The 10 Best Apps For Book Lovers To Download in 2022

Do you stop reading if you do not have a book in your hand? Seriously. I am sure you are aware of the next best option to continue reading. Check out your phone. It contains a gamut of options to read online. Even if you are leaving your Kindle behind somewhere in your car, don’t worry, because you can pick right up from where you left off behind with the Kindle app. So how does it sound? Amazing right?

From fan-favorite thrillers to self-improvement series, you can read chapters and comment on them as well. All this can be done in the same app. Explore some social networking apps that are designed especially for bookworms. Use smart apps to search for your next best reading book. There are so many choices. However, in this blog, I will introduce you to some of the most amazing apps that I love. They work well on both iOS and Android phones.

So let us just jump over them.

1.AUDIBLE

Within people, differences of opinions persist with regards to whether physical books or digital books are better. Unargumentatively, audiobooks are more like at home with great comfort on a digital device. Just download Audible where you can buy and instantly start listening to an audiobook that you want to. Requires no space on your phone and stays there in your little pocket unless you want to get rid of it. Audiobooks sound just as good as their physical counterparts.

Audible is popular because of its slick design, Amazon acquisition, and a vast library. With the brand new authentic content, the users can subscribe at minimum monthly fees and can pick up any book they want on a monthly basis. This is not just like streaming music. The book is all yours and you can re-listen it as many times as you want even after you cancel the Audible subscription.

Subscription comprises audiobook credit and the permission to listen to several podcasts and Audible original series. The Audible originals are wonderful documentaries, sleep programs, and short stories. Audible will always stay the foremost choice for bookworms and for fans of audiobooks. The app customizes your whole book reading experience in just a single-use instead of bifurcating it into different types of content.

2.APPLE BOOKS

Sometimes the easiest solution can turn out to be the best solution. Apple Books comes from the makers of Apple. The first shot to avail of the benefit is new iOS and iPadOS features. The app syncs over iCloud so that all of your books and purchases sync seamlessly across all of your devices.

Apple Books make you feel at home at any place you are. With the cleanest, finest, and minimal appearance, it leverages both kinds of dark and light mode options. You can store all the books that you buy, PDFs, and audiobooks here.

And when you are reading, you can set your background color, font size, and font style. The bookmarks are added so you can come back anytime and start reading from where you left. The text is highlighted and the notes are added at any place you wish to.

Apple gives you a complete bookstore, in the same manner, it does with the music. You can buy your favorite authors, check out the curated lists and leverage the frequent promotions and offers

3.BOOKLY

Bookly is a fitness tracker for book lovers. This app speaks a lot about your reading habits. It shows how long you read, no. of pages you have read through, and improves your reading experience helping you make a better reader than yesterday

The app has the knack of helping you turn from a random book reader to a completely avid reader. It traces your reading sessions, no. of pages read, the average pace per page, and the total no. of pages that you finish in an hour. Also, you can check out your performance and know the time by which you should finish the title

In addition, you can frame your reading goals and check your progress likewise. From daily goals to yearly targets, your reading power is represented by the number of books you finish. At times, when you want some motivation, this app can help you out.

Bookly can also serve as a timer while reading and shall count the duration of your reading. The in-app tools will help you mark important insights that you get from the reading or the words that you like, or you wanted to look up and those quotes that have blown your mind off and you want to go back to them again and again

4.BLINKIST

Not everyone gets the desired time to read and emulate. Sometimes all you have is just 15-30 minutes. And so this would take months to finish a normal book. With Blinkist, the biggest takeaways and insights get distilled from more than 4500 non-fiction bestsellers into crisp, short, digestible bursts.

Honestly, each session here is just for 15 minutes minimum. So easy to fit into your schedule! Choose what to read with the summaries or you can listen to them. Blinkist consists of the topmost collections of exclusive short-form podcasts that are also non-fiction.

While you explore those thousands of books, you can search by author, book, or topic and can filter topics. The curated collections are all there for you to start on Blinkist things that you will enjoy.

