Book Tracker: Reading journal

When I downloaded and paid for the app it didn’t have the TBR as part of the title. If it had I wouldn’t have paid for it. I purchased the app because it was laid out so nicely and I really liked the statistics. But, it’s not easy to use. There are so many clicks to get it to do what I want it to do. I can’t change the read dates, so my tracking is off. I don’t like how it won’t track you are reading for the day unless you update the percentage/pages. I want it to assume I’m reading and put that book in the calendar. Overall a nice looking app and I thought it would be a great alternative to Goodreads, but the more I use it the less user friendly it seems.

I have to purchase the app twice for each device? Utterly ridiculous for an app that’s value is its presence across the Apple platform. Will request a refund.

It’s only been a few minutes but I like this app so far. It’ll help keep track of all the books I own while I’m out and about. The only thing I didn’t quite like is that I could only add 6 books then was required to buy—it was a one time, life time payment of about $16. I wish it allowed you at least 50 books free to add onto your library before the payment so that you could honestly get more accustomed to the app, just in case.

I’ve been using for a couple of years and really like how it integrates with the MAC version. I’ve got my list at my fingertips and can easily find/add book recommendations from friends/colleagues. The developers are very helpful and quick to respond with any feedback or questions. I highly recommend this app!!

Devs did a wonderful job with this. After getting the premium version, I use this regularly (did so beforehand too). The stats breakdown is fantastic but my favorite part is the ability to save and organize quotes from your favorite books. I love having the widget with the quotes so I can see a new one each day.

The latest update makes it so you have to report your progress on audio books based on time left (not time completed). This is both super dumb and means you have you calculate it. Most audio apps, Libby and Audible included, show what time you have remaining based on whatever else they throw at the end of the audio file. So this could be credits, ads for or other books, previews of the next book in the series, etc. So now, rather than just reporting what hour and minute you are at in the book, you have to look at what the listening app says is left, the jump ahead in the chapters to see how much time at the end of the audio file is for things that are not part of the book and then manually figure out how much time is left in the actual book and put THAT figure into this app. I purchased the lifetime subscription a year ago and now I will be leaving this app if this is not put back in the coming days so I can have all of 2025 in one app.

I have been using the pro version for around 3.5 years now and I’ve seen a lot of changes, and not all of them for the better. Let’s start with the pros: it’s simple to use and very clean. I like the ability to scan multiple barcodes at a time when adding a large purchase to your library. The ability to export your library is a great addition as well. Now the cons: the widget constantly gets removed or fixed and doesn’t work anymore and I have to remove it from my home screen. The fact that I can’t import into my library from other apps such as Goodreads is a shame and needs to be fixed. Not being able to search for the book cover image online is a big negative as well. I don’t want to take a picture and upload it. I wish you could search for the cover you have and add it to your library. The sorting by genre, author, type etc is abysmal and I get so frustrated with having to open 8 different menus to set them, that I just give up. Overall it’s a good app, but the updates keep making it worse.

Yea

The app looks good and is not hard to figure out. The bad/dumb thing is if you are logging an audio book you have to convert the time of the book into minutes. Why??? Why can’t we just say a book is 21 hours 13 minutes?? Why must I first work out some math just to log a book? Please change this. Otherwise, I really like the app.

I genuinely love this app so much. I paid the one time fee for the full access and have never even thought twice about it because it feels so worthwhile. You can have your whole library at easy access in the palm of your hand so you can quickly double check what books you own, have borrowed, or even have loaned out to people! It has so many organization features that are great for avid readers and the tracking feature is clean and sleek. I have been using this app for a few years now and still can’t find a single complaint. Thank you guys!!