAL BOOKSHELF Your library is more than a list of books. Build a bookshelf that's yours. Add books by barcode scan, search, or manual entry. Organize them by currently reading, to be read, finished, or gave up. Then make your shelf your own with collectible boards, backdrops, and ornaments that you earn through reading. EARN SHILLINGS. DECORATE YOUR SHELF. Reading earns Shillings. Every minute you read helps you earn the currency you spend on your bookshelf. Unlock beautiful collectible decorations, customize your shelf, and slowly build a visual record of the reading life you've actually lived. READ TOGETHER Reading doesn't have to happen alone. Start a reading session inside your own Fire, invite friends, and read together in the same shared room. See who's reading, react to each other's sessions, and share the experience without turning reading into a competition. SEE YOUR STATS Pages per day. Average session length. Reading pace. Time by genre. Your best reading hours. Weekly and monthly trends. See exactly where your time goes. STREAKS AND GOALS Set an annual reading goal. Build daily reading streaks. Earn achievements for milestones. The kind of accountability that actually works. SHARE LIKE AN ATHLETE Post reading sessions to your feed with Strava-style share cards. Your friends see what you read, how long, and what you thought. Share to Instagram Stories with custom artifact cards. EARN YOUR EMBLEM The Guild is everyone who reads in ReadersGuild. One community, one feed. Invite friends and your emblem climbs with every reader who arrives through you. From Scout to Guild Master, your rank is visible on your profile. Reading is better when your people are doing it too. COMMUNITY BOOK DATA See mood and vibe tags from other readers (dark, hopeful, funny, slow-burn). Check content warnings before you start. Contribute corrections to book metadata. Built by readers, for readers. PREMIUM Free users get the full reading tracker with a 10-book library. Premium lifts the book cap, adds advanced stats and charts, and gives you premium share card designs. ReadersGuild is built by a reader, for readers. No ads. No data selling. Just a clean tool that makes your reading life visible. SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS ReadersGuild offers an optional auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the full experience. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal anytime in your App Store account settings after purchase. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Service: https://www.readers-guild.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.readers-guild.com/privacy

About

Papyrus

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Papyrus turns everything you've read into a warm, real bookshelf โ€” right on your iPhone home screen. A cozy private library you actually want to look at. BRING YOUR LIBRARY HOME Every book you've read, standing on a beautiful shelf you can glance at without opening anything. As you finish books, the newest ones slide to the front โ€” so your home screen quietly tells the story of what you've been reading, all year long. Still fully customizable, move the books around how you want, make changes to the shelf and background. THE WIDGET One of our premium paid features is to add the Papyrus widget in small, medium, or large. Your shelf lives on your home screen, gorgeous and glanceable. If you aren't interested in seeing the books then you can see your reading statistics - how many books and pages you've read this year. IMPORT IN SECONDS Bring your reading history over from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or any CSV in a single tap. Your past library fills your shelf instantly. No problem if you don't have any accounts - you can add books individually from our massive library. THREE WAYS TO SEE YOUR SHELF - Spine view with procedurally illustrated, cover-matched spines - Cover view to show off your front covers - A 3/4 perspective "crate" mode that feels like a real shelf Press and scrub to browse, and drag to reorder your books exactly how you like them. STATS THAT FEEL LIKE A FOLIO, NOT A DASHBOARD See how you rate, your fiction vs. nonfiction split, the decades you read across, and your favorite authors and genres โ€” all rendered in big serif numerals with room to breathe. Look back on your year with Reading Wrapped. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Export your whole library any time โ€” as a spreadsheet (CSV/XLSX) or a self-contained offline webpage. Free or Pro, your library is always yours to take with you. FREE TO START Try everything with up to 10 books in your collection โ€” a real, full-fidelity trial, not a locked demo. Your wishlist is always unlimited and free. Upgrade to Pro to remove the collection cap and unlock your full library. Upgrade to Pro to unlock the full experience: - Unlimited collection โ€” shelve every book you've ever read, no cap - Your complete library on every widget size and display mode - Full reading stats and Reading Wrapped across your entire history - Export your whole library any time โ€” CSV, XLSX, or a self-contained offline webpage - No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold โ€” free or Pro Built by one person who wanted their bookshelf on their home screen. No ads. Your data is not sold. Just a beautiful place to keep the books you love. Bring your library home. Terms of Use (EULA): https://papyrus-b03fd.web.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://papyrus-b03fd.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
Papyrus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Book Tracker at 15.5 against Papyrus's 17.0. 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. Book Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Papyrus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Book Tracker versus Papyrus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerPapyrus
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size118 MB20 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFabio Jonathan ArifinTyler Nam

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • ReadersGuild Monthly$5.991 Month
  • ReadersGuild Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • ReadersGuild Lifetime$99.99
3 purchases

Papyrus

Subscriptions2
  • Papyrus_monthly$1.991 Month
  • papyrus yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • papyrus lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papyrus free?
Papyrus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book Tracker or Papyrus have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor Papyrus shows ads.

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