# Excerpta: Reading Journal — Book Tracker & Quote Saver > Book tracker and reading journal for capturing quotes, tracking progress, and analyzing reading habits. (iPhone/iPad app by Trevor Tarakjian.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/excerpta-reading-journal/id6762711085 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Trevor Tarakjian](https://appshunter.io/developer/1744446304) - Category: Books, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.50/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.2 · 65 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-20 - Data updated: 2026-10-31 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/excerpta-reading-journal/id6762711085/reviews.md ## What is Excerpta? Excerpta is a book tracker that doubles as a reading journal. Every book gets its own timeline: the lines that stopped you, the notes you wrote, the pages you read each day, and how it all felt. Point your camera at a page to keep a quote. It keeps the rest too: your shelves, where you left off, and how your year in reading is going. KEEP THE WORDS – Capture quotes with the camera, from photos (a few pages at once), or by typing. The text is read right on your phone. – Tap a paragraph to keep it whole, or drag the highlighter across just the words you want. – Pick one of six highlight colors, add a note, and mark the page or chapter. – Tag the character who said it and add how it made you feel. Your moods can go to Apple Health too. – Quotes that don't belong to any book land in your Commonplace book. READ YOUR EPUBS Add an EPUB to any book and read it right here, with search, six themes, and your own font and margins. Highlight a passage to keep it as a quote, and the reader logs your reading for you. HOWEVER YOU READ Print, e-book, or audiobook. Owned, borrowed, or gifted. They all share the same shelves. – Add books by searching, scanning the barcode, or typing them in yourself. – Browse by book, author, character, or series. Series fill themselves in, or build your own. – Make as many shelves as you like. A book can sit on several. – Rate in half or quarter stars, write a review, and start a reread with a fresh timeline. – Add a new release as Upcoming and get a note the day it's out. KNOW WHERE YOU LEFT OFF – Start the reading timer, or set your page, your percent, or the time left in an audiobook. – Give a book a finish date, or your whole year a goal. – The Calendar shows each day you read as a cover, ringed by your mood, with your streak up top. SEE HOW THE YEAR IS GOING Stats shows what your reading actually looked like: Books Read, Pages Read, Days Read, Genres, Ratings, Mood, Top Authors, and Time to Finish. Reading Nooks gathers the photos you took and maps the places you read. Pick the cards, then look at a month, a year, or all time. FIND THE NEXT ONE Discovery brings in the NYT Bestsellers lists. Connect Hardcover to add what's trending, the most anticipated books, Vibes, and lists and prompts from other readers, plus each book's moods and similar books. BRING YOUR BOOKS ALONG – Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Kindle highlights, Kobo, Apple Books, or a spreadsheet. – Sync between your devices with iCloud. – Sync your library and shelves both ways with Hardcover, and your progress with KOReader. – Export any time, as one Markdown file per book, ready for Obsidian, Bear, or Notes. Export is always free. AROUND YOUR PHONE – Widgets for a quote, your current book, and your reading calendar, on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. – Screen Saver plays your quotes on a slow loop while your phone charges. – Capture a quote from Shortcuts or the Action button. – Share a quote as an image card, or send a friend a link to a book. – Ten reading fonts, and an app icon in your favorite highlight color. YOURS TO KEEP Your library lives on your phone and in your own iCloud. Open the app and add your first book. That's the whole sign-up. Excerpta is made by one person and one corgi. Your next favorite quote is waiting to be remembered. EXCERPTA UNBOUND Excerpta Unbound opens up everything above. Try it free for 7 days with the yearly plan, go monthly, or pay once and keep it for good. If your plan ends, your library stays readable and export stays free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://excerpta.ink/privacy ## Key features - Capture quotes via camera, photos, or typing - Journal notes, page numbers, and reading moods - Organize books by shelves, authors, and series - Track reading progress and set yearly goals - Analyze reading statistics and visualize habits - Discover new books and import from other platforms - Sync across devices with iCloud ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Excerpta Unbound Monthly | $1.99 | per month | | Excerpta Unbound Yearly | $14.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Excerpta Unbound Forever | $49.99 | one-time | ## Is Excerpta safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Excerpta. ## Is Excerpta legit? Excerpta: Reading Journal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Excerpta is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Recent user reviews (3 of 3) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/excerpta-reading-journal/id6762711085/reviews.md ### 5/5 — One the cleanest UX’s for a book tracker *2026-10-23* So many little gem features and functionalities,I really enjoyed using this! I’ve tried a lot of book tracking apps but this one is top tier. