Margins vs Quote Archive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Margins
Organize your book collection and save important passages. Capture text manually or with your device's camera. Sync your library and notes across all your Apple devices and import from Kindle.
- Book management and organization
- Manual highlight capture
- Camera-based text capture
- iCloud synchronization
- Kindle integration
- Categorize books
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Book Highlights is an app designed for readers who want to efficiently manage their books and reading notes. This app provides a straightforward solution for organizing your library and capturing important passages from your reading material. - Book Management Save and organize your book collection Categorize books for easy retrieval - Highlight Capture Add highlights manually by typing Capture text quickly using your device's camera - iCloud Sync Sync your library and highlights across all your Apple devices - Kindle Integration Import books and highlights from Kindle devices using "My Clippings.txt" Book Highlights is designed to be a practical tool for readers, students, and professionals who need to maintain an organized collection of books and notes. Its straightforward interface and essential features make it an efficient solution for literary organization and reference. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/bookhighlights-privacy/inicio Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/book-highlights-terms/inicio
Quote Archive
Organize and access your favorite quotes and highlights from various sources. Read EPUB and CBZ files, manage notes, and customize your reading experience. Export your collected text for later use.
- Read EPUB, CBZ, and ZIP files
- Highlight and tag quotes
- Organize files with folders
- Bookmark pages and text
- Customize reading appearance
- Search quotes and text
- Add quotes from photos
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Read ebooks. Store all your quotes or highlights in one place for easy management, review, and search. Add quotes from Kindle, Kobo, Libby, CSV, Adobe Digital Editions. You can use the app for free. Quote Archive offers a Free Tier and a Premium Tier. Upgrade to the Premium Tier with a one-time purchase to access premium features. Reader Features: - Read EPUB (reflowable, DRM-free), CBZ, or ZIP (of images) books, and highlight and tag quotes. - Highlight text directly on images from CBZ or ZIP files. - Organize your books with folders, including nested folders. - Bookmark pages and selected text. Add notes to bookmarks. - Customize font, colors, spacing, highlight style, number of columns on a page, and more. - Search inside EPUB books. - Add 8 books maximum on the Free Tier. Add unlimited books on the Premium Tier. Other Features - Organize or manage your quotes with collections and tags. - Customize the appearance of the Quote List and Quote Editor - Add highlights from Kindle (My Clippings.txt, HTML, CSV), Kobo, Adobe Digital Editions, Libby, CSV file. - Search your quotes or highlights. - Add quotes or excerpts from a photo. - Filter by tags when browsing or searching quotes. - Export all your data as plain text, rich text (Premium Tier), or CSV (Premium Tier). - Share your favorite quotes with others. - Share selected text from within other apps. - Show quotes in customizable widgets on the Home Screen. - Dark mode. - Automatically sync your data across devices with iCloud. - Add 100 quotes maximum on the Free Tier. Add unlimited quotes on the Premium Tier. Ways to Use Quote Archive - Review quotes and highlights from books or articles you've read. - Store inspirational/motivational quotes or affirmations and view them in widgets. - Collect and manage quotations while doing academic research and easily search through them later. - Save your favorite prose from books or articles, and read them later for writing inspiration. - Save your thoughts and ideas. - Use it for note-taking or use it like a Commonplace book. - Use it as a quote database to easily reference and look up quotes as needed. Who is Quote Archive for? Students, authors, writers, readers, researchers. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quote Archive at weekly against Margins's every 6 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Margins sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Quote Archive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Margins against 5.0 for Quote Archive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Margins ships an update every 6 weeks, Quote Archive weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Margins | Quote Archive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Plata | Nneka Nnamdi-Udoh |
Customer experience
Margins
Quote Archive
In-app purchases
Margins
- Premium weekly$5.997 Days
- Premium monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro version$29.99
Quote Archive
- Premium Tier$10.00
