The Book Logger
A reading log for iPhone

Keep the record.
Take it with you.

A private logbook for everything you read. Add a book in a few taps, tag it the way you actually think about it, and haul the whole thing out to a spreadsheet whenever you want.

TestFlight coming soon Beta 0.6 · iOS 17+
Birch the beaver, in blue plaid, holding two books and an axe
The Book Logger home screen
Why it exists

Built because every reading app wanted to be a social network

I wanted a place to write down what I read and what I thought about it. Not a feed, not a rating average, not a recommendation engine. A log.

So the app does four things and stops: add a book, edit its record, tag it however you like, and export the lot. Everything lives on your phone until you decide otherwise.

Birch the beaver, sitting and reading
Your foreperson
Birch
They fell the books, keep the ledger, and haul the load out when the pile gets high.
From the field guide
How to work the log
01
Felling
Add a book by search, or from a screenshot
02
Sawing
Trim the record down to what you care about
03
Hauling
Send it out as CSV or straight to a Sheet
No accounts. No sync you didn't ask for. The database is a file on your phone, and you can walk away with it any time.
Plate I–IV
The whole app
4 screens
Library screen grouped by month
Plate I
The library
Ruled rows, grouped by month. Unsynced titles sit up top.
Screenshot import and crop screen
Plate II
Add from a screenshot
Crop a photo of a cover or a recommendation; fix what it reads.
Individual book record screen
Plate III
One book's record
Read-only until you tap a section to edit it.
Book export and column selection screen
Plate IV
The haul
Pick the books, pick the columns, send it.
Getting your data out

Two ways out, both yours

Save a CSV straight to your phone and nothing leaves the device. Or connect a Google account once and push new entries to a Sheet, choosing which columns go across.

Either way the app tells you exactly which books are about to be marked as exported, and waits for you to say yes.

TitleAuthorFinishedTags
The OverstoryPowers2026-04slow, trees
PiranesiClarke2026-05reread
A Field Guide to Getting LostSolnit2026-06essays
…115 more rows
What's ahead
Roadmap
Next
Import an existing CSV
For anyone arriving with a library already written down
Later
Notes per book
Longer than a tag, shorter than a review
Later
Year in review
A plain summary sheet, no confetti
Not doing
Social features, ratings, streaks
Asked and answered
Questions
Is it free?
Yes, and there's nothing to buy inside it.
Where does my data live?
On your phone. Google is only involved if you connect a Sheet yourself.
Android?
Not yet. Not ruled out.
Why no covers?
It's a log, not a shelf. Text scans faster.
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Beta 0.6 is open. It's small, it works, and it exports.
TestFlight coming soon
The Book Logger · Log № 6 · 2026 0.6 — screenshot import, column picker · 0.5 — field guide · 0.4 — CSV export