Comparison

Crisol vs Lomo

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

Head to head
About

Crisol

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Es la app oficial de Crisol eBooks para leer tus libros digitales y escuchar tus audiobooks comprados en la web, donde quieras y sin necesidad de conexión a internet.

About

Lomo

Track your reading with a private, offline journal. Log books, record reading sessions, and analyze your habits with detailed statistics. Set goals, save reviews, and share your reading journey.

Highlights
  • Add books with detailed information
  • Scan ISBN to auto-fill book details
  • Import libraries from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Reading session timer and history
  • Detailed reading statistics and recaps
  • Save reviews, quotes, and ratings
  • Set reading goals and reminders
  • Create shareable reading images
Features
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Lomo is your reading journal: track what you read, see your progress and build the library you always wanted, with every book on shelves you decorate. No accounts and no ads: everything lives on your phone. MY SHELF • All your books on shelves, like your real library • Drag them between shelves, stack them, lean them or show them face-out • Decorations, boards and backgrounds to make it yours • What you remove stays in the Trunk, ready to come back • Put it on your home screen with the shelf widget YOUR LIBRARY • Scan the ISBN and Lomo fills in the details and cover; add a photo of the spine • Paper, ebook or audiobook, each with its own unit • Create your own categories and filter with them • Import your library from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Bookmory • Reading by parts for anthologies, short stories and ongoing books • Rereads, pauses and abandoned books, each with its story READING SESSIONS • A timer that keeps going even if you close the app, with a Live Activity on your lock screen • Or log your sessions by hand STATS • Time, pages, speed, streaks and a reading calendar • Filter by genre, author or your categories • Your monthly and yearly reader recap EVERY BOOK'S SUMMARY • Build it with 20 blocks and 10 headers: journey, your time, versus your average and more • Share it as an image REVIEWS, QUOTES AND RANKING • Quarter or exact ratings, plus your own raters • Save quotes and impressions with their page • Your personal ranking, with a section per rating GOALS AND REMINDERS • Yearly, daily and per-book goals • Reminders so you don't break your streak YOUR STYLE • 14 light and dark themes, alternate icons and home screen widgets YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No account, no ads, no tracking • Sync and back up to iCloud, or to a file • Works offline Lomo is free with no limits. If it helps you, you can leave an optional tip; it never unlocks anything, because you already have it all. Made with love for people who love reading.

Screenshots

Crisol4 screens
Lomo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crisol at none against Lomo's 3. Lomo's advantage is update cadence (every 8 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. Lomo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Crisol asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crisol ships an update every 2 months, Lomo every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crisol versus Lomo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrisolLomo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQueryLoop Inc.SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA

In-app purchases

None

Crisol

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lomo

One-time3
  • support$1.99
  • big support$4.99
  • super support$9.99

Questions

Is Crisol free?
Crisol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lomo free?
Lomo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crisol or Lomo have ads?
Neither Crisol nor Lomo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crisol or Lomo?
Crisol ships an update every 2 months, and Lomo every 8 days. Most recently, Crisol was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lomo on November 10, 2026.

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