Home library & reading log
Everything you own. Everything you read.
Most trackers squeeze both into a single status field. Bookella keeps them apart, because a book you borrowed and a book you finished are not the same thing.
In development — the store listings are not live yet.
Question one
What you own
Scan a shelf, see what is already home before you buy a second copy, know where a book sits and who borrowed it.
Question two
What you read
Current reads, what comes next, sessions with or without a timer, and what you thought when you closed the last page.
In the app
Built for shelves that are actually full
Bookella is for people with a few hundred books at home who also read a lot — series collectors, parents, students.
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Barcode scanner
Add books by ISBN with a badge right in the viewfinder: already home, already read.
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Two axes
Ownership and reading are separate: format, condition, how it arrived, who has it now.
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Loans
Lend a book with a person and a date, and get a reminder before it is forgotten.
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Collections & places
Shelves, rooms, boxes — find a book in the flat, not just in the app.
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Sessions & timer
Track pages or minutes; reading without a timer is a first-class path.
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Notes & quotes
Impressions, quotes and thoughts stay private, always.
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Goals & stats
A yearly goal, a reading calendar and numbers that mean something.
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Import & export
Bring a library in from CSV with a preview, take it out whenever you like.
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Works offline
Your library lives on the device and syncs when there is a connection.
Why another book app
Because the two questions are different. “What do I have?” is about a shelf: where a book stands, whether it is lent out, whether you already own it. “What am I reading?” is about a habit: what is open now, how fast it goes, what you thought of it. Existing apps pick one and bolt the other on. Bookella treats both as first-class, on both platforms, with an account so your library outlives the phone.