Comparison

Seekquel vs Paguely

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 readers meticulously track their reading habits, organize their book collections, and discover new titles based on personalized recommendations. It allows users to log progress, set reading goals, and connect with a community of fellow book lovers.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress by page
  • Organize library with custom shelves and tags
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Camera OCR for capturing quotes
  • Reading session timer and Focus Mode
  • Build reading habits with goals and challenges
  • Connect with other readers and buddy reads
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

Paguely

Features
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Paguely is a book discovery app built around one simple idea: what if you met your next read like a blind date? You answer a few questions about how you are feeling. We match you to a book. You see atmospheric clues, never the title, never the cover. When you are ready, you commit. Then the reveal happens. It sounds simple. It feels like magic. HOW IT WORKS Tell us your mood. Are you feeling wistful, restless, curious, tender? Pick your pace. Choose where you want to go and how you want to feel at the end. Six questions. Thirty seconds. We do the rest. Our recommendation engine combines your mood answers, reading history, and taste profile to find a book that fits exactly how you feel right now. Then come the clues. Four atmospheric hints about your book: its tone, its world, its emotional weight. No title. No author. No cover. Just enough to make you curious. When you are ready, you meet your book. YOUR SHELF, YOUR WAY Every book you read lives on your shelf. Track your progress page by page. Start a reading session with one tap and watch your streak grow. Log your daily reading and hit your personal goal. View your shelf as a cover grid, a detailed list, or our favourite, a spine view that looks like a real bookshelf on your screen. KNOW YOUR READING SELF The more you read on Paguely, the better it knows you. Your Reading DNA builds over time: a set of flavour tags that describe your taste in ways Goodreads never could. Slow burn devotee. Emotionally wrecked endings. Set abroad. Literary fiction purist. See your reading year in a Wrapped-style summary: charts, heatmaps, mood patterns, your best books. Everything you read, beautifully visualised. READ WITH FRIENDS Follow readers with similar taste. See what your friends revealed this week. Join book clubs and read together. Track each other's progress, discuss as you go, vote on what to read next with community polls. Share your reveal. Share your Wrapped. Share your Reading DNA. Every card is designed to look stunning on Instagram Stories and TikTok. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Not in the mood for a blind date? Browse our Discovery stack. Swipe through books Tinder-style, save the ones that catch your eye, pass on the rest. Every swipe teaches us your taste. Or start with a book you loved and let us find six more like it. Our recommendation engine explains exactly why each book matches you. Not generic suggestions. Specific connections. NEVER MISS A FREE BOOK We check Open Library daily and notify you when a book on your shelf becomes free to borrow. We also surface free classics and weekly free picks so you always have something to read without spending a penny. PAGUELY+ Unlock unlimited reveals and unlimited re-rolls. Get streak freezes so life does not break your reading habit. See your full Reading DNA radar, plus the ability to see exactly why we matched you to each book. Start with a free trial. Cancel anytime. Your next favourite book is already waiting. You just cannot see it yet. Terms of Use: https://paguely.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://paguely.app/privacy

Screenshots

Seekquel4 screens
Paguely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Paguely at daily against Seekquel's every 3 days. Paguely also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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 Paguely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seekquel ships an update every 3 days, Paguely daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Seekquel versus Paguely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeekquelPaguely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed Sabri Ben ChaabaneMereltech LLC

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
2 purchases

Paguely

Subscriptions2
  • Paguely+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Paguely+ Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Seekquel free?
Seekquel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paguely free?
Paguely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seekquel or Paguely have ads?
Neither Seekquel nor Paguely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seekquel or Paguely?
Seekquel ships an update every 3 days, and Paguely daily. Most recently, Seekquel was updated on October 21, 2026 and Paguely on October 6, 2026.

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