Comparison

BookWorm vs tome. Books, Reading Tracker

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 reading streaks, and visualize your progress with a unique calendar. It offers effortless book addition, customizable themes, and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

tome. Books, Reading Tracker

Features
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Tome: The Reader's Companion Your reading life, beautifully organized. Tome is a clean, focused book tracker for readers who want to know what they're reading, what they've finished, and what's next. Log your pages as you go, set a yearly reading challenge, and keep every shelf in order - without the noise of a social feed. YOUR BOOKSHELF, YOUR WAY Sort every book into Currently Reading, Want to Read (your TBR), Finished, and Did Not Finish. Order your shelves by date added, date read, author, title, release date, or rating. Your whole library, one tap away. Coming from another reading tracker? Import your Goodreads or StoryGraph library from a CSV export and pick up exactly where you left off - no re-typing, no lost history. A READING LOG THAT GETS USED Log the pages you read each session and watch progress build book by book. Tome keeps your full reading history, so your book log doubles as a reading journal you can look back through months and years later. SET A READING CHALLENGE Give yourself a yearly reading goal and let Tome keep score. Every book you finish is added to your active goal automatically - no spreadsheets, no manual counting. Watch your stats grow across the year and see exactly how much you've read. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Search millions of books and authors, or scan a barcode or ISBN to add any book on your shelf in seconds. Browse author pages and follow series you're working through. Anything you're not ready for goes straight onto your TBR list, so you never forget a recommendation again. NOTES, QUOTES AND RATINGS Keep notes on what you're reading and rate books as you finish them. Your thoughts stay attached to the book, right where you'll find them next time someone asks what you made of it. WEEKLY PICKS AND DAILY QUOTES Every week, a small curated selection of books worth your time. Every day, a line worth sitting with - from Between Lines, a hand-picked collection of literary quotes. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No feed. No follower counts. No algorithm deciding what you should read next. Tome is a private reading tracker: your bookshelf, your notes, your ratings, your pace. Your reading history lives on your device, and you can back it up whenever you want. WHO TOME IS FOR Readers who finish fifty books a year and readers working through their first. People who want a simple book tracker and book log without a social network attached. Anyone leaving a bigger tracker behind and looking for something faster, quieter and better looking. TOME PREMIUM Upgrade to unlock: • Unlimited library size - the free version limits how many books you can track • No upgrade prompts, anywhere in the app • Every premium feature currently in Tome Premium directly supports a one-person indie project and pays for the next round of features. Books data powered by the amazing Hardcover.app. Start your reading log today - download Tome and add your first book in under a minute. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BookWorm4 screens
tome. Books, Reading Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BookWorm at 17.2 against tome. Books, Reading Tracker's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BookWorm sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and tome. Books, Reading Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookWorm ships an update weekly, tome. Books, Reading Tracker every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BookWorm versus tome. Books, Reading Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookWormtome. Books, Reading Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam MarkockiMichal Drabik

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BookWorm

Subscriptions2
  • BookWorm Pro – Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • BookWorm Pro – Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • An espresso$2.99
  • Coffee & croissant$4.99
  • A week of coffee$9.99
2 purchases

tome. Books, Reading Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is BookWorm free?
BookWorm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tome. Books, Reading Tracker free?
tome. Books, Reading Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BookWorm or tome. Books, Reading Tracker have ads?
Neither BookWorm nor tome. Books, Reading Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookWorm or tome. Books, Reading Tracker?
BookWorm ships an update weekly, and tome. Books, Reading Tracker every 6 days. Most recently, BookWorm was updated on October 24, 2026 and tome. Books, Reading Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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