Comparison

Read More vs BookWorm

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

Head to head
About

Read More

Organize your reading life, track your progress, and discover new books with personalized recommendations and community features. Build custom shelves, log reading time, and connect with friends to share your literary journey.

Highlights
  • Organize books into custom shelves
  • Track reading time with built-in timer
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Social activity feed and profiles
  • Search millions of titles
  • Clean, intuitive interface
Features
Read full description

Switching from another reading app? Paste your Goodreads profile link and your shelves import in seconds. Read More is the book tracker for people who love reading. Log your books, keep your current read on your home screen with a beautiful widget, and share recap cards your friends will actually want to see. Also: shareable recap cards, reading goals in books and hours, half-star ratings, a DNF shelf, edition switching, CSV import/export, dark mode, and private-by-default profiles!

About

BookWorm

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Set daily goals, maintain streaks, and organize your library. It offers gentle reminders and progress insights to encourage more reading.

Highlights
  • Daily reading goals (pages/minutes)
  • Reading streak tracking
  • Log print books, ebooks, and audiobooks
  • Organize library (Reading, To Read, Finished)
  • Reading timer
  • Monthly progress recaps
  • Shareable reading stats
Features
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Turn "I should read more" into a daily habit. BookWorm is a calm, beautiful reading tracker for books, ebooks and audiobooks. Set a daily goal, build a streak and watch your reading grow. BUILD A READING HABIT • Set a daily goal in pages or minutes • Keep your streak alive and earn reading quests • See every reading day on your calendar • Gentle reminders, at the time you choose BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS, IN ONE PLACE • Log pages for print books and ebooks • Log listening time for audiobooks • Both count toward the same daily goal YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY • Organise your shelf: Reading, To Read and Finished • Import your existing library from a CSV file • Add notes to every book STAY FOCUSED • Start the reading timer with one tap • Pick up right where you left off from Home SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A Monthly Recap of every month you read • Books finished, pages read and hours listened • Your best streak and favourite genres SHARE WHAT YOU READ • Beautiful share cards for every finished book • Share your Monthly Recap in one tap BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN • Optimised for iPhone Duo: your shelf and your book, side by side • iPhone and iPad, synced with iCloud • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Four themes: Light, Dark, Retro and Marginalia • Available in 9 languages Made by an independent developer. If you love BookWorm, an optional tip helps keep it growing.

Screenshots

Read More4 screens
BookWorm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Read More at none against BookWorm's 3. Read More also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). BookWorm's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. BookWorm sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Read More asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read More holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read More ships an update every 3 days, BookWorm every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Read More versus BookWorm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead MoreBookWorm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin ConklinAdam Markocki

Customer experience

Read More

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BookWorm

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Read More

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BookWorm

One-time3
  • An espresso$2.99
  • Coffee & croissant$4.99
  • A week of coffee$9.99

Questions

Is Read More free?
Read More is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookWorm free?
BookWorm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Read More or BookWorm?
Read More is rated higher. Read More averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BookWorm averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Read More or BookWorm have ads?
Neither Read More nor BookWorm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read More or BookWorm?
Read More ships an update every 3 days, and BookWorm every 9 days. Most recently, Read More was updated on October 31, 2026 and BookWorm on October 31, 2026.

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