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! I put a lot of care into those little details, so it means so much that you noticed and enjoyed them. Happy reading! ### 5/5 — Almost great *2026-10-21* I wanted to love this app. Visually, it’s very well-done. The icon, the animations, and the design look beautiful. Conceptually, it’s also well-executed. I already have several book trackers, and wasn’t looking for another. I was looking for a place to save my favorite quotes from books, but that functionality is also behind the paywall. If you’re looking for a primary book tracker, the price is great. For me, it’s just a little too much to save quotes. Maybe a lite version that lets users save quotes and more features like book tracking are behind the paywall? Also, mad respect for “No Data Collected.” **Developer response:** Thank you so much for this thoughtful review, and I appreciate the comments about the design and animations. A lot of love went into those details, so it means a great deal that they stood out to you. I completely understand wanting a simple place just for your favorite quotes, and I'm sorry Excerpta wasn't quite the right fit this time. As an indie app with no ads, keeping it running comes with some ongoing costs, and I've tried to price it as fairly as I can. There's a one-time purchase option for anyone who'd rather not subscribe, but I do understand considering you’re using others at the same time. Thank you as well for noticing "No Data Collected." It’s really not needed for any book app. Happy Reading! ### 2/5 — Book missing *2026-10-21* While the design is good, unfortunately, a lot of the books that I've searched for are not available in the database, and some of them are very popular books. So, at this stage, I don't think I'm going to move from my previous app tracker to this one. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for the comment on the design. We put a lot of love into it! Curious as to which books you’re not seeing though— if you can, please send us an email at hello@excerpta.ink so we can help! ## Frequently asked questions about Excerpta ### What is Excerpta? Excerpta is a free book tracking and reading journal app designed for iOS devices. It allows users to capture quotes, track reading progress, and analyze their reading habits. ### How can I capture quotes in Excerpta? You can capture quotes by pointing your camera at a page, uploading photos of pages, or by typing them directly into the app. The app uses OCR to read the text from your images. ### Can I organize my books in Excerpta? Yes, Excerpta allows you to organize your books by creating custom shelves, categorizing them by author or series, and even placing a single book on multiple shelves. ### Does Excerpta offer reading statistics? Yes, Excerpta provides detailed reading statistics, including books read, pages read, genres, formats, ratings, moods, top authors, and time to finish. It also includes a 'Reading Nooks' feature to map where you read. ### Can I import my reading data into Excerpta? Excerpta supports importing data from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Kindle highlights, Kobo, Apple Books, and spreadsheets, making it easy to migrate your existing reading library. ### Is Excerpta available on multiple devices? Excerpta syncs between your devices using iCloud, ensuring your reading journal and library are accessible on all your supported Apple devices. ### Does Excerpta have ads? Excerpta is free to use and does not contain advertisements, providing an uninterrupted reading journal experience. ### What devices does Excerpta support? Excerpta is available for iPhone and iPad, with an age rating of 4+. ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.1 — 2026-10-26 Read your books in Excerpta. Add an EPUB to any book and open it in the new reader, with contents, search, six themes, and your own font, margins and spacing. Highlight a passage to keep it as a quote or add a note, and the reader holds your place and logs your reading as you go. Ready for iPhone Duo. Excerpta now lays itself out for both displays, open or closed. More from Hardcover. With Hardcover connected, Book Details shows a book's Moods and Similar Books, and Discovery has a new Vibes source. Filter a book's timeline by chapter. Tidy up faster. Merge two authors into one, change Status, Format or Ownership for a whole selection from the Metadata menu, and see any cover full size with View Cover. Characters can group by series, and shelves show how many books they hold. KOReader can now match books by Filename as well as Binary, to suit how your KOReader is set up. Also: names with accents sort where you'd expect, a series with a colon in its name no longer pulls in another series, and deleting or adding books is quicker. ### 1.0 — 2026-10-20 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Excerpta | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [tome. 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