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Margins: Book Tracker subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

Paratext Inc., Books

Free on the App Store

Margins: Book Tracker by Paratext Inc. 3 subscription plans from $5.99 per month. 2% of 2,757 recent reviews mention billing. Verified Oct 23, 2026.

  • App Store rating4.9★ from 19,766 ratings
  • Cheapest subscription$5.99 per month
  • Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months46 of 2,757 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

  • Few complaints1.7% of 2,757 recent reviews mention billing; 10% of the last 90 days' reviews are one or two stars
All signals behind this verdict
Reviews in the last 12 months2,757
Reviews mentioning billing46 (1.7%)
One- or two-star share, last 90 days10% of 260
App Store rating4.9 (19,766 ratings)
Developer's apps1, 0 removed from the store
Age719 days
Days since last update4
Subscription plans3
Subscription price changes, last 12 months7
Overall review sentimentpositive

Thresholds and definitions: how we rate apps.

What Margins: Book Tracker costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $5.99 per month.

  • MonthlyRenews every month, no trial$5.99
  • MonthlyRenews every month, no trial$9.99
  • AnnualRenews every year, no trial$59.99

Price changes

  • Jan 14, 2026: Monthly went from $8.99 to $5.99 per month
  • Jan 14, 2026: Annual went from $79.99 to $59.99 per year

How to cancel Margins: Book Tracker

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
  2. Tap Subscriptions.
  3. Select Margins: Book Tracker (listed under a plan name such as Monthly).
  4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Rating breakdown

  • 5★91% (18,136)
  • 4★6% (1,265)
  • 3★0% (153)
  • 2★0% (35)
  • 1★0% (83)

Recent updates

  • 2026.10.14+131Oct 18, 2026
  • 2026.09.29+121Oct 1, 2026
  • 2026.09.24+114Sep 24, 2026
  • 2026.09.21+112Sep 23, 2026
  • 2026.09.19+110Sep 21, 2026

Praised

  • Easy to use
  • Aesthetically pleasing design
  • Helpful search and recommendation features
  • Comprehensive book tracking capabilities
  • Smooth import from Goodreads
  • Useful reading time tracking
  • Ability to customize book covers

Complained about

  • Missing books in the database
  • Limited search and filtering options
  • Concerns about using phone number for sign-up
  • Lack of social features and community

Reported bugs

Reading time not saving correctly; Inability to delete or edit books from lists; Inconsistent behavior when importing data from Goodreads.

Recent one-star reviews

your 2.0 update broke the whole appapp not tracking reading progress now, can’t search for books or authors,freezing and laging ,cant swipe gestures to add a new book to library,the app was vey good in the past now it’s just frustrating and useless

MHadrian, Oct 9, 2026

Updated review: Please go back to your roots!I can’t explain how much I loved the original Margins app, it was so minimal and user-friendly. IMO it was the best book tracker on the market. Went from being a 5 star app, to a 1 star. Unfortunately new version makes me want to throw my phone at a wall when I use it. I’m sympathetic to them havi…

Stitching, Oct 6, 2026

Great appI have been using the app for a year and love how it works. Would have been a 4 star HOWEVER since the last update of a few weeks ago it constantly glitches and stops working.

Lrxx2, Oct 2, 2026

Recent five-star reviews

GREAT TBR ORGANIZATIONI love this app so far. I like that theres a library and a tbr that is separate from the library so i can save the books i wanna read in a specific month in my tbr and all the rest in the library, it makes it feel much less overwhelming. I love that we can block apps for reading! And I really like t…

Pocketxbaby, Oct 18, 2026

Great Book TrackerI use Margins to keep track of all of my books read for the month and the year. It also keeps track of how many days in a row I’ve read. I love seeing my reading streak! 🤓 My daughter and I joined each others profiles and can see what the other has read. Its super fun to share that with her!

MurphyReads, Oct 18, 2026

such a cute little app ugh love itbest app i prefer this app over fable and good reads. it feels so cozy and it had such cute little things i also love the calendar and that it locks ur apps for u when reading

crissy5678910, Oct 17, 2026

About the developer

Paratext Inc. has published on the App Store since Nov 3, 2024: 1 app(s), 0 of them no longer in the store.

Alternatives to Margins: Book Tracker

Also similar: TBR - Bookshelf (4.5★), Pagebound: Social Book Tracker (4.8★), Bookshelf: Book Tracker & List (4.6★)

Questions people ask

How much does Margins: Book Tracker cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $5.99 per month.

How do I cancel Margins: Book Tracker?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Margins: Book Tracker and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Margins: Book Tracker have a free trial?

No plan lists a free trial in the US App Store.

Is this app free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with the option for in-app purchases. This model allows users to try out the core features before committing to any additional functionality.

Margins: Book Tracker in one paragraph

Margins: Book Tracker by Paratext Inc. is a Books app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $5.99 per month across 3 plan(s). App Store rating 4.9 from 19,766 ratings. 46 of 2,757 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (2%). The developer has 1 app(s) on the App Store, 0 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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