Comparison

Reading Savings vs echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

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

Head to head
About

Reading Savings

Features
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Reading Passbook – A reading log app where the books you read turn into “savings.” What is Reading Passbook? When you log a book you borrowed from the library or read through an unlimited-reading service, the book’s retail price is added as “Reading Savings.” It turns your reading activity into a visible, motivating habit — great for children building reading routines and adults who want to track their reading in a fun way. Main Features ・Book Registration Scan barcodes to register books instantly Search by title to find books Add books manually when needed ・Reading Savings Track the price of books you read from libraries or unlimited services View savings in a clean passbook-style log See how much you “saved” by reading instead of buying ・Bookshelf View Manage all the books you’ve read in one place Display book covers in a visual bookshelf layout Rate each book and add notes to remember your impressions ・Profile Management Create separate bookshelves for each family member Perfect for households where parents track children’s reading ・Share Your Reading Share monthly reading reports as images Create stylish cards showing the book covers you’ve read Who is this app for? Parents who want to support their child’s reading habit People who frequently use libraries Users of unlimited-reading services such as Kindle Unlimited Anyone who wants a fun, motivating way to keep a reading log Reading becomes more enjoyable when you can see your progress and savings. Start your Reading Passbook today!

About

echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

This app provides a quiet space to capture fleeting thoughts, memorable quotes, and creative seeds without the pressure of organization. It allows you to revisit your saved entries unexpectedly, fostering new connections and rediscovering forgotten ideas. The app also supports longer notes and offers backup and sharing functionalities.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts instantly
  • No folders or categories required
  • Rediscover saved entries unexpectedly
  • Support for longer notes
  • Copy and share entries
  • Backup and restore functionality
Features
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echor is a quiet note-taking app for saving ideas that come to you and lines that stay with you—without organizing them, so you can encounter them again someday. Folders aren’t your thing. Keeping notes neatly organized never lasts. Still, when a phrase comes to mind or a sentence feels worth remembering, you want somewhere to leave it without letting it disappear. That’s what echor is for. Most note apps are designed to organize information or help you work more efficiently. But not every thought can be categorized right away. An idea before it becomes a story. A line that lingers after a book or film. Something someone said that you can’t quite forget. A feeling you don’t yet have a name for. A seed of an idea that may become something someday. echor is a place to quietly leave those small fragments, without deciding where they belong. ■ Capture a thought as soon as it appears Save short lines and ideas the moment they come to you. ・Seeds for stories and creative work ・Lines from books and novels ・Dialogue from films and comics ・Fragments of conversation ・Late-night thoughts, unease, and realizations ・Quotes and phrases you want to revisit No folders or categories required. Leave a thought just as it is, before you organize it. ■ Rediscover words from your past Three of your saved entries appear unexpectedly in speech bubbles. Something your past self wrote may reach you differently now. New ideas may emerge from the unexpected combination of words shown together. Notifications can also bring back something you saved before. Not to remind you of a task, but to help you encounter a forgotten thought again. ■ Look back on what you’ve collected All the words you’ve saved are always available in one list. Even without careful organization, they gradually accumulate over time. When something no longer needs to stay, you can let it go. ■ Keep longer thoughts in Notes When an idea or piece of writing is too long for a short entry, you can keep it in Notes. A place for fragments, and a place to think a little longer. Both can live in the same app. ■ Copy, share, back up, and restore Copy saved words as text or turn them into an image to share. Backup and restore are supported, so your words can move with you when you change devices. You don’t have to write every day like a diary. You don’t have to organize everything neatly like a notebook. It doesn’t have to be productive like a work memo. The words you keep may one day trace the outline of who you are. echor is for people who want a quiet place to keep ideas, reading notes, film notes, quotes, and fragments of conversation together. Available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

Screenshots

Reading Savings4 screens
echor|Idea Notes & Quotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: echor|Idea Notes & Quotes at none against Reading Savings's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Reading Savings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. echor|Idea Notes & Quotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Savings ships an update weekly, echor|Idea Notes & Quotes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Reading Savings versus echor|Idea Notes & Quotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading Savingsechor|Idea Notes & Quotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiyuki Fujiraidannpen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reading Savings

One-time1
  • 読書貯金プレミアム$19.99
None

echor|Idea Notes & Quotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Savings free?
Reading Savings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is echor|Idea Notes & Quotes free?
echor|Idea Notes & Quotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reading Savings or echor|Idea Notes & Quotes have ads?
Neither Reading Savings nor echor|Idea Notes & Quotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Savings or echor|Idea Notes & Quotes?
Reading Savings ships an update weekly, and echor|Idea Notes & Quotes every 8 days. Most recently, Reading Savings was updated on October 28, 2026 and echor|Idea Notes & Quotes on October 25, 2026.

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