ReadMe vs Lamplit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadMe
This app helps you meticulously track your reading progress, visualize your habits with a calendar heatmap, and build consistent reading streaks. Organize your library, discover reading patterns, and enjoy a beautiful, ad-free experience designed for iOS.
- Log reading sessions by pages and time
- Visual calendar heatmap for activity
- Build and track reading streaks
- Automatic reading speed calculation
- Detailed reading statistics and charts
- Organize books into custom shelves
- Search and add books from external libraries
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Track every page, build a reading streak, and see your year in books. ReadMe is a fast, private reading tracker for iPhone and iPad, with no ads and no account to create. LOG READING IN SECONDS - Log pages and time for each session, or time alone for audiobooks - Log pages and check in from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Check in from Control Center, or press and hold the app icon - See the time left and an estimated finish date for every book BUILD THE HABIT - Daily check-ins and reading streaks keep you consistent - Set a yearly reading goal and watch it fill in - A reading calendar shows every day you read SEE YOUR READING IN NUMBERS - Compare this year with the same dates last year - Monthly charts, pages per hour, and your most productive day - Your top genres and how you rate the books you finish ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY - Reading, To Read, and Completed shelves, plus a Wish List for books to buy - Find books with Google Books and Open Library search, or scan a barcode - Add several books from one search, or scan one after another - Add any book by hand, even without a page count - Rate finished books and keep notes MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN - On iPhone Duo, your library and book details sit on either side of the fold - Dark mode, larger text sizes, and haptic feedback - Covers stay saved, and logging works offline YOUR DATA, YOUR PRIVACY - Syncs across your devices with iCloud - No ads, no tracking, no account - Export or import your whole library as a file anytime - Crash reports are sent only if you say yes Pick up your next book and start your streak today.
Lamplit
This app helps book lovers track reading sessions, organize their library, and analyze reading habits with detailed stats and streaks. It offers customizable themes, social sharing features, and privacy-focused data management.
- Track reading sessions with live Dynamic Island updates
- Organize library with custom shelves and series tracking
- Detailed stats and charts for reading trends
- Build reading streaks and earn achievements
- Rate books with half-star precision and custom tags
- AI-powered vibe search for book discovery
- Shareable social cards for reading recaps
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Lamplit is a reading tracker designed for people who love books. Track your reading sessions, organize your library, build streaks, and explore your stats — all in a warm, beautifully themed experience. TRACK YOUR READING Start a timed reading session and see it live on your Dynamic Island. Log pages for physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks. Pause, resume, and review session summaries with pages-per-minute stats. Focus mode with ambient reading sounds helps you stay in the zone — rain, fireplace, coffee shop, forest, ocean, or library. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Organize books by status — currently reading, want to read, finished, paused, or did not finish. Create custom shelves, track series in order, and import your existing library via CSV. Scan barcodes to add books instantly, or search and enter them manually. STATS & STREAKS See your reading trends with charts: pages per month, genre breakdowns, reading speed over time, and more. Set annual reading goals and track your progress. Build reading streaks and earn achievements along the way. RATE, TAG & DISCOVER Rate books with half-star precision. Add spice ratings, content warnings, tropes, and mood tags. Track point of view, pacing, and genre-specific ratings like fluff, angst, and humor. Use AI-powered vibe search to find books in your library by feel — search "cozy autumn mystery" and get results that match. Or choose Clean & Simple mode and see only the essentials. READ TOGETHER Start a reading session with friends on FaceTime via SharePlay. See each other's progress in real time and keep each other accountable. Or create an async reading group where everyone reads at their own pace. SHARE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Generate shareable social cards: your Top 4 books, Currently Reading spotlight, Year in Books recap, and Monthly Wrap — ready to share on social media. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven handcrafted color themes — Lamplit, Ember, Sage, Bloom, Cobalt, Aurora, and Inkwell — each with light and dark modes. Lamplit looks the way reading feels: warm, inviting, and personal. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Home Screen widgets show your current book and goal progress. Lock Screen widgets keep your reading stats at a glance. Control Center button to jump straight into a session. Siri Shortcuts let you log reading time hands-free. Works with Spotlight search across your entire library. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts required. No ads. No third-party SDKs. Your reading data syncs privately via iCloud and stays yours. Ratings and tags you add are shared anonymously. Export your full library as CSV at any time. MORE · Barcode scanner for quick book entry · Book notes and favorite quotes · Character tracker for complex series · Series tracking with reading order · OCR page scanning to update progress from a photo · Reading challenges with custom goals · Image Playground backgrounds for social cards · AI-powered vibe search — find books by feel, not just genre (iOS 26) · Control Center button to start reading instantly · CSV export of your full library with 18 data columns · Physical book, ebook, and audiobook format tracking · 7 color themes with dark mode support Free to use. No subscription required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ReadMe at every 6 weeks against Lamplit's every 3 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ReadMe against 5.0 for Lamplit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
ReadMe ships an update every 6 weeks, Lamplit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadMe | Lamplit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh Engels | Adrian Stoyanov |
Customer experience
ReadMe
Lamplit
In-app purchases
ReadMe
No in-app purchases
Lamplit
No in-app purchases








