Hardcover.app
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2 subscriptions from $4.99
In the United States, Hardcover.app has 2 subscriptions priced $4.99 – 49.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Supporter - Monthly | Monthly | $4.99 |
| Supporter - Yearly | Annual | $49.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Reviews | 156 | 40K | 8.7K | 1.3K | 1.3K | 1.2K | 949 | 913 | 906 | 873 | 627 |
| Released | 2023 | 2024 | 2019 | 2016 | 2021 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Monthly price | $4.99 | $5.99 | $6.99 | $4.99 | $4.99 | $0.99 | $9.99 | $4.99 | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $49.99 | $59.99 | $29.99 | $47.99 | $49.99 | — | — | $49.99 | — | — | — |
| One-time price | — | — | $9.99 | — | — | $4.99 | — | $19.99 | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
Hardcover.app reviews
4.2 out of 5, based on 156 reviews.
What people like
- Beautiful design that feels like a real app
- Great alternative to Goodreads with better stats
- Easy to import books from other apps
What they complain about
- It is painfully slow and laggy
- Keeps redirecting you to the browser
- Crashes constantly and loses your login
Really good
Soo much nicer to use than Goodreads. I love that you can choose which specific edition of a book you’re reading. The app is nicer too — Goodreads always takes multiple seconds to load each page, Hardcover is much smoother.
Nice idea but way too slow in use
Nice idea but really slow in use. It’s infuriatingly slow. Delays while doing basically anything. I just want a slick way to track books I read and might like and to easily add all books in a series or author. Can’t be that difficult
Letterboxd for Books
The app could be built better (it’s just a website in app form so you do a lot of waiting/loaded) but it’s exactly what I was looking for.
Poor navigation
Way to many options in not obvious areas. It should take me 5-10 seconds to add everything but most options are hidden behind multiple click paths which slows down the process and the profile icon is located in the top right instead of bottom right making it a bizarre placement to have to find. Disappointed.
It’s okay
I find myself frustrated every time I use this app because I have been logged out and it doesn’t remember my login information. Fix this please! It’s also a little clunky with respect to adding a new read. Sometimes it adds multiple reads if I say I’m currently reading something and try to adjust the dates or type of book. As others have noted it’s also slow to load at times when I just want to log in a quick update to my reading status.
Hardcover is amazing
Favourite book tracking up. Nice interface, design and loads of features. Good functionality. Miles ahead of good reads
2025 wrapped
Get rid of the bs 2025 wrapped at the top of the app. I don't want it and newsflash, I already know what I read.
Cool but team needs to do some reconsidering
I hope the team takes the feedback here into serious account!! This app could rival Fable and StoryGraph BUT it runs a little slow, and the stats need some work (even simple things like show average rating number!) - no one cares about pages read in a day. Also, the app should reconsider which features come with the supporter subscription. This app would take off if more features came with the free version. I get that it’s new, but why would someone pay for features they can get on Storygraph for free? You can’t even see all of your read genres without paying. That’s super lame.
Buggy but usable
Love having a good reads alternative but 1/10 times I'm going to come across a bug. Either the site is down or some strange UI bug occurs. I know the development team will work out it out but need to call out the issues so they can be fixed.
Has huge potential but not there yet
I love storygraph and I still think it's the best as I only read ebooks and audiobooks. Hardcover however is looking like a strong contender and I do like where the devs seem to be going. My only thing as a non physical book reader it has kinks where my library transfered over with many of them as physical books and it just seems the books in my library still seem to be treated as physical books instead of ebooks or audiobooks. Also when creating my profile I kept getting 500 error code.
An Avid Reader’s Necessity
So glad I found this app! Pairs extremely well with StoryGraph, and even has a few features that are better. Will definitely be becoming a member ASAP.
Nice idea but a really bad app
The idea is great and the connection with KOreader is great. But the iOS app is one of the worst I‘ve ever seen!
