Comparison

Leaf vs ContinuousReader

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

Head to head
About

Leaf

Features
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Leaf: Reading Tracker is your private companion for tracking books and audiobooks. Build lasting reading habits with beautiful insights, customizable themes, and seamless iCloud sync. TRACK YOUR READING • Log books and audiobooks in one unified library • Track reading sessions with precise page counts and time • Set bookmarks and notes as you read • Import books with ISBN scanner • Organize with custom collections BUILD READING HABITS • Set yearly reading goals (books or pages) • Track daily reading streaks • View weekly, monthly, and yearly insights • Beautiful charts show your progress over time • Get motivated by your reading patterns BEAUTIFUL & CUSTOMIZABLE • Multiple gorgeous themes • Clean, distraction-free interface • Smooth animations and haptic feedback • Optimized for all iPhone sizes • Accessibility support with Dynamic Type and VoiceOver AUDIOBOOK SUPPORT • Track audiobook listening sessions • Chapter-based progress tracking • Lock screen playback controls • Background audio support • Smart rewind and playback speed controls PRIVACY FIRST • Sign in with Apple for maximum privacy • iCloud sync keeps your data secure and private • No tracking, no ads, no data collection • Your reading data belongs to you • Optional: Use as guest without sign-in SYNC & BACKUP • Seamless iCloud sync across all your devices • Automatic backup of your reading history • Conflict-free sync ensures data safety • Export your data anytime (CSV format) INSIGHTS & STATISTICS • Reading pace and time tracking • Books completed over time • Pages read per day/week/month • Streak tracking and milestones • Genre and collection analytics Perfect for: • Book lovers building consistent reading habits • Audiobook listeners tracking multiple titles • Students managing academic reading • Anyone wanting beautiful reading analytics • Privacy-conscious readers Leaf respects your privacy, celebrates your progress, and makes reading tracking effortless. Whether you're a casual reader or hitting ambitious yearly goals, Leaf grows with you. Download Leaf today and transform how you track your reading journey. --- Privacy Policy: https://quiet-forge.com/apps/leaf/privacy Support: support@quiet-forge.com

About

ContinuousReader

Currently charting
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ContinuousReader is a native reading app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, built around one idea: your reading position should follow you. Close a book on your Mac at midnight; open it on your iPhone in the morning — same book, same paragraph. YOUR PLACE, EVERYWHERE Reading positions, bookmarks, notes, and library metadata sync over iCloud across every Apple device on the same Apple ID — down to the exact paragraph. Book files sync through iCloud Drive. No account, no server but Apple's own. Each device keeps its own font, size, and theme. OPENS WHAT YOU HAVE EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX (Mac), and their ZIP variants — with chapter extraction, footnotes, encoding detection, and embedded images. A READING EXPERIENCE YOU CONTROL Nine typefaces and 41 themes across five palettes, plus Typewriter and Terminal. Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread. Real hyphenation in Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, and Greek. Read Aloud with word-by-word highlighting. On-device translation — nothing leaves your device. Reading statistics with shareable reports. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Nested folders, color tags, genres, seven-color bookmarks with notes, three view modes, and OPDS catalogs (Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, or your own). PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. Your books are plain files in a folder you can copy anywhere. One-time purchase. Universal Purchase across Mac, iPad, and iPhone — buy once, read everywhere. Family Sharing supported.

Screenshots

Leaf4 screens
ContinuousReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Leaf at Free against ContinuousReader's $19.99. ContinuousReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). On 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

Leaf is free to download; ContinuousReader costs $19.99 up front. Leaf sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ContinuousReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leaf ships an update every 4 weeks, ContinuousReader every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 3 level
Leaf versus ContinuousReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafContinuousReader
PriceFree — better$19.99
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Best chart rank—#106 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn Keith ZankOleksii Koshkin

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Leaf

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • eBook Reader$1.99
  • Generious Tip$2.99
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  • Audiobook Player$4.99
None

ContinuousReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leaf free?
Leaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ContinuousReader free?
ContinuousReader costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Leaf or ContinuousReader have ads?
Neither Leaf nor ContinuousReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leaf or ContinuousReader?
Leaf ships an update every 4 weeks, and ContinuousReader every 10 days. Most recently, Leaf was updated on September 22, 2026 and ContinuousReader on September 19, 2026.

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