Comparison

Mish vs SnapshotBooks

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

SnapshotBooks

Features
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SnapshotBooks turns a book into a mind map you can tap through — the essentials distilled, the structure put back together. Each book is broken into branches, each card into one idea, with a short quote you can check against the original book and the chapter it came from. Not a summary written from memory. Every line has a source. How it works ・Pick a book from the shelf and see the whole structure at once ・Tap any card to open the idea and its quote ・Tags on each card jump to related cards ・Search one word and get matches from inside the cards, across every book ・Save any line as an image — the source and link are printed on it ・Keep the books you like on your own shelf What's inside Investing & trading, business & finance, business biographies, personal growth, literature & fiction, history & humanities. 62 books and counting. Home screen widget A line from a book, right on your home screen, in the language you read in. It changes itself every 15 minutes, or tap to pull the next one. Tap the card to open it in the app. Medium and small sizes. Four languages English, Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. The app opens in your phone's language, and you can switch anytime from the globe icon at the top. The quotes in the English edition are translated from the Chinese text, and each card says so. Why we built it So the books you have already read stay easy to come back to. These are the ones CompoundWater learned the most from — we hope they do something for you too. No account needed to read everything. Sign in only if you want your saved books to follow you. The in-app tip is entirely optional and unlocks nothing. Web: snapshotbooks.compoundwater.app/en Questions or suggestions: contact@compoundwater.app [Terms of Use] This app uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ See also our own terms of service: https://snapshotbooks.compoundwater.app/en/terms.html [Privacy Policy] https://snapshotbooks.compoundwater.app/en/privacy.html

Screenshots

Mish4 screens
SnapshotBooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mish at weekly against SnapshotBooks's fortnightly. Mish also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and SnapshotBooks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mish ships an update weekly, SnapshotBooks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Mish versus SnapshotBooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMishSnapshotBooks
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size333 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLiang Ting YuWEICHENG LIN

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
3 purchases

SnapshotBooks

One-time3
  • Buy Me a Bubble Tea$1.99
  • Buy Me a Coffee$4.99
  • Buy Me a Book$11.99

Questions

Is Mish free?
Mish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SnapshotBooks free?
SnapshotBooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mish or SnapshotBooks have ads?
Neither Mish nor SnapshotBooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mish or SnapshotBooks?
Mish ships an update weekly, and SnapshotBooks fortnightly. Most recently, Mish was updated on October 30, 2026 and SnapshotBooks on October 31, 2026.

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