The Fable alternative that keeps your reading yours
If the way your reading data gets used matters to you, Endleaf is the quiet option: a native iPhone tracker with no account, no feed, and no AI features, where your library never leaves your own devices.
Reading is personal. Your tracker should be too.
- No account at all. Nothing to sign up for, so there is no profile of you to build, sell, or leak.
- On-device by design. Your books, ratings, reviews, and quotes stay on your iPhone and sync through your own iCloud, never our servers.
- No AI on your shelf. No generated summaries of your taste, no models reading your reviews. Just your library, kept faithfully.
- No feed to perform for. Track honestly, rate in half and quarter stars, and abandon books guilt-free. Nobody is watching.
- Share on your terms. Gorgeous share cards and a year in review, posted only when and where you decide.
- A door that opens both ways. One-tap import from Goodreads or StoryGraph, and full JSON and CSV export anytime, free.
Endleaf next to the alternatives
| Feature | Endleaf | Goodreads | StoryGraph | Bookly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half and quarter star ratings | Yes | No | half only | No |
| Private, no account, no data sale | Yes | No | partial | partial |
| Native and fast (no web wrapper) | Yes | dated | No | Yes |
| Unlimited books, free | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 free |
| No ads | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Reading timer, free | Yes | No | No | paid |
| Lock screen timer (Live Activity) | Yes | No | No | paid |
| Audiobooks in hours and minutes | Yes | No | Yes | paid |
| Import keeps your start dates | Yes | No | partial | paid |
| Full export anytime | Yes | broken CSV | Yes | paid |
| Dark mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Based on each app’s documented behavior and reviews as of 2026. Competitor names are used only to describe the differences.
Switching questions
How is Endleaf different from Fable?
Fable is a social reading app built around clubs, feeds, and AI-generated features, which means an account and reading data that lives on their servers. Endleaf is the opposite by design: a private tracker with no account, no feed, and no AI reading over your shoulder. Your library lives on your iPhone and syncs only through your own iCloud.
What happens to my reading data in Endleaf?
It stays yours, on your device. Endleaf has no servers that hold reading data, runs no analytics or tracking SDKs, and its App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected." Nothing is sold, shared, or used to train anything.
Does Endleaf use AI on my reading history?
No. Your ratings, reviews, quotes, and stats are computed on your device with ordinary math, never sent to an AI service, and never used to generate content about you.
Can I still share what I read?
Yes, on your terms. Endleaf builds beautiful share cards and a year in review that you can post anywhere you choose. Sharing is a deliberate act, never an ambient feed.
Can I bring my books over?
If your library also lives on Goodreads or StoryGraph, export a CSV there and import it into Endleaf in one tap, with ratings and dates intact. And everything you put in can come out again: JSON and CSV export are free, always.
A reading life with the door closed.
Free to download. Unlimited books, half stars, the timer, and full import and export, free forever.
No account. No ads. Your data stays on your phone.