Booqly is a calm, editorial reading log. Scan a cover or a whole shelf, note where you are, and share what you're reading with a small circle — not the whole internet.
No streaks. No gamified shelves. Booqly is built to fade into the background of a reading habit — and only show up when you want it to.
Point your camera at a cover or a whole shelf. We identify the books — title, author, cover — and add them to your library.
Note where you stopped, jot a sentence, rate it when you're done. No required fields, no streaks, no nudges.
Pick a handful of people. See what they're reading, read along together, swap a quote. Nothing leaves the circle.
Free. No subscription, no ads. Launching on iOS first; Android later this year.
Dr. Sven-Eric Molzahn
Lommelstrasse 1, 85101 Lenting, Germany
Email: sven-eric@molzahn-software.de
Booqly respects your reading. We don't sell your data. We don't run third-party analytics SDKs. We don't show ads. Your library lives in our Supabase backend (EU region) and on your device.
When you sign in we store: your email address (used for magic-link sign-in), a generated user UUID, your handle and optional display name, and an optional avatar image if you upload one.
Legal basis: performance of contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) — we need this data to provide the service you signed up for.
Retention: kept while your account exists. Deleted within 30 days of an account-deletion request; encrypted backups roll off within 90 days.
The books you've added, started, and finished, plus any highlights or notes — so the library syncs across your devices and so social features (the feed, read-together sessions) can work. Export at any time as CSV or JSON from Settings → Export your library.
Legal basis: performance of contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
Retention: same as account data above.
If you use the shelf-scan feature, the photo you took is sent to Anthropic (Claude API, USA) via our Supabase Edge Function to identify the books in it. Anthropic does not retain the image beyond the request. We log a timestamp + a thumbnail (stored only on your device) + a scan counter (server-side, to enforce the per-user quota). We never retain the original photo on our server.
Legal basis: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — you actively choose to scan.
Retention: the image is not stored. The scan counter is kept while your account exists.
If you submit your email on this landing page, we store: your email address, a UUID confirmation token, a UUID unsubscribe token, the timestamp of signup and confirmation, and the IP + browser user-agent of the device that confirmed (for GDPR-compliant proof of consent). We use this only to send the one Booqly launch announcement. List storage: Supabase. Email sending: Brevo (EU-based, Paris). Every email contains an unsubscribe link.
Legal basis: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), confirmed via double opt-in.
Retention: kept until you unsubscribe. Unsubscribed rows are flagged and deleted after 30 days.
If you accept analytics via the cookie banner, we load Vercel Analytics in cookieless mode on thebooqly.com to count page views. No cookies, no advertising identifiers, no cross-site tracking. If you reject, no analytics script is loaded.
Legal basis: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Retention: Vercel retains aggregated, non-personal page-view data for up to 12 months.
Some sub-processors are based outside the EU:
All other data processing (accounts, library, newsletter) occurs within the EU via Supabase (EU region) and Brevo (Paris, France).
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
Account deletion: Settings → Sign out, then email sven-eric@molzahn-software.de from the same address — done within 30 days.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority. Our competent authority is the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, Germany — www.lda.bayern.de.
Supabase (EU region). All transport HTTPS. Backups encrypted at rest. Sub-processors: Supabase (storage), Brevo (newsletter sending), Vercel (website hosting & analytics), Anthropic (shelf-scan requests only).
This website uses one strictly necessary cookie to remember your cookie-banner choice. That's it. The site doesn't use any tracking cookies and doesn't fingerprint your device.
localStorage. Cannot be disabled.The Booqly app itself doesn't use cookies. It stores your library and preferences in the operating system's secure container.
You can change your cookie choice at any time by clearing your browser storage for this site, or by tapping reset cookie consent.
You can use Booqly for free for personal, non-commercial reading. Don't try to disrupt the service, reverse-engineer it, or use it to harass other members of your circle.
Notes, ratings, and quotes you add stay yours. By publishing them to your circle you grant us a limited licence to store and display them to the people you've added. We never use them to train models.
You can delete your account at any time by signing out and emailing sven-eric@molzahn-software.de from the same address. Your data is removed from active systems within 30 days; encrypted backups roll off within 90.
Booqly is provided as is. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude implied warranties and limit our liability to the amount you've paid in the last twelve months (which is currently zero, since the app is free).
Dr. Sven-Eric Molzahn
Lommelstrasse 1
85101 Lenting · Deutschland
Email · sven-eric@molzahn-software.de
Phone · +49 151 26940575
Dr. Sven-Eric Molzahn
Lommelstrasse 1, 85101 Lenting
VAT exempted per § 19 UStG (Kleinunternehmerregelung).
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged, and not willing, to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.