Comparison

Chapter vs Lomo

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

Head to head
About

Chapter

Organize your reading life with this app. Track progress, log updates, and build a personalized library. Set goals, save notes, and share your reading journey with friends.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress
  • Log daily updates
  • Build a personalized library
  • Add custom covers
  • Organize by format/status
  • Set reading goals
  • Save notes and quotes
  • Shared readings with friends
Features
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Reading just got a glow-up. Chapter is the app that helps you keep track of everything you’re reading, planning to read, or pretending you’ve read (we won’t tell). Whether you’re devouring fantasy sagas, vibing with romance, or juggling five nonfiction books at once, Chapter keeps your reading life neat, nerdy, and totally you. Track your reading progress, log daily updates, and build a library that actually feels like yours. Add custom covers, organize books by format or status, and keep everything beautifully tidy. Set reading goals, celebrate milestones, and stay motivated whether you’re reading 2 books a year or 200. Save notes, highlight favorite quotes, and remember every moment that made you laugh, cry, or immediately text a friend. Read together with friends using Shared Readings! Start a shared book with up to 7 friends, follow each other’s progress, and stay motivated together chapter by chapter. Leave fun reviews, discover what other readers are loving, and find your next obsession through the community. You can even plan reading sessions, book club meetings, or upcoming releases with built-in events and reminders. Chapter makes reading feel more organized, more fun, and a whole lot more you. Ready to turn the page? Download Chapter and start your next reading adventure today! -------------------- By using Chapter, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: TERMS OF SERVICE: https://help.clubchapter.com/en/about/terms/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://help.clubchapter.com/en/about/privacy/

About

Lomo

Track your reading with a private, offline journal. Log books, record reading sessions, and analyze your habits with detailed statistics. Set goals, save reviews, and share your reading journey.

Highlights
  • Add books with detailed information
  • Scan ISBN to auto-fill book details
  • Import libraries from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Reading session timer and history
  • Detailed reading statistics and recaps
  • Save reviews, quotes, and ratings
  • Set reading goals and reminders
  • Create shareable reading images
Features
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Lomo is your reading journal: track what you read, see your progress and build the library you always wanted, with every book on shelves you decorate. No accounts and no ads: everything lives on your phone. MY SHELF • All your books on shelves, like your real library • Drag them between shelves, stack them, lean them or show them face-out • Decorations, boards and backgrounds to make it yours • What you remove stays in the Trunk, ready to come back • Put it on your home screen with the shelf widget YOUR LIBRARY • Scan the ISBN and Lomo fills in the details and cover; add a photo of the spine • Paper, ebook or audiobook, each with its own unit • Create your own categories and filter with them • Import your library from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Bookmory • Reading by parts for anthologies, short stories and ongoing books • Rereads, pauses and abandoned books, each with its story READING SESSIONS • A timer that keeps going even if you close the app, with a Live Activity on your lock screen • Or log your sessions by hand STATS • Time, pages, speed, streaks and a reading calendar • Filter by genre, author or your categories • Your monthly and yearly reader recap EVERY BOOK'S SUMMARY • Build it with 20 blocks and 10 headers: journey, your time, versus your average and more • Share it as an image REVIEWS, QUOTES AND RANKING • Quarter or exact ratings, plus your own raters • Save quotes and impressions with their page • Your personal ranking, with a section per rating GOALS AND REMINDERS • Yearly, daily and per-book goals • Reminders so you don't break your streak YOUR STYLE • 14 light and dark themes, alternate icons and home screen widgets YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No account, no ads, no tracking • Sync and back up to iCloud, or to a file • Works offline Lomo is free with no limits. If it helps you, you can leave an optional tip; it never unlocks anything, because you already have it all. Made with love for people who love reading.

Screenshots

Chapter4 screens
Lomo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lomo at none against Chapter's shown. Lomo also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chapter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lomo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chapter against 5.0 for Lomo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lomo has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chapter ships an update fortnightly, Lomo every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chapter versus Lomo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterLomo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego Frias NerioSEBASTIAN CASTANEDA

Customer experience

Chapter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lomo

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chapter

Subscriptions3
  • Chapter Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chapter Premium Quarterly14 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Chapter Premium Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Lomo

One-time3
  • support$1.99
  • big support$4.99
  • super support$9.99

Questions

Is Chapter free?
Chapter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lomo free?
Lomo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chapter or Lomo?
Chapter and Lomo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Chapter or Lomo have ads?
Chapter shows ads; Lomo does not.
Which is updated more often, Chapter or Lomo?
Chapter ships an update fortnightly, and Lomo every 8 days. Most recently, Chapter was updated on November 4, 2026 and Lomo on November 5, 2026.

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