Comparison

Mark Bookmark vs Butter Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Mark Bookmark

This app captures physical notes and ideas, turning them into organized insights. It scans text with high accuracy, records voice notes, and organizes content automatically. It allows users to search for specific passages and even chat with their highlights.

Highlights
  • Scan physical notes and passages
  • Record voice notes
  • Automatic organization by book/source
  • Searchable library of captured content
  • AI chat with highlights and annotations
  • Integrations with other apps
  • Offline capture and sync
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Mark II is a smart bookmark that captures your physical notes and ideas, and turns it into organized insights for you to revisit later CAPTURE WITHOUT LEAVING THE PAGE Scan a passage and it's saved, at 99% text accuracy, with any missing letters or words reconstructed automatically. Or hold to record a voice note instead. No unlocking your phone, no typing, no losing the thread of the chapter. It works across your whole reading life — hardcovers, paperbacks, printouts, research papers, Kindle, iPad, and handwriting (beta). 30+ languages. A LIBRARY THAT BUILDS ITSELF Scan a book's ISBN once (beta) and everything you capture from then on files itself under the right title. No folders to design, no tags to maintain, nothing named twice. Over months, it becomes a catalogue of what you've actually read — not a system you have to keep feeding. FIND THE QUOTE YOU HALF-REMEMBER Search for a fragment and get the passage back with its source. Filter by topic, theme, or the moment you captured it. Copy it straight into whatever you're writing. TALK TO WHAT YOU'VE READ Chat with your own highlights and annotations. Trace an idea across different books. Ask about the thing you know you read but can't place. Mark AI answers from what you've captured and nothing else — it won't invent a passage, and it won't summarize a book you never opened. FITS THE SYSTEM YOU ALREADY HAVE Integrations with Readwise, Notion, and many more apps to come. Mark isn't asking you to move in. It's asking you to feed what you've already built. WORKS WHEREVER YOU READ Bluetooth only — pairs like AirPods. Captures save on the device when you're out of range and sync the moment you're back. A single USB-C charge lasts about a week of heavy reading. YOUR NOTES, HELD CAREFULLY Highlights and voice notes are encrypted and stored on AWS in North America. We don't hold personally identifiable information alongside your library, and you can request deletion of your data at any time. WHO IT'S FOR Students who annotate. Researchers who cite. Readers who underline in pencil and mean it. Anyone who has closed a book and been unable to say what was in it. WHAT'S FREE Downloading Mark is free, and so is everything core: highlighting, audio capture, auto-organization, and basic AI chat. An optional subscription unlocks the heavier AI features and advanced integrations. REQUIREMENTS The Mark II device is required for scanning and voice capture. Each device pairs to one account at a time. iOS only. Support: Support@mark.engineering Privacy Policy: thinkwithmark.com/policies/privacy-policy

About

Butter Keyboard

Design and save unique keyboard layouts to personalize your typing experience. Express your style, mood, or brand with a fully customizable keyboard that feels uniquely yours.

Highlights
  • Create custom keyboard designs
  • Save multiple layouts
  • Switch between favorite styles
  • Personalize typing look and feel
  • Build keyboard layouts
Features
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Butter is a customizable keyboard app for people who want their iPhone to feel more personal. Build and save keyboard layouts that match your style, mood, aesthetic, or brand. Whether you want something cute, minimal, colorful, soft, bold, or fully custom, Butter lets you turn your keyboard into something that actually feels like you. What you can do with Butter: • Create custom keyboard designs • Save multiple layouts • Switch between your favorite keyboard styles • Personalize the look and feel of your typing experience Your keyboard is something you use every day. Butter makes it feel less default and more personal. Perfect for: • Custom keyboard lovers • Aesthetic iPhone setups • Creators and students • People who like personalizing their phone Butter is built to make keyboard customization simple and fun again.

Screenshots

Mark Bookmark4 screens
Butter Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mark Bookmark at none against Butter Keyboard's 5. Mark Bookmark also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Butter Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Butter Keyboard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Mark Bookmark asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mark Bookmark against 4.9 for Butter Keyboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mark Bookmark ships an update every 4 days, Butter Keyboard every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mark Bookmark versus Butter Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMark BookmarkButter Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark IncSpread Butter Inc.

Customer experience

Mark Bookmark

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Butter Keyboard

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mark Bookmark

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Butter Keyboard

One-time5
  • 80 Bread$0.99
  • 425 Bread$4.99
  • 930 Bread$9.99
Show 2 more
  • 2600 Bread$24.99
  • 6500 Bread$49.99

Questions

Is Mark Bookmark free?
Mark Bookmark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Butter Keyboard free?
Butter Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mark Bookmark or Butter Keyboard?
Mark Bookmark is rated higher. Mark Bookmark averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Butter Keyboard averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Mark Bookmark or Butter Keyboard have ads?
Neither Mark Bookmark nor Butter Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mark Bookmark or Butter Keyboard?
Mark Bookmark ships an update every 4 days, and Butter Keyboard every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mark Bookmark was updated on November 9, 2026 and Butter Keyboard on November 9, 2026.

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