Comparison

BookWorm vs PageKeeper

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

Head to head
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.

About

PageKeeper

Effortlessly track your reading progress, including pages read, start/finish dates, and reading pace. Organize your books, log pages via widgets, and gain insights into your reading habits. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally.

Highlights
  • Log book title, author, and page range
  • Track start and finish dates
  • Log pages read via widgets
  • Calculate reading pace (pages per day/month)
  • Organize books into To Be Read and Finished shelves
  • Backfill past reading data
  • Customizable book genres and colors (Pro)
Features
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"How many books have I actually read this year?" PageKeeper answers that without the spreadsheet. Add what you're reading — title, author, and the printed page range — and log pages as you go. PageKeeper tracks your start and finish dates, your pace, and rolls it all up into the numbers you actually want to know: books this year, pages this year, and how fast you read. HOW IT WORKS • Add a book with its title, author, page range, and genre — stories that start on page 21 count fairly from page 21 • Not ready yet? Park it on your To Be Read list and start it with one tap when you are • Tell PageKeeper the page you're on — it works out how many you read — or log right from the widget • Finish a book and it moves to your Finished shelf, counted toward this year's total • Already partway through something? Give it a head start with your actual start date and current page • Read it before you got the app? Backfill finished books with their dates and your yearly stats stay true ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A widget for the book you're reading, with pages read and a one-tap "+10 pages" button • See progress on several books at once with the medium and large widget sizes • Perfect for logging a few pages without ever opening the app KNOW YOUR PATTERNS (PRO) • Books read this year, pages read this year, and your average pace — pages per day and per month • Books-per-month trends so you can see your reading habit at a glance • Your reading speed, calculated from every book you've finished MAKE IT YOURS • Snap a photo of the cover — your shelf looks like your shelf • 16 icons to tell your books apart, from novels to nonfiction • Built-in genres from Fantasy to Self-Help — or create your own (Pro) • Eight colors to color-code your shelf (Pro) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking • Everything stays on your device FREE TO READ, PRO IF YOU LOVE IT • Free forever for one book at a time — with an unlimited To Be Read list and Finished shelf, full progress tracking, page logging, and the widget included • PageKeeper Pro is a single one-time purchase (no subscription, ever): unlimited books at once, yearly reading stats with genre breakdowns, and custom colors & genres Stop guessing how much you've read. Know.

Screenshots

BookWorm4 screens
PageKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookWorm at every 9 days against PageKeeper's every 4 weeks. BookWorm also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. BookWorm sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PageKeeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PageKeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookWorm has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookWorm ships an update every 9 days, PageKeeper every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BookWorm versus PageKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookWormPageKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam MarkockiRobert Uriarte

Customer experience

BookWorm

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

PageKeeper

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BookWorm

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

PageKeeper

One-time1
  • PageKeeper Pro$2.99

Questions

Is BookWorm free?
BookWorm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PageKeeper free?
PageKeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookWorm or PageKeeper?
PageKeeper is rated higher. BookWorm averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while PageKeeper averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BookWorm or PageKeeper have ads?
Neither BookWorm nor PageKeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookWorm or PageKeeper?
BookWorm ships an update every 9 days, and PageKeeper every 4 weeks. Most recently, BookWorm was updated on November 5, 2026 and PageKeeper on October 31, 2026.

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