Grow books - simple book notes

“I want to line up my books by their spines, just like on a real bookshelf!”
grow books is a reading app that helps you build a reading space of your own.

■Our concept

“A bookshelf in your pocket.”
Books you’ve read, books you want to read, and books waiting to be read. Books you own and books you don’t, ebooks and printed books—there are so many.
grow books lets you keep the books that won’t fit on your shelves in your pocket, helping you keep reading and enjoying it.

■What makes grow books special
・Arrange the books you add by their spines, just like on a real bookshelf.
・Take photos of your book spines and attach them to your books to make your shelf your own.
・There are no social networking features or rankings for interacting or comparing yourself with others. Keep your own reading records without worrying about what anyone else thinks.

■Main features
・A bookshelf view that looks like a real bookshelf
・Photograph and crop book spines, then arrange and organize them on your shelf
・View the books you’ve added and write notes even when you’re offline
・Search for and add books, with covers, titles, and other details filled in automatically
・Manually add books that don’t appear in search results
・Import data from other apps or your own CSV files
・Organize books by category and genre, and record whether they’re ebooks or printed books
・View a list of the books you’ve added
・Manage reading statuses such as “Want to read,” “Reading,” and “Finished”
・Save notes and quotes, including quotes shared from Kindle
・Write reviews and rate books on a 10-point scale
・View statistics about the books you’ve read
・View the books you’ve read this month and share the list with friends
・Save your top 10 favorite books for “#名刺代わりの小説10選” (“10 novels that define me”) and revisit past selections
・Keep the last book you opened visible at all times
・Switch fonts

■Our Premium plan concept

Our concept is “Helping you keep reading and enjoying it for years to come.”
Reading is enjoyable and rewarding, but there may be times when your motivation fades.
We offer convenient features to help you maintain your enthusiasm for reading and keep picking up books.


■Premium benefits
・Keep records of rereads separately from your first reading.
・View monthly totals for pages read and money spent on books.
・Import up to 1,000 books at once from a CSV file.

■Recommended for
・People who have tried various reading tracker apps but haven’t found one that feels right
・People who want to keep enjoying reading
・People who have been managing their books in Notion and want to move to an app
・People who love reading
・People who respect books and always choose to buy them new
・Book lovers who love the books themselves
・People whose local bookstore has poor reception, making it difficult to look up books they want
・People who often read on the subway, on planes, or in other places without reception and want to write notes in the app as they read


■Ways to use grow books
・Jot down books yo