# BookRecs

BookRecs is an iPhone app that works as your personal AI librarian. Tell it what you loved and why, and it recommends books that fit your taste, with a plain reason for every pick.

Publisher: HBKL Labs LLC.

## At a glance

- What it does: Turns what you say you loved into book recommendations across every genre, and explains why each one matches what you are after.
- Free start: 3 free prompts: describe what you are in the mood for and get 3 books to swipe through, saved as a reading plan.
- BookRecs Pro: After the free prompts, BookRecs is a subscription: 5 recommendations a day, up to 3 new reading plans a day, an unlimited library and full explanations.
- Price: Monthly $4.99 or Yearly $29.99, each with a 1-month free trial for new subscribers (US App Store prices).
- Also included: Reading plans instead of a random pile of titles, and a history of your recommendations so you never lose a good one.
- Privacy: Needs an account (Sign in with Apple or Google) so your library syncs. No ads and no tracking. AI features ask your permission in the app first.
- Works on: iPhone with iOS 18.0 or later. BookRecs is also on the web at bookrecs.ai.

## Common questions

### Is there an app that recommends books based on my taste?

Yes. BookRecs is an AI librarian: describe a book you loved, or what you are in the mood for, and it recommends books that fit and explains why each one belongs on your shelf. It looks for the feeling you are chasing, not just the genre, and covers every genre rather than only current bestsellers.

### How does BookRecs choose its recommendations?

It turns what you describe into a numeric representation of its meaning and searches a catalog of thousands of books for the closest matches. An AI writer then explains each pick. The recommendations are generated by AI and can miss, so treat them as suggestions.

### Is BookRecs free?

You start with 3 free prompts. After that BookRecs is a subscription, Monthly $4.99 or Yearly $29.99, and new subscribers get a 1-month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings.

### What do I get with BookRecs Pro?

Pro gives you 5 recommendations a day tuned to your taste, up to 3 new reading plans a day, an unlimited library and full explanations of why each book fits.

### Does BookRecs send my library to AI companies?

Only to make your recommendations, and the app asks for your permission before it does. Anthropic writes the recommendations and receives the titles, authors, ratings and genres in your library, your taste preferences and any prompt you type. OpenAI and Pinecone receive only the text of a prompt, as a numeric representation, to search the catalog. None of them receives your email or account ID.

## Links

- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookrecs/id6771885144
- App page: https://apppage.hbkllabs.com/bookrecs