A Goodreads alternative that brings it all together
Keep your shelves, ratings and read dates, and add the things you’ve been using other apps for: quotes, reading sessions, stats and book clubs.
Pemberley is a free book app for iPhone that tracks your library, saves quotes from a photo of the page, times your reading and runs book clubs, all in one place. You can connect your Goodreads profile or import your Goodreads export, and your shelves, ratings and dates come with you.
| Feature | Pemberley | Goodreads |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Pemberley: Every feature free, no ads | Goodreads: Free |
| Who makes it | Pemberley: Independent, from Seth Parmenter LLC | Goodreads: Amazon, since 2013 |
| Where it runs | Pemberley: iPhone (Android on the way) | Goodreads: Web, iPhone and Android |
| Reviews | Pemberley: Your own ratings and reviews, shared with friends | Goodreads: A huge community of reader reviews |
| Yearly reading goal | Pemberley: Yes | Goodreads: Yes, the Reading Challenge |
| Year in review | Pemberley: Your month and year played back as a story | Goodreads: Year in Books |
| Add books by scanning | Pemberley: Barcode, even offline | Goodreads: Cover scan or ISBN search |
| Book clubs | Pemberley: Clubs with a reading plan and reminders | Goodreads: Groups to read along and discuss |
| Save quotes from a photo of the page | Pemberley: Yes | Goodreads: Not listed |
| Reading timer and streaks | Pemberley: Yes | Goodreads: Not listed |
| Track books you’ve lent and borrowed | Pemberley: Yes | Goodreads: Not listed |
Based on each app’s public listings and help pages as of November 2026. Apps change. If something here is out of date, tell us at support@getpemberley.com and we’ll fix it.
What you can do in Pemberley
- Scan a barcode to add a book, even offline
- Rate in half stars
- Save quotes by snapping a photo of the page
- Time your reading, with a streak that forgives a rest day
- See your year in covers and play it back as a story
- Run a book club with a reading plan
- Track books you’ve lent and borrowed
- Share your Want shelf as a wishlist
- Choose who sees your shelf: anyone, people you follow, or just you
What readers love about Goodreads
Goodreads has been around since 2007 and has one of the largest reading communities online, with reviews on almost every book. Plenty of readers keep it for that. Pemberley can sit right alongside it: connect your profile and the books you add on Goodreads come across on their own.
Every feature, free
Pemberley has no paid tier and no ads. Your library, quotes, sessions, stats and clubs are yours from the first scan. Here’s how that works: books you don’t own yet have a link to buy them on Amazon, and when you use one, we earn a small commission at no cost to you. That’s the only way Pemberley makes money, and nothing about you or your reading is sold.
Moving over in three steps
Download Pemberley and sign in with Apple.
Connect your public Goodreads profile, or open your Goodreads export file.
Look over what we matched and tap Add.
Comparing other apps? See how Pemberley compares
Questions
Will I lose my Goodreads shelves and ratings?
No. Your shelves, ratings and dates come with each book, and nothing changes on Goodreads.
Can I keep using Goodreads too?
Yes. Stay connected and Pemberley picks up new books from your Goodreads shelf every six hours.
Is Pemberley free?
Yes, with no ads. When you buy a book through one of our Amazon links, we earn a small commission at no cost to you.
Make reading easy again.
