Nerdie vs ReadCount
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Nerdie
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Nerdie is the social platform for book lovers, the place to track everything you read AND share it with people who love books as much as you do. FREE. Want to see what other readers really think about your favorite book? Curious whether a friend loved the ending as much as you did? Or maybe you just want a beautiful home for everything you've read, a rating for every book, and a want-to-read list so you're never stuck for your next great read. Nerdie does all of it, in one app. TRACK QUIETLY, OR SHARE OUT LOUD Some readers want a private diary of their reading life. Others want a community. Nerdie is built for both. Keep a review to yourself with "Only me," or post it and start a conversation. It's your call, book by book. RATE, REVIEW & REMEMBER โข Rate every book on a five-star scale and write a review while it's fresh. โข Log the same book more than once โ made for the ones you reread every year. โข Look back on your full reading history, your ratings, and everything you thought. โข Mark a spoiler, or keep a review private โ you're always in control. SOCIAL, THE BOOKISH WAY โข Follow your friends and favorite readers and see what they're into right now. โข Read their reviews of the books you love, like them, and comment to talk it out. โข Discover your next read through people you actually trust, not an algorithm. โข Every rating, review and comment is anchored to a book. No noise, just books. YOUR SHELF, YOUR WAY โข Track your whole library, log every book you own and give it a rating. โข Build custom lists for anything: want-to-read, all-time favorites, summer stack. โข Customise your profile with your favorite bedside books and recent activity. โข Set a yearly reading goal and watch your progress add up. THOUSANDS OF BOOKS & AUTHORS Search a huge catalog of books and authors. With covers, ratings, and reviews from the Nerdie community. Nerdie is built for book lovers who want to track their library and socialise around the thing they love most: reading. Give your reading life a home. Try Nerdie today, free. Privacy: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/privacy Terms: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/terms Support: https://nerdie.hooksonstudio.com/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ReadCount
Easily log your reading progress, organize books on custom shelves, and save memorable quotes. This app offers a clean, native experience for tracking your reading journey across devices.
- Log reading progress by pages or percent
- Organize books with auto-generated shelves
- Save and display favorite book quotes
- Search, scan, or manually add books
- Sync library across iPhone and Mac
- Export entire library data
- Widgets for current reading and quotes
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A reading tracker that stays out of the way. Log what you read, see where you are, and get on with the book. ReadCount is deliberately simpler than other trackers: just you, your shelves and your numbers, in a clean, native app. And your library has no limit: every book, every session and every quote is free. SEARCH, SCAN, OR TYPE IT IN Find a book by title or author, or point the camera at its barcode and it's in your library in a second. Millions of titles, so even an obscure edition turns up. Covers arrive automatically, and you can always pick a different one, or use a photo of your own. PROGRESS IN PAGES OR PERCENT Track paper books by page, and ebooks or audiobooks by percent. Drag the dial to where you are and your reading log builds itself. Forgot to log yesterday? Back-date it. Got it wrong? Edit or delete any session, any time. SHELVES THAT ORGANISE THEMSELVES Every author, category, collection, series, format and ownership state is already a shelf. Categories arrive filled in from the book data and stay editable. Arrange the groups, hide the ones you don't want, and pick grid or list per shelf. QUOTES WORTH KEEPING Save the passages you want to remember, and come back to them long after the book is closed. Bring your highlights with you, straight from your ereader, and put a rotating quote on your home screen. WIDGETS What you're reading now, with progress. A quote that changes through the day. A lock-screen dial. And a square for every day you read. READ IT AGAIN Finishing a book doesn't close the book. Start another read-through and it gets its own dates, sessions and dial, while the first stays exactly as you left it. YOUR LIBRARY IS YOURS Export everything, any time, free: one file holding your books, your reading history, every session, your collections, your quotes and all your cover art. Moving from Reading List or Book Tracker? Import straight from their exports. MADE FOR iPHONE, MAC AND APPLE WATCH Clean monochrome typography, light and dark done properly, and a design that gets out of the way. A real native Mac app is included, not sold separately. With Supporter, there's an Apple Watch app too, for logging pages with the Digital Crown. --SUPPORTER-- ReadCount's reading log is free and unlimited: every book, every session, every quote, and your library is always yours to export. Supporter adds sync, backups, stats and the Apple Watch app. - Sync your library between your iPhone and your Mac, privately, in your own iCloud. The Mac app is included: ReadCount is one purchase, everywhere - The Apple Watch app: see the books you're reading, log pages with the Digital Crown, and put your current book on your watch face - Automatic daily backups to iCloud Drive, where you can pick the file up in Files - Statistics: a reading calendar, pages over time, streaks, and every book you've finished broken down by category, rating and length - The Reading Activity widget: a square for every day you read - Six alternate app icons, including three Pride designs Supporter is a small monthly or yearly subscription, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. There's also a one-off lifetime unlock if you'd rather never subscribe. No ads. No account. No data collected. Privacy Policy: https://readcount.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://readcount.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadCount at none against Nerdie's 1. Nerdie's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nerdie sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. ReadCount asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nerdie ships an update every 10 days, ReadCount every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nerdie | ReadCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days โ better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HALIL AHMET CENGELOGLU | Dane Rich |
In-app purchases
Nerdie
- Nerdie Premium Yearly3 Days trial$12.991 Year
ReadCount
No in-app purchases