Love the app, however…
The app is very good. It is probably one of the best looking apps I have ever seen and has all the functionality of a book tracking app however I do have a complaint and I would love to see it get fixed. First is the app keeps redirecting me to the website which is pretty annoying and when I go back it’s a blank screen and I have to refresh the app.
So slow
I love the app and how it looks, plus couple of functions like the moods in addition to genres and so on. But, these all are just frustratingly slow and most of the time the app is generally unusable. Like you click something and nothing happens. I know you changed your stack couple of months ago for better performance, but I guess your problem lies in another place. The web app is exactly the same in terms of performance and problems. This could be „the app“ for social book tracking, but these problems need to be solved.
pretty buggy…
i love the concept and the execution, it’s just the lack of responsiveness and constant redirection of what i click on that bothers me, adding books from search is a tedious chore that constantly makes me hit the wrong button because the screen keeps moving! many aspects of the app feel unresponsive or slow to function, which makes it hard to work with this effectively
Amazing website
Love it. Better than good reads and most other trackers.
Terrible app
As the other reviewer said, the app is very slow with registering inputs. Also constantly logs me out and sends me to my browser when trying to interact with the app.
Goodreads Killer
Hardcover is a fantastic bookish app that brings together everything a reader needs—reviews, tracking your book lists, interacting with other book lovers, and comparing reading metrics. However, there’s still room for improvement. It would be great if they added trope and spice level tags to books, which are becoming essential for many readers. Also, the streak tracking gauge could use an upgrade—the current design resembles the GitLab contribution map and isn’t the most user-friendly if you’re not a developer. Lastly, their server response could be improved, as the app tends to crash and sometimes takes a while to load lists. Despite these small issues, it’s still a solid app for organizing and tracking your reading life.
Looks great, performs less great
App is very slow. It is designed well and looks really good, but lacks polish. Also, it hasn’t been updated in nearly a year…
I want to like it
I want to like this app so much. Visually it’s great. Using it is unfortunately frustrating. My reading goal won’t update when I add my finished books, and any books that aren’t under the sci-fi fantasy umbrella don’t have descriptions or cover art. I think it has the potential to be great but at the moment it’s not.
How is this not the most popular book tracking app!?
Great features, looks nice, just a good amount of social features but without feeling too much like a social platform. Like that it tracks audiobook listens and pages individually.
Not functioning
I would love a Goodreads alternative. But currently the App does Not function. While i set up an account the App crashed a lot of times. Now i seem to be signed up and i would Like to sign in. I get the Message that iam signed in, But when i want to use the App it says again i Need to be logged in. Even new Installation does Not work. So the App is currently Not usable for me.
Nice design but very slow & buggy
I was looking for an alternative to Goodreads for a long time and I liked that the app is a hobby project and not affiliated with Amazon. I like the design and the fact that the font is big, buttons are big and easy to hit. However, 9 times out of 10 when I try to check my Stats, the app is in a forever loading state. Sometimes it shows an error message, sometimes it redirects me to a browser version of the app. In fact, redirecting to the browser version happens a lot and it’s super frustrating as it only goes away if I completely close the app and restart. It’s been so bad lately that I am ready to move on, it’s not worth the hassle.
Crashes. A lot.
I’ve had the app installed for less than a day and it has crashed a dozen times, at least. Most of the time, the crash just sends you to the site in your browser. Hardcover itself is nice, but the iOS app still has a ways to go.
A Modern Feeling, Functional Reading App
This app feels like it was designed by real readers, for real readers. Easy to navigate, intuitive and pleasant interface, features that actually add to the experience of reading. Highly recommended.
Still can’t complete setup
Setup process has me in a loop and I can’t complete the account setup process without it glitching and signing me out, only to have to input all my info again. Still can’t get to the library page or add any books.
Can’t Create an Account
I tried on the iphone app and on the mobile website, and in both occasions clicking the ‘join hardcover’ button did nothing. I typed and confirmed a passeo, also made sure to click the tos checkbox. update1: was able to create account, but can’t set it up. Increased 1 star to 2.
