Questions, answered

Yes, every feature, with no ads. Books you don’t own yet have a link to buy them on Amazon, and we earn a small commission when you use one. That’s the only way Pemberley makes money.

An iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Android is on the way.

With Apple, so there’s no password to remember. Sign in on a new phone and your whole library comes back.

Point the scanner at a barcode, or search by title or author. You can scan without a signal, and we’ll look the books up once you’re connected.

Type the 10 or 13 digits above the barcode, or add it by hand with its title, author and page count.

Yes. Connect your public Goodreads profile, or import your export file once. Libby and Kindle highlights come over too.

Snap a photo of the page and swipe across the lines you want. The photo is read on your phone and never kept.

Read, update your page or finish a book to count a day. One rest day is fine, and a blank today never counts against you.

Yes, a yearly goal for books and a daily goal for minutes. Both are optional.

Share your friend code or QR, or scan theirs. There’s no searching for strangers.

Pick a book, set a reading plan by week, chapter or part, and invite members with a code. Everyone can see where the group is.

You choose: anyone with your link, only the people you follow, or just you. Any single book can be kept private too.

No. No ads, and nothing about you or your reading is sold.

Anytime. Download your library as a spreadsheet or a Goodreads-style file from Settings → Privacy & data.