Comparison

Reading Memory vs フミクラ

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

Head to head
About

Reading Memory

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit and retain information from the books you read. It allows you to track reading days, manage your to-read pile, and take private notes on your books. Advanced features like AI-powered key point extraction are available through an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Build daily reading habits
  • Track reading streaks and finished books
  • Organize to-read and finished book piles
  • Take private notes and sticky notes
  • Search and add books via barcode or title
  • Generate reading cards and badges
  • AI-powered key point extraction (subscription)
Features
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Make reading a daily habit, and remember the books you've read. Reading Memory keeps every book you read and every line you write, one book at a time, on your own bookshelf. You want to read more, but it never sticks. You finish a book, then can't recall what was in it. The books you bought sit on a pile, unread. Reading Memory is made for that. MAKE READING A DAILY HABIT On days you read, tap "Read today" once. Even a day with one page counts. Your reading days fill a calendar, and your streak and the number of books you finished this year go up. You can also tap from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU READ Notes you write while reading show up on your bookshelf a few days later, with how long ago you wrote them ("written 72 days ago"). Read them again and add a line right there. When you reread a book, the notes from your last read are on that book's page. FINISH YOUR TO-READ PILE, ONE BOOK AT A TIME Books you own but haven't started sit in a pile at the bottom of your bookshelf. Tap the pile to start the top book. When you finish one, the app picks the next book from your pile. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No social feed, no followers, no public reviews. Only you can read what you write. — WHAT YOU CAN DO ◆ Bookshelf Finished books stand on a shelf for each year. Books you're reading lie face up, and books you haven't started are stacked. You can also add the books you've already read, one after another. ◆ Add books Search by title or scan the barcode. Book data comes from Google Books, Open Library, openBD, and Rakuten Books. There is no limit on how many books you can add. ◆ Sticky notes for novels Write about characters, lines you loved, and how you felt on sticky notes, and stick them at the page you're on. Move the bookmark to record your page and "Read today". ◆ A notebook for nonfiction Write the book's words and your own thoughts with page numbers. Snap a page to read its text and add the lines you pick as the book's words. Vertical Japanese text works too. Export your notebook as text. ◆ A reading card when you finish Give stars, write one line, and stamp the card. It goes into that year's card box. Save or send the card as an image. ◆ Reading log and badges See your reading days on a calendar, your streak, and how many books you finished. Earn badges at milestones. ◆ Want-to-read list Note who recommended a book or where you saw it. ◆ iPad Works on iPad, in portrait, landscape, and Split View. — MEMORY PLUS (auto-renewable subscription) Adding books, sticky notes, notebooks, reading text from pages, reading cards and stamps, the calendar, and widgets are free for good. Memory Plus adds: ◆ Turn the lines you picked from a page into key points (uses AI) ◆ Look up a word from your notebook across all your books (free shows the number of books and the first line) ◆ Your year in books: everything you read and wrote in a year, in one place ◆ Detailed statistics: books finished per month, genres, ratings, and how books made you feel ◆ Summaries of the notes you wrote (uses AI) Pricing in the US: $39.99 per year / $3.99 per month. Prices vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://taniguchi-kyoichi.com/en/products/reading-memory/terms Privacy Policy: https://taniguchi-kyoichi.com/en/products/reading-memory/privacy — Sign in with Apple or Google. No ads. Feedback and bug reports: tap "Contact us" in the app's Settings.

About

フミクラ

Features
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本で出会った、心に残るあの一節。 フミクラ (Fumikura) は、お気に入りの一節を書籍と一緒に記録できる読書アプリです。 書き留めた言葉は、本で読んだときのように縦書きで。 本を閉じたあとも、読書の余韻を楽しめます。 【主な機能】 ・ページを撮影して文章を読み取り、かんたん記録(OCR) ・本のバーコードを読み取ってすばやく検索 ・抜書をカード画像にしてシェア ・読みたい本や読み終えた本を本棚で管理 ・ほかの人が書き留めた一節にも出会える

Screenshots

Reading Memory4 screens
フミクラ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: フミクラ at none against Reading Memory's 2. フミクラ also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Memory ships an update every 2 months, フミクラ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Reading Memory versus フミクラ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading Memoryフミクラ
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyoichi TaniguchiRyota Horizumi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Reading Memory

Subscriptions2
  • メモリープラス月額プラン$3.991 Month
  • メモリープラス年額プラン$39.991 Year
None

フミクラ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Memory free?
Reading Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is フミクラ free?
フミクラ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reading Memory or フミクラ have ads?
Neither Reading Memory nor フミクラ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Memory or フミクラ?
Reading Memory ships an update every 2 months, and フミクラ every 2 days. Most recently, Reading Memory was updated on November 5, 2026 and フミクラ on October 31, 2026.

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