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Hardcover profile: a reading tracker with an API and a light privacy label

Short answer

Hardcover is a tidy reading tracker for readers who care where their data goes: stats and goals, Goodreads import, a public GraphQL API, and an App Store label that says Data Not Linked to You. Social means following other readers; we found no book clubs on its pages.

By The Shelf Desk · Published 2026-10-08 · Facts read September 2026, updated 2026-10-11

Desk research from public app store listings, app websites and help pages, read in September 2026 and updated on 2026-10-11. Fact profiles, not scores; we did not test the apps hands-on.

Hardcover

Hardcover LLC

iOS · ANDROID · WEB

Facts read Sep 2026 · updated 11 Oct 2026 · On record: 3 of 8

On record means the app's own listing or website describes it. Not in our sources means we did not find it on the pages we read, not that the app cannot do it. Not offered means the app's pages say it is absent.

Who does Hardcover fit?

Readers who want their data to stay theirs and light on tracking.

Finder answers Hardcover matches:

  • Which phone or screen?: Android
  • Which phone or screen?: I want a web version too
  • Do you want goals or reading stats?: Yes, goals, streaks or stats
  • How social do you want it?: Some: follows, friends or shared reads
  • How much does the privacy label matter?: Avoid apps whose label lists data used to track me
  • How do you want to pay?: Nothing
  • How do you want to pay?: No subscription

Finder answers it does not match:

  • None on record as not offered.

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What does Hardcover do well?

What are Hardcover's limits?

Hardcover has 2 limits on the pages we read.

  • No book clubs on the pages we read; social is following readers.

    Source: hardcover.app · Read 27 Sep 2026

  • No print, ebook or audiobook features on the pages we read.

    Source: hardcover.app · Read 27 Sep 2026

What does Hardcover cost?

Price (US App Store or the app's own page, read September and October 2026)

Can you move your reading history in or out?

What else should you know?

Made by Hardcover LLC. Available on iPhone, iPad, Android, web.

Hardcover websiteApp listing

How does Hardcover compare with each other app?

See all nine side by side

Common questions

Does Hardcover have book clubs?

Not on the pages we read. You can follow other readers and browse their shelves.

Is Hardcover free?

The core app is free. Supporter costs $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year.

Does Hardcover have an API?

Yes. Hardcover documents a public GraphQL API with OAuth.