5.MADEFIRE

Witness your favorite comics getting alive. Madefire makes the comics come into life with immersive designs and experiences.

Make sure you do not misunderstand it as an animated movie. Because this is not even close. It is the other way round. Here, the cells and images move across your screen and will create the story in sections as and when you read. No one is reading the story for you, however, you are still doing the reading. The story is enhanced with impactful sound effects and music. As you interact, you become a part of the story.

No one is reading the story for you once again, it is the magic of sound and music effects. You become part of the story as you interact.

6.KINDLE

Kindle needs to be mentioned here undoubtedly. There is no way I can skip it. It simply cannot be possible. Why do I stress so much, because it is so good? The majority of the booklovers swear by kindle. So nothing new to tell you, as you are so well aware of this app.

The app has a full array of customization options that you will never expect including alternate fonts, colors, and sizes. One of the most impressive facts about Kindle is the ease of purchase as well as the size of the library. Purchase your Kindle books from Amazon with a single click. Once you click the button, it automatically delivers in the background to your default device.

Being an Amazon member will give you a lot of perks. All you need is to sign up for Kindle Unlimited and get access to a huge catalog of books that are included at zero additional costs.

7.SERIAL BOX

This app offers a complete range of different content. With more than 500 original stories from several genres like fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, you can listen and read them from wherever you are.

The serial box is designed with a lot of attention and care. The minutest of the details are considered here. They are unique and only available in this app. Stories come from the most famous authors in space. With audiobooks, you get immersive, chilling, and engaging audio effects that are inspired by the cinema.

The app contains a tailored audio player having dark and light mode support. It also has highly engaging animations across the screen. The audio can listen to on any AirPlay2 speaker. With the app, you can skip the intro/outro setting with a sleep timer. You can download the audio with Wi-fi and can listen offline or while you are on the flight.

Wishing to read? You can do that with unlimited scrolling or swiping options. Comes with multiple background colors, sizes, and typefaces. Has advanced settings like custom margin thickness, letting spacing, line height, and word spacing. Most reading apps do not have that.

8.OVERDRIVE

You may start to add costs with your books. If you are a quick reader or are on the way to improving your reading skills. If you are starting and do not want to invest too much or regularly here, borrowing books would be a better idea.

Recently, local libraries have also gone digital. They allow you to virtually borrow books rather than borrowing them physically. You do not need to go into the library or do a manual check if your choices are all decided.

All you need is to register your account using your library card and “check out” the books digitally and read them right on your iPhone or iPad. It includes audiobooks as well. At Overdrive, these library books are supported and can make the whole process easy and free.

9.GOODREADS

Goodreads is a social networking app for all book lovers. It is a world-class place to find new books, join communities, read reviews, and fellow writers. The moment you start tracking your books with Goodreads, you will begin seeing recommendations that are to your amazement the sure-shot ones.

However, the app doesn’t give a pleasant user experience, but the sheer community features can make up for any hassle. Goodreads now is owned by Amazon. It comes with its own benefits. Log in with your Amazon account and your Goodreads reading list will start showing up on Kindle.

10.INKITT

Inkitt app is specifically designed for reading fiction and contains largely indie writers. Covering a few fiction genres like fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and similar, this app is beautiful to look at and a joy to use.

Just not like Goodreads, this app is solely for reading and does not run a social network. A publishing house owns the app helping writers publish their novels here.

The reading experience is well-thought-out as well. It monitors your monthly and weekly reading stats, shows a history of the books you have read, and can create a list of the ones you want to read.

Final Thoughts

If you are a bookworm, you shall always be on the lookout for new and interesting books to read. You must always check out the way to organize your book collection and the kinds of books that you read.

I hope this blog helped you to find out the best app as per your reading preferences. Personally, I am not an avid reader. However, I love building intuitive book reading apps for my clients. If you are on the lookout for an app that helps you connect with the readers out there across the world, and share a platform where you can share your books with them, reach out to me to find out the best solution.