Has Potential But Needs Work
This app could be really good but it needs a lot of work. It is slow to load/update. And it often crashes. I can’t imagine paying for added features with all these issues.
Love this website
Best alternative to Goodreads I’ve ever found- literally tried so many others and this was by far my favorite. The stats, the UI, the look of it 10/10. Only annoying thing was when it exported my Goodreads it put an end date to my read books but not a start date so I had to do it manually on 80 books for 2025 but that’s a small price to pay imo
Is it just links to the website?
It doesn’t seem to be a proper app. Every button seems to just jump you to Safari to the website. What’s the point of an app if you have to go to Safari for everything?
Incredibly slow
I want to love it but it is very slow to load, which has discouraged me from using it. I want to spend as little time as possible on my phone and digging around in my apps, especially if all I’m trying to do is log my reading, and sadly the loading time for Hardcover makes it unusable for me. Unsure if it’s specific to my phone model or iOS version, but every other app I’ve tried using recently has been quite snappy, so it’s hard to say.
Better than I expected!
Definitely has a few bugs that need to be ironed out but the features, values and vision of this app is so worth dealing with a few minor kinks.
Good but need few things to be great
I love every single option provided by this app but it is still buggy crashing every now and then and need a refresh button and plz plz plz add a light option for the background and an option for choosing what page to open when the app starts
So unexpected!!
I started using Readerly before they closed down and this is the first app I have loved the same amount. It’s pretty, it’s detailed, and it imports from both good reads and StoryGraph!! I love love love it!
Review
Often slow and unresponsive, almost always directs to the web version of the app when opened. Would love to see improvements.
Great for social book discovery & tracking
I love being able to track everything I want to read, what I’ve read and see what others with similar tastes also read. The match percentage is great for getting a quick guess if I’ll enjoy a book based on my reading history.
Hardcover.app price by country
A monthly subscription costs $1.89 in Nigeria and $9.52 in Colombia — 5× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Albania | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Algeria | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Angola | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Anguilla | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Argentina | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Armenia | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Australia | A$7.99$5.59 | A$79.99$55.94 |
| Austria | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Azerbaijan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bahamas | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bahrain | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Barbados | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Belarus | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Belgium | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Belize | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Benin | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bermuda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bhutan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bolivia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Botswana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Brazil | R$29.90$5.84 | R$299.90$58.57 |
| British Virgin Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bulgaria | €4.99$5.80 | €49.99$58.06 |
| Burkina Faso | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cambodia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cameroon | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Canada | CA$6.99$5.07 | CA$69.99$50.72 |
| Cape Verde | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Chad | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Chile | CLP 4,990$5.35 | CLP 49,990$53.58 |
| China | CN¥38.00$5.65 | CN¥368.00$54.76 |
| Colombia | COP 29,900$9.52 | COP 299,900$95.48 |
| Congo | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Costa Rica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Croatia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Cyprus | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 149.00$7.15 | CZK 1,490.00$71.53 |
| Denmark | DKK 49.00$7.62 | DKK 449.00$69.83 |
| Dominica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ecuador | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 129.99$2.55 | EGP 1,199.99$23.58 |
| El Salvador | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Estonia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Fiji | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Finland | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| France | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Gabon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Gambia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Georgia | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Germany | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Ghana | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Greece | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Grenada | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guatemala | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guyana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Honduras | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$38.00$4.85 | HK$388.00$49.49 |
| Hungary | HUF 2,490$7.98 | HUF 24,990$80.09 |
| Iceland | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| India | ₹499.00$5.28 | ₹4,999.00$52.87 |
| Indonesia | IDR 99,000$5.61 | IDR 999,000$56.58 |
| Iraq | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ireland | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Israel | ₪17.90$5.95 | ₪179.90$59.77 |
