Comparison

Parch vs PageKeeper

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

Head to head
About

Parch

This app helps you track your reading habits, set personal goals, and journal your thoughts on books and audiobooks. It offers a calm, ad-free space to log sessions, save favorite quotes, and visualize your reading history on a calendar. You can also import your Goodreads library and share beautiful reading cards.

Highlights
  • Track books and audiobooks
  • Log reading sessions and streaks
  • Set personalized reading goals
  • Save quotes and highlights
  • View reading history on a calendar
  • Import Goodreads library
  • Share reading cards
Features
Read full description

Parch is a calm reading log and book journal for books and audiobooks. Track what you read, set reading goals, keep your streak, and save the lines you love. Free, with no ads and no feed. Your reading sanctuary, without the noise. TRACK EVERY BOOK YOU READ Add books and audiobooks to your library, mark what you're reading, finished or didn't finish, and build a reading history you'll love looking back on. Unlimited books, always. LOG EVERY SESSION Log pages or minutes in a few taps and add a note while it's fresh. Every session builds your streak and moves your goals forward. SET READING GOALS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE Build a reading challenge around how you actually read: • Books: "Read 24 books this year" • Time: "Read 30 minutes a day" • Audiobooks: "Finish 12 audiobooks this year" • Streaks: keep your reading or listening streak alive Goals can be daily, weekly or yearly. Track your progress privately, without a public leaderboard. SAVE THE LINES YOU LOVE Keep quotes, highlights and notes with the book and page they came from. Snap a photo of a page to capture a quote, or record a quick voice note while you read. YOUR READING ON A CALENDAR See every book and session on a calendar. Spot your busy months, your quiet seasons and the time of day you read best. BRING YOUR GOODREADS LIBRARY Switching trackers shouldn't mean starting over. Import your Goodreads library and keep your shelves, ratings and reading history in a calmer home. CELEBRATE EVERY MILESTONE Finished a book? Hit a goal? Kept a 30-day streak? Parch marks the moment, so your progress feels earned. SHARE BEAUTIFUL READING CARDS Turn your reading into cards worth posting: • Quotes and highlights • Reading stats, progress and streaks • Reviews and recommendations • Monthly recaps and your year in books Share to Instagram, stories or group chats, or keep them for yourself. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: tracking, your library, goals, streaks, stats, the calendar, Goodreads import and sharing. Parch Premium adds Reading Guide (plan a finish date, adjust your pace and get reading reminders), unlimited page scans and unlimited voice notes. Free includes 10 scans a month. BUILT FOR READERS, NOT ALGORITHMS No ads, no endless feed, no pressure to perform. Just a private space to read more, track honestly and share in a way that feels like you. Add your first book and watch your reading life take shape. Privacy Policy: https://www.readparch.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.readparch.com/terms

About

PageKeeper

Effortlessly track your reading progress, including pages read, start/finish dates, and reading pace. Organize your books, log pages via widgets, and gain insights into your reading habits. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally.

Highlights
  • Log book title, author, and page range
  • Track start and finish dates
  • Log pages read via widgets
  • Calculate reading pace (pages per day/month)
  • Organize books into To Be Read and Finished shelves
  • Backfill past reading data
  • Customizable book genres and colors (Pro)
Features
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"How many books have I actually read this year?" PageKeeper answers that without the spreadsheet. Add what you're reading — title, author, and the printed page range — and log pages as you go. PageKeeper tracks your start and finish dates, your pace, and rolls it all up into the numbers you actually want to know: books this year, pages this year, and how fast you read. HOW IT WORKS • Add a book with its title, author, page range, and genre — stories that start on page 21 count fairly from page 21 • Not ready yet? Park it on your To Be Read list and start it with one tap when you are • Tell PageKeeper the page you're on — it works out how many you read — or log right from the widget • Finish a book and it moves to your Finished shelf, counted toward this year's total • Already partway through something? Give it a head start with your actual start date and current page • Read it before you got the app? Backfill finished books with their dates and your yearly stats stay true ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A widget for the book you're reading, with pages read and a one-tap "+10 pages" button • See progress on several books at once with the medium and large widget sizes • Perfect for logging a few pages without ever opening the app KNOW YOUR PATTERNS (PRO) • Books read this year, pages read this year, and your average pace — pages per day and per month • Books-per-month trends so you can see your reading habit at a glance • Your reading speed, calculated from every book you've finished MAKE IT YOURS • Snap a photo of the cover — your shelf looks like your shelf • 16 icons to tell your books apart, from novels to nonfiction • Built-in genres from Fantasy to Self-Help — or create your own (Pro) • Eight colors to color-code your shelf (Pro) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking • Everything stays on your device FREE TO READ, PRO IF YOU LOVE IT • Free forever for one book at a time — with an unlimited To Be Read list and Finished shelf, full progress tracking, page logging, and the widget included • PageKeeper Pro is a single one-time purchase (no subscription, ever): unlimited books at once, yearly reading stats with genre breakdowns, and custom colors & genres Stop guessing how much you've read. Know.

Screenshots

Parch4 screens
PageKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Parch at every 6 days against PageKeeper's every 4 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Parch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PageKeeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Parch against 5.0 for PageKeeper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parch ships an update every 6 days, PageKeeper every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Parch versus PageKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParchPageKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJustin MianoRobert Uriarte

Customer experience

Parch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PageKeeper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Parch

Subscriptions2
  • Parch Premium — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Parch Premium — Annual$49.991 Year
1 purchases

PageKeeper

One-time1
  • PageKeeper Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Parch free?
Parch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PageKeeper free?
PageKeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parch or PageKeeper?
Parch and PageKeeper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Parch or PageKeeper have ads?
Neither Parch nor PageKeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Parch or PageKeeper?
Parch ships an update every 6 days, and PageKeeper every 4 weeks. Most recently, Parch was updated on October 31, 2026 and PageKeeper on October 12, 2026.

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