StoryGraph vs Goodreads: An Honest Comparison (2026)

StoryGraph is the pick for mood and pace tags, content warnings, stats and Kobo auto-sync. Goodreads is the pick for Kindle and for the size of its community. Since October 5, 2026 Goodreads also has half and quarter stars, so ratings are no longer the thing that separates them.

If you would rather not choose yet, Achriom can copy your Goodreads shelves every day while you keep logging there. More on that below.

Last verified: October 27, 2026, against each company’s own announcements, the App Store listings and Kobo’s help page.

The quick verdict

If you want your books next to your films, shows and albums, Achriom takes a Goodreads profile link or a Goodreads or StoryGraph export, and it is free with no item limit.

Choose StoryGraph if you read on a Kobo, want to browse by mood and pace, want content warnings on a book before you start it, or care most about reading stats.

Stay on Goodreads if you read on a Kindle, lean on community reviews to find books, or have years of friends and reviews there.

Use both if you want StoryGraph’s stats and Goodreads’ community. Import once, then decide which one you actually open.

Comparison at a glance

	Achriom	StoryGraph	Goodreads
Keep your Goodreads shelves in sync elsewhere	Copies them daily from your profile link	Import from a CSV export	The source
What it tracks	Books, films, shows, albums, anime, podcasts, games, manga	Books	Books
Ratings	Half stars	Quarter stars	Half and quarter stars (since October 5, 2026)
Mood and pace	Search by meaning, such as “a detective in Victorian London”	Mood and pace tags	No
Content warnings	No	Yes	No
Did not finish	Yes	Yes	Yes (added March 2026)
eReader sync	None	Kobo progress sync (June 2026)	Kindle
Price	Free, no item limit. Pro is $9.99 a month or $99 a year	Free tier. Plus is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year	Free
iOS app rating	n/a	4.5 from 3.6K ratings	4.8 from 760K ratings

What changed recently

This is the part of the comparison that moved in the last month, as of October 27, 2026.

Goodreads added half and quarter stars on October 5, 2026. Its own post announces half stars and quarter stars. You select a rating and slide to fine-tune it, existing ratings stay the same unless you change them, and the community added 3.5 million ratings in under two days. If you moved to StoryGraph for quarter stars, that reason is gone.

Goodreads added dark mode on iOS on October 16, 2026. It follows your iPhone’s setting by default, and you can pick dark, light or system under More, Settings, Appearance.

Goodreads added a Did Not Finish shelf in March 2026. The post is dated March 13 and said the rollout would take several weeks. Books marked DNF with a read date count toward your reading goals.

StoryGraph’s Kobo sync went live in June 2026. Kobo announced it on May 19. Your currently reading status and progress sync, with progress shared as a percentage. Kobo’s help page says it is free for all Kobo readers, and that highlights, notes and back-syncing aren’t supported.

StoryGraph passed 5 million sign-ups in January 2026, according to Wikipedia, and was a 2025 App Store Awards recipient.

Ratings

Goodreads used to be the whole-star app. It isn’t anymore. Pick 3.25, 3.5 or 4.5 and slide to fine-tune.

StoryGraph’s quarter stars go from 0 to 5 in 0.25 steps, and Achriom takes half stars. If you import a StoryGraph export, quarter stars round to half in Achriom.

One thing worth doing after the change is checking whether your old Goodreads ratings were rounded. A book you called a 4 in 2019 may have been a 3.5 then. Nothing updates on its own.

Mood, pace and content warnings

StoryGraph’s app listing describes searching and browsing books by mood, pace and other filters, and it offers both author-approved and user-submitted content warnings. Goodreads doesn’t offer these tags.

Book Riot’s StoryGraph review notes the tags come from readers, so they are “only as good as the community” behind them. A popular novel will have plenty. A small-press book may have almost none.

If you pick books by how you want to feel, StoryGraph is built for it. Achriom’s librarian covers some of the same ground another way, since you can ask your shelf in plain words or search by meaning.

Kindle and Kobo

If you read on a Kindle, Goodreads is owned by Amazon, and its October post says ratings you give on a Kindle can be refined on Goodreads. StoryGraph’s announced eReader integration is with Kobo, not Kindle.

