# Goodreads: Book Tracker & More

> Discover new books, read reviews, track and share your reading journey

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodreads](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodreads)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.goodreads`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Goodreads
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 32,273,245
- **Rating:** 4.63 / 5 (217,265 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.75.0Build3
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19
- **First published:** 2011-04-29
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 65 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodreads)
- **Website:** [https://www.goodreads.com/about/contact\_us](https://www.goodreads.com/about/contact_us)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.goodreads.com/about/privacy](https://www.goodreads.com/about/privacy)

## Description

Goodreads: Book Tracker & More brings the world's largest reading community to your browser. Discover new books, read reviews, and save titles to your Want to Read shelf. Get personalized recommendations, browse curated genres, and see what friends are reading.

Track and share your reading progress: rate and review any book, log what you've read, and post status updates for current reads. Join the Reading Challenge, participate in discussions, and easily share recommendations with friends.

## Rankings

- #4,773 — Overall
- #27 — Books and reference (Free)
- #5 — book
- #13 — kindle
- #18 — review
- #21 — recommend

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `amazon.permission.COLLECT_METRICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.amazon.dcp.metrics.permission.METRICS_PERMISSION`
- `com.amazon.identity.auth.device.perm.AUTH_SDK`
- `com.amazon.identity.permission.CAN_CALL_MAP_INFORMATION_PROVIDER`
- `com.amazon.kindle.tablet.permission.ftue`
- `com.goodreads.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Overall, users appreciate Goodreads for its simple interface and strong tracking/history features, plus useful end-of-year reports and social aspects. Many reviews highlight the app's mobile accessibility and ability to track reads across decades. However, recurring problems pull down the experience: frequent reliability issues (authentication errors and logouts), data/UI bugs (shelf counts, negative numbers, occasional sign-in failures, limited feature parity with the desktop), and a slow/limited search with a clunky navigation. Users want desktop features brought into the mobile app, including edition management, quotes, updates, and a smoother login experience.

### Pros

- Easy to use and quick to load; straightforward input and management of reads.
- Strong tracking/history features, keeping decades of reading history and the ability to write reviews.
- Useful end-of-year reports and social features like monthly challenges and friends.
- Mobile-friendly access to reads and ratings on the go, with progress updates.

### Cons

- Frequent reliability issues, including authentication errors and unexpected sign-outs.
- Bugs in shelves/data (shelf counts can be wrong or negative) along with other UI bugs.
- Hard to navigate with slow search and a less-polished user interface.
- Missing desktop-level features on mobile and lack of feature parity (editions, updates, quotes).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.goodreads)