Comparison

Litscape vs My Book Hoard

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

Head to head
About

Litscape

Discover your next favorite book with personalized recommendations based on your unique reading preferences. Specify genres, moods, tropes, and even elements to avoid for tailored suggestions with clear explanations.

Highlights
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Search by trope
  • Customizable preferences (genre, mood, spice)
  • Exclusion filters for unwanted elements
  • Detailed 'Why It Fits' explanations
  • Build personal reading shelves
Features
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Tired of describing your perfect book and getting generic results? Meet Litscape, a personalized book-discovery app built around your reading taste. Choose a genre, select the tropes and moods you love, set your preferences, and tell Litscape what you want to avoid. You’ll receive book recommendations with a clear explanation of why each one may fit your choices. FIND BOOKS YOUR WAY SEARCH BY TROPE Explore enemies to lovers, slow burn, found family, dark academia, forbidden love, grumpy sunshine, and many more. You can also type your own trope or story element. CHOOSE WHAT MATTERS MOST Mark selected tropes as a must-have or something you would simply love to see. Litscape prioritizes your strongest preferences while staying honest when a recommendation may be lighter on another pick. SET YOUR PREFERENCES Personalize your search by genre, mood, spice preference, age category, book length, popularity, and more. AVOID WHAT YOU DON’T WANT Add exclusions such as pregnancy, cheating, love triangles, or cliffhangers to help guide your recommendations away from unwanted elements. UNDERSTAND EVERY MATCH Each recommendation includes a reader-friendly “Why It Fits” explanation showing which of your choices could make the book a good match—and where the match may be less certain. TEACH LITSCAPE YOUR TASTE Add books you already love in My Taste to help personalize future recommendations around your reading preferences. BUILD YOUR SHELF Save books you want to read and keep your discoveries together in My Shelf. Whether you’re looking for a slow-burn romance, a cozy mystery, a fantasy adventure, or something completely different, Litscape helps make finding your next read easier. Recommendations and book information are created using automated systems and external book data, so details may occasionally be incomplete or imperfect.

About

My Book Hoard

Organize your personal library by scanning book covers or barcodes, or by searching for titles and authors. Track reading progress, manage wishlists, and discover reading statistics. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience focused solely on your books.

Highlights
  • Scan book covers/barcodes to add
  • Search by title or author
  • Owned and Wishlist management
  • Reading status tracking
  • Reading statistics and insights (Pro)
  • Shop online for wishlist items
Features
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Every reader knows the truth: the pile by the bed never stops growing. MyBookHoard is a cozy little home for your ever-expanding library — a place to tend the books you own, covet the ones you don't, and remember every story you've turned the last page on. Point your camera at a cover or barcode and watch a book appear in your collection, as if summoned. Or hunt one down by title or author. However it arrives, it stays right here on your device — no accounts, no snooping, no strangers reading over your shoulder. TEND YOUR SHELVES • Conjure books instantly by scanning a cover or barcode • Add any title by searching for its name or author • Sort the owned from the longed-for with Owned and Wishlist • Mark each book Unread, Currently Reading, Read, or (alas) Did Not Finish • Remember the day you finished a beloved read • Find any book in your hoard in a heartbeat • Off to buy a wishlist treasure? Shop Online whisks you there BOOK HOARD PRO — for the truly devoted (one-time purchase) • ISBN lookup & auto-fill — type a number, let the title and author appear • Reading stats & insights — tally your triumphs and see your reading unfold by year and month No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Just you, your books, and the quiet pleasure of a well-kept hoard.

Screenshots

Litscape4 screens
My Book Hoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Litscape at none against My Book Hoard's 1. Litscape also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). My Book Hoard's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. My Book Hoard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Litscape 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 Litscape against 5.0 for My Book Hoard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Litscape ships an update monthly, My Book Hoard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Litscape versus My Book Hoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLitscapeMy Book Hoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperARIANA BHAGWANMathilde Sanz

Customer experience

Litscape

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

My Book Hoard

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Litscape

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

My Book Hoard

One-time1
  • Book Hoard Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Litscape free?
Litscape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Book Hoard free?
My Book Hoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Litscape or My Book Hoard?
Litscape and My Book Hoard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Litscape or My Book Hoard have ads?
Neither Litscape nor My Book Hoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Litscape or My Book Hoard?
Litscape ships an update monthly, and My Book Hoard every 5 days. Most recently, Litscape was updated on October 31, 2026 and My Book Hoard on November 10, 2026.

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