If you read on a Kobo, connect StoryGraph under Integrations in your Kobo account settings. It syncs the book you are currently reading and your progress as a percentage.

If you read on a phone or on paper, neither sync matters and the other differences decide it.

Stats

StoryGraph’s stats are the feature its reviewers single out. Book Riot’s reviewer called them “one of my favorite features.”

StoryGraph Plus adds custom pie and bar charts, extra stats filters such as custom time periods, stats comparisons across library segments, years or other users, year-over-year charts and a voting channel for upcoming features. The App Store lists it at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year.

Goodreads has a Reading Challenge and counts of what you read. Achriom has a year page with finishes by month, how you rate and what you came back to, across books and everything else, and it is free.

Community and ownership

Goodreads is where most of the reviews and friends are. If you want to see what other people thought of an older or obscure book, it will almost always have more to show than StoryGraph. It has belonged to Amazon since 2013.

StoryGraph was started in 2019 by Nadia Odunayo as a side project and is a separate company from Amazon. It sells StoryGraph Plus instead.

On Achriom your profile is private until you turn on a public one. Then you can follow people and share reviews and lists, and follower counts stay private.

Data export

Both let you take your library out as a CSV. Goodreads has an export under its import and export page, and StoryGraph has one in your account settings. Our guides cover each step, in how to export your Goodreads library and how to move from Goodreads to StoryGraph.

StoryGraph’s own import from Goodreads works from that CSV. A StoryGraph export can come into Achriom with authors, status, ratings, dates, format, review and tags.

Want both in one place?

If the real problem is that your books live in one app and your films and albums in another, there’s a third option. Achriom reads a Goodreads profile link, so your read, reading and want shelves land beside your films, shows and albums. “Keep it updated” is on by default, which means what you log on Goodreads is on your Achriom shelf the next day. It isn’t instant, and anything you delete in Achriom stays deleted.

A profile link only covers your public shelves. For your full history, or a private profile, upload the CSV instead. How to move from Goodreads to Achriom covers both. If you are still weighing apps, the best Goodreads alternatives and the best book tracking apps put four of them side by side, and the book tracker page shows what Achriom does with books. You can start free.

Who should switch

Switch to StoryGraph if you read on a Kobo, or you choose books by mood and want content warnings first.

Stay on Goodreads if you read on a Kindle, rely on community reviews, or have a social history you don’t want to rebuild.

Use both, or neither. Plenty of people stay on Goodreads for the community and copy the shelves somewhere else. Achriom does that daily.

Common questions

Is StoryGraph better than Goodreads?

It depends on how you read. StoryGraph is better for mood and pace tags, content warnings, stats and Kobo auto-sync. Goodreads is better for Kindle and for the size of its community. Since October 5, 2026, Goodreads also has half and quarter stars, so ratings no longer separate them.

Should I switch from Goodreads to StoryGraph?

Switch if you read on a Kobo, or you want to choose books by mood and pace. Stay if you read on a Kindle or lean on the Goodreads community. You can also keep logging on Goodreads and copy the shelves into Achriom each day by pasting your profile link.

Can I import my Goodreads library to StoryGraph?

Yes. You export your Goodreads library as a CSV file and upload it to StoryGraph. Our guide to moving from Goodreads to StoryGraph walks through both steps.

Does Goodreads have half stars now?

Yes. Goodreads announced half and quarter star ratings on October 5, 2026. You select a rating and slide to fine-tune it, and your existing ratings stay as they were unless you change them.

Does StoryGraph work with Kindle?

StoryGraph’s announced eReader integration is with Kobo, which syncs reading progress. Goodreads is owned by Amazon and takes ratings from Kindle devices. If you read on a Kindle and want automatic tracking, Goodreads is the safer choice.

Is StoryGraph free?

StoryGraph has a free tier. StoryGraph Plus is a paid upgrade that the App Store lists at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, and it adds custom charts, extra stats filters, year-over-year charts and a voting channel for upcoming features.

Is there a book tracker that also covers movies, shows and music?

Yes. Achriom tracks books beside films, shows, albums, anime, podcasts, games and manga. It takes a Goodreads profile link or a Goodreads or StoryGraph export, and it is free with no item limit.