Time-bound challenges
Pick a start date, an end date, and a scoring mode. Anyone can join. Standalone groups not required, just a clear goal and a deadline you'll feel.
Now in early access
Read more. Together.
ReadRats is a social reading club where you join time-bound challenges with friends, log every session, and climb the leaderboard. The accountability is the point. The books are the reward.
Why ReadRats
Built for readers who finish.
We borrowed the social science from fitness apps and pointed it at the bookshelf. Three pieces, working together.
Sessions that count
Log a session in seconds: pages, minutes, an optional photo, a quick note. One session can count toward every challenge you're in. No double-entry tax.
Real leaderboards
Live ranking by pages, minutes, sessions, or books finished, your call. Gold for first. The fun is in the gap and the comeback.
How it works
Four steps to a reading habit that sticks.
Designed for the moments you actually have, the train, the couch, the ten minutes before bed.
Create or join a challenge
Pick a window (a week, a month, a season), pick a scoring mode, share the invite link. Done.
Read the way you read
Print, ebook, audiobook, library copy. We don't care where the pages come from, only that you turn them.
Log the session
Pages, minutes, an optional photo, an optional note. Twenty seconds. The hardest part is opening the app.
Watch the standings
Real-time leaderboard. The competition is friendly. The accountability is real. The books pile up.
Roadmap
Ship the core. Earn the rest.
We're building in phases. The competitive engine first, then the persistent communities around it.
Standalone challenges
The competitive core. Anyone can spin up a challenge in under a minute and invite friends with a link. No permanent group commitment required.
- Time-bound competitions, any duration
- Four scoring modes: sessions, pages, minutes, books
- Live leaderboard with podium
- Session photos and notes
- Web, iOS, Android (one account, one timeline)
Persistent groups
For the friends, coworkers, and book clubs that want a home. Groups can spawn challenges, share a feed, and chat without losing the calm.
- Long-running groups with no end date
- Group-spawned challenges
- Group chat with reactions and replies
- Shared library and finished-books log
Reading is more fun together.
Start your first challenge in under a minute. No credit card. No spam. Just a leaderboard you can't stop checking.