Leanpub vs Tracks on the road
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leanpub
Access your entire ebook library on your mobile device. Discover new titles, take notes, and switch between reading modes. Authors can also write and publish their own books directly through the platform.
- Read Leanpub ebooks
- Discover new ebooks
- Sync notes across devices
- Dark and Light Mode reading
- Write and publish books
- Read ebook samples
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Leanpub is the world's best platform for reading and writing ebooks. Download the app to read and listen to all the ebooks in your Leanpub library on your iPhone and iPad. Discover new authors and ebooks in the Leanpub store. Take Leanpub courses right in the app, with lessons, videos, and quizzes. Write and publish your own books using powerful features for authors — now including real-time collaborative writing. With the Leanpub app you can: Read all your Leanpub ebooks, including PDF books, with full offline support Listen to your books with Read Aloud: background playback with follow-along highlighting Take courses with video lessons and quizzes with instant feedback Discover new Leanpub ebooks, courses, and bundles Take notes and highlights within books and sync them across devices Share favorite passages as beautiful quote cards Keep reading from your Home Screen with widgets like Continue Reading, The Shelf, and Passage of the Day Join the conversation in your books' community forums Write on the go: draft chapters, edit visually, and preview and publish new versions Write together with your co-authors in real time Manage co-authors, browse your royalties, and organize collections in the Author studio Choose between Dark Mode and Light Mode for comfortable reading Read samples of ebooks, where available Use credits to add new books to your library Write and publish reviews of books right from your library By using this app, you agree to the Leanpub Terms of Service (https://leanpub.com/terms), Privacy Policy (https://leanpub.com/privacy), Copyright Policy (https://leanpub.com/takedown) and Refund Policy (https://leanpub.com/refunds).
Tracks on the road
This living book offers a philosophical exploration of human personality over 20 years, featuring real photos and videos from the author's experiences. It's a personal account from a Ukrainian airborne veteran of the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Philosophical exploration of personality
- 20-year life period coverage
- Author's original photos
- Author's original videos
- Real-life event footage
- Veteran's personal account
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'Tracks on the road' is a best-seller, written by Ukrainian traveller, airborne veteran of Russia-Ukraine war. The author published the book on his own without assistance of any publishing house. The novel happened to be one of the most sold books in Ukraine. 'Tracks on the road' covers a life period of 20 years of one person and events that occur to this person during this time. This book is a philosophical treatise focused on deconstruction of human personality. The story is accompanied by pictures and videos taken and filmed by the author. All videos are filmed directly during events described in the book without any staged footages (also combat scenes).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tracks on the road at 100% against Leanpub's 12%. Tracks on the road also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). Leanpub's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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
Leanpub is free to download; Tracks on the road costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tracks on the road holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Leanpub's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tracks on the road's.
Leanpub ships an update every 6 weeks, Tracks on the road every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leanpub | Tracks on the road |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Leanpub | Datum LLC |
Customer experience
Leanpub
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In-app purchases
Leanpub
No in-app purchases
Tracks on the road
No in-app purchases
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