Built around your library
Fable is built around clubs. Seekquel is built around your library: half-star and multi-axis reviews, series progress, live stats, badges and goals.
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Seekquel vs Fable
Fable is known for social book clubs and now sits inside Everand's subscription. Here is how it compares for tracking and on the web.
Fable is club-first and mobile-first, and part of Everand (a Scribd company) since 2025. Seekquel is an independent, full tracker on web and mobile, with a full data export.
Last reviewed June 2026
The short version
Choose Seekquel if
- You want a full tracker, not clubs with tracking bolted on.
- You use the web too. Fable's web app cannot rate, review or add books.
- You want to export your own data.
Stick with Fable if
- Creator-led and celebrity clubs are why you open a reading app.
- You want ebooks and audiobooks in the same app, with a store.
- Your reading group is on Fable.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Seekquel | Fable |
|---|---|---|
| Customizable home screen | Pick the cards and their order | Fixed layout |
| Privacy settings | Around twenty, set individually | Profile-level options |
| Social links on profile | Instagram, TikTok & more | Not supported |
| Full web app | Yes, full features | Limited; no rating or reviews on web |
| Multi-dimensional reviews | Five axes plus an overall score | Single rating |
| Free reading stats | Dashboard, heatmap, streaks | Basic; more behind Plus |
| Series and next-in-series | Tracks your place, suggests the next book | Not a focus |
| Data export | Full export | No clean export |
| Book clubs | Clubs with nominations and voting | Large, creator-led clubs |
| In-app ebooks and audiobooks | No, tracker only | Built-in reader and store |
| Home-screen widgets | iOS and Android | Yes |
| Ownership | Independent | Owned by Everand (Scribd) |
| Lifetime price option | Yes | Subscription only |
| Library import | Goodreads, StoryGraph and Hardcover CSV | Goodreads import |
Based on public information as of June 2026. Features and prices change, so check each app before deciding.
A full web app
Reports through 2025 say Fable's web version cannot add books, rate or write reviews. Seekquel runs the full experience on the web, same as on iPhone and Android.
Your data stays yours
Getting a clean export out of Fable is a recurring complaint. Seekquel imports Goodreads, StoryGraph and Hardcover CSVs, and you can download a full export of your data at any time.
About that AI recap
In late 2024, Fable's AI year-end summaries produced biased and offensive text about some readers. Fable apologized and pulled the feature. Seekquel's recommendations and recaps come from your reading history, with no auto-written commentary about you.
When Fable is the better pick
- You come for the clubs. Fable has a large, active scene, including creator-led and celebrity clubs.
- You want to buy and read ebooks and audiobooks in one place. Fable has a reader and store, with audiobooks through Everand.
- Your group reads together with in-book annotations, shared highlights and reactions.
Moving over from Fable
1
Find a CSV of your library
Fable has no clean export. Use a Goodreads or StoryGraph CSV if you have one, or re-add your current reads.2
Import into Seekquel
Upload the CSV. Shelves, ratings, reviews and dates come across.3
Set up your space
Add multi-axis reviews, start a club or buddy read, and set a goal.Questions readers ask
Yes. Free covers your library, reading log, stats, reviews, discovery, book clubs and imports. Pro adds deeper insights and power features, monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase.
Not directly. Fable has no clean export, so upload a Goodreads or StoryGraph CSV if you keep one.
No. As of 2025, Fable's web version cannot add books, rate or write reviews. Seekquel has the full experience on the web.
No. Everand, a Scribd company, bought Fable in 2025, and it now sits in Everand's subscription bundle.
No. A book's page can link to a shop or your library, but nothing is sold in Seekquel.
In late 2024, its AI year-end recaps produced offensive text about some users. Fable apologized and removed the feature.