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Faria vs Bookly
Updated October 18, 2026
Faria and Bookly both help you read more, in different ways. Bookly is a reading tracker: a session timer, statistics, goals and reminders, for any book on iPhone or Android. Faria is a reading companion for paper books on iPhone: a reading alarm and daily goal, streak saves, optional app blocking, and spoken answers to questions about words and the story while you read.
What Bookly is good at
- Timing reading sessions and turning them into stats and charts.
- Reading goals and reminders.
- Tracking pages and books across formats.
- iPhone and Android.
What Faria does differently
- A reading alarm that opens on today’s book and starts the session.
- Ask out loud about words and the story, answered in a natural voice and never past your page.
- Lines you read aloud are saved and come back on your lock screen.
- Streak saves: every week you read earns one, and it covers a missed day.
- Optional app blocking until today’s goal is met.
- Add a whole shelf from one photo.
- iPhone, for paper books. a 7-day free trial, then $79.99 a year or $12.99 a month in the US.
Which should you use?
If you’re motivated by numbers and want to log every format, Bookly. If you read paper books and want help in the moment (with a word, a confusing passage, the phone pulling at you), Faria.
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What’s the difference between Faria and Bookly?
Bookly tracks reading time and turns it into statistics. Faria helps during the reading itself: it answers spoken questions about words and the story, saves lines you read aloud, starts sessions with a reading alarm, and can block apps until you’ve read.