Bookworm Tracker vs Dwellum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookworm Tracker
This app acts as a digital reading journal, allowing users to log books, track reading progress, and set personal goals. It offers detailed statistics, family sharing, and social features like book clubs and buddy reads. Integration with e-readers and home screen widgets enhance the user experience.
- Log books with categories
- Track reading progress and sessions
- Detailed reading statistics and charts
- Set reading goals and earn achievements
- Family sharing for monitoring children's reading
- Book club and buddy read features
- Home screen widgets and live activities
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Bookworm is your digital reading journal Log every book, follow your progress, and discover how much you really read (and how much more you could). TRACK EVERY READ • Search millions of titles or scan the barcode: cover, author, and ISBN are filled in automatically • Can't find a book? Add it manually in seconds • Track progress by pages or by percentage, perfect for Kindle and other e-readers • Keep series and volumes in order, including comics and manga • Time your reading sessions and see pages, time, and pace for each one UNDERSTAND YOUR HABITS • Charts for pages per day, monthly progress, and reading speed • Activity heatmap that shows when you read the most • Statistics for every book BUILD THE HABIT • Daily reading streaks to keep you going • Yearly and daily reading goals • Badges and reader titles that unlock as you grow • Reminders so you never break your streak ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY • Lists like Want to Read, Currently Reading, Favorites, and your own • Page-by-page notes and reviews of the books you finish • Bring your library over from a Goodreads CSV export MADE FOR IPHONE • Home Screen widgets with your current book, progress, and streak • Reading timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island READ TOGETHER • Book clubs with friends, with invites by link or QR code • Buddy reads to go through the same book side by side • Family accounts: follow your kids' reading and set goals with rewards SYNC WITH YOUR E-READER • Connect KoReader and your progress syncs automatically • Import your Kindle highlights Your library syncs across iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web. FREE OR PREMIUM The free plan includes unlimited books and lists, streaks, goals, badges, and basic statistics. Premium removes ads and unlocks advanced statistics, Kindle highlights import, unlimited e-reader connections, CSV export, and more. The Family plan adds unlimited children, goals with rewards, and co-parent support. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://bookwormtracker.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bookwormtracker.com/privacy
Dwellum
Organize your reading lists, track your books, and discover new titles with a focus on beautiful cover art and a private, guilt-free experience. This app offers custom lists, author catalogs, and import/export options, all synced via iCloud.
- Customizable reading lists
- Drag and drop reordering
- Bulk book editing
- High-resolution cover art display
- Search powered by Apple Books
- Import/export library data
- iCloud sync
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A calm, private home to track your books, navigate your reading lists, and get back to what you love: reading. No streaks, no goals, no ratings, no guilt. Not a habit tracker, not a stats dashboard, not a social network. Just your books, their beautiful covers, and the order you intend to read them. Organize - Five reading lists: Reading, Reading Next, Someday, Read, and Set Aside - Drag and drop to reorder books in the exact order you intend to read them - Bulk edit to move, favorite, or remove a stack of books at once - Edit the cover and details of any book in your library - Mark books as owned to keep track of what's on your shelf Covers, front and center - Book covers are treated like the art they are - Tap the cover on its detail page to open it in full screen - Zoom in to discover details you've never noticed before - Displayed in high resolution throughout the app Find your next book - Search powered by Apple Books - Book detail pages with cover art, description, genres, and more from the author - Tap any author to view their full catalog - Follow any author to keep their catalog a couple taps away - Add books that aren't in Apple Books, with your own covers and details - A Coming Soon list that tracks upcoming releases automatically Reflect - Add notes on any book in your library - Review all the notes taken across your entire library in the Notes List - A reading timeline showing what you finished, and when - Start a re-read from any finished book, keeping your first reading intact - Favorite the books you loved, then drag and drop to rank them Browse your library - Masonry grid and list views - Filter and sort by genre, author, date, favorites, ownership, and availability - Search directly within your library and individual reading lists Bring your books with you - Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or CSV - Export your full library as CSV - iCloud sync across all your devices Designed for iOS - Built natively for iOS26+27 from the ground up with Liquid Glass and system styling - Feels like a cohesive, first-party Apple app - Light, Dark, and System themes Private by design, and no data collection - No accounts. No sign-up. No profile. - No analytics, no tracking, no data collection - Your library lives on your device and syncs through iCloud Atlas was built to highlight your covers, your lists, and the order you decide to read your books in. Reading doesn't need to be gamified, optimized, or made public. It just needs a quiet space to keep your books, plan what's next, and remember where you've been. Reading is one of the few things left that's slow, quiet, and entirely yours. Atlas is built to keep it that way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dwellum at none against Bookworm Tracker's shown. Dwellum also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bookworm Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Bookworm Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Dwellum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bookworm Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Dwellum every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Bookworm Tracker | Dwellum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | GABRIEL BAPTISTA TEIXEIRA PINTO | Austin Thompson-Truchan |
Customer experience
Bookworm Tracker
Dwellum
In-app purchases
Bookworm Tracker
- Bookworm Individual Monthly$1.991 Month
- Bookworm Family Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Individual Yearly$14.991 Year
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- Premium Family Yearly$29.991 Year
Dwellum
- Sticker Tip$1.99
- Coffee Tip$4.99
- Book Tip$9.99









