Comparison

iBOOKLIGHT vs Leio

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

Head to head
About

iBOOKLIGHT

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a convenient book light for nighttime reading. This app offers a simple, clean interface to illuminate your pages without disturbing others. Position it upright or on a pillow for a fuss-free reading experience.

Highlights
  • Turns device into a book light
  • Simple and clean interface
  • Adjustable positioning
  • Stays on indefinitely
  • No fussy controls
Features
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Turn your iPHONE or iPAD into a book light. iBOOKLIGHT is now simple & clean. It will illuminate your reading while the rest of the world sleeps. Stand it upright or rest it on the pillow, on yourself or behind your shoulder. Goodbye fussy book lights that awake your partner. Stays on indefinitely We appreciate simple, clean design. This is the answer, you can read your book without fussing with too many controls. GET IT NOW FOR FREE! Support development with in app purchase. BY: www.nomadcandy.com GREAT Reading Light for your favorite fiction and non fiction: Freakonomics, An Innocent Client, Where the Crawdads Sing, Pachinko, Before We Were Yours, Circe, Defending Jacob, We Were The Lucky Ones, Everything I Never Told you, Becoming, Educated, The Matriarch, The Right Side of History, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Commander in Cheat, Ladies Who Punch, Doing Justice and Bad Blood. Anything you read to fall asleep this is for you.

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.

Screenshots

iBOOKLIGHT2 screens
Leio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Leio at 4.5 against iBOOKLIGHT's 3.5. Leio also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 41). iBOOKLIGHT's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. iBOOKLIGHT sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Leio sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leio holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leio has 1.6K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of iBOOKLIGHT's written reviews are positive against 43% of Leio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBOOKLIGHT ships an update every 12 months, Leio every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iBOOKLIGHT versus Leio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBOOKLIGHTLeio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (41 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews — better43.2% of reviews
Number of ratings411.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjami beckerDaniel Marques

Customer experience

iBOOKLIGHT

All ratings41 ratings
Positive53.7%
Neutral17.1%
Negative29.3%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative48.4%

Leio

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

User reviews

iBOOKLIGHT

From 41 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Simple and straightforward design
  • 📖 Perfect for bedtime reading without disturbing others
  • 🔆 Adjustable brightness for comfortable reading
  • ⏱️ Stays on indefinitely when configured properly
  • 🆓 Free app with no mandatory payments

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Screen turns off after 30 seconds to a few minutes without proper settings
  • 📱 Just adjusts phone brightness - limited functionality
  • 💰 In-app purchases for hue changes that don't work properly
  • 📢 Intrusive ads that pop up frequently
  • 🔊 Ads with sound can wake sleeping partners

Leio

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful reading tracker
  • 📊 Useful statistics and data
  • 🗒️ Ability to take notes and quotes
  • 🔗 Goodreads integration
  • 🎨 Clean and minimalist design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy after updates
  • 🔄 Loss of reading data and progress
  • 🤔 Confusing new UI changes
  • 💰 Expensive paid subscription
  • 📱 Lack of cross-device sync

Bugs and requests

iBOOKLIGHT

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Screen goes dark after 30 seconds despite claims of indefinite operation
  • In-app hue purchase feature non-functional
  • Page number saves don't persist after closing app
  • Settings button does nothing or is non-functional
  • Brightness changes affect phone's system brightness permanently
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  • App causes excessive battery drain in some cases
  • Ads block portions of the light display
  • Incompatibility issues with iPhone 6 and newer models
  • Auto-lock setting gets overridden by app
  • Porn ads appearing in some versions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Built-in brightness adjustment within app without phone settings
  • Auto-lock settings integrated into app
  • Multiple color/hue options that actually work
  • Clear in-app instructions for first-time users
  • Dark mode or warmer light options for eye comfort
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  • Swipe-based brightness adjustment
  • Different light bulb shapes or designs
  • Remove or customize ad placement and type

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iBOOKLIGHT

One-time2
  • Remove Logo on Light Screen$0.99
  • Change light screen color hue$0.99
17 purchases

Leio

Subscriptions15
  • Text Recognition (Monthly)1 Month trial$0.491 Month
  • Text Recognition (Yearly)$3.991 Year
  • Leio Plus$3.991 Month
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  • 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

Questions

Is iBOOKLIGHT free?
iBOOKLIGHT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leio free?
Leio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iBOOKLIGHT or Leio?
Leio is rated higher. iBOOKLIGHT averages 3.5 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Leio averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do iBOOKLIGHT or Leio have ads?
Leio shows ads; iBOOKLIGHT does not.
Which is updated more often, iBOOKLIGHT or Leio?
iBOOKLIGHT ships an update every 12 months, and Leio every 9 days. Most recently, iBOOKLIGHT was updated on June 11, 2026 and Leio on September 28, 2026.

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