Bookly vs MarginaliaEBook

Bookly helps you track your reading in real-time, manage your books, make a habit out of reading and see your progress over time. Add books, e-books or audiobooks to your collections, use the timer to track your reading and get access to awesome stats that will help you improve and read even more. Set goals and reminders to stay motivated, get weekly and monthly or yearly reports on your progress. You can better rate your books by going beyond the classic five star ratings by adding custom ones like: inspiration, heartfelt, love, spice, humor, and many more. Bookly also allows half-star ratings. TRACK YOUR READING IN REAL-TIME - Start the timer every time you read with a simple tap - Record your current page number of the books you're reading - See how long it will take you to finish the book at your current pace - Set a Book Goal to finish your book by a given time - Add your own rating, thoughts, and quotes for each book - Play ambient sounds while you read - Generate awesome Infographics style reports for every book - Unlock achievements to stay motivated and read even more GET READING STATS & RESULTS - Get tons of insightful Stats: total read time, pages read, reading speed, estimated book finish time, daily reading time, days you read in a row, reading streak and more - Generate Reading Reports with graphs and stats per book/month/year - Set Monthly or Yearly Goals in number of hours, pages or books - Set daily reminders to keep you motivated to achieve your reading goals - Use the powerful Bookly Assistant to read more, get personalized reading suggestions, reminders, reports and a lot more - Share your progress directly from the app KEEP TRACK OF YOUR BOOKS - Track and manage your entire library of books, e-books and audiobooks - Setup your own custom book Collections, like "Wishlist", "Favourites" - Get book details by scanning the ISBN barcode or searching online directly in the app - Store and sync your books among devices using iCloud - Never lose a book again, mark a book as lent or borrowed KEEP TRACK OF YOUR BOOK CHARACTERS - Track and manage all characters that you meet in your reading journey - Track how they evolve over time, what challenges they face, the relationships between them and much more. KEEP TRACK OF READATHONS - Track your readathon progress in real time - Track books read, reading time and pages for any period of time - Track readathon prompts - Get notifications and stay on track - - - Bookly is free to download and use. No online account or signup needed. The Pro version is free with a 7 day trial, after which we offer three subscription packages: $4.99/month (1 Month Subscription), $19.99/6 months (6 Month Subscription), and $29.99/year (1 Year Subscription). All other features remain free to use indefinitely. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Subscription service conditions: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off 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 - You can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - Refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - All personal data is handled under the terms and conditions of Bookly’s privacy policy. More details can be found here: http://getbookly.com/privacy-policy/ http://getbookly.com/terms-of-use/ *Important: This app is for book TRACKING and MANAGEMENT. Book content and the actual reading is not done in the app.*

Marginalia is a full-featured audiobook player built for people who own their own files. Whether your library comes from Libro.fm, Humble Bundle, CD rips -- Marginalia plays it beautifully. EFFORTLESS IMPORT Getting books onto your phone should be easy. Marginalia gives you three ways: - Share Sheet: Share a zip file or audio files from any app and they're instantly extracted and ready to play. - Wi-Fi Transfer: Open the built-in web page on your computer's browser and drag-and-drop files — no cables, no cloud accounts. - Files App: Import directly from iCloud Drive or any file provider. ROCK-SOLID PLAYBACK - Plays MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, and FLAC files - Chapter navigation for M4B files and multi-file audiobooks - Playback speed from 0.5x to 3.0x - Adjustable skip forward and back intervals - Background audio with Lock Screen and Control Center controls - Your position is saved automatically and survives app restarts - Smart rewind — picks up right where you left off, rewinding a few seconds based on how long you were away SLEEP TIMER - Duration presets and end-of-chapter stop - Gentle fade-out so you're not jarred awake - Auto-restarts when you resume the next day VOICE NOTES Hold the mic button to record a thought while you listen. Your note is linked to the exact playback position. Tap it later to jump right back. Add Assembly.AI transcription with your own API key to make notes searchable — then export everything as a clean Markdown document. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED - Grid or list view with cover art - Sort by title, author, date added, or recently played - Search your library instantly - Track progress: new, started, and finished - Bookmarks with optional text notes PDF READING Upload a PDF and listen to it read aloud via Google Text-to-Speech. Great for articles, papers, and documents. Requires your own Google TTS API key. FORMATS SUPPORTED MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC — plus zip archives containing any of the above.