Leatherbound: Reading Tracker
Track books, not you.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Leatherbound is a simple, thoughtful way to keep track of what you're reading. It's free, with no subscriptions, no ads and no limits.
Log the books you're reading, see your progress at a glance, and look back on everything you've read.
Features:
• Keep track of what you're currently reading, what you've finished, and what's on your list
• Get personalised recommendations for what to read next
• Set reading goals and build a reading streak
• Look back on your year with Year in Review and a reading calendar
• Get insights into your reading habits with stats and charts
• Rate books and log your full reading history, including re-reads
• Beautiful home screen widgets that show your progress at a glance
• Search and filter your library quickly
• Add books from search or manually, with your own covers
• Import and export your library as CSV
• Syncs automatically across your devices
Leatherbound is made by one person who uses it every day. Your feedback helps make it better, so send suggestions or bug reports anytime from the feedback option in Settings.
Privacy Policy: https://www.leatherbound.org/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more I love that you can track pages each day without worrying about time, and that you can search for cover images. Is there a way to search the list of books you’ve entered?
Developer Response Glad you’re enjoying the app! Searching/filtering your library isn’t currently available, but this is being worked on for a future version 😄—Update: Searching and filtering has just been added in the latest update! I hope you’re enjoying Leatherbound!
I love that you can track pages each day without worrying about time, and that you can search for cover images. Is there a way to search the list of books you’ve entered?
Glad you’re enjoying the app! Searching/filtering your library isn’t currently available, but this is being worked on for a future version 😄—Update: Searching and filtering has just been added in the latest update! I hope you’re enjoying Leatherbound!
Love the app. Small bug where the app crashes when updating progress on book reading. And would like a dnf option. Other than that, it’s great! Love the option to search for new covers online!
Love the app. Small bug where the app crashes when updating progress on book reading. And would like a dnf option. Other than that, it’s great! Love the option to search for new covers online!
Fix for a rare background crash that could occur
4.0.1 Oct 26
Leatherbound is now free
Everything that used to need a subscription is now included for everyone, with no limits and nothing to unlock:
• Unlimited books, authors and genres
• Import your library from a CSV file
• Upload your own book covers from Photos
If you’re subscribed, your subscription won’t renew and there’s nothing you need to do. Thank you for supporting Leatherbound. It kept the app going when it needed it.
I’m still working on Leatherbound and updates will keep coming. The full story is at leatherbound.org.
Sam
4.0.0 Oct 13
Features:
• Added initial support for iPhone Duo.
• Redesigned the tab bar, combining Add and Discover into a single "+" tab.
• Added always-visible search and Filter and Sort menus to the Library.
Fixes and improvements:
• Improved layouts on iPad and larger screens.
• Fixed various layout and alignment issues.
3.5.0 Oct 10
Features:
• Improved book search when adding new books.
• Added library sorting by star rating and ascending or descending order.
Fixes and improvements:
• Improved performance across book details, Home, and Library.
• Fixed stability issues and reported crashes.
3.4.0 Aug 6
New in 3.3.1:
• Swipe to dismiss full screen book covers
Plus everything that was included in 3.3.0:
• Discover new reads with the new Recommendations feature
• Tap any book cover to view it full screen
• Push notifications from the server
• Start tracking progress from a non-zero page
Bug fixes:
• Color scheme changes now apply instantly
• Settings screen icons now correctly tint to match your theme
• Improved CSV import reliability and duplicate handling
• Fixed dates not saving correctly for previous reads
• Fixed some covers not appearing in widgets
• Fixed page count and progress slider issues for certain books
3.3.1 Apr 11
What's new in 3.3.0:
• Discover new reads with the new Recommendations feature
• Tap any book cover to view it full screen
• Push notifications from the server
• Start tracking progress from a non-zero page
Bug fixes:
• Color scheme changes now apply instantly
• Settings screen icons now correctly tint to match your theme
• Improved CSV import reliability and duplicate handling
• Fixed dates not saving correctly for previous reads
• Fixed some covers not appearing in widgets
• Fixed page count and progress slider issues for certain books
3.3.0 Apr 3
Features
• Refreshed book cover search experience
• New calendar view to see what you were reading and when
• Added a 5-star rating after finishing a book
Fixes
• Fixed issues with DNF books appearing in Recently Read, counts, and Year in Review
• Fixed goal dates showing as negative when in the past
• Improved home screen performance
• Prevented negative values when updating reading progress
3.2.0 Mar 1
New:
- Other books in a series now link to the saved book if it exists in the library
- Saved book menu now offers a search books view when a Goodreads match exists
- Added all-time statistics to the settings screen
- Added widget tap behaviour option to open the current book or just open the app
Fixes:
- Home screen sometimes showing stale data
- Deleted books occasionally reappearing
- Goodreads rating lookup now requires an ISBN or author match before saving a Goodreads URL
- Alignment of in-progress books on the home screen
- Add Custom Book form retaining data from a previously edited book
3.1.0 Jan 28
This update is solely focused on performance for the home screen of Leatherbound. Expect to see smoother scrolling and fewer hitches when navigating.
3.0.2 11/09/2025
Fixes an issue where goal dates/stats were displayed with incorrect data.
Plus all the changes from the 3.0 release:
A big design refresh!
• A brand new app icon
• Redesign work across almost every screen
Fresh, modern, and easier to use — I hope you love it!
3.0.1 09/16/2025
A big design refresh!
