Comparison

Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf vs Booklore

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

Head to head
About

Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf

Features
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Athos is a private, beautifully organised home for your book collection. Build your library quickly with barcode scanning and ISBN lookup. Browse rich book, author, series, category and publisher views. Track what you own, what you want next, what you are reading and what you have lent. • Catalogue books with barcode scanning and ISBN search • Organise shelves, collections, categories, series and publishers • Track reading progress, ratings, notes and statistics • Find series gaps and manage your wishlist • Record loans so books make their way home • Import and export your library • Keep your collection available across supported Apple devices Athos is free for libraries with fewer than 50 books. Athos Unlimited removes the book limit with a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Your existing library always remains available. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Booklore

Log your reading progress, track your reading habits, and manage your personal library. This app allows you to add books, record page numbers, and set reading goals. It also offers features like ambient soundscapes and a reading calendar to enhance your experience.

Highlights
  • Add books by title, author, ISBN, or barcode scan
  • Organize books into custom shelves and tags
  • Log progress by page number or percentage
  • Track reading time and set ambient soundscapes
  • View reading calendar, streaks, and yearly goals
  • Share reading stats and wrap-up cards
  • Offline functionality with optional iCloud backup
Features
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Every book you read, one tap away. Booklore is a reading log for people who would rather be reading: add a book, log your page, close the app. No sign-up stands between you and your first book, and your library lives on your phone. On the shelf • Find books by title, author or ISBN, or scan the barcode on the back cover • Shelves for Reading, Want to Read, Read, Paused and Did Not Finish, plus your own shelves and tags • Rate in half-stars, from ½ to 5, and tag a book's mood and pace • Print books, e-books and audiobooks side by side, with rereads counted At the page • Log progress with one tap (¼, ½, ¾, Finished) or type the exact page • Reading an e-book or listening to an audiobook? Enter the percentage your reader or player shows • See how much reading time is left in a book, at your own measured pace • Time a session and add ambient sound: rain, ocean, forest, café, fireplace and more, generated on your device • A Live Activity keeps the running session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Write notes and a review, and capture a quote straight off the page with your camera Over the year • A reading calendar that fills in every day you read • Streaks with a best-streak record, and a yearly goal that paces you from the day you set it • A daily reminder that skips the days you already read, scheduled on your device • Home Screen widget, Apple Watch app and Siri ("Start reading in Booklore") • Your Reading Year and monthly wrap-up cards to share, plus all-time stats Your library, your phone • Bring your library over from a CSV export and export everything whenever you like • Optional backup to your own iCloud • Book search and one-time cover downloads are the only network use, and cover downloads can be switched off • Your reading is never sold or used to build a profile of you Happy reading.

Screenshots

Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf4 screens
Booklore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booklore at none against Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf's 3. Booklore also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Booklore asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf ships an update weekly, Booklore fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf versus Booklore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAthos Book Tracker & BookshelfBooklore
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogan AndersonHazem Abdeltawab

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf

Subscriptions2
  • Athos Unlimited Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Athos Unlimited Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Athos Unlimited Lifetime$99.99
None

Booklore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf free?
Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Booklore free?
Booklore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf or Booklore have ads?
Neither Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf nor Booklore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf or Booklore?
Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf ships an update weekly, and Booklore fortnightly. Most recently, Athos Book Tracker & Bookshelf was updated on November 5, 2026 and Booklore on November 5, 2026.

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