Comparison

epilogue vs Petal

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

Petal

This app helps you track your reading progress across physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks in one beautifully designed interface. Set personalized goals, maintain reading streaks, and visualize your achievements in a growing digital meadow. It offers seamless format switching and library import from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Track progress across physical, ebook, and audiobook formats
  • Set and visualize multiple reading goals
  • Maintain a daily reading streak
  • Display finished books as a shelf
  • Import library from Goodreads or StoryGraph
  • No account, ads, or tracking
Features
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Petal is a cosy reading tracker and book journal that turns your reading life into something beautiful. Log the books you read, keep your TBR in one place, set reading goals and watch your year in books grow. Every book you finish plants a flower in your reading garden, your lantern glows a little brighter each day you read, and your shelves fill up with the stories you love. No leaderboards. No pressure. Just you and your books. UPDATE IN A TAP Tap Update on any book you're reading to add pages, mark it finished or set it aside. Or just tell Petal, like a text: "on page 200 of Fourth Wing" or "just finished Circe". Paperbacks, ebooks and audiobooks all welcome, and you can switch format halfway through a book. WATCH YOUR READING GROW • A reading garden that blooms with every book you finish • A streak lantern that glows when you read, and simply waits when you don't • Gentle reading goals by books, pages or listening hours: weekly, monthly or yearly • Badges to collect along the way A BOOKSHELF YOU'LL LOVE LOOKING AT • A cosy bookcase or shelves on the wall, in dark wood, light wood or painted • Real covers, spines or books facing out, with fairy lights if you like • Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read and Did Not Finish • Star ratings (half stars too), favourites, reviews, rereads, start and finish dates • Bring your library with you from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Fable, or even a screenshot of your shelves ASK PETAL WHAT TO READ NEXT Not sure what to pick up? Tell Petal your mood and get suggestions, either from your own Want to Read pile or something brand new. YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS See how many books, pages and hours you've read, your best streak and your reading month by month, then play back your year and share it. PICK YOUR WORLD Garden, Linen and Studio: cosy, calm or bold, each with a light and a dark look. Change it any time. READ WITH FRIENDS, IF YOU LIKE • See what your friends are reading and peek at their shelves • Send a book to a friend. It lands in their Postbox. • Accounts are optional. Petal works fully on its own without one. A GENTLE NUDGE Turn on one daily reminder to pick up your book, at a time that suits you. Privacy Policy: https://wondrous-gnome-3a9122.netlify.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

epilogue4 screens
Petal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Petal at 5.0 against epilogue's 3.9. Petal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). epilogue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. epilogue sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Petal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Petal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: epilogue has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of epilogue's written reviews are positive against 100% of Petal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

epilogue ships an update weekly, Petal every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
epilogue versus Petal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterepiloguePetal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (16 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOliver TurkMORGAN BELLE TREGELLAS

Customer experience

epilogue

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

Petal

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 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

Petal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is epilogue free?
epilogue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Petal free?
Petal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, epilogue or Petal?
Petal is rated higher. epilogue averages 3.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Petal averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do epilogue or Petal have ads?
Neither epilogue nor Petal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, epilogue or Petal?
epilogue ships an update weekly, and Petal every 6 weeks. Most recently, epilogue was updated on October 21, 2026 and Petal on October 29, 2026.

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