Comparison

Leio vs Reading record notes「RecoDoku」

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Leio

This app helps you manage your reading life by tracking reading sessions, progress, and notes. It offers predictions on when you'll finish books and allows you to set reading goals and deadlines. Gamified achievements and detailed statistics keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Time reading sessions
  • Track book progress
  • Barcode scanner for adding books
  • Reading predictions and deadlines
  • Reading planner and goals
  • Save notes and quotes
  • Reading statistics and archive
Features
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Take control of your reading life. Use Leio to time your reading sessions and stay motivated. How many books did you start this year? How many did you finish? How long did it take to read them? Leio can help you answer these questions and many more. Fun fact: Leio means “I read” in Portuguese. --- Leio is a digital journal to help you track and manage your reading. It's designed primarily around physical books, but you can also use electronic readers or other devices. Leio helps you organize your library, your notes and your favorite quotes, but that's just the beginning. Timing your reading sessions makes it easier to set aside some time and turn reading into a habit. The data gathered this way quickly turn into an extensive record of your reading life, providing you with statistics and information about your habits. These data can also be projected into the future: Leio will tell you when you will finish each book and help you plan accordingly. TIMER Time your reading sessions and gain insight into your habits. Life can be distracting: use Leio to set aside some time and focus on your reading. PROGRESS Keep track of where you are in multiple books. A quick look will tell you what page to read next, what percentage of the book you have completed, how long you have read it for and much more. New: add new books easily with Leio's barcode scanner! PREDICTIONS Leio will learn from your habits and give you accurate predictions to help you manage your reading life. Know exactly when you will finish a book and for how long you have to read until you are done. DEADLINES If you need to finish a book by a certain date, Leio can tell you how long or how many pages to read per day to finish in time. You can also play with the settings and come up with your own reading plan: tell Leio how much and how often you plan to read and see when you might finish in real time. PLANNER Tell Leio how often you want to read each book and use the planner section to stay on track. See how much you have read on each day, how much you still have to read, and how much time to set aside to accomplish your goals! ACHIEVEMENTS New: Complete achievements to unlock exclusive iMessage stickers! NOTES AND QUOTES Easily save and search your reading notes and always have them at hand. Share them with your friends or social networks. New: use Leio's text recognition service to save and share your favorite quotes even more easily!* STATISTICS Check how your reading life evolves over time. Charts and data for different timespans will help you stay motivated to read more and more. ARCHIVE Leio will keep an extensive record of your reading sessions, so you will always be able to tell when you started a book, when you finished it, how long it took you to read it, over how many days, how many sessions and much more. Keep track of how much you have read and challenge yourself to read more. Your finished books can be searched or filtered by tags and ratings, so your information is always easy to find! New: export your data to have even more control over your information. SHARE Share your progress with friends or save reports for yourself. Now you can also sync your progress to Goodreads and post status updates! --- * Choose between a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: http://leio.co/privacy.html Terms of service: http://leio.co/terms.html iMessage stickers and illustrations by Brazilian designer Caio Menezes. Interface icons by icons8.

About

Reading record notes「RecoDoku」

This app helps you manage your reading history like a bank book. Track book titles, dates, prices, ratings, and reading status. Save summaries, images, and notes, organized by category for efficient review.

Highlights
  • Track book title, date, price, and rating
  • Manage reading status (read, reading, unread)
  • Record book summaries and notes
  • Save book-related images and charts
  • Organize saved content by category
  • View reading history on a calendar
  • Access statistical information on books read
Features
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"RecoDoku" is an application that can manage the history of the read book like a bank book. This app allows you to check the book's title and date, as well as the book's price, rating, reading status (read, reading, unread,). It is fun to record as you save a book. In addition, it is possible to record the summary in texts for each book, and save images, graphs, and notes written in books as images. Saved summaries and images are organized into categories and can be read back in a batch. Basically, once a book has been read, it is not necessary to read it from the beginning unless it is a good book. It is possible to establish the knowledge efficiently by carefully selecting the necessary part for yourself and reading it back repeatedly. [Characteristics of RecoDoku] ・ Display of book can be switched by "category" or "date" ・ Check the evaluation after reading in a list ・ Check the reading status (read, reading, unread) in a list ・ For books that need to be returned, alert notification function prevents forgetting to return ・ Record and save abstracts of books ・ Save memos, charts, etc. of books as images ・ Saved summary and memo images can be checked together by category ・ Check which book you read on the calendar ・ Statistical information such as "total number of books", "total price", "total number of pages" is also enhanced

Screenshots

Leio4 screens
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 at 5.0 against Leio's 4.5. Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Leio's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Leio sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leio has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Leio's written reviews are positive against 38% of Reading record notes「RecoDoku」's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leio ships an update every 9 days, Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Leio versus Reading record notes「RecoDoku」: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeioReading record notes「RecoDoku」
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Marquesmitsuhiro nara

Customer experience

Leio

All ratings1,593 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative50.5%

Reading record notes「RecoDoku」

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Leio

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Reading timer resets unexpectedly
  • Incorrect reading statistics and progress
  • Inability to edit or delete reading sessions
  • Syncing and backup issues after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Customizable reading reminders
  • Improved book search and discovery
  • Better organization and sorting options
  • Ability to track reading of ebooks

Reading record notes「RecoDoku」

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Leio

Subscriptions15
  • Text Recognition (Monthly)1 Month trial$0.491 Month
  • Text Recognition (Yearly)$3.991 Year
  • Leio Plus$3.991 Month
Show 12 more
  • Leio Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Leio Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Leio Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Leio Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Leio Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Leio Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Leio Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Leio Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlimited Books$7.99
  • Leio Plus$59.99
None

Reading record notes「RecoDoku」

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leio free?
Leio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 free?
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Leio or Reading record notes「RecoDoku」?
Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 is rated higher. Leio averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Leio or Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 have ads?
Both Leio and Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Leio or Reading record notes「RecoDoku」?
Leio ships an update every 9 days, and Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 every 4 months. Most recently, Leio was updated on September 24, 2026 and Reading record notes「RecoDoku」 on September 20, 2026.

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