Comparison

Readory vs Petal

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

Head to head
About

Readory

This app helps readers track their reading habits, log books, and journal their thoughts. It offers a reading timer with ambient sounds, detailed statistics, and goal setting to enhance the reading experience. All your reading data is stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • Track reading status (Currently Reading, Finished)
  • Immersive reading timer with ambient sounds
  • Create highlights and voice/photo notes
  • Detailed reading statistics and achievements
  • Live Activity for Lock Screen visibility
  • Organized library with grid view and filters
  • Set reading goals and track streaks
  • Import Goodreads library
Features
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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/

About

Petal

This app helps you track your reading progress across physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks in one beautifully designed interface. Set personalized goals, maintain reading streaks, and visualize your achievements in a growing digital meadow. It offers seamless format switching and library import from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Track progress across physical, ebook, and audiobook formats
  • Set and visualize multiple reading goals
  • Maintain a daily reading streak
  • Display finished books as a shelf
  • Import library from Goodreads or StoryGraph
  • No account, ads, or tracking
Features
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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 to add pages, mark it finished or set it aside. 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. 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 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 • Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read and Did Not Finish • Star ratings (half stars too), favourites, reviews, rereads, start and finish dates • Bring your library with you from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Fable, or even a screenshot of your shelves 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: cosy, calm or bold, each with a light and a dark look. Change it any time. 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. A GENTLE NUDGE Turn on one daily reminder to pick up your book, at a time that suits you. Privacy Policy: https://wondrous-gnome-3a9122.netlify.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Readory4 screens
Petal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Petal at 100% against Readory's 63%. Petal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Readory's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Readory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Petal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readory ships an update monthly, Petal every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Readory versus Petal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadoryPetal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (17 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVolkan ozturkMORGAN BELLE TREGELLAS

Customer experience

Readory

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%

Petal

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Readory

Subscriptions3
  • Readory Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Readory Pro Yearly (50% Off)$19.991 Year
  • Readory Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Petal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Readory free?
Readory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Petal free?
Petal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Readory or Petal?
Petal is rated higher. Readory averages 4.7 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Petal averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Readory or Petal have ads?
Readory shows ads; Petal does not.
Which is updated more often, Readory or Petal?
Readory ships an update monthly, and Petal every 6 weeks. Most recently, Readory was updated on October 24, 2026 and Petal on October 24, 2026.

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