Reward your reading habit with real-world and in-game trees!

Understory is a reading tracker, book tracker, and social reading app designed to help you track books, log reading progress, set reading goals, and stay consistent. Whether you’re organizing your bookshelf, building a reading habit, or joining a book group, Understory brings together everything you need in one place with a fun plant aesthetic.

Join the Understory bookish community to build a better reading habit and build a better world!

GROW REAL-LIFE TREES:
Watch your garden bloom in Understory and meet monthly objectives to grow real-world trees! Visit friends’ gardens daily to help their trees grow!

INTERACT WITH FRIENDS:
Join book groups where you and your friends can read different books! Like and comment on reviews in the social feed!

TRACK YOUR READING:
Review your books with half stars, audiobook tags and private reads! Manage your library with custom reading lists including a Did Not Finish (DNF) list!

LEVEL UP YOUR READING:
Improve your reading habit with leaderboards for books read, reading streaks, and XP level! Earn XP by logging reading and interacting with other users!

SHARE BOOK RECS:
See your friends’ favorite and highly rated books and share book recommendations directly with your friends!

SEE YOUR STATS:
Get insights on your reading history and social interactions through shareable stats and graphs and our signature Library Card graphic

Understory is perfect for readers who want to:
- Track books and reading progress in one place
- Build a daily reading habit and reading streak by growing a fun garden that doesn’t feel like a chore
- Log books, reviews, and ratings (with half stars!)
- Organize a TBR (to be read) list
- Track audiobooks and ebooks
- Join a social book community
- Discover new book recommendations

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