Comparison

BookQuest vs Marca

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

Head to head
About

BookQuest

Gamify your reading with rewards, streaks, and challenges to conquer your book list. Track progress, earn coins, unlock achievements, and compete with friends. Features an AI companion for book discussions and quizzes.

Highlights
  • Track reading time and pages
  • Set daily and yearly reading goals
  • Earn coins and unlock achievements
  • AI companion for book discussions
  • AI-generated chapter quizzes
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Compete with friends on leaderboards
Features
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BookQuest helps you build a reading habit that sticks — with daily streaks, goals, and a gentle nudge when the phone is winning, so you finally make a dent in your TBR pile. Most reading apps just track. BookQuest helps you show up: log a session or a few pages, hit a small daily goal, and keep your streak alive. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Track reading time, pages, and daily streaks - Search and add any book to your library - Set daily and yearly reading goals - Save quotes and notes as you read - View detailed reading stats and insights - Earn coins by reading and completing quests - Unlock achievements for milestones and finished books - Compete with friends on the leaderboard - Follow friends and share progress in your feed - Create and customize your own avatar BOOKQUEST PRO Remember more of what you read: - Key ideas for every book - Recall quizzes after you read - Unlimited AI Book Coach - Scan pages with your camera - Ambient background sounds - Exclusive app themes Download free and build a reading habit today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bookquest.app/termsofuse Privacy Policy: https://bookquest.app/privacypolicy

About

Marca

Features
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Marca locks the apps that eat your evenings until you have read. Ten minutes with a book. That is the whole rule — read it, and Instagram, TikTok and the rest stay open until midnight. Miss it and they stay shut. No countdown and no clock-watching: read in the morning and the rest of your day is yours. Underneath it is a very good book tracker, which is the point. The lock is only there to get you to the book. READ FIRST (optional) - Choose the apps that eat your evenings — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit - Marca locks them until you've read today's goal — then they stay open until midnight - One goal for everything: the same number your streak counts. Change it any time, free - Need a minute? Two five-minute passes a day — and a pass opens only that one app, never the rest - Strict Mode (Marca+) removes the passes entirely — reading is the only way through - Marca never learns which apps you chose — Apple's Screen Time keeps that private Skip it entirely and Marca is simply a beautiful, private book tracker. BUILD THE HABIT - A calm focus timer, not another feed — with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen - A tiny daily goal: 10 minutes or 10 pages - A forgiving streak with a free skip each week, so one busy day never ruins it - Your reading month as a calendar of covers you can actually look at — and share A LIBRARY THAT LASTS - Add any book in seconds: search millions of titles, or scan the barcode - Shelves for Wishlist, On Shelf, Reading, Finished and Set Aside - Ratings, progress, notes — the record of everything you've read KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN - Capture the lines worth keeping, on the page you found them - Come back to finished books and the highlights that stayed with you SEE YOURSELF CHANGE - Minutes read, pages, streaks, reading pace and genre maps - How many days reading opened your apps, and how much you actually read - Home Screen widgets, and shareable cards for every finish PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reading life stays on your device. No account required. No feed. No ads. Ever. MARCA+ Strict Mode, unlimited highlights, the full insight set, two daily goals and every theme. - 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription — or pay once for lifetime access - Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/privacy.html Read more. Scroll less. Keep every book.

Screenshots

BookQuest4 screens
Marca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookQuest at every 2 weeks against Marca's every 6 weeks. 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. BookQuest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Marca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookQuest ships an update every 2 weeks, Marca every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BookQuest versus Marca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookQuestMarca
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeanne CalderwoodAdrien Guinard

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BookQuest

Subscriptions2
  • BookQuest Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
  • BookQuest Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Marca

Subscriptions2
  • Marca+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Marca+ Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is BookQuest free?
BookQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marca free?
Marca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BookQuest or Marca have ads?
Neither BookQuest nor Marca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookQuest or Marca?
BookQuest ships an update every 2 weeks, and Marca every 6 weeks. Most recently, BookQuest was updated on October 24, 2026 and Marca on October 7, 2026.

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