BookWorm vs ReadAura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookWorm
This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Set daily goals, maintain reading streaks, and visualize your progress with a unique calendar. It offers effortless book addition, customizable themes, and cross-device synchronization.
- Track books, ebooks, and audiobooks
- Set and achieve daily reading goals
- Maintain reading streaks
- Visualize progress with a reading calendar
- Add books via search or barcode scan
- Customizable themes (Light, Dark, Retro)
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- iCloud sync across devices
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Turn reading into a daily habit you can see. BookWorm tracks every book, ebook and audiobook, counts pages and listening time toward one daily goal, and keeps your streak alive. Every feature is free. BookWorm is a warm, hand built reading tracker for people who love books and want to actually finish them. No feed, no noise, no ads. Just your library, your progress, and a friendly bookworm cheering you on. WHY READERS FINISH MORE BOOKS • Track any format. Physical books and ebooks by page, audiobooks by hours and minutes. • One daily goal for all of it. Pages and listening time count toward the same target. • Reading streaks, so there is a reason to open a book today. • A calendar that fills in as you read, until your year tells a story. • Real stats: books finished, pages read, hours listened, days read, and your best streak ever. • Your most read genres and a format breakdown, so you learn how you actually read. EFFORTLESS BY DESIGN • Add a book in seconds. Search by title, or scan its barcode with your camera. • Covers, page counts and audiobook length estimates are filled in for you. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what you are reading at a glance. • iCloud sync keeps your library on every iPhone you own, in your own private iCloud. • Nine languages, switchable instantly with no restart. • Re-read a favourite and BookWorm keeps the earlier read in your history. • Finished a book months ago? Add it with its dates and your calendar fills in behind you. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING Saving your progress turns a page. Buttons click, switches flip, and finishing a book has a small celebration you can feel in your hand. And because so many readers here are listening rather than turning pages, BookWorm's sounds can never duck or interrupt your audiobook. Sound and haptics each have their own switch. MAKE IT YOURS Four looks, one tap apart. System follows your phone. Light is warm and creamy. Dark is easy on the eyes at night. And Retro dresses the whole app in a 70s sunset palette of teal, mustard and burnt orange, with chunky outlines and monospaced type. Add your own genres, set the goal that suits your week, and pick the look you like. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your library lives on your device and in your own iCloud, where the developer cannot read it. There is no account, no sign up, no email address. BookWorm collects a small amount of pseudonymous usage data to fix problems and decide what to build next, never your book titles, your name, or what you type into search. FREE, WITH A TIP JAR IF YOU LIKE IT Every feature is free. No paywall, no locked screens, no subscription, no ads. If BookWorm earns its place on your Home Screen, an optional tip supports one independent developer. That is the whole business model. Start your next chapter today.
ReadAura
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ReadAura helps you build a consistent reading habit. Add books, log the current page in seconds, keep your reading streak alive, and watch your 28-day heatmap fill up as you read. ReadAura is built for readers who want progress without social noise: - private book library; - fast current-page logging; - flexible library search, filters, and sorting; - System, Light, or Dark appearance; - optional ISBNs for your books; - portable export of your books, reading history, and available covers; - current and best reading streaks; - 28-day reading activity heatmap; - simple reading statistics; - local reading reminders; - optional book covers or clean placeholders; - no account required; - offline-first by design; - streak protection for one eligible missed reading day; - possible duplicate-book suggestions before adding another copy; - add books already in progress and decide whether existing pages count toward today; - celebrations for finished books and new personal streak records; - Aura Plus: browse weekly, monthly, and yearly reports, explore long-term reading habits and detailed 28-day activity, see your most-read author, and estimate finish dates from your recent pace; - Free: add up to 10 books. Aura Plus: unlimited books and personal reading insights. ReadAura is not a social network or a heavy book catalog. It is a simple, beautiful reading tracker for people who want to read more often and see their progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ReadAura at 15.0 against BookWorm's 17.2. 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
Both are free to download. BookWorm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ReadAura sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BookWorm ships an update every 5 days, ReadAura every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookWorm | ReadAura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Markocki | Oleh Vasylyshyn |
In-app purchases
BookWorm
- BookWorm Pro – Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- BookWorm Pro – Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- An espresso$2.99
- Coffee & croissant$4.99
- A week of coffee$9.99
ReadAura
- ReadAura Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- ReadAura Plus Yearly$24.991 Year









