Comparison

Library Notes vs Book Notion|notes reviews memo

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

Head to head
About

Library Notes

This app helps book lovers organize their thoughts and memories about the books they read. It allows users to create detailed notes and offers a unique review mode to help recall key information and quotes.

Highlights
  • Organize book notes
  • Create reading logs
  • Review mode for memory recall
  • Capture quotes and prompts
  • Open-source
  • User owns all data
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Library Notes is a free, open-source iOS app for taking notes about the books you read. There’s no service, no accounts, no passwords. You always own your data. If you are a book lover, your reading log and the notes you take about the books you read are one of the most important things you create in your life. Your notes help books become a part of you. Inspired by Commonplace Books, Library Notes is an iPad and iPhone app designed specifically for book notes. To help you remember your book notes, Library Notes has “review mode.” Review mode scans your notes for quotes, prompt questions, and fill-in-the-blank questions. It prompts you with this material to make sure you constantly refresh your memory with all of the great things you’ve been capturing. You are what you read!

About

Book Notion|notes reviews memo

This app automatically imports your Kindle highlights and helps you remember what you've read through reminders. It offers integration with Notion for organizing books and highlights, and features like page scanning and web saving. It's designed to enhance your reading and note-taking experience.

Highlights
  • Automatic Kindle highlight import
  • Notion integration
  • Customizable reminder emails
  • Page scanning for paper books
  • Web saving via Safari extension
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Surpassed 70,000 users! More and more users find they cannot read without BookNotion! BookNotion is a reading app that automatically imports your Kindle highlights and helps you remember what you've read with reminders. Just sign in to Amazon in the app to import your Kindle highlights automatically (free). New highlights are imported each time you open the app. Your password is never sent to BookNotion. With the Chrome extension on a PC, highlights can also be imported fully automatically every hour. With the Z Plan, connect Notion from within the app. Two databases are created, one for books and one with a row for each highlight, and your highlights are exported automatically. You can also check the connection status and sync missing items from the app. People use it for reading logs, reading management, study, business notes and more. Features: - Automatic import of Kindle highlights (free) - Kindle stores in 13 countries, including the US, the UK and Japan - Monthly reminder email (free) - Customizable reminder emails (Z Plan) - Notion integration with books and highlights databases (Z Plan) - Page Scan: photograph a paper book page and trace the lines to save them (up to 5 a month without the Z Plan) - Save from screenshots of Kindle books you can't highlight and manga - Save text from the web with the "BookNotion Web Marker" Safari extension (up to 5 a month without the Z Plan) - Import X bookmarks (Z Plan) - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Works on iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

Library Notes4 screens
Book Notion|notes reviews memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Library Notes at none against Book Notion|notes reviews memo's 6. Library Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Book Notion|notes reviews memo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Notion|notes reviews memo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Library Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Library Notes against 5.0 for Book Notion|notes reviews memo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Library Notes's written reviews are positive against 70% of Book Notion|notes reviews memo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Library Notes ships an update every 3 months, Book Notion|notes reviews memo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Library Notes versus Book Notion|notes reviews memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibrary NotesBook Notion|notes reviews memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian DeweySho Kosaka

Customer experience

Library Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Book Notion|notes reviews memo

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Library Notes

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Book Notion|notes reviews memo

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Plan (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Z Plan (Monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Pro Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Z Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Library Notes free?
Library Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Notion|notes reviews memo free?
Book Notion|notes reviews memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Library Notes or Book Notion|notes reviews memo?
Library Notes and Book Notion|notes reviews memo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Library Notes or Book Notion|notes reviews memo have ads?
Neither Library Notes nor Book Notion|notes reviews memo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Library Notes or Book Notion|notes reviews memo?
Library Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Book Notion|notes reviews memo every 3 days. Most recently, Library Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and Book Notion|notes reviews memo on November 12, 2026.

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