Best Book Tracking App in 2026: 4 Apps Compared
Which book tracking app fits how you read? Achriom, Goodreads, StoryGraph and Libby compared on price, Goodreads import, half-stars and mobile apps.
The best book tracking app in 2026 is Achriom if your books share a shelf with films, shows and albums, and StoryGraph if you only read. Both import your Goodreads export; Achriom is free with no item limit, with half-stars and a did-not-finish shelf included.
Pick by what you need:
- Books next to your films, shows and albums: Achriom
- Reading stats, mood and pace browsing: StoryGraph
- The biggest community and the most reviews: Goodreads
- Borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from the library: Libby
Last verified: October 22, 2026, against each app’s own App Store listing, Goodreads’ March 2026 announcement of its Did Not Finish shelf, Achriom’s pricing and book tracker pages, and Wikipedia for StoryGraph’s platforms and Goodreads’ member count.
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Import your Goodreads shelf →Book tracking apps compared
| App | Tracks | Price | Half-star ratings | Did-not-finish shelf | Goodreads CSV import |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achriom | Books, films, shows, albums, anime, podcasts, games | Free, no item limit; Pro $9.99/month or $99/year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Goodreads | Books | Free | Yes (half and quarter stars) | Yes (since March 2026) | n/a |
| StoryGraph | Books | Free; Plus $4.99/month or $49.99/year | Yes (half and quarter stars) | Yes | Yes |
| Libby | Library ebooks and audiobooks | Free with a library card | - | - | - |
A dash means the app’s listing does not describe it. Prices and features come from each app’s own App Store listing or site, except StoryGraph’s platforms, which come from Wikipedia. How we compare: formats covered, price, whether you can import and export, and apps on iPhone and Android. For all 17 media trackers side by side, see the full comparison.
Best free book tracking app
Achriom, Goodreads, StoryGraph and Libby all cost nothing to start. Achriom has no item limit and every import, half-star ratings, the did-not-finish shelf, notes and export are free; StoryGraph is free with an optional Plus plan at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year; Goodreads is free; Libby is free with a library card.
If you are weighing free tiers, the difference is what stays free. StoryGraph’s Plus is what keeps the app ad-free. Achriom’s Pro adds 200 librarian messages a month instead of 10, search inside books you upload and up to four Taste Portrait refreshes a month; the tracking itself stays free. To leave Goodreads without paying for anything, see the free way to leave Goodreads.
Best book tracker for iPhone and Android
Achriom, Goodreads and StoryGraph all have iPhone and Android apps. On iPhone, Achriom’s scanner reads a whole stack of books by barcode in one go, StoryGraph has a barcode scanner and Goodreads has a book scanner, and Libby is the one to install if you borrow from a library.
Achriom also runs on the web at www.achriom.com, and a shelf you start on your phone is the same shelf on the web. StoryGraph’s App Store listing adds a built-in Did Not Finish shelf that records pages read, and Goodreads’ lets you update progress by page or percentage. Libby’s iPhone app is free, syncs your reading position across devices and sends ebooks to a Kindle for US libraries.
The four book tracking apps
Achriom
Best for: books alongside everything else you watch, play and listen to
Achriom puts your books next to your films, shows, albums, anime, podcasts and games in one library, free with no item limit. See the book tracker page for the reading-only pitch.
What it does:
- Imports your Goodreads CSV (read status, ratings and dates come over) in about a minute
- Photograph a shelf and the librarian adds the books; on iPhone the barcode scanner takes a whole stack in one pass
- Half-star ratings, a did-not-finish shelf, progress by page or percent, rereads, notes and CSV export, all free
- An AI librarian that answers from your whole shelf, so “something slow and atmospheric like Annie Dillard but fiction” gets an answer that knows what you have read, watched and listened to
- Upload an EPUB and search inside it by meaning (Pro)
- Private by default; turn on a public profile when you want one, and follower counts stay private
The limitation: Its community is far smaller than Goodreads’, and there is no Goodreads-size pool of reviews. The value is the shelf, not the audience.
Ten favorites and it shows you the pattern. Add ten books, films or albums you love, or import your history, and Achriom builds your Taste Portrait in the same sitting. Free to start.
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Best for: the biggest reader community, reviews and yearly challenges
Goodreads is owned by Amazon and counts more than 150 million members, per its App Store listing. The app lets you rate in half, quarter or whole stars, keep Read, Currently Reading, Want to Read and Did Not Finish shelves, update progress by page or percentage, set a yearly reading challenge and follow friends. It is free.
The limitation: It tracks books only, so your films, albums and shows live somewhere else. If you are deciding whether to stay, see the best Goodreads alternatives.
