Comparison

Booklore vs Tome

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 Year in Books 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

Tome

Features
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Tome brings your whole reading life together. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY • Shelve what you've read, are reading, and want to read • Filter by genre, add books in seconds with barcode scanning • Smart search that actually finds the edition you're looking for RATE & REVIEW • Half-star precision ratings • Reader-friendly reviews with spoiler protection READ WITH FRIENDS • Share your friend code, browse your friends' shelves • Start a book club, pick a book together, chat in real time NEVER MISS A RELEASE • Follow your favorite authors and get notified about new books • Personal recommendations based on your shelves and ratings • See what's trending in Türkiye and worldwide No ads, no tracking. Your data is yours — delete your account in-app anytime.

Screenshots

Booklore4 screens
Tome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tome at daily against Booklore's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booklore ships an update fortnightly, Tome daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Booklore versus Tome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookloreTome
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHazem AbdeltawabOnur Parapan

In-app purchases

None

Booklore

No in-app purchases

None

Tome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Booklore free?
Booklore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tome free?
Tome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Booklore or Tome have ads?
Neither Booklore nor Tome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booklore or Tome?
Booklore ships an update fortnightly, and Tome daily. Most recently, Booklore was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tome on October 24, 2026.

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