Comparison

Booklore vs Book Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Booklore

Track your reading privately and offline. Log books, update progress, rate finished titles, and add notes. Features include a reading timer with ambient sounds, habit-building tools like streaks and goals, and insightful year-end summaries.

Highlights
  • Offline reading log
  • Track reading progress
  • Rate and review books
  • Reading timer with ambient sounds
  • Reading streaks and goals
  • Import/export library data
  • Yearly reading summaries
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.

About

Book Tracker

Log your reading journey with this app designed for romance novel enthusiasts. Rate books by spice level, tag favorite tropes, and track your reading progress. Share your literary adventures with beautifully designed social media cards.

Highlights
  • Spice rating (0-5 peppers)
  • Trope tagging
  • TBR and current reading management
  • Reading log with notes
  • Reading Bingo
  • BookTok share cards
  • Stats dashboard
Features
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Book Tracker: Spicy Shelf is the reading companion built for romance readers who rate their books on spice, tag tropes, and share their reads on BookTok. Your personal library lives entirely on your device — no account required, no ads, no data shared. FEATURES • Spice Rating — rate every book 0–5 peppers for steaminess • Trope Tags — tag your favorites: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, dark romance, and more • TBR Shelf — manage your To Be Read list and track what you're currently reading • Reading Log — log finish dates, star ratings, and personal notes • Reading Bingo — fill community bingo cards as you read • BookTok Share Cards — generate gorgeous recap cards to share on social media • Stats Dashboard — visualize your reading year at a glance SHELF PLUS Unlock unlimited books, custom trope tags, and advanced stats with a Shelf Plus subscription. • Monthly or yearly — cancel any time • Free 1-week trial on the yearly plan No algorithms. No social feed. Just you and your books. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Booklore4 screens
Book Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booklore at none against Book Tracker's 2. Booklore also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Book Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Booklore 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 Booklore against 5.0 for Book Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Booklore versus Book Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookloreBook Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHazem AbdeltawabDiego Cortes

Customer experience

Booklore

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

Book Tracker

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

In-app purchases

None

Booklore

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Shelf Plus (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Shelf Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Booklore free?
Booklore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Booklore or Book Tracker?
Booklore and Book Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Booklore or Book Tracker have ads?
Neither Booklore nor Book Tracker shows ads.

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