Reading List

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] 5/5 · US Best book tracker: This app is very easy to use. Highly recommend!
2. [R2] 5/5 · US Great to keep things organized!: It’s really a great app, I don’t have pro so I’m sure it only gets better from here! Keeps everything neat, pretty to look at, and organized!
3. [R6] 5/5 · US The best reading tracker ever!: I been tracking my books for 3 years now in this app! It’s amazing, clean and not hard to use.
4. [R7] 5/5 · US The best reading tracker: This is by far the best reading tracker available (and I’ve tried just about every one). I love that you can quickly add books, pause books, and create lists. Really intuitive. And there’s no social component, which personally I find freeing. I’m just trying to keep track of books I’m reading and that I’ve loved.
5. [R5] 5/5 · US Great update!: So glad for the most recent update! Before I was having trouble searching online to add books to my list, but now it seems to be fixed, and they are all popping up! The best feature of this app is that I can make my own lists (as many as I want) and categorize all my books in every little way that I want and then search for them later. Really really helpful!
6. [R15] 5/5 · US Love this app: My favorite part about this app is that you can manually add what you are reading. Other apps don’t really allow you to do that & you can make lists or “folders” that i absolutely LOVE
7. [R19] 5/5 · US Best book tracker!: Easy to use. Love the stats. Can create book lists: friend recommendations, possible book club books, and so on. My favorite app!
8. [R28] 5/5 · US LOVE THIS APP: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this app. It is amazing in how I can categorize and sync my books. I highly recommend it
9. [R30] 5/5 · US Very Easy to Use: When started tracking the books I read and making TBR lists, I tried a couple of different apps. This one won out because of its simplicity. But that is not to saw it lacks features. It has the features I want. It allows me the freedom to categorize books the way I want. It gives simple statistics of my reading accomplishments. It’s easy to add a book to my list, see which book
10. [R48] 3/5 · US Pretty Book Tracking App: This app has phenomenal at tracking books that you have read books that you would like to read. It does track by the book added date so you can easily go to the last book that you added or the first book that you’ve added to read them in a particular order. The pro option of the app allows you to see some reporting on your usage, including a breakdown by month, year, and
11. [R54] 5/5 · US 10/10 Amazing App: I was looking for a version of GoodReads that was more private. I want to track my book stats (books I’ve read, want to read & am currently reading) and this app does all that I was looking for and more. The interface is clean and easy to use. The subscription fee is well worth it. Thank you to the developers!
12. [R4] 5/5 · US V good: I didn’t like good reads and this is way more straight forward. I do wish I could connect with friends but eh oh well.
13. [R9] 5/5 · US Great book log: I found Reading List, and I like it a lot! I found this app a couple of years ago when I wanted to log my reading without using one of the sites (e.g. Goodreads) that major companies use to mine our data. This app is basically like keeping a handwritten log/ personal spreadsheet of what you read (in order to have some privacy and defense from data mining intrusion) but as an app, i
14. [R12] 5/5 · US No notes! 👏👏: Absolutely LOVEE this app it is perfect for what I need when it comes to tracking my reading progress/books!!
15. [R25] 4/5 · US Love this app but some issues: I’ve been using this app for a few years now (paid member) and I love it. I love that you can easily change book cover pictures and make lists to sort out your books. That being said, as some other reviewers have said, lately there have been problems looking up books and they won’t be listed (and they’ll be popular books not obscure ones) or if it is listed all the i
16. [R64] 5/5 · US Love this app!: I’ve been looking for a good app to store my books in and keep track of my progress and this has been the best experience I’ve ever had to an app dedicated to this! It’s gonna have an book you read (being how it’s connected to Google when you search for your book) and if not it’s super easy to add your book manually and put as much or as little information about the book as you wan
17. [R75] 5/5 · US Best Book Tracking App: Has the features you want and need without the excess. Works offline (other than searching online for a new book), allows you to change info as needed like adding your version of the cover art. No social aspect, so you can track EVERYTHING you’re reading without others seeing
18. [R26] 5/5 · US Easy to use: It does what I need it to do and it’s free. It’s a win-win. I recommend if you want to keep track of the books you read.
