# Readay: a reading journal — a space for the reading mind

> a space for the reading mind (iPhone/iPad app by Gian Hao Liow.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/readay-a-reading-journal/id6793196391 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gian Hao Liow](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793196393)
- Category: Books, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-31
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Readay?

You finish a chapter with a thought you want to keep, so you screenshot a page, highlight a line in some app or snap a photo of a paragraph, and then never see any of it again. What you actually wanted was somewhere to write it down while it's fresh, so when a friend asks what you made of the book, it's all still there.

Readay is just one journal for whatever you're reading, a thought or a quote with the page it's on. Snap a page to keep the exact line, talk a thought through when you can't be bothered typing, tag characters with @names and blur the spoilers, then scroll back when you go "wait, I had a theory about this part".

No account and no feed, it stays on your phone and syncs through your own iCloud, so it's yours and nobody else's.

Readay is free to download, with an optional Readay Pro subscription that renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage it in your Apple ID settings.

Privacy Policy: https://readayapp.store/#privacy
Terms of Use: https://readayapp.store/#terms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Readay Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Readay Yearly | $29.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Readay Lifetime | $79.99 | one-time |


## Is Readay safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Readay.

## Is Readay legit?

Readay: a reading journal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Readay is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2 — 2026-10-17

Rebuilt into one journal for your thoughts and quotes. Snap a page to keep the exact line, talk a thought through instead of typing, tag characters with @names and look back on your month and year, and there's a reading timer and a home screen widget now too.

### 2.1 — 2026-09-08

The journal got an upgrade. Write as many thoughts as you like on a day, speak them if you'd rather, and find them again under the book they belong to. Photo stamps have been removed and won't carry over.

### 2.0 — 2026-08-28

readay is a reading journal now.

this is a full rebuild. the old screen-time tools are gone, and in their place is a
journal for the reading you already do. log a day in seconds, keep the quotes and the
characters on every read, and watch the year fill in.

new in this version
- a journal, with a daily page and a month calendar
- fifty words for how a book actually left you, the honest ones included
- characters worth remembering, with passages of their own
- a closing ceremony for every book you finish
- three figures for the year: days, hours, volumes
- today's entry as a home-screen widget
- week and month recap cards to share
- icloud sync, and a csv export of the whole archive

the app blocking feature has been removed. if you used the old readay, your library
starts fresh.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-06

Minor app onboarding experience enhancements.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-01

No release notes.

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