Comparison

Reading Timer vs Reading Map

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

Head to head
About

Reading Timer

Track your reading sessions, log pages read, and jot down thoughts in a digital book diary. Set reading goals, visualize your progress with calendars and statistics, and manage your personal library. Export your data for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Reading timer and page logging
  • Personal book diary and notes
  • Bookshelf for current and completed reads
  • Reading habit tracking and statistics
  • Book information lookup by ISBN
  • Data export to CSV
  • Dark mode and screen awake options
Features
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How much did you read today? Keep the time, pages, and thoughts together. Reading Timer is a reading log and book tracker for the books you already own. Start the timer, read at your own pace, then enter your ending page. Your session becomes part of your book diary, with time, pages read, and reading speed in one place. KEEP A READING JOURNAL Save a thought after each session, add notes to a book, and revisit what you read. Forgot the timer? Add a reading record manually. SEE YOUR BOOKS MOVE FORWARD Keep current reads and completed books on your bookshelf. Track page progress and view each book’s sessions, average pace, and estimated completion based on your recorded reading. BUILD A READING HABIT YOU CAN SEE Choose a time or page goal for the day, week, month, or year. Check your reading calendar, activity heatmap, and statistics. Optional daily time-goal alerts let you know when you reach that goal while reading. ADD BOOKS YOUR WAY Enter a title and author, or look up book information by ISBN barcode. Check the details before saving; information may be incomplete. Export books and sessions as CSV for use in a spreadsheet. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Use dark mode or keep the screen awake while timing. Join the optional weekly ranking or share a reading record if you choose. Reading Timer tracks your reading. It does not provide ebooks. OPTIONAL PRO SUBSCRIPTION Reading Timer Pro is a 1-month auto-renewable subscription that removes all ads while active. The price is shown before purchase and may vary by store. Manage or cancel your subscription in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hydroponicglass.com/privacy-policy/

About

Reading Map

Features
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Put the books you’ve read on a world map. Enter or paste a list, import a screenshot, or scan a physical book cover. Reading Map recognizes titles on device, matches each work to its country, and creates an interactive reading globe, vintage-style posters, a year-in-books report, and a personal reader card. Keep building your reading world, sync it between your personal devices with iCloud, and export every sharing size in one tap. Title recognition and matching happen on device; screenshots and cover photos are never uploaded.

Screenshots

Reading Timer4 screens
Reading Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reading Map at none against Reading Timer's 1. Reading Map also leads on ads (none vs shown). Reading Timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and update cadence 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 Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Reading Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Timer ships an update every 9 days, Reading Map weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Timer versus Reading Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TimerReading Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeulki Eom洪荣 梁

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reading Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Reading Timer Pro$1.991 Month
None

Reading Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Timer free?
Reading Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reading Map free?
Reading Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reading Timer or Reading Map have ads?
Reading Timer shows ads; Reading Map does not.
Which is updated more often, Reading Timer or Reading Map?
Reading Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Reading Map weekly. Most recently, Reading Timer was updated on November 12, 2026 and Reading Map on October 31, 2026.

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