StoryGraph
Best for: reading stats and finding a book by mood and pace
StoryGraph lets you browse and filter by mood and pace, shows content warnings, and takes half and quarter star ratings. It has built-in Did Not Finish tracking with pages read, a barcode scanner, reading charts, buddy reads and challenges. Its Goodreads import covers your shelves, including did-not-finish. Free; Plus is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
The limitation: Books only. For the head-to-head with Goodreads, read StoryGraph vs Goodreads, or see what else to try if StoryGraph is not the fit.
Libby
Best for: borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from your library
Libby, from OverDrive, gives you free ebooks, audiobooks and magazines from your local library when you sign in with a library card. Its iPhone listing mentions bookmarks, notes, highlights and tags that can build a to-be-read list, plus sending ebooks to a Kindle (US libraries only).
The limitation: It is built for borrowing. The listing describes tags and notes, not ratings or finish dates, so most borrowers keep a tracker alongside it.
Which book tracking app should you use?
Use Achriom if you read across media and want the book, the film made from it and the soundtrack on one shelf. You can import from Goodreads first, and also from StoryGraph.
Use StoryGraph if you only read and want mood, pace and stats.
Use Goodreads if the community and the review count are why you are there.
Use Libby if the library is where your books come from; you can keep it beside any of the three.
For setting up your shelves, see the guides to Achriom as a personal library app, how to move your Goodreads library into Achriom, how to export your Goodreads library, and cataloguing everything you own. To find what to read next instead of logging what you have, see the best book discovery apps.
What a book tracker has to handle
A book tracker carries one problem film and TV trackers never face: the same book exists in a dozen shapes. Hardback, paperback, a reissue with different pagination, an ebook, an audiobook. A tracker that treats those as unrelated records splits your history, so edition handling matters more here than any feature on the marketing page.
- Progress by page or percent, rather than only started and finished. A 900-page novel read over three months needs somewhere to sit in between.
- Rereads kept as separate entries. A tracker that overwrites your first reading with your second throws away how the same book landed on you at different ages.
- A real export. If you cannot get a CSV out, the shelf you spent years building is not yours. Achriom exports your whole library as CSV.
Once your books sit beside your films and albums, the connections become usable. Finish a great novel and see what to watch next, find the albums that share a Murakami novel’s atmosphere, or trace the novels hiding inside Denis Villeneuve’s films.
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Common questions
What is the best book tracking app in 2026?
The best book tracking app in 2026 is Achriom if your books share a shelf with films, shows and albums, and StoryGraph if you only read. Both import your Goodreads export; Achriom is free with no item limit, with half-stars and a did-not-finish shelf included.
What is the best app to track books I’ve read?
Import your Goodreads export into Achriom or StoryGraph, then log each finished book with a rating and the date you finished it. Achriom takes half-star ratings and keeps rereads as separate entries, so the shelf stays a record of what you have read.
What is the best free book tracking app?
Achriom, Goodreads, StoryGraph and Libby all cost nothing to start. Achriom has no item limit and every import, half-star ratings, the did-not-finish shelf, notes and export are free; StoryGraph is free with an optional Plus plan at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year; Goodreads is free; Libby is free with a library card.
What is the best book tracker for iPhone and Android?
Achriom, Goodreads and StoryGraph all have iPhone and Android apps. On iPhone, Achriom’s scanner reads a whole stack of books by barcode in one go, StoryGraph has a barcode scanner and Goodreads has a book scanner, and Libby is the one to install if you borrow from a library.
Can I import my Goodreads library?
Yes. Export your library from Goodreads as a CSV, then bring it into Achriom or StoryGraph. StoryGraph’s import also carries your did-not-finish shelf; Achriom’s brings read status, ratings and dates, and takes about a minute for a full library.
Is there an app that tracks books and movies together?
Yes. Achriom tracks books, films, shows, albums, anime, podcasts and games in one library, so a novel can sit beside the film made from it. StoryGraph and Goodreads track books only.
Is there a book tracking app with an AI librarian?
Achriom has one. You ask in plain language for something slow and atmospheric like Annie Dillard but fiction, and it answers from your books, films, shows and music. Free accounts get 10 librarian messages a month; Pro is $9.99 a month or $99 a year for 200.
Does Goodreads have a did-not-finish shelf?
Yes. Goodreads announced a default Did Not Finish shelf on March 12, 2026, and rolled it out over the following weeks. Achriom and StoryGraph have one too.
What is the best app for tracking audiobooks?
Libby is where you borrow library audiobooks, with a library card. Achriom tracks your books and podcasts in one library, and its Goodreads import brings over your read shelf.
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