DarkBlock vs Booklane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DarkBlock
Enhance your browsing experience by permanently hiding unwanted websites from search results and enabling a dark mode in Safari. This utility app offers a cleaner, more focused way to navigate the web.
- Permanently hide websites from search results
- Enable dark mode in Safari
- Customizable browsing experience
- Clean search results
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1. Permanently hide websites that you don't want in Google Search. 2. Enable Dark Mode in Safari. This app incorporates code from the DarkReader project (https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader), which is MIT Licensed. The license is included below: https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/blob/main/LICENSE
Booklane
Log your reading journey with this app. Track books, log progress, set goals, and view stats. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with offline support and multiple languages.
- Track book status (Want to Read, Reading, Finished)
- Log page progress, reading time, ratings, and notes
- Organize books with custom tags
- Set yearly reading goals and track progress
- View reading stats and history
- Offline support and cross-device sync
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Booklane is a reading log app. Wherever you read — track every book here. Free Features - Track books in Want to Read / Reading / Finished - Manually log page progress, reading time, ratings, and notes - Organize with custom tags and archive books - Set a yearly reading goal and track your progress - Mark daily reading sessions and review your streak and calendar history - Reading stats: check-in days, current streak, longest streak, completion trend, and tag distribution - Sync across iPhone and iPad - Light and Dark mode, with full offline support - Languages: English, 中文, 日本語 - Free tier supports up to 30 books Pro Features (one-time purchase) - Unlimited books Why Booklane - Focused on logging, no social distractions - Full core experience available in the free tier - Your data stays private and under your control - Fully usable offline Start using Booklane and make every reading session count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Booklane at Free against DarkBlock's $4.99. Booklane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). DarkBlock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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
Booklane is free to download; DarkBlock costs $4.99 up front. Booklane sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DarkBlock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Booklane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
DarkBlock ships an update every 6 weeks, Booklane every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DarkBlock | Booklane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 金超 高 | 黎军 郑 |
Customer experience
DarkBlock
Booklane
In-app purchases
DarkBlock
No in-app purchases
Booklane
- Booklane Pro$19.99
