Bookshelf, TBR & Bookshop Map
New: a writing desk for authors, the moonlit Night Balcony theme, Female Main Character theme and fairy lights for your shelf. Plus a fresh welcome for new readers.
Scan the books you own into a beautiful visual bookcase, track every reading session, and find your next read at real bookshops, libraries and charity shops near you. Then read it together with friends and your book club.
BookBean is the reading app for people who love books. A shelf you are proud of, a reading log that is kind to you, a map of real places to find books, and friends who read like you.
Your shelf, made beautiful
Scan a barcode or search by title and watch the book appear on your shelf with its real cover and spine. Add your own cover, spine and sprayed edges from the camera or your photos to show off your real book on the shelf. Design your dream bookshelf in Shelf Studio with bookcase styles, lighting, fairy lights, candles and autumn leaves, sort multiple bookcases and series, share a shelfie or save it to Photos.
Track your reading
Log pages or chapters for physical books, ebooks and audiobooks, keep a streak, set a yearly goal, and mark books to read, reading, read or set aside. Start a reading session with a timer and a soundscape: café music, soft rain, slow beats, quiet keys, deep forest or silence. Sounds keep playing with your screen locked, and your session shows on widgets and the Lock Screen.
Meet the reader you really are
Warm, honest insights: when you read, your favourite genres and authors, your reading speed, a reading calendar and your year in reading.
Plan your TBR
Build your to-be-read pile, wishlist and next-up list, and filter your shelf by owned, borrowed or reading. Bring your books over from Goodreads or StoryGraph with an easy CSV import.
A map of real book places
Find independent bookshops, libraries, second-hand shops and bookish cafés near you. Check in, complete reading quests, and support the places that keep reading alive. Run a bookshop, café or library? Claim your listing in the app.
Read together
Add friends, see what they are reading, and share your shelf. Start a book club or a buddy read and leave reactions chapter by chapter, spoiler-free: friends only see a note once they reach that page.
A desk for writers
Writing too, or a published author? The writing desk sits beside your shelf. Start a manuscript, log your word count and progress, see the days you wrote and look back on your writing year.
Prize Season and early copies
Follow the big book prize shortlists as they are announced, and request advance reader copies from indie authors.
Made for iPad and iPhone Duo
On iPad and the unfolded iPhone Duo, BookBean opens like a book: your bookcase on one page, Today on the other, in every orientation. Fold the Duo and it carries on as a phone.
Make it yours
Themes for every mood, from Everyday green to Emberfall's autumn, Carmilla's Corner's candlelit gothic and Night Balcony's moonlit fae, with light and dark modes that follow your phone. Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen keep your current book and streak in view, and Siri and Shortcuts can start a reading session or open the scanner for you.
BookBean+
Unlimited themed bookcases, premium shelf styling, richer insights and founding-member perks as they arrive. Scanning, your shelf, the map and the community are always free.
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