Comparison

Book Tracker vs Papyrus

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Features
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Mighty Bookshelf is the book tracker for people who collect series. Ever stood in a bookstore wondering which volume you own? Mighty Bookshelf keeps your whole collection of books, comics, manga and graphic novels in one place, so you never buy the same volume twice. SCAN AND ADD Scan a barcode to add a book in seconds, or search by title. Pick a better cover if the default is low resolution. SERIES, VOLUME BY VOLUME Keep every volume together and see which ones you own, which you've read and which are next. Mark books as owned, wishlisted or favorite, and as not read, reading or finished. FIND ANYTHING Filter by author, artist, genre, publisher and more. BRING YOUR LIBRARY Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph or a Mighty Bookshelf backup (CSV), and export a backup any time. YOURS ALONE No account needed. Your library lives on your device. Available in 17 languages on iPhone and iPad. Start with up to 50 books for free. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited books.

About

Papyrus

Features
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Papyrus turns everything you've read into a warm, real bookshelf โ€” right on your iPhone home screen. A cozy private library you actually want to look at. BRING YOUR LIBRARY HOME Every book you've read, standing on a beautiful shelf you can glance at without opening anything. As you finish books, the newest ones slide to the front โ€” so your home screen quietly tells the story of what you've been reading, all year long. Still fully customizable, move the books around how you want, make changes to the shelf and background. THE WIDGET One of our premium paid features is to add the Papyrus widget in small, medium, or large. Your shelf lives on your home screen, gorgeous and glanceable. If you aren't interested in seeing the books then you can see your reading statistics - how many books and pages you've read this year. IMPORT IN SECONDS Bring your reading history over from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or any CSV in a single tap. Your past library fills your shelf instantly. No problem if you don't have any accounts - you can add books individually from our massive library. THREE WAYS TO SEE YOUR SHELF - Spine view with procedurally illustrated, cover-matched spines - Cover view to show off your front covers - A 3/4 perspective "crate" mode that feels like a real shelf Press and scrub to browse, and drag to reorder your books exactly how you like them. STATS THAT FEEL LIKE A FOLIO, NOT A DASHBOARD See how you rate, your fiction vs. nonfiction split, the decades you read across, and your favorite authors and genres โ€” all rendered in big serif numerals with room to breathe. Look back on your year with Reading Wrapped. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Export your whole library any time โ€” as a spreadsheet (CSV/XLSX) or a self-contained offline webpage. Free or Pro, your library is always yours to take with you. FREE TO START Try everything with up to 10 books in your collection โ€” a real, full-fidelity trial, not a locked demo. Your wishlist is always unlimited and free. Upgrade to Pro to remove the collection cap and unlock your full library. Upgrade to Pro to unlock the full experience: - Unlimited collection โ€” shelve every book you've ever read, no cap - Your complete library on every widget size and display mode - Full reading stats and Reading Wrapped across your entire history - Export your whole library any time โ€” CSV, XLSX, or a self-contained offline webpage - No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold โ€” free or Pro Built by one person who wanted their bookshelf on their home screen. No ads. Your data is not sold. Just a beautiful place to keep the books you love. Bring your library home. Terms of Use (EULA): https://papyrus-b03fd.web.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://papyrus-b03fd.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
Papyrus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Book Tracker and Papyrus are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Book Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Papyrus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Book Tracker versus Papyrus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerPapyrus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size58 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean TuffierTyler Nam

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Book Tracker

One-time1
  • Unlimited$4.99
3 purchases

Papyrus

Subscriptions2
  • Papyrus_monthly$1.991 Month
  • papyrus yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • papyrus lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papyrus free?
Papyrus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book Tracker or Papyrus have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor Papyrus shows ads.

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