Comparison

Mish vs BookRecall

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

Head to head
About

Mish

Features
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Keep your TBR, current reads, and finished books in one calm bookshelf. Organize your reading life: • Organize books into Reading, To Read, and Completed • Search by title or ISBN and build your personal bookshelf • Save book notes, page markers, quotes, and reviews • Use the focus timer to track reading sessions • View reading stats, streaks, goals, and progress • Keep a wishlist for books you want to read later • Discover new books based on your bookshelf • Personalize Mish with clean bookshelf themes Mish is made for readers who want a simple place to track books, remember ideas, and build a steady reading habit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ripe-cereal-4f9.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-24c341fcbfde813da18dc51c07557c9a

About

BookRecall

Features
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BookRecall helps you remember what you read. Capture meaningful passages from physical books, save the idea behind them, and let them return later when they are worth revisiting. Instead of collecting forgotten notes, BookRecall turns your reading into a personal memory you can search, organize, and ask questions about. Scan a page, choose the paragraph that matters, and save it with its book, tags, collection, and original photo. BookRecall can help detect book details, find covers, and organize your highlights into calm shelves. When you want to reflect, ask your reading memory: “What did I save about change?” “Show me the most important ideas from this book.” “What keeps returning around presence?” BookRecall answers from your saved highlights, so your books stay useful long after you close them. Features: • Scan physical book pages with OCR • Save highlights, notes, book details, and page photos • Automatically organize ideas with tags and collections • Revisit saved ideas with a gentle recall rhythm • Ask questions across your personal reading memory • Back up your highlights securely across devices • Keep books, insights, and collections in one calm library BookRecall is for readers who want more than a book tracker. It is for remembering ideas, connecting insights, and carrying your best reading into daily life.

Screenshots

Mish4 screens
BookRecall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookRecall at none against Mish's 5. BookRecall also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Mish's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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. Mish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BookRecall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mish ships an update weekly, BookRecall daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Mish versus BookRecall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMishBookRecall
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size333 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiang Ting YuPrimoz Cigoj

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mish

Subscriptions2
  • Mish Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Mish Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • A Cup of Coffee$0.99
  • A Nice Lunch$1.99
  • A Good Book$4.99
None

BookRecall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mish free?
Mish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookRecall free?
BookRecall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mish or BookRecall have ads?
Neither Mish nor BookRecall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mish or BookRecall?
Mish ships an update weekly, and BookRecall daily. Most recently, Mish was updated on November 5, 2026 and BookRecall on October 31, 2026.

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