19. [R53] 5/5 · US Fantastic App!: I’ve used the free version of this app for several years and love it. It’s easy to use and performs exactly as described. I’m considering becoming a lifetime member. One suggestion for the developer: allow uploading new books via Apple’s “share” feature, from sites such as Amazon, etc. It’s easy enough to add new books as-is, but that would make it even faster.
20. [R59] 5/5 · US A must have app for readers!: This free simple to use app is great for all readers and even better for those with extensive Library. It easily keeps track of the books you have, the books you’re reading, and even the books you want to read!
21. [R69] 5/5 · US The best app I’ve ever used: The app has so much that you can access for free. I’ve tried so many apps, some that only let you have 5 books maximum for free. Like what?!?!? This app is amazing, it gives you book summaries and details, you can review them, write notes, and I very clean and easy. You can see what you’ve read so quickly, the info is all right there! I love using this alongside Goodre
22. [R17] 2/5 · US Scanning functionality no longer works: The scanning barcode functionality does not work at all anymore. Every book now needs to be added manually. I will probably be switching to a different app if this is not fixed.
23. [R20] 3/5 · US Used to Love it!: I’ve used this and paid for the pro membership for years. I’ve been disappointed that the last 7 out of 10 ebooks I read had to be manually added. The “search online” function used to work about 95% of the time, but not any more….
24. [R21] 1/5 · US Inputting myself: Not sure what happened but it seems like any book I am reading/listening too I have to enter manually now. Even scanning its like no books can be found. Pretty frustrating.
25. [R31] 4/5 · US Only one problem: I really like this app and use it daily- my hundreds of books are now organized! Lately though, books do no scan. Solid five stars if not for that.
26. [R24] 4/5 · US Good but could be better: This is a great app but I do not like that you do have to have the pro to see your reading stats but other than that it’s pretty good but please try and change that to where you don’t need to pay for pro to be able to see your stats
27. [R60] 2/5 · US Not Worth The Renewal Subscription: I am not sure why all the rave reviews, what am I missing. This app is rudimentary at best. The note section needs much improvement in the copy and paste function. Each time you copy a note from a book and try to paste it in a running stream of already inserted notes, the app scrolls you back to mid-section of the screen and then you have to scroll down to your
28. [R67] 4/5 · US Good app!: I really like this app but I wish there were some more options that were allowed without paying money
29. [R41] 2/5 · US It’s nice ..but..: Been using this app for a while. I like it … but the widget doesn’t work anymore. Kind of makes me not want to use it anymore.
30. [R88] 4/5 · US Very useful: Long-time paid subscriber. I really enjoy having a nice way to organize the many books I’m reading or want to read. Many other apps I’ve tried are cluttered and busy. This is simple and elegant. My only critique is that recently the widget function on my iPhone stopped working. I tried deleting and reinstalling and nothing seems to bring it back. Otherwise, I’m a happy customer!
31. [R260] 1/5 · GB Widgets are not working: I’m having trouble with the widgets not working as they used to. The suggested widget from Apple shows the book I’m currently reading, but when I add to Home Screen it only shows ‘add books’ on the widget. When I got it to work earlier, the percentage on the widget wasn’t updating.
32. [R74] 1/5 · US I'd give it no stars if I could: I loved it until I couldn't get it to sync to my other device. I emailed the app creator a month ago and never received a response.
33. [R614] 1/5 · CA Need Support: The Support for this app is very disappointing. I have been waiting and waiting for some help after numerous emails. Very slow to respond, and I’m still not able to use the app after paying for it.
34. [R396] 3/5 · GB Lost all of my lists …. :(: I’d been building up lists and tracking my reads for months, really finding the app simple and useful with no unnecessary frills - and then suddenly everything is gone…. All my lists are empty! Happened around the same time they changed the logo to the yucky new logo but I can’t see that that should have affected my lists. Gutted but will start over again :( The new lo
35. [R643] 3/5 · CA Sharon: Am I doing something wrong? Data in this app on my iPad, doesn’t appear on my iPhone. Do we have to enter it in both places. I have iCloud on for both.
