Comparison

Book Tracker vs Moonread

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Organize your personal library, track reading progress, and capture notes and quotes. Set reading goals, build habits with focused sessions, and visualize your reading journey with analytics and achievements.

Highlights
  • Catalog books by title, author, or ISBN
  • Scan barcodes for instant book entry
  • Track reading status (Currently Reading, Finished, etc.)
  • Build custom shelves and categories
  • Use built-in timer for focused reading sessions
  • Capture notes, quotes, and highlights
  • Visualize reading habits with calendar heatmaps
  • Unlock achievements and earn badges
Features
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Book Tracker: Bookfy is your personal library assistant. Catalog every title you own, follow your progress, and keep your notes in one streamlined workspace. Collect & organize • Search by title, author, or ISBN to add a book in seconds. • Scan barcodes with the camera for instant entry. • Sort items by status: Currently Reading, Finished, Wishlist, Dropped, Lent, or Gifted. • Build custom shelves and categories for formats like paperback, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Session tools • Launch focused sessions with the built-in timer. • Update page counts on the fly and log time spent. • Capture highlights and quotes without leaving the app. • Stay in the zone with ambient sounds (rain, forest, ocean, café, library). Habit building • Track daily streaks and long-term goals (daily, monthly, yearly). • Schedule reminders so planned sessions actually happen. • Visualize activity on a calendar heatmap to spot gaps early. Insights & analytics • See totals for books completed, pages turned, and minutes invested. • Explore history through interactive charts. • Break down your collection by format, genre, or status to understand trends. Achievements & motivation • Unlock milestones as you finish titles or maintain streaks. • Earn badges that celebrate consistency and progress. • Level up your journey with gamified rewards. Knowledge capture • Store notes, quotes, flashcards, and definitions per book. • Export highlights as Markdown or PDF. • Turn favorite passages into sharable quote cards. Book Tracker: Bookfy keeps your library organized and your momentum high so you can enjoy more stories with less friction. Privacy policy: https://bookfy.art/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Moonread

Enjoy a comfortable reading experience with customizable text, spacing, and textures. Seamlessly manage your library, sync progress across devices, and utilize AI features optionally. Your reading data remains private and stored locally or on iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable text, spacing, and textures
  • iCloud sync for progress and bookmarks
  • Optional AI integration for passage discussion
  • Content search and bookmarks
  • Reading statistics
  • Widget and Siri integration
Features
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Moonread is a TXT reader built for comfortable, uninterrupted reading. Add your own text files, adjust font size, line spacing, colors and paper texture, and read with page turns or continuous scrolling. • Large files open while they load, and you return to where you left off • Common encodings are detected automatically; if text looks wrong, change the encoding in Reading Settings and it follows you to your other devices • Your shelves are real folders on this device or in iCloud; Moonread never rewrites your books • Contents, full-text search, bookmarks, highlights and notes • Light and dark color themes, plus Rice Paper, Kraft Paper, Fine Linen and Grain textures • Reading adapts to one or two pages on iPad and foldables; contents, search and settings open in system sheets without reflowing the text • Pick up on another device: progress, bookmarks and notes sync through iCloud, and you're told when another device has read further • Continue Reading widget, Control Center, Shortcuts and Siri take you straight back to your book; find books on your shelf from system Search • Reading statistics: how long and what you read each day • Data Management: back up and restore reading records and palettes when you switch devices AI is optional and can be turned off in Settings with one switch; reading works fine without it. To discuss a passage, connect an AI service you choose. Moonread asks before anything is first shared, then sends your question and related content to that service; its access, pricing and privacy terms are set by the provider. No ads, no account, and no servers of our own: your books and reading records are stored on your devices and in your iCloud. Content is sent to an AI service only when you choose to use AI, as described above. Moonread has no bookstore. Reading is free; Settings include completely optional tips that unlock nothing. Payments are handled by Apple.

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
Moonread4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Moonread at 5.0 against Book Tracker's 3.7. Moonread also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Book Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Moonread sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moonread holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Tracker has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Tracker ships an update every 3 days, Moonread every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Book Tracker versus Moonread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerMoonread
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTirin炜杰 苏

Customer experience

Book Tracker

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Moonread

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Bookfy Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Bookfy Gold Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Bookfy Donate Coffy$2.99
  • Bookfy Donate Supporter$6.99
  • Bookfy Gold Lifetime$9.99
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  • Bookfy Donate Legend$14.99
4 purchases

Moonread

One-time4
  • A Star$0.29
  • A Cup of Tea$0.99
  • A Late-Night Snack$2.99
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  • A Book$6.99

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moonread free?
Moonread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book Tracker or Moonread?
Moonread is rated higher. Book Tracker averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Moonread averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Book Tracker or Moonread have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor Moonread shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Tracker or Moonread?
Book Tracker ships an update every 3 days, and Moonread every 2 days. Most recently, Book Tracker was updated on October 28, 2026 and Moonread on November 1, 2026.

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