Read More vs Readstead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Readstead
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Readstead is the reading tracker built for people who want to read more and actually stick with it. Whether you're chasing an annual goal, exploring a new genre, or just logging your progress, Readstead gives you the tools to build a real reading habit and keep your entire library in one place. TRACK YOUR READING Log pages as you go and watch your progress in real time. Add books by searching or by scanning the barcode on the back cover. Organize everything into Currently Reading, Finished, Want to Read, and Did Not Finish. BUILD A READING STREAK Your home screen shows your reading streak, a daily heatmap, and all the books you're actively reading. Everything you need to stay motivated and pick up where you left off. READING CHALLENGES Join curated challenges across genre, author, era, and award winners - from Stephen King's complete works to the BookTok essentials to the 2025 Hugo winners. Or create your own challenge and share it with friends. Track your progress book by book and earn a badge when you finish. MONTHLY RECAPS Create a beautiful, shareable reading recap any time of year. Choose from multiple themes and layouts to highlight your books read, pages logged, and stats. Save to your camera roll or share directly. BADGES & ACHIEVEMENTS Earn badges as you hit milestones - streaks, books finished, genres explored, and more. MORE - Import your Goodreads library to get started in minutes - Rate every book you finish - Full reading activity history at a glance Readstead is built for people who take their reading seriously. Start your first streak today.
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Verdict
Read More and Readstead are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read More ships an update every 3 days, Readstead every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Read More | Readstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Conklin | David Schuler |
In-app purchases
Read More
No in-app purchases
Readstead
No in-app purchases
