Comparison

Seekquel vs Liburu

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

Head to head
About

Seekquel

This app helps you track your reading habits and library with customizable features. Log progress, manage your collection, and discover new books based on your preferences. It offers detailed statistics and community features, all while respecting your privacy.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen with over 30 cards
  • Detailed library tracking (Want to Read, Reading, Read)
  • Progress logging by page, percent, or time
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Hardcover
  • E-reader sync (Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook)
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Reading habit building tools (timer, goals, challenges)
Features
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Seekquel is a book tracker you set up yourself. There is a lot in it and none of it is compulsory: build your home screen from the parts you use, switch off the rest, and keep the community on its own tab. Plenty of readers run it as a plain reading log and never touch anything else. SET UP THE HOME SCREEN • More than thirty cards: currently reading, daily goals, your streak, recommendations, your reading calendar and more • Drag them into the order you want and switch off the ones you never use • Arrange your stats page and public profile the same way • 21 themes, from Dark Academia to Cottagecore, and more than twenty app icons • Home screen widgets, adjustable text size, reduced motion and reduced transparency DECIDE WHO SEES WHAT • Public, followers only, or private, then set each part of your profile on its own • Show your reviews but hide your stats, or turn a whole profile tab off • Choose who can message you and approve followers before they see anything • No ads, no data selling, and analytics you can decline • Export everything you have added, whenever you want TRACK YOUR LIBRARY • Add books by title, author, ISBN, or barcode scan • Want to Read, Reading, Paused, Read, and Did Not Finish • Log progress by page, percent, or time listened, in the edition you actually own • Custom shelves, shelves that fill themselves from rules you set, tags, and notes • Track what you own, what you borrowed, and what you lent out • Coming from elsewhere? Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or Hardcover, with your shelves, ratings and reviews SYNC YOUR E-READER • KOReader on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook or Android sends your place, reading time, highlights and finished books • Readest and Xteink pocket readers connect too • Calibre keeps shelves, ratings, reviews and reading dates in step in both directions DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ • A taste profile built from your genres, moods, themes and pacing • Browse by mood, trope and pace, not just broad genres • Pick For Me: a few quick questions, one considered recommendation • Shelve a book before it is published and hear the day it comes out • See the films and series a book was turned into • Mood, pace and content notes gathered from real reader reviews BUILD A READING HABIT • A reading timer, with ambient sounds like rain or a fireplace • Daily page or minute targets, and a streak with freeze days built in • Yearly goals and custom challenges, on your own or shared with friends • A monthly reading bingo card, and badges from Bronze to Platinum SEE YOUR READING • Books, pages, hours, streaks and genres at a glance • A Monthly Wrapped recap of the month just gone • Share cards for a finished book, a month or your whole year • With Pro: build your own charts, compare one period against another, and see reading heatmaps, pacing and mood trends THE COMMUNITY, ON ITS OWN TAB • Nothing social reaches your home screen unless you put it there • Rate books with stars, plus writing, plot, characters, atmosphere and impact • Follow readers, build shareable lists, and recommend books directly • Buddy reads with milestones and chat, and book clubs • Ask the community for a book and shelve their suggestions in one tap • Fix catalog mistakes yourself and build your reputation as a contributor Free on iPhone, Android and the web. Pro adds more themes, custom charts, deeper stats and higher limits. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://seekquel.app/privacy

About

Liburu

Features
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Liburu turns your bookshelf into a living library — on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Scan a book by its barcode and it appears on your shelf, covers and details filled in automatically — even regional and self-published titles. Track your reading, rate with half-stars, and keep the quotes that moved you alongside the emotion you felt. READ & LISTEN • Read your own EPUB and PDF files right inside the app • A separate audiobook library with listening time and covers from Apple • Open a book straight from Files or Apple Books into Liburu ORGANIZE • Shelves for reading, finished, to-read and your wishlist • Sort by date, title, author or genre; collections you can make public • Quotes & notes with an emotion, favorites, lending tracker, book location READ TOGETHER • A profile with a unique @username others can find • Follow readers, see who's reading a book, share recommendations • Reviews with likes and comments; an activity feed and notifications YOURS & PRIVATE Your library lives in your own iCloud — the same books, progress and notes on every device, automatically. Never on our servers. Works offline. One-time purchase. No subscription. Unlock everything, forever.

Screenshots

Seekquel4 screens
Liburu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Liburu at daily against Seekquel's every 3 days. Liburu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Seekquel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Seekquel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Liburu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seekquel ships an update every 3 days, Liburu daily. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Seekquel versus Liburu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeekquelLiburu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed Sabri Ben Chaabanejosuar ochoa

Customer experience

Seekquel

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Liburu

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Seekquel

Subscriptions2
  • Seekquel Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Seekquel Pro Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Seekquel Pro Lifetime$119.99
1 purchases

Liburu

One-time1
  • Liburu Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Seekquel free?
Seekquel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liburu free?
Liburu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seekquel or Liburu have ads?
Neither Seekquel nor Liburu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seekquel or Liburu?
Seekquel ships an update every 3 days, and Liburu daily. Most recently, Seekquel was updated on November 12, 2026 and Liburu on November 12, 2026.

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