Pick Up

Pick Up is designed for readers who want to go deeper than just logging books. While Goodreads and StoryGraph focus on cataloguing and social features, Pick Up focuses on your personal reading experience. Timed sessions that build real habits, the ability to capture your thoughts as you read, automatic transcription that turns those thoughts into searchable text, and beautiful audiogram videos to share your insights. Less social network, more personal reading journal.

While reading, tap record to capture your thoughts out loud, or type them directly as a text reflection. Pick Up saves both voice and written thoughts alongside your book with the page number and chapter context. Premium users get automatic transcription that converts voice recordings into searchable text, and you can create shareable audiogram videos with animated waveforms or share text reflections as beautiful cards. Perfect for BookTok, Bookstagram, or sharing with friends.

Yes! The free plan gives you unlimited book tracking, book collections to organise your library into custom lists, reading sessions, a reading timer, Book Roulette for picking your next read, voice and text thought capture, saved words with definitions and notes, reading stats, streaks, a reading calendar, Monthly Recap graphics, a 3D bookshelf view with 4 wood styles, Reading Goals (weekly, monthly or yearly), 3 book recommendations via The Shelf — our personalised book recommender — 2 free Sage reads (statistical trend analysis of your daily reading history, per-book pace, and day-of-week patterns), and up to 10 Saved for Later books. Premium unlocks early access to major new features before they're released to everyone, unlimited Sage reads, automatic transcription, cloud sync across devices, audiogram video creation with custom waveform styles, 6 premium bookshelf wood styles, Shelf Curios (miniature figurines to decorate your bookshelf rows — Sherlock, Hermes, Mario and more), unlimited recommendations via The Shelf, unlimited Saved for Later, and Reading Journal publishing. You can use Pick Up fully without ever paying.

Absolutely. Pick Up stores everything locally on your device first, so you can add books, track sessions, and capture thoughts without an internet connection. If you are a Premium subscriber, your data syncs to the cloud automatically when you are back online. Nothing is ever lost.

Your data is yours. Pick Up stores everything on-device by default — no account required. Cloud sync (Premium) uses encrypted storage so your data is protected in transit and at rest. We do not sell your reading habits, we do not show ads, and we do not share your information with third parties. Your reading life stays private.

Pick Up currently supports: English (UK & US), German, Spanish (Latin America & Spain), French, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil). We are continuously improving translations and adding more languages — let us know which ones you'd like to see next!