Commonplace app icon — a C-shaped bookshelf holding colorful books

Commonplace

A personal reading tracker for iPhone and iPad

Commonplace helps you keep track of the books and short stories you read. The app encourages you to take notes: write down why you're adding that book to your To Read list, or jot your thoughts on the short story you just finished. This is the digital reading companion I want to use. I hope it works for you too.

Download on the App Store

Requires iOS 17 or later.

The Reading tab showing books currently being read and a to-read grid of book and magazine covers
Current reads and the to-read pile
A magazine issue page for Clarkesworld 238 showing reading history and a story-by-story progress count
Track a magazine story by story
The Notes tab with searchable notes tagged Before, During, After, and Reread
Notes before, during, and after
The Finished tab showing a year's worth of finished book covers in a grid
Your year of finished reading
A reading-format sheet for a book with Print, Audio, and Digital options
Print, audio, digital — or all three

Your library, your order

Add books by search or ISBN, arrange the to-read pile by hand, track start and finish dates, star ratings, formats, and re-reads (and even the books you abandoned).

Magazines & short fiction

Import issues of Clarkesworld, Uncanny, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies (or any magazine via EPUB) and track every story you read.

Notes that keep their place

Capture thoughts before, during, and after each read. Notes are searchable across your whole library and export as clean Markdown.

A year you can see

Monthly charts, ratings breakdowns, year-over-year totals, and a reading timeline that lays your whole year out as one glanceable map.

Capture from anywhere

Send a bookstore page, a review, or a reading-list roundup to Commonplace from the share sheet, and it will find the book and file it away. Supported magazines and short stories will land in the right place too.

Your data, portable

Import from Goodreads, Libby, or CSV. Export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. iCloud keeps your devices in sync.

Private by design

Commonplace has no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your library lives on your devices and in your own iCloud account.

Read the privacy policy