Comparison

Booklog vs Reading Memory

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

Head to head
About

Booklog

Track your reading progress with this app. Organize books by status, add custom categories, and scan barcodes for easy registration. Record details like page count and deadlines to manage your library effectively.

Highlights
  • Manage books by status (Purchased, To Buy, Reading, Finished)
  • Add custom statuses with color customization
  • Register books by scanning barcodes
  • Register custom materials
  • Organize books with tags
  • Record book details like page count and deadlines
Features
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Easily manage your books by status, such as books you plan to buy, books you've purchased but haven't read yet, books you're currently reading, and books you've finished reading! Main Features - Manage your books by various statuses, such as Purchased, To Buy, Currently Reading, and Finished Reading. - Add custom statuses and change their colors to suit your preferences. - Search for books or easily register them by scanning barcodes. You can also register custom materials. - Organize your books with tags, and record details like page count, deadlines, and more.

About

Reading Memory

This app helps you record and deepen your reading experience through chat-based notes and AI interactions. It allows you to track reading goals, analyze habits, and revisit your thoughts on books.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chat memos
  • Mood tagging for emotional depth
  • Card-swipe review format
  • Smart book search and barcode scanning
  • Reading goal setting and habit tracking
  • AI summaries of chat memos
  • Reading statistics and analysis
  • Achievements and reading milestones
Features
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For re-readers, not just readers. You read 30 books a year, but can barely remember 5 of them. The note app you tried felt too noisy. Goodreads felt like Instagram for books. You just wanted a quiet place to read, write, and remember. Reading Memory is a slow, private reading journal built around one belief: reading is not about finishing books. It's about what you carry with you afterwards. PER-BOOK "READ TODAY" CHECK One tap on each book you're reading. Your streak grows. Your reading becomes a daily habit, not a guilty pile of unfinished tomes. Per-book checks mean you always know what you read today, not just "did I read." CHAT-STYLE NOTES Capture fleeting thoughts as you read, in a conversation flow. No character limits. No public feed. No reactions. Just you and the book, in writing. REFLECTION CARDS Reading Memory's quiet superpower. Past notes resurface as cards you swipe through. "I remember this," "This still hits," "I had forgotten." Your reading lives on, instead of fading. Forgetting is the default. Reflection is the antidote. MOOD TAGS Eight emotional textures — moved, excited, thought-provoking, comforting, fun, enlightening, melancholic, confusing — to revisit "the books that moved me" when the right moment comes. BEAUTIFUL BOOKSHELF Cover-first grid and list views. Want-to-read, reading, finished, on-hold — your bookshelf becomes a quiet record of who you've been as a reader. SMART BOOK SEARCH & BARCODE Add books in seconds. Search by title or scan barcodes. Powered by Google Books and OpenBD for accurate metadata. READING GOALS & STREAKS Set a monthly or yearly goal. Watch your streak grow. Quiet celebration, no leaderboards. ACHIEVEMENTS Nine subtle badges that mark milestones in your reading life. Earned, not displayed. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Built fluently in SwiftUI with Liquid Glass throughout. A reading app that feels like part of your phone, not a website inside it. — MEMORY PLUS — Premium plan Reading Memory's core experience is fully free, including unlimited chat-style notes, reflection cards, mood tags, the bookshelf, and reading streaks. You can register up to 10 books on the free plan. Premium unlocks: ā—† Unlimited book registrations ā—† AI Chat Notes (premium only) A book-aware AI you can have a conversation with about each individual book, with the context of your past notes. ā—† AI Summary (premium only) AI summarizes your chat notes for any book, surfacing the key threads without re-reading everything. ā—† Detailed Statistics (premium only) Genre distribution, mood patterns, calendar heatmap, and pace analytics. Pricing: Monthly: $2.99 / month Yearly: $24.99 / year (save 30%) AI features and detailed statistics are available only with Memory Plus. — WHO THIS IS FOR Ā· People who re-read more than they read Ā· Quiet readers who left Goodreads after the social fatigue Ā· Knowledge workers who want to remember what they've learned Ā· Note-taking minimalists who tried Notion and Obsidian and just wanted something simpler Ā· iOS aesthetes who care about Liquid Glass and craft Indie developer made. No ads. No tracking. No social feed. No Amazon. Read it. Write it. Re-discover it. — Feedback and bug reports: please use the in-app "Feedback" button.

Screenshots

Booklog3 screens
Reading Memory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booklog at none against Reading Memory's 2. On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Reading Memory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Booklog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Booklog versus Reading Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooklogReading Memory
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyunosuke ShibuyaKyoichi Taniguchi

Customer experience

Booklog

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Reading Memory

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Booklog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Reading Memory

Subscriptions2
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Questions

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

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