Bookship: a virtual book club
Bookship: a virtual book club is made and published by The Hawaii Project, LLC. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with The Hawaii Project, LLC. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to The Hawaii Project, LLC and are shown as published on Google Play.
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A social reading chat app for book clubs, reading groups, friends
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Established- Rating on Google Play
- 4.02
- 85 ratings
- Installs
- 18 thousand
- Last updated
- August 3, 2026
- Ads
- No ads
- Size
- 56.5 MB
Bookship: a virtual book club has 18 thousand installs. It doesn't have enough ratings yet to judge what users think.
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By The Hawaii Project, LLC, from Google PlayDescription by The Hawaii Project, LLC Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
Whether it's reading a great novel with your best friend across the country or a neighborhood book club, or a business book with your co-workers, Bookship is your virtual book club companion. Build better relationships through books, and enrich your reading experience along the way.
Bookship provides unique book discovery and recommendations, with a special emphasis on books that are topical and perfect for book clubs! Get great ideas for your next group reading or book club! Browse by genre, with books being talked about by the leading book tastemakers. Keep a Reading List by using our Saved Books feature, so you can come back to interesting books later and keep track of what you’ve read.
Key features:
* Browse unique book recommendations from leading tastemakers, book reviewers, best-seller and awards lists
* Invite friends, family, co-workers to read a book together
* Post & react to comments, photos, links, video
* Video chat with your group right from Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and waiting rooms. Completely secure, free and private by default - or open it up to anyone?
* Groups - keep your group member lists & Group-specific TBRs inside the app.
* Polls - run a vote to see which books your group should read.
* Calendars - schedule your Group meetings & automatically send reminders.
* Write reviews when you finish your books and share them with the world!
* Get alerts when your friends post; keep in sync by sharing your location in the book
* Tag your comments as spoilers - they're hidden from others until they open them
* Use the Virtual Highlighter to highlight passages (and extract quotes!) from physical books, and share them with friends.
* Keep & manage your To Be Read List (TBR) by saving interesting books you find in the app.
* Use our handy barcode scanner to remember books you find in a bookstore
* Read classic works for free right inside the app! Tens of thousands of classic works are available.
* Social Reading lets you highlight and comment right inside the book, and share with your group.
* Share readings on social media and websites to open them to the public!
Read books FOR FREE right inside the app. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks, and other sources. Use our built-in eReader to read the book, sharing notes and comments with your friends RIGHT INSIDE THE book. Look for the "Read Free!" tag on the top left of the cover art for the book to see books you can read for free.
Bookship Premium is a monthly subscription that helps you get the most out of your reading and your reading groups.
* Book Briefings provide curated content about your book - reading guides, author interviews & reviews. Great for getting ready for your book club meeting!
* Bookship Premium enables groups with 10+ members. (Groups with less than 10 members are free.)
* Ad-free experience. Bookship Premium is guaranteed ad-free, and helps us keep Bookship going!
Bookship Premium is $2.99 per month in the U.S. Prices will vary by your location. Get started with a 2-week free trial! We believe Books Change Lives; we donate 10% of our revenue to great literacy nonprofits. Join us in supporting literacy.
Privacy Policy: https://www.bookshipapp.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://www.bookshipapp.com/terms
Recent changes:
This release fixes defects related to images in Group chats, and updates the Google Play billing library for in app purchases
Safety and technology
Found in the app by AppBrain- Ads
- No ads
- Price
- Free
- Libraries
- 14
- App size
- 56.5 MB
- Needs Android
- 4.1+
- Content rating
- High
Technologies used by Bookship: a virtual book club
Releases
Updates seen on Google Play- Version
- 10.8.5
- Launched
- October 2017
- Aug 3, 2026UpdateVersion 10.8.5
- Jul 24, 2026UpdateVersion 10.8.4
- May 11, 2026UpdateVersion 10.8.0
- Mar 6, 2026UpdateVersion 10.7.1
- Feb 13, 2026UpdateVersion 10.6.8
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Installs
Tracked by AppBrain- Last 30 days
- 170
- Play install range
- 10+ thousand
- Launched
- October 2017
Installs over time
Bookship: a virtual book club has been installed 18 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been installed 170 times.
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About the app and developer
About Bookship: a virtual book club
Bookship: a virtual book club is a books & reference app developed by The Hawaii Project, LLC.
Install Statistics
Bookship: a virtual book club has been installed 18 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 170 times.
User Ratings
Bookship: a virtual book club is rated 4.02 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 85 ratings.
App Information
Bookship: a virtual book club is freely available from Google Play. The app size is 56.47 MB. The latest version available is 10.8.5. The last update was on August 3, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Bookship: a virtual book club requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of High Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play since October 2017.
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