Comparison

Leaf vs Paperheart

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

Head to head
About

Leaf

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking your progress page by page and setting daily goals. It offers features like reading streaks, dual goal-setting modes, and visual progress indicators. An AI assistant is available for Pro users to interact with their reading data.

Highlights
  • Daily reading streak counter
  • Flexible and fixed date goal setting
  • Visual progress indicator
  • AI assistant for reading queries (Pro)
  • Home screen widgets
  • Barcode scanning for book entry
  • Goodreads library import
Features
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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.

About

Paperheart

Features
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Some people finish forty books a year. The rest of us mean to. Paperheart is the reading tracker that makes picking the book back up the best part of your evening — a shelf worth looking at, a streak worth keeping, and someone to talk to the moment you finish. A SHELF YOU'LL ACTUALLY OPEN Real covers, arranged like a real bookshelf. Reading, to-read, finished — and a small gold mark on every book you got to the end of. It looks like something you'd keep, because it is. LOGGING TAKES ONE TAP Type the page you're on. That's it. Paperheart works out the rest — how far through you are, how many pages today, how many days in a row. No forms, no fuss, nothing to maintain. A STREAK THAT'S KIND ABOUT IT Ten pages counts. So does one. The point isn't to perform reading, it's to keep going — and a streak you can actually hold is the one that lasts. SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT IT Finish a book and there's finally someone to talk to about it at 1am. The reading companion knows the book, knows how far in you are, and will not spoil the ending. It'll even write your review for you when you can't find the words. AND IT KNOWS WHAT'S NEXT Ask what to read next and three books come back — the rest of the series first, then two that feel like the one you just closed. Real covers. One tap puts any of them on your shelf. EVERY WORD YOU MEET 86,000 definitions, built in and fully offline — look a word up mid-page without leaving the book, on a plane, anywhere. Keep the ones you love, and flashcards bring them back just before you'd have forgotten them. YOUR YEAR, MADE BEAUTIFUL Reading Wrapped turns your months and years into something worth sharing. Pages, books, streaks, the genres you leaned into, the one you couldn't put down. FREE FOREVER Tracking your reading is free, forever. Your shelf, your pages, your streak, your notes, your ratings — all of it, no trial, no countdown, no catch. Premium unlocks the rest of the magic: the companion whenever you want it, the dictionary and your words, recommendations, and Reading Wrapped. IT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No ads, ever, and nothing sold to anyone. Your shelf and everything in it lives on your device — the only thing that ever leaves is a chat message, and only if you say yes first. Made for people who love books and would quite like to read more of them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/898d8fea-62c5-4532-8d29-c3d9d0831eb7

Screenshots

Leaf4 screens
Paperheart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Paperheart at none against Leaf's shown. Paperheart also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Leaf sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Paperheart sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leaf ships an update every 3 days, Paperheart daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Leaf versus Paperheart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafPaperheart
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB26 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVincent BallutLUCA JACK THOMAS DENNISON

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Leaf

Subscriptions3
  • Leaf Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Leaf Pro Annual1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Leaf Pro Annual1 Month trial$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small$1.99
  • Medium$4.99
  • 3-Month Challenge Pass$9.99
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  • Large$9.99
2 purchases

Paperheart

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Leaf free?
Leaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paperheart free?
Paperheart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leaf or Paperheart have ads?
Leaf shows ads; Paperheart does not.
Which is updated more often, Leaf or Paperheart?
Leaf ships an update every 3 days, and Paperheart daily. Most recently, Leaf was updated on October 19, 2026 and Paperheart on October 4, 2026.

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