BookFocus vs Pagehour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
BookFocus
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Build a daily reading habit with BookFocus. BookFocus is a reading timer and book tracker designed to help you stay focused while reading. Track your books, pages, reading time, and progress in one simple app. Key Features β’ Reading Timer for Every Book Track how long you read each book with a dedicated timer. β’ Page Tracker Save your starting page and last page to easily monitor your reading progress. β’ Reading Log Automatically record your reading sessions and build your personal reading history. β’ Library Due Date Reminder Set borrow and return dates and receive reminders before your book is due. β’ Apple Watch Support Start a reading timer and save your progress directly from your watch. Perfect for: β’ Building a daily reading habit β’ Students and language learners β’ Anyone who wants to stay focused while reading No distractions. Just reading. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pagehour
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Start a book. Read. Stop. Pagehour tells you your pace and your finish date before you put the phone down. Open your book, tap Start, read, tap Stop and enter the page you reached. That's the whole job. The moment you save, you see it: "31 pages Β· 23 min Β· finish Oct 9". STREAKS THAT DON'T CHEAT YOU A day counts as soon as it has real pages or a real minute of reading. Forgot to log? Add today or yesterday for free, any time. Sessions that run past midnight, daylight saving and time-zone travel are tested, not guessed at, so your streak never resets on its own. ONE SHELF FOR EVERYTHING YOU READ Reading, Want to read, Finished and Didn't finish. Search by title or author, or scan the barcode on the back of a book. Nothing found? Add it by hand. EVERY BOOK, ITS OWN NUMBERS Progress, time left and a finish date for each book. Notes, a session history you can edit, and a rating when you finish. Listening instead? Audiobook mode logs minutes instead of pages. YOU DECIDE WHEN A BOOK IS DONE Reaching the last page never marks a book finished for you. When you do finish, share a clean card of the book, your days and your pages to Stories or anywhere else. BRING YOUR GOODREADS SHELVES, FREE Export your library from Goodreads and import the file. Ratings, finish dates and your to-read pile come across in one go. It's duplicate-safe, so you can run it again later. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account and no sign-in. Your library lives on your phone, and you can export all of it as CSV or JSON whenever you like. No ads, ever. FREE FOREVER Logging, the timer, unlimited books, streaks, Goodreads import, export and the last 30 days of stats. PAGEHOUR PRO - Full stats beyond the last 30 days: minutes, pages and books by month and year - Streak repair: log a missed day from the last 60 days - Streak freezes: earn one for every 7 days you read, and bank up to 3 for busy days Pro is optional. It's mentioned once, on your third day of reading; after that you only see it when you open a Pro feature. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Pagehour Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Pro Yearly (1 year, with a 1-week free trial) or Pro Monthly (1 month). Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://pagehour.com/terms (Apple's standard EULA also applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Privacy Policy: https://pagehour.com/privacy Support: support@pagehour.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pagehour at 15.0 against BookFocus's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BookFocus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pagehour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BookFocus ships an update every 4 days, Pagehour every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookFocus | Pagehour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jaemin park | ACEFINA LLC |
In-app purchases
BookFocus
- monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Summer Theme$0.99
- BookFocus Premium$1.99
Pagehour
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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