Comparison

epilogue vs ReadCount

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

Head to head
About

epilogue

This app helps you meticulously track your reading habits, from print books to ebooks and audiobooks. It offers detailed statistics, character tracking, and personalized library views. Unlock unlimited tracking with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track print, ebook, and audiobook editions
  • Detailed reading statistics and goals
  • Character tracking with relationships and quotes
  • Organize your TBR with moods and queues
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Fable
  • Customizable library views and sharing options
Features
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epilogue is the beautiful, private way to track everything you read — and actually OWN the app instead of renting it. No subscription, ever. Track up to 50 books free, then unlock unlimited with a single one-time purchase. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Four gorgeous views: clean cards, a wooden bookshelf, e-reader devices for your ebooks, and cassette tapes for your audiobooks • Track print, ebook and audiobook editions of the same book together • Ratings, reviews, tags, custom covers and reading dates A READING JOURNAL THAT KEEPS YOU GOING • Log sessions by pages read or listening time • Daily streaks and a calendar of everything you've read • Reading goals for books, pages and hours STATS THAT GO DEEP • Genre, author and reading-pace breakdowns • Format splits, DNF analysis and a personal Year in Review TRACK THE CAST — LIKE NOBODY ELSE • Build a cast for every book: roles, relationships, quotes and spoiler-safe fates • Link a character across multiple books — even across different series • Explore a whole-series relationship map and share it as an image SERIES, SORTED • Search and filter by series across your Library and TBR • Share a beautiful series card of the whole collection YOUR TBR, ORGANISED • Moods, a "what's next" queue, and gentle nudges for books waiting too long FIND YOUR NEXT READ • Search any title or author, or scan a barcode to add instantly SHARE THE LOVE • Stunning, customisable cards for finishes, monthly wraps, your reading calendar, goals, series and cast YOURS, AND BACKED UP • Optional Google Drive sync and backup • Custom colour themes • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph and Fable No subscription. No ads. No selling your data. Track up to 50 books free — then unlock unlimited, forever, with one purchase. Happy Tracking!

About

ReadCount

Easily log your reading progress, organize books on custom shelves, and save memorable quotes. This app offers a clean, native experience for tracking your reading journey across devices.

Highlights
  • Log reading progress by pages or percent
  • Organize books with auto-generated shelves
  • Save and display favorite book quotes
  • Search, scan, or manually add books
  • Sync library across iPhone and Mac
  • Export entire library data
  • Widgets for current reading and quotes
Features
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A reading tracker that stays out of the way. Log what you read, see where you are, and get on with the book. ReadCount is deliberately simpler than other trackers: just you, your shelves and your numbers, in a clean, native app. And your library has no limit: every book, every session and every quote is free. SEARCH, SCAN, OR TYPE IT IN Find a book by title or author, or point the camera at its barcode and it's in your library in a second. Millions of titles, so even an obscure edition turns up. Covers arrive automatically, and you can always pick a different one, or use a photo of your own. PROGRESS IN PAGES OR PERCENT Track paper books by page, and ebooks or audiobooks by percent. Drag the dial to where you are and your reading log builds itself. Forgot to log yesterday? Back-date it. Got it wrong? Edit or delete any session, any time. SHELVES THAT ORGANISE THEMSELVES Every author, category, collection, series, format and ownership state is already a shelf. Categories arrive filled in from the book data and stay editable. Arrange the groups, hide the ones you don't want, and pick grid or list per shelf. QUOTES WORTH KEEPING Save the passages you want to remember, and come back to them long after the book is closed. Bring your highlights with you, straight from your ereader, and put a rotating quote on your home screen. WIDGETS What you're reading now, with progress. A quote that changes through the day. A lock-screen dial. And a square for every day you read. READ IT AGAIN Finishing a book doesn't close the book. Start another read-through and it gets its own dates, sessions and dial, while the first stays exactly as you left it. YOUR LIBRARY IS YOURS Export everything, any time, free: one file holding your books, your reading history, every session, your collections, your quotes and all your cover art. Moving from Reading List or Book Tracker? Import straight from their exports. MADE FOR iPHONE, MAC AND APPLE WATCH Clean monochrome typography, light and dark done properly, and a design that gets out of the way. A real native Mac app is included, not sold separately. With Supporter, there's an Apple Watch app too, for logging pages with the Digital Crown. --SUPPORTER-- ReadCount's reading log is free and unlimited: every book, every session, every quote, and your library is always yours to export. Supporter adds sync, backups, stats and the Apple Watch app. - Sync your library between your iPhone and your Mac, privately, in your own iCloud. The Mac app is included: ReadCount is one purchase, everywhere - The Apple Watch app: see the books you're reading, log pages with the Digital Crown, and put your current book on your watch face - Automatic daily backups to iCloud Drive, where you can pick the file up in Files - Statistics: a reading calendar, pages over time, streaks, and every book you've finished broken down by category, rating and length - The Reading Activity widget: a square for every day you read - Six alternate app icons, including three Pride designs Supporter is a small monthly or yearly subscription, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. There's also a one-off lifetime unlock if you'd rather never subscribe. No ads. No account. No data collected. Privacy Policy: https://readcount.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://readcount.app/terms/

Screenshots

epilogue4 screens
ReadCount4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadCount at none against epilogue's 7. ReadCount also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). epilogue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. epilogue sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. ReadCount asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

epilogue ships an update weekly, ReadCount every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
epilogue versus ReadCount: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterepilogueReadCount
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOliver TurkDane Rich

Customer experience

epilogue

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

ReadCount

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

In-app purchases

7 purchases

epilogue

One-time7
  • Tip: Paragraph$1.00
  • Tip: Page$5.00
  • epilogue unlimited$6.99
Show 4 more
  • Tip: Chapter$10.00
  • Tip: Book$20.00
  • Tip: Series$50.00
  • Tip: Library$100.00
None

ReadCount

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is epilogue free?
epilogue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadCount free?
ReadCount is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do epilogue or ReadCount have ads?
Neither epilogue nor ReadCount shows ads.
Which is updated more often, epilogue or ReadCount?
epilogue ships an update weekly, and ReadCount every 3 weeks. Most recently, epilogue was updated on November 5, 2026 and ReadCount on October 31, 2026.

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