Honyomu vs StackBooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Honyomu
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Remember what you’ve read. Keep what you want to read next in one personal bookshelf. Honyomu is a simple reading tracker and bookshelf app for iPhone, designed to help you keep a record of the books that become part of your life. Organize books you’ve finished, books you’re currently reading, and books you want to read. Search by title or ISBN, add covers, save notes, and gradually build your own digital bookshelf. When you wonder, “Have I read this before?” or “Do I already own this book?”, your library is always close at hand. Key features: • Track books you’ve read, are reading, or want to read • Search for books by title or ISBN • Display book covers on your personal bookshelf • Keep reading notes and book information together • Organize books by genre • Look back on your reading history • Select 1–5 books and create a beautifully designed reading card to share Whether you read constantly or only pick up a book now and then, Honyomu gives your reading history a place to grow. Printed books or ebooks, every book you discover can become part of your personal collection. More than a reading log, Honyomu is a bookshelf you’ll want to come back and look at. For readers looking for a reading tracker, book log, personal library, bookshelf, book organizer, or reading journal, Honyomu keeps everything together in one simple place. Make your reading history your own. Support https://sakumori.com/app_support/honyomu/ Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://sakumori.com/privacypolicy/app-privacy/honyomu/
StackBooks
Easily track your reading progress by scanning book barcodes or searching titles. Visualize your reading journey as a growing stack of books and manage your TBR pile with custom statuses and notes. All your data is stored locally on your device.
- Barcode scanning for quick book entry
- Visual reading stack height representation
- TBR and reading status management
- Add notes, ratings, and tags to books
- Offline functionality
- Local data storage with backup option
- Reading statistics and insights
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A reading tracker that makes adding books easy — and stacks up every book you finish. ADDING A BOOK IS ONE SCAN Point the camera at the barcode (ISBN) on the back of a book and the title, author, cover and page count are filled in. Scans run back to back, so a whole shelf takes a couple of minutes. You can also search by title or author and add a book from the results. WHAT YOU READ BECOMES HEIGHT The page count of each book turns into thickness, and your finished books pile up. Look back on how tall your stack has grown. A mug, an ostrich, a utility pole — your stack is drawn next to things you know, so you can see how far it has come. You can also turn the stack into an image and share it. YOUR TBR PILE AND YOUR READS, SORTED Five statuses keep your books sorted: Wishlist, TBR, Reading, Read and Paused. Books you're curious about go to Wishlist; books you own but haven't read yet go to TBR. Move them to Reading when you start, Read when you finish, or Paused if you set them aside. You can also see how tall your TBR pile alone has grown. Finished books can hold a star rating, the date you finished, and a note about what you thought. Add tags and you can filter later by "fiction", "work", or anything else you use. RE-READS COUNT TOO When you read a book again, each read gets its own finish date and notes. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Titles, notes, ratings and the cover photos you take are kept on your device, not on a server. There is no account and nothing to log in to. When you change phones, export a backup and import it on the new one. LOOK BACK ON YOUR READING Built-in reading stats. Books read, pages read and the height of your stack, whenever you want to see them. See how much you read by author or by tag. WHO IT IS FOR - Readers whose TBR pile got out of hand - Anyone who wants to count books and pages, not just titles - Readers who want to keep notes instead of a separate reading journal - Fiction, non-fiction and comics, tracked in one place - Anyone looking for a book tracker that works without an account FREE, WITH NO BANNER OR FULL-SCREEN ADS Every feature is free. No banner or full-screen ads, and no in-app purchases. ALSO - English and Japanese, following your device language - Stack height in cm/m or inches/feet, whichever you prefer - Works offline; only book search needs a connection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StackBooks at none against Honyomu's 1. StackBooks also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Honyomu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. StackBooks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Honyomu ships an update every 3 days, StackBooks daily. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Honyomu | StackBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisaku Mori | Kenta Nobutani |
In-app purchases
Honyomu
- Hondoku Support Plan (Monthly)$1.991 Month
StackBooks
No in-app purchases









