Comparison

Readory vs Tomely

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

Tomely

Features
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The beautiful, fast reading tracker for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No AI, no feed. Just your books. BRING YOUR LIBRARY, FREE Import your Goodreads or StoryGraph export (CSV) in about a minute. Shelves, ratings and dates come with you. Anything we can’t match lands in “To review”, so nothing is lost. Import is free, forever. ADD A BOOK IN TWO SECONDS Scan the ISBN barcode or search by title. Covers and details are saved on your device. LOG A SESSION IN ONE TAP Start the timer, note your page, done. Add past sessions and fix dates anytime. A STREAK, NOT A GAME A yearly goal with your pace, the days you read and a streak. No gems, no coins, no guilt. STATS YOU’LL ACTUALLY LOOK AT Books and pages per month, minutes per session, the days you read, your top genre. SNAP THE PAGE, KEEP THE LINE Take a photo and drag your finger over the lines you want. Text is recognized on your iPhone or iPad and only copies what’s on the page. Search your quotes by book and, with Plus, tag them your way. YOUR MONTH IN BOOKS A monthly card with your books, pages and hours, ready to share in your stories. SHELVES YOUR WAY Reading, Want to read, Read and Did not finish, plus your own shelves. With Plus, reading challenges too. APPLE WATCH Start, pause and end a reading session from your wrist, then set the page you stopped on with the Digital Crown. Your streak sits on your watch face as a complication. Sessions are free, on the Watch too. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN A sidebar and two columns on iPad, your book and your timer side by side on iPhone Duo, and the timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island with a Live Activity. NO AI. NO FEED. YOURS. No generative AI anywhere: no summaries, no recommendations, no AI art. No social network. Your library stays on your device, and export is always free. Book searches go to Open Library and Google Books, with no account and nothing that identifies you. FREE, FOREVER • Unlimited books and reading sessions • Streak and yearly goal • Goodreads and StoryGraph import, and export • Your monthly card, ready to share • Up to 10 photo quotes • Timer Live Activity and widgets • The Apple Watch app TOMELY PLUS • Full stats for every year since you started • All card styles, without the footer • Unlimited photo quotes and tags • Challenges, shelf themes and app icons SUBSCRIPTION Tomely Plus is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial ($39.99/year after the trial), a monthly subscription ($5.99/month, no trial) or a one-time Lifetime purchase ($89.99). Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. We remind you 2 days before your trial ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings, or in Tomely: Settings › Tomely Plus. Book data and covers from Open Library and Google Books. Goodreads and StoryGraph are trademarks of their owners; Tomely is not affiliated with them. Terms of Use: https://readtomely.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://readtomely.app/privacy Questions: hello@readtomely.app

Screenshots

Readory4 screens
Tomely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tomely at none against Readory's shown. Tomely also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 and Tomely sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readory ships an update monthly, Tomely daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Readory versus Tomely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadoryTomely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolkan ozturkSantiago Gonzalez Fernandez

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
3 purchases

Tomely

Subscriptions2
  • Tomely Plus · Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Tomely Plus · Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tomely Plus · Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Readory free?
Readory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tomely free?
Tomely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readory or Tomely have ads?
Readory shows ads; Tomely does not.
Which is updated more often, Readory or Tomely?
Readory ships an update monthly, and Tomely daily. Most recently, Readory was updated on October 21, 2026 and Tomely on October 14, 2026.

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