looking for a relatively private or even offline app that I can use to keep track of the books I have read.
Currently I use my local library website to do that (which is fine) but wondering if anyone has an app they could recommend.
What’s wrong with using a notes app and make a list as and when you read books?
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nothing really, I’d probably just stick to using my library account at that point.
I guess I was looking for something that might be a bit more aesthetically interesting.
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This is indeed a great idea for a dev to make a FOSS app that’s reading/books related that has this functionality.
But yeah, I know what you mean. A nice looking app with the book cover, details, etc. would be nice to have indeed! I read a lot too.. so I need it as well.
exactly! My Library has a “book shelf” type deal where it has a basic version of the functionality. I thought for sure there would be an app version of that somewhere.
Hmm. We can keep looking for it. But as of now, a private basic goodreads account is the only one that comes close to what we both seem to want.
what format is the book you read? if epub, GitHub - Acclorite/book-story: Book's Story — Material You eBook reader built with Jetpack Compose. Free & Open source & Ad-free, with extensive customization options and support for multiple file formats. is great and supports other formats too.
I think OP is asking for app to track your books read, not to read books.
But this looks like a good app for reading books nonetheless.
It have a tracking feature
AH! I don’t have Android so I could not test but I did hear about a while back too. Thanks for clarifying.
Does it also have sync capabilities? I also wish this app had a version for Linux but if sync exists, I guess I can use another app on there as long it picks up synced books too.
A reminder that you dont need to have everything on your phone on your computer.
A simple notebook if you want it a bit more fancier, a plastic clearbook should be more than enough. Practically no chance of leaking to the internet, practically no hacking will happen.
Think of it as if you have a school project. Give your best and make something that will make yourself proud of.
Data stays on your phone IIRC.
It sounds like Openreads is what you’re looking for.
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This seems like what I am looking for but I can’t seem to get the app to work. The openlibrary search doesn’t seem to find anything even when I know the book is on openlibrary.
I am also not sure this is an active project. There has not been a release in over 3 years and the github page says the app is unstable.
OpenReads seemingly does the same thing and actually works. Im testing that out for now.
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