Voluta vs StoryGraph
StoryGraph is the strongest book tracker for recommendations, and it is genuinely good at them. Voluta is a different shape: books plus films, TV and games, with clubs that nominate and vote rather than buddy reads alone.
| Feature | StoryGraph | Voluta |
|---|---|---|
| Books | Yes | Yes |
| Films, TV and games | No | Yes, on the same lists, or not at all |
| Mood and pace tagging | Yes, and central to it | Yes, on all media |
| Recommendations | Mood and pace based, and the reason most people stay | Genre and friend based |
| Content warnings | Yes, community sourced, books only | Yes, community sourced, on all media |
| Book clubs | Buddy reads only | Clubs and buddy reads, with voting |
| Spoiler control | Progress-aware buddy reads | Chapter and episode gated threads |
| Analytics | Deep, and books only | Per medium, free. Cross-media on Premium |
| Yearly goal | Reading goal, books only | Several a year, counted in titles, hours or pages, on any medium |
| Year in review | Yearly stats | Rewind, monthly and yearly, all media |
| Price | Free, Plus around $49.99 a year | Free, Premium $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr |
What Voluta does with your statistics
Per-medium analytics are free: charts you build and pin yourself, rating histograms, mood and pace breakdowns, pace over time, and a streak. What is paid is the cross-media view, which is the one a book tracker cannot show at all.
Their recommendation engine is genuinely strong, and the table above says so. What it cannot do is answer a question about your films and your games, because it has never seen them.
One library
Choose Voluta if you want the other three media, or people
Films, TV and games share your lists, your calendar, your streaks and your Rewind, so "what did I actually finish this year" has one answer rather than four.
Clubs are structured: nominate, vote, and discuss in threads gated by where everyone is. Buddy reads work the same way for two people. StoryGraph has buddy reads; it does not have clubs.
What it costs
Tracking books, films, TV and games is free, along with lists, search, clubs, buddy reads, imports and the annual Rewind. Premium is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year and adds deeper analytics, the monthly Rewind, custom themes and supporter perks.
Questions
- Can I import from StoryGraph?
- Yes, via its CSV export, during onboarding or from settings.
- Does Voluta have mood tagging like StoryGraph?
- Yes, and on films, TV and games as well as books.
- Which is cheaper?
- Voluta Premium is $39.99 a year against StoryGraph Plus at around $49.99, and both have a genuinely usable free tier.
Books, films, TV and games. One library.
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