How ReadersGuild compares.
We are not going to publish a list that ranks us first. Every one of these apps is the better answer for somebody, so each page says what they do better before it says anything about us. Here is the short version.
ReadersGuild vs Goodreads
Goodreads is a catalog and a review site. ReadersGuild is a reading tracker built around sessions: a one-tap timer, quarter-star ratings, a monthly and yearly wrap, and fires, which are rooms where friends read their own books at the same time. Goodreads still has the larger catalog and twenty years of reviews.
Pick Goodreads if: You choose books by reading reviews, or you need the web and Android today.
ReadersGuild vs Bookly
Both apps are built on a reading timer that logs sessions and works out your pace. Bookly is deliberately private and solo, a habit tracker you keep to yourself. ReadersGuild adds the people: fires you read inside with friends, a feed of who is reading now, and a daily deck of ten picks.
Pick Bookly if: You want your reading private and out of a feed, or you are on Android.
ReadersGuild vs The StoryGraph
The StoryGraph is the best in the category at describing books: moods, pacing, and charts of what you have read. ReadersGuild is built around the act of reading itself, with a session timer and fires, which are rooms where friends read their own books at the same time.
Pick The StoryGraph if: You pick books by mood and pacing, or you want content warnings before you start.
Comparisons between other apps
Which reading app should you use?
If you want to know what other people thought of a book before you start it, use Goodreads. Twenty years of reviews is a real thing and no new app has it.
If you choose books by how they feel, dark or funny, fast or slow, use The StoryGraph. Nobody describes books better.
If you want a private timer that helps you sit down and concentrate, with nothing social attached, use Bookly.
ReadersGuild is for the part none of those solve: actually doing the reading, and not doing it alone. A timer that runs while you read, and a fire your friends can drop into with their own books.
Can you switch without losing your library?
Yes, and you should keep a copy of your library wherever you end up. Exporting takes a few clicks and changes nothing in the account you export from.
How to export from Goodreads, StoryGraph or FableRead it with the Guild
Read with friends, wherever they are.
Read with friends online, track your books, decorate your digital bookshelf, and meet new readers. ReadersGuild is like a 24-hour book club inside your personal library.
“I built this to read with my friends a thousand miles away.”
Fabio JonathanFounder of ReadersGuild