# Mood Reader: Books

> What are you in the mood for?

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6790179609](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6790179609)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6790179609`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nick Shadel
- **Category:** Books
- **Version:** 1.6.2 (19)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-22
- **First published:** 2026-07-22
- **Size:** 8.40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mood-reader-books/id6790179609)
- **Website:** [https://moodreaderapp.com](https://moodreaderapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://moodreaderapp.com/privacy](https://moodreaderapp.com/privacy)

## Description

Mood Reader is a book recommendation app that starts from a different question. Not what other people rated a book. Not what an algorithm decided is popular right now. It asks what a reader is in the mood for — in plain language — and returns books that match the shape of that answer.

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Three things it does

01. Semantic prompts
Describe what to read in plain language. "Something quiet and observant." "A romance that isn't formulaic." "Whatever will pull me out of a slump." Mood Reader returns books that match the description, ranked by fit to taste rather than by crowd rating.

02. Self Portrait
A written reading of the reader — generated from the shape of a library and the reflections left along the way. Not a personality quiz. Not a genre list. Not a score. A close reading of what books, together, reveal about a reader.

03. Ambient recommendations
As a library grows and one-sentence reflections accumulate, Mood Reader learns and surfaces books that fit what comes next. Every recommendation arrives with a short rationale for why it fits.

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An independent app, built to be worth using

No investors. No acquisition target. No ad SDKs, no analytics tools, no advertising identifiers. Mood Reader stores what a reader tells it, and nothing else. Reading history stays with the person who created it.

Built by one person in Washington State.

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Import from what already exists

Full library imports work from Goodreads exports and Kindle libraries. Shelf photos work as a fast on-ramp. Ten favorite books is enough to start recommending. Deeper imports sharpen the results but aren't required.

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Reflections instead of star ratings

Star ratings summarize a book but don't say much about a reader. A one-sentence reflection ("surprised me by how much I cared about the sister") gives Mood Reader far more signal than five stars alone. Reflections stay in the reader's Master Library and shape both Self Portrait and future recommendations.

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Free at launch. iOS 18 or later. iPhone only.

Support: hello@moodreaderapp.com

## Rankings

- #1,646,615 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6790179609)