Lecture Commune vs Marca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lecture Commune
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Lecture Commune vous permet de partager vos lectures avec vos amis ou d'autres lecteurs, de gérer votre bibliothèque et de suivre l’évolution de vos lectures en cours, terminées ou abandonnées. Fonctionnalités clés : - Créez vos lectures communes en quelques clics, directement depuis votre bibliothèque - Gérez votre bibliothèque personnelle : ajoutez, organisez et retrouvez facilement vos livres - Suivez vos lectures en cours, terminées ou abandonnées pour garder un œil sur votre progression - Rejoignez des lectures existantes et discutez en direct avec les participants - Gérez le découpage en pages ou chapitres pour une organisation optimale - Protégez les lecteurs des spoilers grâce à une gestion intelligente du contenu - Suivez la progression de chaque lecteur pour rester synchronisés Pourquoi choisir Lecture Commune ? Parce que lire à plusieurs n’a jamais été aussi simple et motivant. Que vous souhaitiez partager vos lectures avec des amis, une classe, un club de lecture ou même découvrir de nouvelles lectures avec des lecteurs de la communauté, notre app facilite chaque étape de votre expérience partagée.
Marca
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Track every book you read and build a daily reading habit. Your TBR, today's pages and your streak, in one calm place. Read a little every day: a 10-minute goal, a reading timer, and a streak that forgives a busy day. Want to scroll less? Marca can lock your social apps until you've read for 10 minutes. TRACK YOUR READING - Add any book in seconds: search millions of titles or scan the barcode - Shelves for your TBR, what's on your shelf, what you're reading, finished and set aside - Pages and minutes read today, progress, ratings and notes - Save the quotes worth keeping, on the page you found them BUILD THE HABIT - A tiny daily goal: 10 minutes or 10 pages - A calm reading timer with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen - A forgiving streak with a free skip each week - Your reading month as a calendar of covers, a yearly challenge, and Home Screen widgets READ BEFORE YOU SCROLL (optional) - Choose the apps that eat your evenings - Marca locks them with Apple's Screen Time until you've read today's goal, then they stay open until midnight - Need something urgent? Two five-minute passes a day, and a pass opens only that one app - Strict Mode (Marca+) removes the passes - Marca never learns which apps you chose: Screen Time keeps that private SEE YOUR READING - Books, pages, hours, streaks and reading pace - How many days reading opened your apps - A shareable card for every finished book PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No feed. No ads. Your reading life stays on your device. MARCA+ Strict Mode, unlimited quotes, the full stats, two daily goals and every theme. - A monthly or yearly subscription, or pay once for lifetime access - Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/privacy.html Read a little every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lecture Commune at none against Marca's 3. Marca's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Marca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Lecture Commune asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lecture Commune ships an update fortnightly, Marca every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lecture Commune | Marca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubert Bonduaeux | Adrien Guinard |
In-app purchases
Lecture Commune
No in-app purchases
Marca
- Marca+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Marca+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Marca+ Lifetime$49.99









