What this update is about
BookSafe 1.9 saves you a few steps: every grouped series can have its own image, you add books with all their details right away, and you can log reading sessions even without a duration. BookSafe also tells you when the German National Library catalogue is disrupted.
This page describes the changes in more detail than fits into the App Store release notes.
Version 1.9 · released 28 October 2026
New
1Your own image for every series
With “Group Series”, each series appears as a single tile in your library. Instead of the colour gradient, that tile can now show its own series image: long-press the series tile or open the menu in the series, then pick a photo from your library, take a picture or use the cover of one of its volumes. The series name stays readable on top. The series image applies to that device and travels with your library backup.
2Add books with all their details right away
In “Add Book” you can now expand “More Details” and enter publisher, release date, first published, original title, translation, languages and description while adding the book. No need to look the book up again afterwards to fill in the rest. Automatic updates never overwrite what you entered yourself.
3Log reading sessions even without a duration
When you log a reading session after the fact, the pages you read are now enough — a duration is no longer required. Set the pages with a slider or type in “Pages read” directly. The duration works with a slider, as a number or with a quick pick. BookSafe calculates your reading pace only from sessions that have both pages and a duration.
Improved
- when the German National Library catalogue is disrupted, BookSafe says so: title and author search show a notice instead of “No results” — even when only English editions were found and German ones may be missing
- German editions from British publishers are found by ISBN
- series details from the catalogue such as “Robert Langdon ; 1” are recognised as a series with its volume
- complete editions are detected even when the series is spelled differently in your library
- Year in Review and its films show large numbers with thousands separators, such as “23,382” pages
- “Library PDF” is fully in English when your device is set to English — title, page numbers and file name
Plus many further refinements.
Earlier versions
Everything BookSafe has learned since version 0.4 — from the loan tracker to iCloud sync and the Apple Watch to the Year in Review films — is collected in the archive. Together, the versions show everything the app can do today.
Go to the archive of earlier versions →Good to know
| Requirements | iPhone and iPad on iOS 18 or later, Apple Watch on watchOS 11 or later |
|---|---|
| Your data | No account, no tracking. Your library lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud. |
| Price | Free for up to 50 books. BookSafe Pro lifts the limit for good: €3.99 once, no subscription. |
| Updating | Comes through the App Store — on iPhone under “App Store → profile → update apps”. |
