As 2022 draws to a close, you may be looking for the year’s best reads you may have missed. Or maybe you want to start making a list of books you want to read in the new year. There are many apps designed to help you track your reading and discover new books.
Some of the apps on this list are somewhat new, while others have been around for several years. Probably the most popular book-related app, his Amazon-owned Goodreads, isn’t on this list.
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StoryGraph is an Android and iOS app that lets you track your reading and get personalized recommendations. You can combine the app’s suite of filters to find your next perfect reading. The app offers many reading assignments, such as reading one of his books from around the world, reading one of his books in multiple genres per week, and more. StoryGraph also includes a built-in reading journal and yearly reading and page goals.
This app’s rating system is unique in that it provides users with a series of questions. The platform is used to recommend books to other users. For example, if you say that a book you read is suitable for people who like emotional, fast-paced novels, StoryGraph might recommend it to people looking for such reading. can also be rated using full star, half star and quarter star, unlike Goodreads which can only be rated on a full star system.
StoryGraph is great for those who want something similar to Goodreads. The app is free to use, but they also offer a $4.99 monthly subscription plan that unlocks additional features such as advanced stats and more personalized suggestions.
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Tertulia is a somewhat new iPhone app that uses machine learning to scan online discussions and see what books people are talking about, which sets it apart from other similar book discovery platforms. The app starts by asking you to specify the type of book you want to read. You can choose to get recommendations from the people you follow on Twitter, along with fiction authors, feminist voices, journalists, book critics, scientists, and more. The app then provides daily recommendations tailored to your interests.
With this app, you can not only browse the books that are currently popular, but also keep track of the books you want to read. Once you find a book that interests you, you can purchase it directly from the app if you live in the US. Tertulia’s apps are easy to use and feature an intuitive browsing experience.
Tertulia is perfect for anyone who wants to know what books are popular on social media, podcasts, and the web today. The app is free to use and will be released on Android soon.
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Basmo is an Android and iOS app designed to help you develop a reading habit while keeping track of your books. This app is primarily aimed at people who want to become better and more efficient leaders. Basmo tracks the time you spend reading and gives you an overview of your overall reading progress. You can even create a personalized reading schedule so he can easily work through his goals one page at a time.
As you read, you can use Basmo to digitally doodle your thoughts and ideas about parts of the book that you find interesting. You can even scan and highlight your favorite passages as you read. After you finish reading the book, you can track how it felt. For example, you can record whether reading a book makes you excited, happy, angry, bored, or confused.
This app is perfect for people who don’t care about the social or community aspects of reading and want to focus on their goals and progress instead.Basmo is free to use with standard features. The app also offers a $5 monthly subscription that unlocks unlimited features and additional features.
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Readerly is an Android and iOS book discovery app that helps you track your reading and discover new books. Unlike all the other apps in this roundup, Readerly doesn’t include a 5-star rating system. Instead, the app provides context for every review, showing how much your tastes overlap with the reviewer, the books they both read, and the topics they both enjoy. It’s about preventing the possibility of missing out on a book you might actually like, regardless of how it’s rated on the platform.
The app has also moved away from long reviews and instead features Gists, a short review format for apps. Gists basically let users write a review of her TL;DR version in 200 characters or less. Gists are then converted to formats like Instagram Stories. Once you’ve created your Gist, you can add slides with your favorite quotes, characters, or any other additional information that others may find useful. When it comes to book discovery, the app presents gists from readers with reading tastes similar to yours.
Readerly is perfect for anyone looking to try out a unique book discovery platform. The app is free to use, and we also offer a monthly subscription fee of $2.99 for users who want to support the new platform and receive personalized ratings.
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TBR Bookshelf is a fairly new iOS app for #BookTok, a popular TikTok subcommunity focused on popular books and literature. This app offers a simple and uncluttered user interface. Like other book tracking apps, TBR Bookshelf lets you keep track of the books you’ve read, the books you want to read, and the books you’re currently reading. The app’s rating system lets you outline your favorite characters and quotes. You can also record whether you’ve read the book again, or if you haven’t finished reading the book at all.
Apps have specific rating categories for different genres beyond star ratings. For example, when rating self-help books, you can give different ratings based on how inspiring and helpful the book was. Or, if you’re rating classic books, you can give different ratings based on how resonating or interesting the book was.
TBR Bookshelf is an app suitable for users participating in #BookTok. Many of the features are intended for these users. The app is free to use, but it also offers a $4.99 monthly subscription that unlocks additional features such as seasonal ratings, book playlists, and TV show and movie adaptation ratings.