• A brand new app icon
• Redesign work across almost every screen
Fresh, modern, and easier to use — I hope you love it!
3.0.0 09/15/2025
• Improved background sync to help keep widgets up to date across your devices
• Temporarily removed the web search option for cover images, as the current provider is discontinuing support — I’m looking into alternatives to bring this back in the future. You can still upload custom covers or search via GoodReads.
• Made behind-the-scenes improvements to how anonymous usage data is collected
• Removed a lot of old, unused code to make room for new features in future updates
2.8.0 07/26/2025
- Optimisations to data queries on Home Screen
- Another small data migration
Plus all the changes from the previous release (2.7.0):
We’ve made some behind-the-scenes updates to get ready for future versions of Leatherbound.
Because the current database we use is being phased out, we need to move your data to a new system.
This is a one-time migration and only takes a few seconds.
We’ll guide you through it when you open the app.
As always, we recommend updating Leatherbound on all your devices to make sure everything stays in sync.
Thanks for your support!
2.7.1 06/22/2025
We’ve made some behind-the-scenes updates to get ready for future versions of Leatherbound.
Because the current database we use is being phased out, we need to move your data to a new system.
This is a one-time migration and only takes a few seconds.
We’ll guide you through it when you open the app.
As always, we recommend updating Leatherbound on all your devices to make sure everything stays in sync.
Thanks for your support!
2.7.0 06/18/2025
Added
- Option to customize widget book cover appearance when using tinted home screen
Changed
- In progress books are now shown in order of most recently read
- Slight tweaks to spacing/sizing of widget elements
Fixed
- Widget book covers now show when using tinted home screen
2.6.1 11/13/2024
New in 2.6.0
• Adds new light/dark/tinted icons
2.6.0 11/10/2024
New in 2.5.0
Features:
• Leatherbound can now optionally recalculate progress entries when updating page counts.
2.5.0 06/11/2024
New in 2.4.1
Fixes:
• Previous reads now properly show their start date in the edit form
• Color scheme picker now shows the correct theme colour chosen
Plus all the existing changes from 2.4.0:
Features:
• You can now mark an in-progress book as DNF (Did Not Finish) to reduce clutter in the app while still maintaining your reading stats.
• In the library view, you can now sort books by recent reads and recently added.
• When deleting an author, you can now reassign their books to a new author.
Fixes:
• You can now click anywhere on other books in a series, not just on the text.
• New authors will no longer have multiple spaces in their names.
• Title and author text on a book are now selectable for copying.
2.4.1 02/22/2024
Features:
• You can now mark an in-progress book as DNF (Did Not Finish) to reduce clutter in the app while still maintaining your reading stats.
• In the library view, you can now sort books by recent reads and recently added.
• When deleting an author, you can now reassign their books to a new author.
Fixes:
• You can now mark an in-progress book as DNF (Did Not Finish) to reduce clutter in the app while still maintaining your reading stats.
• In the library view, you can now sort books by recent reads and recently added.
• When deleting an author, you can now reassign their books to a new author.
2.4.0 01/28/2024
New Features & Changes
• Other books in series are now shown automatically when possible
• Goodreads URL field now in edit form for a given book
• Ability to navigate to saved books from search results
• Ability to update saved book properties from search results
• Disregards "the" and "a" from the start of book titles before sorting
• Unifies the look of book rows throughout the app
• Switches to a new book search provider to give higher quality results
• A handful of other smaller UI/UX improvements
Fixes:
• Percentages under 10% are now easier to select in the update progress popup
• Fixes issue where authors/genres fields weren't shown in the edit/create form
• Fixes issue where the edit/create form would clear when closing/reopening the app
• Fixes the ability to work avoid free-tier book limits by using CSV imports
• Fixes progress entries not being updated in real time when editing/deleting them directly
• Other smaller bug fixes and changes
2.3.0 11/24/2023
New Features & Changes
• Added shortcuts to allow updating book reading progress
• Support custom search queries when searching the web for book covers
• Support for choosing a custom accent color
• A handful of other UI/UX improvements
Fixes:
• Fixed the crash when confirming a book in Goodreads
• Various other bug fixes and changes
2.2.0 10/18/2023
New Features:
• Ability to re-read a book once it's finished
• Ability to store ISBN numbers for books (and auto fetch them when saving a new book from search). This improves drastically improves the auto Goodreads lookup feature.
Fixes:
• Fixed days reading always showing as zero when a finish date is not set
2.1.0 06/11/2023
What's New in the Latest Version:
• The foundations of Leatherbound have been rebuilt from the ground up to provide you with an even smoother and more seamless experience.
• Enjoy a revamped user interface with a new tabbed navigation system and improved layout for large devices, making it easier than ever to navigate through your book collection and features.
• Fixed countless bugs
Thanks for the support for Leatherbound! If you have any feedback, please get in touch via the feedback button the in the app. More exciting updates are on the way!
2.0.0 05/09/2023
Update the app to enjoy these new improvements:
• A brand new 'Year in review' feature to view stats on about each year of your reading life
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
Thanks for the support for Leatherbound! If you have any feedback, please get in touch via the feedback button the in the app. More exciting updates are on the way!
1.5.0 12/25/2022
Update the app to enjoy these new improvements:
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
Thanks for the support for Leatherbound! If you have any feedback, please get in touch via the feedback button the in the app. More exciting updates are on the way!
1.4.1 09/18/2022
Fix for a rare background crash that could occur
more Version 4.0.1 Oct 26
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