Comparison

Book Tracker & Log vs Emberlitt

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Book Tracker & Log4 screens
Emberlitt4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Book Tracker & Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emberlitt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Tracker & Log ships an update every 6 days, Emberlitt every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Book Tracker & Log versus Emberlitt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Tracker & LogEmberlitt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB68 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlessio MunziAlejandro Marin

Customer experience

Book Tracker & Log

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Emberlitt

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Book Tracker & Log

One-time1
  • Booxne Pro - Lifetime Access$17.99
None

Emberlitt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Tracker & Log free?
Book Tracker & Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emberlitt free?
Emberlitt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Tracker & Log or Emberlitt?
Book Tracker & Log and Emberlitt are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Book Tracker & Log or Emberlitt have ads?
Neither Book Tracker & Log nor Emberlitt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Tracker & Log or Emberlitt?
Book Tracker & Log ships an update every 6 days, and Emberlitt every 4 days. Most recently, Book Tracker & Log was updated on October 24, 2026 and Emberlitt on October 24, 2026.

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