Comparison

Nad vs Book Memory

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

Head to head
About

Nad

Enhance your browsing with a powerful ad blocker for Safari. Enjoy a cleaner, faster, and more private online experience across all your Apple devices. It seamlessly integrates with Safari to remove unwanted ads and trackers.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform support
  • Enhanced privacy
  • Faster browsing
  • Seamless Safari integration
  • Utilizes Eyed-Blocklist
Features
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Nad: The Powerful Ad Blocker for Safari Get the most out of your Safari experience with Nad, the lightweight ad blocker designed by Aemi Studio and Aploide. Enjoy a cleaner, faster, and more private browsing experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and VisionOS devices. Key Features: • Cross-Platform Support: Access Nad on all your Apple devices for seamless protection. • Enhanced Privacy: Block unwanted trackers to safeguard your online identity. • Faster Browsing: Experience lightning-fast loading times by eliminating resource-heavy ads. • Seamless Integration: Nad effortlessly integrates with Safari without compromising performance. Blocklist: Nad utilizes the Eyed-Blocklist crafted by Aploide, a comprehensive blocklist designed to enhance your browsing experience, removing most of the ads and trackers without being intrusive with your navigation. Get Started: 1. Install Nad from the App Store (iPhone/iPad) or Mac App Store (Mac). 2. Enable the ad blocker in Safari settings. 3. Enjoy an ad-free browsing experience! Follow Us: Stay updated with the latest features and announcements by following Aemi Studio and Aploide on social media: GitHub: Aemi Studio - https://github.com/Aemi-Studio GitHub: Aploide - https://github.com/aploide License: Nad is an open-source project licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0). See more at https://github.com/Aemi-Studio/Nad Contact us: If you have questions or feedback, feel free to reach out: - Aemi Studio: feedback@aemi.studio - Aploide: yo@aploi.de

About

Book Memory

Features
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Your reading, remembered. Book Memory is a quiet journal for the books you read. Time your reading sessions, keep the thoughts and quotes that stay with you, and look back on your reading life without anyone keeping score. No streaks to protect. No leaderboards. Just you and your books. TIME EVERY SESSION • Start a session with one tap, pause and resume whenever life interrupts • Log the page you stopped on, and Book Memory keeps your progress • A gentle reminder if you forget to finish a session CAPTURE WHAT MATTERS • Write notes, quotes, thoughts and takeaways while you read • Add photos of pages, margins or anything worth keeping • Edit any time, with a history of what changed CLOSE EACH BOOK WITH A MEMORY When you finish a book, Book Memory asks three simple things: your three biggest ideas, one thing you will apply, and the line worth keeping. Months later, that is what you will want to find. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Want to Read, Reading, Paused, Completed and Did Not Finish shelves • Add covers, total pages and chapters • Rate the books you finish SEE YOUR READING RHYTHM • A reading calendar showing every day you opened a book • Reading history with every session, newest first • Pages, minutes and books completed, at a glance READ YOUR OWN FILES Import DRM-free EPUB, MOBI/AZW3 and PDF files and read them in the app, with paper, sepia and night themes. Link a file to a book in your library and Book Memory offers to update your progress. Requires a free account. MADE TO BE CALM • Home screen widgets for the book you are reading • Daily reading reminders at the time you choose • Light and dark themes • English and Vietnamese PRIVATE AND OFFLINE-FIRST Book Memory works fully offline. Everything you write is saved on your device first. Use it without an account, or sign in to back up your journal. You decide whether to share anonymous usage data, and you can delete your account at any time. Start with one book. Book Memory will remember the rest. What's New in This Version (v1.0) Welcome to Book Memory, a quiet journal for everything you read. • Time reading sessions and track your progress • Capture notes, quotes, thoughts and photos • Close every finished book with your biggest ideas • Reading calendar, history and home screen widgets • Read your own EPUB, MOBI and PDF files

Screenshots

Nad4 screens
Book Memory4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nad and Book Memory 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nad versus Book Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNadBook Memory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillaume CoquardThanh Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Nad

No in-app purchases

None

Book Memory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nad free?
Nad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Memory free?
Book Memory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nad or Book Memory have ads?
Neither Nad nor Book Memory shows ads.

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