Simplreads vs BookWorm

Simplreads is a minimal reading app for building your personal library and keeping your reading process organized. Add books, track progress, write short reviews, save longer notes, and group books into playlists for future reading and sharing with friends. Use Simplreads to keep a clear record of what you want to read, what you are reading now, and what you have finished.

BookWorm is your personal reading companion: a beautiful, private home for every book you read, own or want to read. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Add books in seconds: search online, scan the ISBN barcode with the camera, or enter them by hand • Covers, authors, publishers, genres, series and sagas, with the edition's year and the year of first publication • Organize with collections, or let smart collections fill themselves from rules you define • Import your library from Goodreads or Book Tracker, and export it to CSV at any time TRACK YOUR READING • Log reading sessions with a timer or by hand, by page or by percentage, with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Keep your current page, notes, ratings and reviews for every book • Set reading goals and follow your streak • Re-read a book and keep every reading in its history SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE • Statistics and charts: books per month, pages, reading time, genres and more • A reading diary and a calendar of the covers you finished • Achievements, levels and badges to keep you motivated MAKE IT YOURS • Widgets for your Home Screen and controls for Control Center • Reader Cards: beautiful, shareable cards for the books you love • Light and dark appearance, with the accent color you prefer PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your data stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud • Back up and restore your whole library whenever you want FREE TO START, YOURS FOR GOOD Start free: build your first shelf, with a custom collection and a smart collection, and every essential tool for tracking your reading. When your library grows, a single one-time purchase unlocks BookWorm Premium forever: no subscription, no renewals. It lifts the limits and adds advanced statistics, achievements, widgets, Reader Cards and cover maintenance tools.