Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to PiecePal

Trade books with classmates

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PiecePal launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swappy Books▲102

   Exchange books with people nearby.

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Barter.li▲1

   Trade books with fellow book lovers around you.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Biblo▲64

   Trade your books with anyone in the USA

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Public Parts▲83

   How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

   2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Readonomy▲81

   Shared reading list and bookmarks for teams.

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Bookup▲76

   Hookups for books!

   2017 · bookupapp.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   ShelfTaught▲203

   Crowdsourcing wisdom through book recommendations 📚

   2018 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Who Gets What - And Why▲62

   The hidden world of matchmaking and market design

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Alexandria for iOS▲78

   The textbook marketplace for the 21st century

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LendPal▲68

    Borrow and Lend Money + Items to Friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Shufflebook▲86

    Exchange used books locally

    2019 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The missing link of a bookstore's tech stack▲95

    Hi HN! I built Bookhead because I used to work as a bookseller and I wasn't happy with the software options when I decided to sell my own collection online (with the hopes of one day growing so I can open my own brick & mortar). So I decided to make my own bookselling app...a classic hacker distraction. Bookhead has two main parts: 1. an inventory management app that allows a bookseller to list their books anywhere they want to sell books (like Squarespace, Biblio, eBay, Shopify (coming soon!), etc) 2. an e-commerce platform with a CMS for selling books and letting a store control their…

    2025 · bookhead.net · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Shelf Joy▲126

    A Facebook bot to deliver hand-curated book suggestions

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Cognitive Surplus▲63

    How technology makes consumers into collaborators

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Texts.com▲10

    A college textbook exchange and price-comparison engine

    2015 · texts.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ReadingPack▲82

    Shared Reading List (like Pocket but social)

    2013 · readingpack.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Oyster Books (web client)▲92

    Introducing the Oyster Web Reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Alexandria for Android▲57

    The textbook marketplace for the 21st century.

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Occupy the Bookstore▲82

    Chrome extension to easily surface cheaper textbooks

    2015 · occupythebookstore.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Bookscouter▲3

    A Simple Way to Buy & Sell Textbooks

    2016 · bookscouter.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    bookpo.st▲64

    Swap books with like minded readers

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Book Flee▲60

    Compare prices of books from iTunes and Amazon easily.

    2017 · bookflee.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ginkgotree▲73

    A Tumblr for making your own textbooks

    2014 · ginkgotree.com · its alternatives →

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