Comparison

Book Tracker vs CiteLighter

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Capture, organize, and revisit key passages from your books with advanced text recognition. Create collections, add tags and notes, and easily export your highlights. Stop forgetting what you read and make your reading more impactful.

Highlights
  • Text recognition
  • Book collections
  • Tags and notes
  • Highlight export
  • Page number detection
  • Search functionality
  • Photo highlighting
Features
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4x App of the Day - Apple Remember more of what you read. Highlighted helps you capture meaningful passages from books, organize them into a searchable library, and revisit the ideas you do not want to forget. Point your camera at a page, select the text that matters, and save it with the book, page number, notes, and tags. Build your personal bookshelf, group books into collections, import highlights from Kindle or CSV, export everything in bulk, and share beautiful quote cards. Trusted by 150,000+ readers. ______ CAPTURE • Best-in-class text recognition • Smart sentence and paragraph detection • Photo highlighting from your library • Page number detection • ISBN barcode scanning • Kindle highlights import • CSV highlights import ORGANIZE • Personal book library • Book collections and reading status • Tags, notes, page numbers, and favorites • Powerful search and filters REVISIT • Highlight reminders • Home Screen widgets with random highlights • Siri Shortcuts • Offline mode SHARE & EXPORT • Beautiful highlight sharing cards • Bulk highlights export • Export to multiple formats • Include notes, tags, and page numbers • iPad drag and drop highlighting Highlighted is free to start. The core reading and highlight experience is free, and Highlighted+ unlocks optional power features. ______ Privacy Policy: https://highlighted-app.webflow.io/terms-and-policies#privacy-policy-heading Terms: https://highlighted-app.webflow.io/terms-and-policies#terms-of-service-heading ______ ABOUT ME I'm Damir, an independent creator from Europe who loves to read. Say hello at damir.stuhec@gmail.com

About

CiteLighter

Easily highlight text from images of books or articles. Capture text from photos or screenshots and emphasize key passages by blurring the surrounding content.

Highlights
  • Highlight text from images
  • Capture text from photos
  • Capture text from screenshots
  • Blur surrounding text
  • Copy/paste text
Features
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Want to share a passage from a book or article? Emphasize the parts you want them to see with CiteLighter! -Take a picture of whatever you're reading and highlight favorite passages. -Take a screenshot of your phone and copy/paste into CiteLighter! -Emphasize the highlighted text by blurring everything else!

Screenshots

Book Tracker4 screens
CiteLighter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Book Tracker at 4.9 against CiteLighter's 4.2. Book Tracker also leads on ratings volume (733 vs 29) and review sentiment (93% vs 80%). CiteLighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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. Book Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CiteLighter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Tracker has 733 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Book Tracker's written reviews are positive against 80% of CiteLighter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, CiteLighter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Book Tracker versus CiteLighter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerCiteLighter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (733 ratings) — better4.2 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings733 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamir StuhecEvan Gould

Customer experience

Book Tracker

All ratings733 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews356 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.4%

CiteLighter

All ratings29 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Book Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with recognizing text from curved pages
  • Problems with losing previously saved highlights

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to highlight and annotate PDFs
  • Integrate with ebook readers like Kindle
  • Implement cloud sync and backup
  • Add more customization options for highlights
  • Improve search and filtering functionality

CiteLighter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Highlighted Club Monthly$2.991 Month
  • plus weekly$4.997 Days
  • plus yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small tip$9.00
  • Medium tip$25.00
  • Large tip$49.00
None

CiteLighter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Tracker free?
Book Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CiteLighter free?
CiteLighter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Tracker or CiteLighter?
Book Tracker is rated higher. Book Tracker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 733 ratings, while CiteLighter averages 4.2 from 29 ratings.
Do Book Tracker or CiteLighter have ads?
Neither Book Tracker nor CiteLighter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Tracker or CiteLighter?
Book Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and CiteLighter every 2 days. Most recently, Book Tracker was updated on October 20, 2026 and CiteLighter on October 7, 2026.

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