| Italy | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Jamaica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Japan | ¥800$5.12 | ¥8,000$51.22 |
| Jordan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 2,490.00$5.47 | KZT 24,990.00$54.89 |
| Kenya | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Kosovo | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Kuwait | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Latvia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Lebanon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Liberia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Libya | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Lithuania | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Luxembourg | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Macao | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Macedonia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Madagascar | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malawi | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 22.90$5.67 | MYR 229.90$56.91 |
| Maldives | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mali | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malta | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Mauritania | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mauritius | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mexico | MX$99.00$5.86 | MX$999.00$59.15 |
| Micronesia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Moldova | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Mongolia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Montenegro | €4.99$5.80 | €49.99$58.06 |
| Montserrat | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Morocco | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mozambique | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Myanmar | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Namibia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nauru | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nepal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Netherlands | €5.99$6.82 | €59.99$68.33 |
| New Zealand | NZ$9.99$5.88 | NZ$99.99$58.82 |
| Nicaragua | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Niger | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 2,500.00$1.89 | NGN 22,900.00$17.32 |
| Norway | NOK 59.00$6.34 | NOK 599.00$64.41 |
| Oman | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 1,100$3.96 | PKR 9,900$35.66 |
| Palau | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Panama | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Paraguay | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Peru | PEN 19.90$5.92 | PEN 199.90$59.49 |
| Philippines | ₱299.00$4.77 | ₱2,990.00$47.66 |
| Poland | PLN 29.99$8.08 | PLN 299.99$80.86 |
| Portugal | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Qatar | QAR 19.99$5.49 | QAR 199.99$54.94 |
| Romania | RON 29.99$6.63 | RON 299.99$66.37 |
| Russia | RUB 349.00$4.05 | RUB 3,990.00$46.35 |
| Rwanda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 19.99$5.33 | SAR 199.99$53.33 |
| Senegal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Serbia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Seychelles | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 6.98$5.50 | SGD 69.98$55.10 |
| Slovakia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Slovenia | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Solomon Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 99.99$6.27 | ZAR 999.99$62.66 |
| South Korea | ₩7,700$5.72 | ₩77,000$57.18 |
| Spain | €5.99$6.96 | €59.99$69.67 |
| Sri Lanka | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Lucia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Suriname | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Swaziland | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 69.00$7.21 | SEK 699.00$73.04 |
| Switzerland | CHF 5.00$6.03 | CHF 50.00$60.31 |
| Taiwan | NT$150.00$4.74 | NT$1,790.00$56.59 |
| Tajikistan | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 12,900.00$4.88 | TZS 119,900.00$45.37 |
| Thailand | THB 199.00$6.04 | THB 1,990.00$60.45 |
| Tonga | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Tunisia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 129.99$2.68 | TRY 1,199.99$24.76 |
| Turkmenistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uganda | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Ukraine | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 19.99$5.45 | AED 199.99$54.49 |
| United Kingdom | £4.99$6.60 | £49.99$66.12 |
| United States | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uruguay | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Vanuatu | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Venezuela | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫129,000$4.96 | ₫1,299,000$49.96 |
| Yemen | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Zambia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $5.99 | $59.99 |
Hardcover.app FAQ
- Is Hardcover.app free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $4.99 (US), across 2 subscriptions.
- How much does Hardcover.app cost per month?
- Supporter - Monthly is $4.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $49.99 a year.
- Does Hardcover.app have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Hardcover.app cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs NGN 2,500.00 (≈$1.89) in Nigeria and COP 29,900 (≈$9.52) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Hardcover.app?
- Margins: Book Tracker (4.9 from 40,031 reviews, premium from $5.99), Bookshelf: Book Tracker & List (4.6 from 8,716 reviews, premium from $0.99) and BookFusion (4.7 from 1,341 reviews, premium from $1.99).
Hardcover.app download
Last updated 3 months ago.
Hardcover.app sells in 175 countries. It was released 3 years and 7 months ago, on 24 Feb 2023. It holds a 4.2 rating from 156 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Hardcover.app make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 71%
- Annual 29%
Revenue by country
- United States 49%
- United Kingdom 10%
- Germany 8%
- Canada 7%