Readory vs Petal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readory
This app helps you track your reading habits, manage your book collection, and connect with friends through virtual book clubs. It offers features like reading timers, note-taking, and detailed statistics to enhance your reading experience.
- Track reading progress
- Import Goodreads library
- Virtual book clubs
- Immersive reading timer
- Capture notes and highlights
- Detailed reading statistics
- Organize book library
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Readory is a beautifully crafted book tracker designed for readers who care about their reading life. Whether you read one book a month or one a week, Readory helps you build lasting reading habits, read together with friends, and capture every thought along the way. • Track Your Reading Journey Add books instantly by scanning barcodes, searching by title, or importing your Goodreads library. Track your reading status — Currently Reading, Want to Read, Finished, or Did Not Finish — and mark Want to Read books as Owned, Wishlist, or Preordered so you always know what's next to pick up. • Read Together — Book Club Start a book club or join one with a 6-letter invite code — joining is always free. Set a reading rhythm, share spoiler-safe notes that unlock as members catch up, and react to what others are reading. Join a live Silent Reading Room to read in comfortable silence alongside your club, see who's reading with you in real time, and rate the book together once everyone finishes. • Immersive Reading Timer Start a reading session with our focused timer. Choose from five ambient sounds — Rain, Fire, Café, Nature, or Library — to create your perfect reading atmosphere. When you're done, log your pages and see your progress update in real time. • Capture Every Thought Create highlights and personal notes as you read. Attach voice recordings to capture ideas hands-free, or photograph memorable pages. Your reading journal grows with every book. • Beautiful Stats & Achievements See your reading life come alive with detailed statistics — books finished, pages read, total reading time, and your best streak. Earn achievements like First Chapter, Flame Keeper, and Night Reader as you reach new milestones. • Live Activity Keep your reading session visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Always know how long you've been reading without opening the app. • Your Library, Always Organized Browse your collection in a beautiful grid view, or arrange it exactly how you like with manual drag-and-reorder. Create custom lists to organize books your way, add your own cover photos, filter by reading status, and search instantly — every book, every detail, right where you need it. • Reading Goals & Streaks Set an annual reading goal and track your progress throughout the year. Build a daily reading streak and stay motivated with milestone notifications that celebrate your consistency. • Goodreads Import Switching from another app? Import your entire Goodreads library in seconds via CSV export. Your books, ratings, and reading status come along for the ride. • Designed With Care Readory features a warm, editorial aesthetic inspired by the joy of physical books. Custom typography, hand-crafted illustrations, and a cream-toned palette create an experience that feels like home for book lovers. • Your Data, Your Reading Life Your personal library — books, notes, highlights, and reading sessions — stays private on your device. Book Club is opt-in and uses a secure server only to sync shared club activity like notes and live sessions. We ask for tracking permission per Apple's guidelines to help measure how our updates perform; you're always free to decline, and the app works exactly the same either way. Start your reading story today. Note: Readory offers premium subscription options for enhanced capabilities, including creating your own Book Club. Subscriptions are processed through Apple's App Store. Terms, conditions and privacy policy available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of use & Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/readory-app/
Petal
This app helps you track your reading habits and organize your book collection. It offers a visually appealing way to log finished books, manage your to-read list, and set personal reading goals. Enjoy a pressure-free environment focused solely on your literary journey.
- Log finished books and manage TBR lists
- Set personalized reading goals
- Visually appealing reading garden and lantern
- Add books via barcode scan or import
- Track borrowed books and subscriptions
- Get personalized reading suggestions
- Share your year in books
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Petal is a cosy reading tracker and book journal that turns your reading life into something beautiful. Log the books you read, keep your TBR in one place, set reading goals and watch your year in books grow. Every book you finish plants a flower in your reading garden, your lantern glows a little brighter each day you read, and your shelves fill up with the stories you love. No leaderboards. No pressure. Just you and your books. UPDATE IN A TAP Tap Update on any book you're reading and type your page or percentage, or drag the bar. Or just tell Petal, like a text: "on page 200 of Fourth Wing" or "just finished Circe". Paperbacks, ebooks and audiobooks all welcome, and you can switch format halfway through a book. ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS Scan the barcode on the back of a book, search by title, or bring your library with you from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Fable, or even a screenshot of your shelves. WATCH YOUR READING GROW • A reading garden that blooms with every book you finish • A streak lantern that glows when you read, and simply waits when you don't • Gentle reading goals by books, pages or listening hours: weekly, monthly or yearly • Badges to collect along the way • Home and lock screen widgets for your current books, your bookshelf and your streak A BOOKSHELF YOU'LL LOVE LOOKING AT • A cosy bookcase or shelves on the wall, in dark wood, light wood or painted • Real covers, spines or books facing out, with fairy lights if you like • Arrange it your own way, or sort by title, author or date finished • Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read and Did Not Finish • Star ratings (half stars too), favourites, reviews, rereads, start and finish dates BOOKKEEPING The real-life side of reading, all in one place. • Borrowed books with due dates, a reminder the day before, and renew or return in a tap • Book subscriptions and boxes, with payment and box dates • My copies: every edition you own, from paperbacks to special and signed editions ASK PETAL WHAT TO READ NEXT Not sure what to pick up? Tell Petal your mood and get suggestions, either from your own Want to Read pile or something brand new. YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS See how many books, pages and hours you've read, your best streak and your reading month by month, then play back your year and share it. PICK YOUR WORLD Garden, Linen and Studio are free: cosy, calm or bold, each with a light and a dark look. READ WITH FRIENDS, IF YOU LIKE • See what your friends are reading and peek at their shelves • Send a book to a friend. It lands in their Postbox. • Accounts are optional. Petal works fully on its own without one. PETAL PLUS • Four magical worlds: Starlight, Dragon's Den, Moonlit Cove and Fairy Meadow • Make Petal yours with your own colours • Deeper statistics and reading insights • Unlimited goals, special goal types and jar, chart and bloom goal styles • Spending totals and charts for books and subscriptions, and unlimited subscriptions in Bookkeeping Petal Plus is £3.99 a month or £29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://wondrous-gnome-3a9122.netlify.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Petal at 100% against Readory's 63%. Petal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Readory's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). 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. Readory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Petal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Petal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readory has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Readory's written reviews are positive against 100% of Petal's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readory | Petal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Volkan ozturk | MORGAN BELLE TREGELLAS |
Customer experience
Readory
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In-app purchases
Readory
- Readory Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Readory Pro Yearly (50% Off)$19.991 Year
- Readory Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
Petal
- Petal Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Petal Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year







