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Best reading challenge apps with custom goals

Compare iPhone apps for the situation in this guide: reading challenge apps with custom goals. Review the listed features, purchase notes, and limitations, then confirm current details on each app's official store page.

What this shortlist covers

This collection is organized around one use case: reading challenge apps with custom goals. The app cards below provide the available feature descriptions, purchase notes, limitations, and source links so you can compare candidates against your own requirements.

How to use the comparison

Treat each listing as a candidate, then verify the requirement that matters most to you against its official store page. Greatooly labels researched listings separately from hands-on tests; inclusion here is not a claim that every condition was independently tested.

How we selected these apps

  • Check whether each app explicitly supports the core need described by: reading challenge apps with custom goals.
  • Compare documented limitations and the exact features available on the free and paid plans.
  • Verify any condition in the title, such as offline use, sharing, privacy, or subscription terms, on the official source before relying on it.

Frequently asked questions

How were apps selected?

This draft shortlist uses matching information in Greatooly's public app catalog. An editor should verify each app against the collection criteria and its official source before publishing the collection.

Does inclusion mean the app was tested?

No. The app detail page states whether information was researched or hands-on tested. Verify the use case and current terms with the linked official listing.

Stellary - Reading Tracker

Stellary is a reading tracker that turns finished books into a private visual star map. It supports timed or quick sessions, barcode scanning, Goodreads import, yearly goals, streaks, reviews, friends, and book-club discussion. Core tracking is free; Stellary Infinite adds unlimited organization and statistics through a subscription with a 7-day trial.

Booktail: Reading Tracker

A reading journal for book shelves, timed sessions, quotes, series progress, monthly recaps, and reading goals.

BookLens: Reading Tracker

A book journal and reading tracker for logging pages and sessions, setting goals, saving quotes, and reviewing progress.

BookJournal: Reading Tracker

A private book journal with ISBN scanning, custom shelves, reading sessions, notes, goals, statistics, and iCloud sync.

Shelfd: Reading Tracker

Shelfd tracks paper books, ebooks, and audiobooks on a personal shelf. Users can log progress, build collections, set a yearly reading goal, review genre and format trends, scan book barcodes, import Goodreads or StoryGraph history, and back up their library. Premium offers extra tracking and organization tools through subscriptions or a one-time Founders Group purchase.

Rubrica: Reading Tracker

Track reading time across print, ebooks, audiobooks, and library loans with a customizable reading companion.

Petal: Reading Tracker

A visual reading journal with book imports, reading goals, widgets, bookshelf customization, optional friends, and Petal Plus.

MOBS: My Online Bookshelf

MOBS is a book-cataloging app with barcode scanning, cover search, personal shelves, reading journals, quotes, TBR lists, lending records, and reading statistics. It can import Goodreads or CSV histories, track different editions, and sync across devices with an account. The developer says it is free to use.

Flumen: eBook Reader

An EPUB reader with personal collections, reading themes, public-domain discovery, and a one-time Pro upgrade for unlimited books and sync.