Goodreads alternative?

OregaNooo · 08-31-2023, 01:27 AM

I basically used it to track my progress and make short notes (can't see where to do that anymore), and for the reading challenge. It incentivized me to read. Especially when I'm seeing other people do it and their progress or talk about it. I have a hard time these days. I do like that you can sync your calibre library to it. Though I stopped using GR a while back and I don't like how it is now for multiple reasons.

I haven't really found other options so far. Saw someone elsewhere suggest to look for a services with an api. There were two that people told me have apis, which was incorrect, librarything turned theirs off, and storygraph never got one running. I tend to prefer web apps to regular android apps, just because there is that much more data collection involved.

Does anyone have something they personally use that is not an advertisement?

cartz · 08-31-2023, 01:38 AM

Check out Openreads on Android. No data collection and it is open source. You can add your own review / notes.

Quoth · 08-31-2023, 05:45 AM

Or use a spreadsheet.

Terisa de morgan · 08-31-2023, 06:08 AM

For goals/challenges, the new plugin Reading Goal can be useful.

kyrilson · 09-01-2023, 07:10 PM

A spreadsheet is all you need.

JSWolf · 09-02-2023, 04:06 AM

You could use The Storygraph instead.

https://app.thestorygraph.com

retiredbiker · 09-02-2023, 04:38 PM

You could go over to the Fediverse and join BookWyrm. One server that is a BookWyrm instance is https://ramblingreaders.org, for example. Or if you have a Mastodon account, you can follow BookWyrm accounts there. I don't use it myself, but I see it getting a lot of action.

Just don't expect anything in the Fediverse to act like the algorithm-driven apps from the big companies, it is literally a different world.

Quoth · 09-02-2023, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by retiredbiker

Just don't expect anything in the Fediverse to act like the algorithm-driven apps from the big companies, it is literally a different world.

It's better and it can't be controlled by one egotistical idiot or a corporation.
Mastodon Fediverse is proper Internet instead of walled gardens run by Barons plastering you with adverts and stealing your content and personal behaviour/info.

08-31-2023, 01:27 AM	#1
OregaNooo Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2022 Device: PW5	Goodreads alternative? I basically used it to track my progress and make short notes (can't see where to do that anymore), and for the reading challenge. It incentivized me to read. Especially when I'm seeing other people do it and their progress or talk about it. I have a hard time these days. I do like that you can sync your calibre library to it. Though I stopped using GR a while back and I don't like how it is now for multiple reasons. I haven't really found other options so far. Saw someone elsewhere suggest to look for a services with an api. There were two that people told me have apis, which was incorrect, librarything turned theirs off, and storygraph never got one running. I tend to prefer web apps to regular android apps, just because there is that much more data collection involved. Does anyone have something they personally use that is not an advertisement?

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08-31-2023, 01:38 AM	#2
cartz Zealot Posts: 127 Karma: 446460 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Inkpalm 5 Mini	Check out Openreads on Android. No data collection and it is open source. You can add your own review / notes.

08-31-2023, 05:45 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,016 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Or use a spreadsheet.

08-31-2023, 06:08 AM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,627 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	For goals/challenges, the new plugin Reading Goal can be useful.

09-01-2023, 07:10 PM	#5
kyrilson Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 13511506 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cleveland, OH Device: Voyage, Oasis, Kobo Glo HD,iPad Pro, Sony 350 and T2	A spreadsheet is all you need.

09-02-2023, 04:06 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,743 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could use The Storygraph instead. https://app.thestorygraph.com

09-02-2023, 04:38 PM	#7
retiredbiker Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 3886916 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Kobo Forma	You could go over to the Fediverse and join BookWyrm. One server that is a BookWyrm instance is https://ramblingreaders.org, for example. Or if you have a Mastodon account, you can follow BookWyrm accounts there. I don't use it myself, but I see it getting a lot of action. Just don't expect anything in the Fediverse to act like the algorithm-driven apps from the big companies, it is literally a different world.

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