36. [R143] 3/5 · US Need Series & Better Stats: This would be my favorite book tracking app, but I am still dependent on other apps for better statistics and connecting series. Hope improvements are implemented soon.
37. [R401] 3/5 · GB Good but cannot group books by series: This app is quite comprehensive and good. Currently I use a spreadsheet but will continue to use the spreadsheet instead of the app because it doesn't let you arrange books by series.
38. [R745] 3/5 · AU Good app, few suggestions: I’ve just got this app and I find it very useful. I think there could be a built in Wishlist option and that the series could group themselves automatically (if that’s possible) as trying to sort all my books into series is tiresome. I also think this app should have a multi-scan option as I have over 200 book and it’s getting ridiculous to scan them all.
39. [R73] 3/5 · US Pretty good but some issues: It’s good but there’s some big issues: If you accidentally hit “finished” you can’t undo it to keep your reading log, the “average days to finish” is off and could be made much better with a way to track hours of reading, it glitches if you read over night and pass midnight, and the reading log glitches consistently when the dates change on their own.
40. [R291] 3/5 · GB The use of the app: When you click on the book, you see a highlighted start and when you press that, it says finish and the book automatically goes to finish section. This function was not well thought of and it’s disappointing.
41. [R298] 3/5 · GB Mixed feelings: I really like the app but having to input the date I started each book takes all the fun out of it because when I can’t remember, it just becomes exhausting. Even if they could change it to just month/year; I don’t remember the exact date I start every book 😂
42. [R638] 3/5 · CA No option to disable start and finish dates: Everything about this app is what I’m looking for except there is no option to disable when you’ve started a book and when you finished. I wanted to add books to the ‘finished’ category that I’ve already read and it won’t allow you the option to put ‘none’. It will state that I started and finished the book today or when I finished it years ago and I ca
43. [R102] 1/5 · US Needs Improvement: This is an okay app, not bad, not stellar. There are many improvements that can be made: 1. Make it Mac PC compatible, it only works on iPad and iPhone. 2. It doesn’t allow you to highlight, bold, underline or anything else in your notes section. 3. The notes section is too small. 4. Should be able to scan not only the books bar code, but like Goodreads, the front jacket of the
44. [R32] 5/5 · US Doesn’t provide % complete anymore: Love the app but it doesn’t provide percentage complete for me anymore which honestly motivated me to finish a book at times
45. [R40] 5/5 · US Lots of Bugs Recently: I’ve used this app for years at this points with zero complaints. It’s the only tracker I recommend! That said, lately there seems to be a lot of bugs. The barcode scanner doesn’t work (it only opens with the zoomed out camera and doesn’t scan the barcodes), when you add books they no longer pull with all the info (page count, isbn, publisher etc) and other things. I’ve dele
46. [R45] 1/5 · US Will not work for me: I downloaded this app because it was recommended by a book BESTIE on TikTok, and the app will not allow me to upload any books while using the camera. It’ll scan the barcode and says that it can’t find the book or it just simply doesn’t exist. I restarted my phone because the camera wasn’t turning on before, I deleted the app and redownloaded it, I even paid for the yearly su
47. [R96] 1/5 · US Not useful unless willing to pay for Pro version: Downloaded this so my son cold track how many pages he’s read this year. Was very disappointed to see that the “statistics” (the entire reason for an app like this), is only available if you are willing to pay a monthly or annual fee. So without a purchase, this is as useful as keeping a list in a note app of which books you have read.
48. [R522] 1/5 · CA It’s Okay(Not Really): This app is good if you have money to be a “pro” they don’t let you see your status if you don’t pay and it’s only good if you want to see all your books organized. It doesn’t even like show you the percentage that you have done you have to get that on your own. There should be an goal option as well, and if you have a book you finished they should put a IDK for when you sta
49. [R660] 1/5 · AU Stats: You can only see your reading statistics if you pay for pro. That’s pretty much the only reason why I downloaded it in the first place. So I deleted it right after.
50. [R42] 4/5 · US Love it: I absolutely love this tracking app HOWEVER I switched from apple to Samsung and now I can only track from my iPad. So if anything happens to ,y iPad I loose all of my info