Leaf vs Marginalis

Stop starting books you never finish. Leaf turns reading into a daily habit. Without the guilt. Track progress page by page, set a daily goal, and build the streak that keeps you reading. Or set a reading challenge: pick a few books, pick a finish date, and Leaf tells you how many pages to read each day. The first reading tracker connected to your AI assistant (Pro). READING STREAKS Build a consistent reading habit: - Daily streak counter with a weekly reading calendar - 3-hour grace period for late-night reading sessions - Missed a day? One tap to backdate yesterday's reading. No guilt, no penalty - Nine milestone levels from Sprout to Ancient, earned permanently even if your streak resets DUAL GOAL-SETTING MODES Choose the approach that fits your style: - Flexible Mode - set pages per day, Leaf calculates your finish date "I want to read 20 pages daily" - Fixed Date Mode - set a target date, Leaf calculates daily pages "I want to finish by March 15" READING CHALLENGES "5 books in 3 months." Leaf does the math. - Pick your books, pick a finish date - Leaf tells you how many pages to read today - Read extra today, and tomorrow's number goes down - Fall behind, and the number just updates. No penalty - Every week, an email and a notification with how you're doing - Finish, and get a recap you can share Reading challenges come with the Challenge Pass (3 months) or Leaf Pro. It's private. Just you and your books, no leaderboard. VISUAL PROGRESS TRACKING See exactly where you are and how far to go: - Circular progress indicator for each book - Quick-adjust buttons (−5, −1, +1, +5, +10) to log pages in seconds - Updates in one tap, not minutes ASK YOUR AI ASSISTANT (PRO) Your reading data is available via an MCP server: - "What am I reading?" Get your current book and progress - "Log 30 pages of my current book" updates without opening the app - "Add Atomic Habits, 320 pages" adds new books by voice or chat - Works with any MCP-compatible AI assistant Requires Leaf Pro. Set up at readwithleaf.app/integrations. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Your reading at a glance, without opening the app: - Progress ring widget with today's streak and page goal - Book widget showing your current read and progress - Lock screen widget for quick check-ins SMART BOOK MANAGEMENT Add books in seconds: - Scan a barcode for instant lookup - no typing required - Search by title or ISBN - title, author, page count, and cover auto-filled - Import your Goodreads library in one step - bring your reading history with you - Manual entry for any book not in the database - Finish a book in a series? Leaf finds the next volume for you - Share a completion card when you finish a book - Bookshelf organized by currently reading, TBR, finished, and dropped READING JOURNAL Your complete reading history: - Current streak and all-time longest streak - Total pages read and books completed - Full stats for every book you finish: days taken, pages per day, best reading day - Book notes and quotes, saved by page - Export your book list to CSV anytime WHY READERS LOVE LEAF Free to use - tracking, streaks, goals, stats and import, no strings attached Works fully offline - no account required Dark-first design - comfortable for evening reading Available in 16 languages Works on iPhone and iPad LEAF PRO An optional upgrade for readers who want more: - Reading challenges (also sold on their own as a 3-month Challenge Pass) - Cloud sync across all your devices - Automatic backup - never lose your reading data - Ad-free experience - AI assistant integration (MCP server) - Cancel anytime PERFECT FOR - Readers who start more books than they finish - Anyone building a reading habit, one page at a time - Anyone building a reading journal and TBR list - Busy people fitting reading into a packed schedule - Goodreads users looking for a focused, offline-first alternative One page at a time.

Every great book leaves a mark. Marginalis makes sure you never lose it. A reading journal for physical book readers — capture highlights, organise your library, and revisit the passages that changed how you think. Capture quotes without the friction Point your camera at any page. iOS Live Text does the rest — your highlight is captured in seconds, no typing, no losing your place. Prefer to highlight in other apps? Send any selected text straight to Marginalis from Kindle, Apple Books, Safari, or anywhere with a share sheet. Five kinds of notes, because not every thought is the same Quote. Idea. Question. Reaction. Summary. Each note type gives your thinking room to breathe — and makes it easy to find exactly what you were looking for when you come back. Your library, the way you actually read Organise books across Reading, Up Next, Wishlist, and Finished. Browse by genre or reading status. Add any title by scanning its barcode, searching by name, or entering it manually. Cover images fetch automatically. Share the passages that moved you Turn any note into a beautiful image card — paper or editorial style, portrait or square. Edit inline, then share anywhere. Because some quotes deserve more than a screenshot. Explore your reading with AI Synthesis lets you have a real conversation with your reading. Select books or tags, then ask anything — what themes keep coming back, what tensions you noticed, what remains unresolved. Your reading assistant answers from your own notes, citing exactly where each idea came from. When something is worth keeping, save it as a permanent insight. On supported devices, Marginalis can also generate an intelligent summary of your notes for any book — powered by Apple Intelligence, processed entirely on your iPhone. Understand your reading life A heatmap of your annotation activity. Note type breakdowns. Most highlighted books. Favourite authors. A tag cloud built from your own words. Marginalis reflects your reading back to you in ways that are actually interesting. Your favourite quotes, on your Home Screen The Marginalis widget brings a daily highlight to your iPhone's Home Screen — a small reminder of why you read. Seamless iCloud sync Your library and notes sync automatically across your devices via iCloud. Private, seamless, requiring nothing beyond your Apple ID. Built for privacy, from the ground up No account required. No subscription. No analytics. No advertising SDKs. Your library, your notes, and your reading life belong entirely to you. Free to start. Yours forever. Marginalis is free to download. Up to 5 books, unlimited notes, every feature available to try. A one-time unlock gives you unlimited books, Markdown export, and full reading stats. No subscription. Ever. Reading that leaves a mark.