Comparison

Quotebook vs Second Reading

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

Head to head
About

Quotebook

Receive daily, personalized quotes based on your interests and passions. Explore a vast library of wisdom from various categories and historical figures. Get quotes delivered via home screen widgets and daily notifications with rich explanations.

Highlights
  • Customizable quote categories
  • Home screen widgets
  • Daily quote notifications
  • Quote explanations and background
  • Personalized quote experience
  • Extensive quote library
Features
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Quotebook: Daily Quotes is the ultimate quotes app for daily inspiration, motivation, and wisdom—customized for you. Just set your interests & passions and get meaningful quotes every day customized for you Choose from a wide variety of categories including motivation, inspiration, history, philosophy, religion, Bible, and more. You can add ANY topics or specific person you can think of, including philosophers, historical figures, authors, leaders - personalizing your quotes to be perfect for you. Key Features of Quotebook: Daily Quotes: Custom Categories: Instantly add and customize categories to match your interests, from motivation, mental health, and love, to war, literature, science, religion, success, and beyond. Widgets for Home Screen: See new quotes every day directly on your phone’s home screen with beautifully designed widgets—no extra steps required. Daily Notifications: Get notified with new quotes multiple times a day, just like receiving a message from your favorite thinkers and icons from history. Rich Explanations: Tap to open the app and discover more about each quote, including its meaning, background, and author. Simple Setup: Start in under two minutes—just install, choose your first category, and receive your first quote instantly. Personalized Experience: Whether you’re looking for a daily mood boost, motivation for your goals, wisdom from great minds, or simply love history and literature, give Quotebook a try! 10,000+ Quote library: Discover quotes from areas like business, creativity, productivity, sports, art, film, mindfulness, spirituality, famous speeches, and more. How to Use: Download Quotebook: Daily Quotes, select the categories you love, and immediately enjoy your first personalized quote. After setup, you’ll automatically receive new and inspiring quotes—making every day a little brighter. Perfect for anyone seeking daily inspiration, motivation, wisdom, or a moment of reflection. Try Quotebook and start making each day just a bit better! Terms https://quotebook.io/terms Privacy https://quotebook.io/privacy

About

Second Reading

Features
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You read something great on your Kindle and highlighted it. Now what? Second Reading imports the highlights you saved on your Kindle and gives them somewhere to live: a customizable Home Screen widget, a searchable library, and a cozy daily page worth returning to. Every highlight arrives on a color of its own, so no two quite feel the same. No account is needed. No analytics collected. Your library stays on your device and on your other devices too, through your own iCloud, if you turn it on. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Small, medium, or large. Rotates hourly or daily, in your choice of four typefaces, and shifts color as it goes. Pin a single shade if you would rather it sat still beside your wallpaper, or pick a neutral and have no color there at all. Tap a highlight to open it in the app. Show only your favorites if you would rather see only a few quotes. TODAY One highlight, full page, nothing competing for attention — on a field of color that changes along with it. Pull another whenever you like, mark a favorite, or share it. YOUR LIBRARY Every book you have highlighted, sorted by title, author, or most recently read. Turn a book off to keep it out of the rotation without deleting anything — or turn off a single highlight and leave the rest of the book showing. SEARCH Full-text search across everything you have imported, including books you have switched off. RE-IMPORTING IS SAFE Import your clippings file as often as you like. Second Reading works out what is genuinely new, leaves the edits you have made alone, and asks which version to keep only in the rare case where it cannot tell. QUOTES OF YOUR OWN Type in a line from a paper book and keep it alongside the rest. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD One app, both devices, with a layout that uses the space it is given. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC Off until you switch it on. Turn it on and your highlights, notes and favorites stay in step across your iPhone and iPad, through your own iCloud account with no server of ours in the middle. PRIVACY Second Reading is privacy focused. There is no server, no account, no tracking, and no third-party SDK collecting anything. Nothing you import ever leaves your device unless you choose to sync with your iCloud account. Free. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no advertising. Second Reading is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Amazon. "Kindle" is used only to describe the highlights file the app reads.

Screenshots

Quotebook4 screens
Second Reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Second Reading at none against Quotebook's 5. Quotebook's advantage is ratings volume (130 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Quotebook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Second Reading asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Second Reading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quotebook has 130 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quotebook ships an update every 5 days, Second Reading every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quotebook versus Second Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuotebookSecond Reading
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (130 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings130 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreemote LLCNicholas Kinloch

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Quotebook

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly - Limited Time3 Days trial$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PlanFree
None

Second Reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quotebook free?
Quotebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Second Reading free?
Second Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quotebook or Second Reading?
Second Reading is rated higher. Quotebook averages 4.8 out of 5 from 130 ratings, while Second Reading averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quotebook or Second Reading have ads?
Neither Quotebook nor Second Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quotebook or Second Reading?
Quotebook ships an update every 5 days, and Second Reading every 2 weeks. Most recently, Quotebook was updated on October 24, 2026 and Second Reading on October 24, 2026.

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