Now Reading vs Typesetter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Now Reading
Log books you are currently reading, have finished, or want to read. Display original or custom book covers and share your reading progress with friends through widgets or by swiping through your logged books.
- Track current reads
- Archive finished books
- Manage wishlist
- Display book covers
- Share reading progress
- Widget support
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Introducing Now Reading - a simple yet crafted book journal app. You can add what you're reading, archive what you already have read, and books you'd like to read in the future. This app displays the original book cover (direct attachment needed) or with the custom designed beautiful original book covers. Share what you read with your friends by swiping through books you logged or through the widget.
Typesetter
Organize your reading list, track books you're currently reading, and save important notes and takeaways. Review all your past books and their associated notes in a dedicated section.
- Add books to future reading list
- Track currently reading books
- Record important takeaways
- Save facts from books
- Review past books and notes
- Organize reading library
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Typesetter is a simple app to keep track of what you are reading, and remember important takeaways from each book you finish. Start by adding the books you want to read in the future to your Bookshelf. Then move the books to the currently reading section where you can record important take aways and facts as you read. Finally move them to the Notes tab where all your past books with their notes can be reviewed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Now Reading at weekly against Typesetter's every 3 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Now Reading against 5.0 for Typesetter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Now Reading ships an update weekly, Typesetter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Now Reading | Typesetter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minsang choi | Michael Taciuk |
Customer experience
Now Reading
Typesetter
In-app purchases
Now Reading
No in-app purchases
Typesetter
No in-app purchases
