Checkbox Reader vs Pagehour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkbox Reader
This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by breaking down large books into small, manageable reading sessions. Track your progress with streaks and calendars, and organize your personal library with custom covers and reviews. Enjoy a private reading experience with no ads or subscriptions.
- Break books into 5-15 minute reading sessions
- Track reading progress with streaks and calendars
- Search and discover books via Google Books
- Add custom book covers and personal reviews
- Organize and manage your book collection
- Share reading progress on your terms
- One-time purchase, no subscriptions or ads
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=== CHECKBOX READER === Where Big Books Meet Small Wins! Tired of staring at stacks of unopened books and feeling overwhelmed? Getting sluggish as you fight through endless pages? Checkbox Reader transforms overwhelming books into bite-sized victories that fit your busy life. +++ THE MAGIC OF SMALL WINS +++ Checkbox Reader is simple: turn every book into a series of manageable checkboxes. Each checkbox represents just 5-15 minutes of reading. A checkbox can be 5 pages, or 20 pages - totally up to your preference and availability. Instead of thinking "I need to read 500 pages of Guns, Germs, and Steel," it's "I just need to complete this one checkbox." Every checkbox you tick is a win that keeps you motivated and moving forward. It's about building a sustainable habit of reading a little every day. +++ SIMPLE YET FEATURE RICH +++ Checkbox Reader keeps it simple, but we've built in powerful features for ourselves, and for our fellow readers. MOTIVATIONAL FEATURES: Streaks that keep you motivated, activity calendars that show your reading journey, and statistics that track your progress. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY: Search and discover books through Google Books integration, add custom book covers, write personal reviews and ratings, and organize your growing collection. This is your private reading sanctuary. SHARING, BUT ONLY ON YOUR TERMS: Share the books you've read and reviewed - but only when you want to. This is not a social app; it's your personal reading motivator and tracker. You control what gets shared and when. And, speaking of you controlling your data... +++ PRIVACY FIRST +++ Your reading data belongs to you. No ads, no tracking, no monthly fees, no subscription. Just a one-time purchase and Checkbox Reader is yours forever. When you move to a new device, transfer your entire library with a simple QR code scan. +++ GET SUPPORT +++ We built Checkbox Reader to help us read more. We'd love to hear how Checkbox Reader helps you along your reading journey. If you encounter any issue, or have feature ideas, contact us at checkbox.reader@ovisly.com. Happy Reading!
Pagehour
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Start a book. Read. Stop. Pagehour tells you your pace and your finish date before you put the phone down. Open your book, tap Start, read, tap Stop and enter the page you reached. That's the whole job. The moment you save, you see it: "31 pages · 23 min · finish Oct 9". STREAKS THAT DON'T CHEAT YOU A day counts as soon as it has real pages or a real minute of reading. Forgot to log? Add today or yesterday for free, any time. Sessions that run past midnight, daylight saving and time-zone travel are tested, not guessed at, so your streak never resets on its own. ONE SHELF FOR EVERYTHING YOU READ Reading, Want to read, Finished and Didn't finish. Search by title or author, or scan the barcode on the back of a book. Nothing found? Add it by hand. EVERY BOOK, ITS OWN NUMBERS Progress, time left and a finish date for each book. Notes, a session history you can edit, and a rating when you finish. Listening instead? Audiobook mode logs minutes instead of pages. YOU DECIDE WHEN A BOOK IS DONE Reaching the last page never marks a book finished for you. When you do finish, share a clean card of the book, your days and your pages to Stories or anywhere else. BRING YOUR GOODREADS SHELVES, FREE Export your library from Goodreads and import the file. Ratings, finish dates and your to-read pile come across in one go. It's duplicate-safe, so you can run it again later. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account and no sign-in. Your library lives on your phone, and you can export all of it as CSV or JSON whenever you like. No ads, ever. FREE FOREVER Logging, the timer, unlimited books, streaks, Goodreads import, export and the last 30 days of stats. PAGEHOUR PRO - Full stats beyond the last 30 days: minutes, pages and books by month and year - Streak repair: log a missed day from the last 60 days - Streak freezes: earn one for every 7 days you read, and bank up to 3 for busy days Pro is optional. It's mentioned once, on your third day of reading; after that you only see it when you open a Pro feature. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Pagehour Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Pro Yearly (1 year, with a 1-week free trial) or Pro Monthly (1 month). Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://pagehour.com/terms (Apple's standard EULA also applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Privacy Policy: https://pagehour.com/privacy Support: support@pagehour.com
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Verdict
Checkbox Reader and Pagehour are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Checkbox Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pagehour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Checkbox Reader | Pagehour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ovisly | ACEFINA LLC |
In-app purchases
Checkbox Reader
- Purchase Full App$7.99
Pagehour
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









