Comparison

Page Tracker vs Ink Now

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

Head to head
About

Page Tracker

This app helps you finish your books and build a reading habit with a visual burn-down chart. Set a target date and follow the ideal pace line by logging your daily page progress. It offers stress-free logging, reminders, and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Visual progress chart
  • Stress-free page logging
  • Calendar view of reading logs
  • Reminder notifications
  • iCloud data sync
  • Ad-free experience
  • Social sharing
Features
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Are your unread books piling up? It’s time to cure your "Tsundoku"! Page Tracker is a highly visual, stress-free reading pace management app designed to help you finally finish your books and build a steady reading habit. Unlike traditional reading trackers that focus on the pressure of "how many pages you read," our app uses a simple burn-down chart approach. Just set a target date, and the app draws an ideal pace line. All you have to do is keep your daily progress along that line! You will intuitively know exactly how much you need to read today without feeling overwhelmed. Key Features Visual Progress Chart: Compare your planned pace vs. actual progress at a glance. Just follow the line! Stress-Free Logging: Simply enter the page number you reached. The app automatically calculates how many pages you read today. Calendar View: Review your daily reading log and track your habit-building journey. Reminder Notifications: Stay on track and never forget to log your progress. iCloud Sync: Seamlessly sync your data across your iPhone and iPad. Beautiful & Clean UI: 100% Ad-free experience with a sleek Dark Mode design. Social Sharing: Easily share your reading progress or a beautiful "Finished!" card image to social media. Highly Recommended For: Curing your "Tsundoku" (the Japanese word for buying books and never reading them) Managing study schedules for exams or textbooks Building a daily reading habit without pressure Pacing yourself to finish a book by a specific deadline

About

Ink Now

Features
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Ink Now is a full-power word processor and a book-design studio in one. Draft with everything your old word processor gave you, format with a designer's eye, and publish to every store — without leaving your desk. NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PAGE - Focus Mode dims everything but the line you're writing - Typewriter scrolling keeps your sentence at eye level - Sprints and daily goals with a live word count - Read Aloud, for when your eyes need a rest - Corkboard and outline views for structure - Snapshots, so no draft is ever lost RETIRE YOUR WORD PROCESSOR - Open and save real .docx, .doc, .odt and .rtf — formatting intact - Track Changes with author-colored edits and comments - Footnotes, cross-references and a live table of contents - Citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA or Chicago - Styles gallery, ruler and tabs, tables, restrict editing - Compare Documents, side by side EVERY BOOK DESERVES A DESIGNER - Twelve designer styles typeset the entire book at once - Drop caps, ornaments, running heads and page numbers, set with care - Widow and orphan control for even, book-quality paragraphs - Custom paper sizes, margins and bleed YOUR BOOK, LIVE ON EVERY DEVICE Format once. Ink renders a true-to-life preview on phones, tablets, e-readers and every print trim — Trade 6×9, Digest 5.5×8.5, Mass Market and Large Format — updating as you type, so the finished page is always in view. ONE EXPORT, EVERY DESTINATION - Validated EPUB 3 - Press-ready print PDF - Clean .docx - Cover image, metadata and ISBN handled - Nothing to fix after upload YOUR STUDIO, IN YOUR POCKET - iCloud keeps every device in sync to the word - Real-time collaboration - Handoff from Mac to iPhone, mid-sentence - AirPlay presenter mode - Home Screen widget for your streak and daily count EVERYTHING ELSE, CONSIDERED Regex find and replace across the whole project. Spelling and grammar in 20+ languages. Smart typography — curly quotes, true dashes, real ellipses. Ligatures, small caps and old-style figures. Index generation. Manuscript and book-layout templates. Paper, sepia and true dark themes. Shortcuts support and deep keyboard control. Auto-save and recoverable versions. ONE APP, THREE DEVICES Ink Now is a single universal app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. No account. No ads. Your files stay yours. Requires macOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Page Tracker4 screens
Ink Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ink Now at Free against Page Tracker's $3.99. Ink Now also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ink Now is free to download; Page Tracker costs $3.99 up front. Page Tracker sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Ink Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Page Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Ink Now every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Page Tracker versus Ink Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPage TrackerInk Now
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyota KandoNow Studio LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Page Tracker

One-time8
  • Tip1$0.49
  • Tip2$1.99
  • Tip 3$2.99
Show 5 more
  • Tip 4$5.99
  • Tip 5$19.99
  • Tip 6$29.99
  • Tip 7$39.99
  • Tip 8$59.99
None

Ink Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Page Tracker free?
Page Tracker costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ink Now free?
Ink Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Page Tracker or Ink Now have ads?
Page Tracker shows ads; Ink Now does not.
Which is updated more often, Page Tracker or Ink Now?
Page Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ink Now every 9 days. Most recently, Page Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ink Now on October 24, 2026.

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