Book Tracker & Log vs Emberlitt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Tracker & Log
This app helps you organize your entire reading life, track progress towards your reading goals, and discover new books. It offers visual bookshelves, detailed statistics, and daily reminders to encourage consistent reading.
- Visual bookshelf organization
- Annual reading goal tracking
- Detailed reading statistics
- Book discovery via search and ISBN scan
- Daily reading reminders
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
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Booxne is a book tracker built around one simple idea: every book you read deserves a place on your shelf. Add a book and its spine appears on your bookshelf, in the colors of its cover. Track your pages, keep your reviews, notes and quotes, and watch your shelf fill up all year long. YOUR BOOKSHELF Every book becomes a spine, colored from its cover. Filter by status, search your shelf, and sort by title, author or color for a beautifully ordered shelf. 5 STATUSES Reading, To Read, Finished, Wishlist and Abandoned. Read several books at once: they all wait for you on the home screen. EVERY PAGE COUNTS Add your pages in two taps. Booxne keeps your reading history day by day and builds your reading streak. CELEBRATE EVERY FINISH Finished a book? Rate it with half stars and write your review in a few words. NOTES AND QUOTES (PRO) Keep a little journal for each book: dated notes, with the page if you want, and your favorite quotes on their own cards. YOUR YEAR IN READING Set your yearly goal and watch it grow. See your streak, your reading calendar and, with Pro, all your stats: pages per day, genres, ratings and more. FIND ANY BOOK Search in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian, scan an ISBN barcode, or add a book by hand if it can't be found. A GENTLE REMINDER One reminder a day, at the time you choose. On days you've already read, Booxne stays quiet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your books stay on your iPhone and sync for free with your private iCloud. FREE AND PRO Booxne is free for up to 5 books. Booxne Pro unlocks everything with a single purchase: - Unlimited books - Notes and quotes - All statistics - Library export (CSV and JSON) - One-time payment, yours for life - No subscription, ever EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://booxne.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://booxne.com/terms
Emberlitt
Connect with others who share your passions in vibrant communities. Read books together, track your progress, and discover local meetups. Turn passive phone time into meaningful engagement and learning.
- Create and join interest-based communities
- Start reading circles with friends
- Access half a million free books and audiobooks
- Highlight passages and create notes/flashcards
- Discover local readers and events
- Track reading progress and set goals
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Emberlitt is a reading app for people who love books and love talking about them. READ Pick up where you left off. Read free classics from Project Gutenberg, listen to free audiobooks from LibriVox, or import your own EPUB and PDF books. Footnotes, search, text settings and Read Aloud are built in. KEEP PASSAGES Keep the lines that stay with you, with a note if you like. Your passages become your own commonplace book. THE MARGIN See the passages other readers kept in the same book, right where you are. Spoilers stay hidden until you get there. BONFIRES: READ TOGETHER Read one book with friends, chapter by chapter. Set a reading plan, talk about each chapter and invite people with a link. Open Bonfires of free classics take one tap to join. Start with the house read: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. FIND READERS Find readers who read what you read, follow them and chat. Messages from people you don't follow arrive as requests. ASK EMBER Ask about what you're reading, or have a word defined or a passage explained or translated. Ember runs on your device, so your pages never leave it. YOUR CHOICE, YOUR SAFETY You choose who sees your passages, and report, block and mute are always one tap away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emberlitt at none against Book Tracker & Log's 1. Book Tracker & Log's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Book Tracker & Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emberlitt asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Tracker & Log against 5.0 for Emberlitt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Book Tracker & Log ships an update every 6 days, Emberlitt every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Book Tracker & Log | Emberlitt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alessio Munzi | Alejandro Marin |
Customer experience
Book Tracker & Log
Emberlitt
In-app purchases
Book Tracker & Log
- Booxne Pro - Lifetime Access$17.99
Emberlitt
No in-app purchases









