Comparison

Bookus vs Minerva

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

Head to head
About

Bookus

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking your progress, reading time, and daily streaks. Visualize your reading activity with charts and keep your current book front and center with widgets.

Highlights
  • Track reading sessions and time
  • Log page progress
  • Build daily reading streaks
  • Personal library collection
  • Stats and insights on reading habits
  • Reading activity charts
  • Home screen widgets
Features
Read full description

Bookus is a minimalist reading tracker designed for people who read physical books and want to see real progress. • Read with intention Start a session when you open a book and log your progress when you finish. Bookus tracks your reading time so nothing gets lost. • Track your progress Log pages and see how far you’ve come. Stay motivated by watching your book progress grow. • Build your streak Read every day and keep your streak alive. A simple system that actually works. • Your personal library Add books and build your own collection of what you’ve read. • Stats and insights See how long it took you to finish a book, how often you read, and your most productive days. • Reading charts Visualize your reading activity by day and week. • Widgets Keep your reading front and center with widgets showing your current progress. — Bookus helps you turn reading into a consistent habit and read more. Terms of Use: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chiapp.tech/bookus/privacy/index.html

About

Minerva

Track your reading progress, log pages or minutes, and discover what friends are reading. Connect with others, join book clubs, and get reading insights.

Highlights
  • Log reading progress (pages, minutes, percentage)
  • Scan barcodes to add books
  • Sync with KOReader for automatic logging
  • View reading statistics and streaks
  • Follow friends and see their reading activity
  • Create and manage book clubs
  • Import reading history from other platforms
Features
Read full description

Minerva is a reading log you share with your friends. Log the days you read, rate and review the books you finish, and see what your friends thought of the same books. Log your reading - Log pages, minutes, or a percentage in a couple of taps, or just mark that you read today. - Scan a barcode to add a book. - If you read with KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook, connect it once and Minerva logs your reading days for you. - Put the book you're reading on your home screen with a widget. - Turn on a daily reminder if you want one. Look back - See your year: how many books, pages, and days you read, and your longest streak. - Read a book again and it gets its own entry, with its own dates. - Open an author to see which of their books you've read and how you rated them. - On the 1st of each month, flip through a few cards about the month before, and share any of them as a picture. Friends - Follow people you know and see what they finish and what they think of it. - See which books you and a friend agree on, and which you don't. - Recommend a book to a friend. Book clubs - Start a club, choose books by vote or by turns, and compare ratings when everyone finishes. Import - Bring your history from Goodreads or StoryGraph. Buy a copy - Tap a book's title to find it on Bookshop.org, which supports independent bookstores. Minerva earns a commission. Only readers you let follow you can see your shelf. Nobody else can see your reading log.

Screenshots

Bookus4 screens
Minerva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minerva at none against Bookus's 2. Minerva also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bookus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Minerva asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bookus against 5.0 for Minerva. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookus ships an update every 8 days, Minerva every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bookus versus Minerva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookusMinerva
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi App ProdictionJulia Chou

Customer experience

Bookus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Minerva

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bookus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly bookus plus$5.991 Month
  • Yearly bookus plus7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Minerva

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookus free?
Bookus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minerva free?
Minerva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bookus or Minerva?
Bookus and Minerva are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bookus or Minerva have ads?
Neither Bookus nor Minerva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookus or Minerva?
Bookus ships an update every 8 days, and Minerva every 10 days. Most recently, Bookus was updated on October 31, 2026 and Minerva on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons