Comparison

Lamplit vs Lecturameter

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

Head to head
About

Lamplit

This app helps book lovers track reading sessions, organize their library, and analyze reading habits with detailed stats and streaks. It offers customizable themes, social sharing features, and privacy-focused data management.

Highlights
  • Track reading sessions with live Dynamic Island updates
  • Organize library with custom shelves and series tracking
  • Detailed stats and charts for reading trends
  • Build reading streaks and earn achievements
  • Rate books with half-star precision and custom tags
  • AI-powered vibe search for book discovery
  • Shareable social cards for reading recaps
Features
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Lamplit is a reading tracker designed for people who love books. Track your reading sessions, organize your library, build streaks, and explore your stats — all in a warm, beautifully themed experience. TRACK YOUR READING Start a timed reading session and see it live on your Dynamic Island. Log pages for physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks. Pause, resume, and review session summaries with pages-per-minute stats. Focus mode with ambient reading sounds helps you stay in the zone — rain, fireplace, coffee shop, forest, ocean, or library. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Organize books by status — currently reading, want to read, finished, paused, or did not finish. Create custom shelves, track series in order, and import your existing library via CSV. Scan barcodes to add books instantly, or search and enter them manually. STATS & STREAKS See your reading trends with charts: pages per month, genre breakdowns, reading speed over time, and more. Set annual reading goals and track your progress. Build reading streaks and earn achievements along the way. RATE, TAG & DISCOVER Rate books with half-star precision. Add spice ratings, content warnings, tropes, and mood tags. Track point of view, pacing, and genre-specific ratings like fluff, angst, and humor. Use AI-powered vibe search to find books in your library by feel — search "cozy autumn mystery" and get results that match. Or choose Clean & Simple mode and see only the essentials. READ TOGETHER Start a reading session with friends on FaceTime via SharePlay. See each other's progress in real time and keep each other accountable. Or create an async reading group where everyone reads at their own pace. SHARE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Generate shareable social cards: your Top 4 books, Currently Reading spotlight, Year in Books recap, and Monthly Wrap — ready to share on social media. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven handcrafted color themes — Lamplit, Ember, Sage, Bloom, Cobalt, Aurora, and Inkwell — each with light and dark modes. Lamplit looks the way reading feels: warm, inviting, and personal. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Home Screen widgets show your current book and goal progress. Lock Screen widgets keep your reading stats at a glance. Control Center button to jump straight into a session. Siri Shortcuts let you log reading time hands-free. Works with Spotlight search across your entire library. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts required. No ads. No third-party SDKs. Your reading data syncs privately via iCloud and stays yours. Ratings and tags you add are shared anonymously. Export your full library as CSV at any time. MORE · Barcode scanner for quick book entry · Book notes and favorite quotes · Character tracker for complex series · Series tracking with reading order · OCR page scanning to update progress from a photo · Reading challenges with custom goals · Image Playground backgrounds for social cards · AI-powered vibe search — find books by feel, not just genre (iOS 26) · Control Center button to start reading instantly · CSV export of your full library with 18 data columns · Physical book, ebook, and audiobook format tracking · 7 color themes with dark mode support Free to use. No subscription required.

About

Lecturameter

Features
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Lecturameter is your reading journal. Log what you read, see how you read, and discover your streaks : no social feed, no ads, no forced account. Books, comics, manga and audiobooks Every format counts the same. Add by ISBN, by search, or with the camera. Photograph spines and edges for your own edition. Visual analytics - A heatmap of your reading days, in the style you already know. - Pages and minutes read per day, week and month. - Monthly summary and yearly Wrapped with your strongest months, your streaks and your books of the year. - Stats by saga, author and genre. Reading habit - Configurable reading challenges: books per year, pages per day, minutes per day. - Reading sessions with a timer and Pagi, your reading companion. - Clear shelves: reading, finished, paused, dropped and wishlist. - Sagas and collections so you never lose the thread. Visual themes A light mode, a dark one, and Ocaso : a premium theme with blue-to-orange gradient accents made for late-night reading. Your data is yours - Everything works locally. Manual backup or your own cloud (Drive/iCloud). - No ads. No ad trackers. No AI "summarizing" your books. - Full export whenever you want. 7-day trial 7 days of every Pro feature, no card required. Then decide if you keep Pro (Ocaso theme, widgets, unlimited challenges and more) or stay on the free version. Optimized for iPhone Duo, folded and unfolded. Write to us at lecturameter.app@gmail.com : we always reply.

Screenshots

Lamplit4 screens
Lecturameter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lamplit at none against Lecturameter's 2. Lecturameter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Lecturameter sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Lamplit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lamplit ships an update every 3 months, Lecturameter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lamplit versus Lecturameter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLamplitLecturameter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian StoyanovVictor Parra Cruz

In-app purchases

None

Lamplit

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lecturameter

One-time2
  • Pro free trial (7 days)Free
  • Lecturameter Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Lamplit free?
Lamplit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lecturameter free?
Lecturameter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lamplit or Lecturameter have ads?
Neither Lamplit nor Lecturameter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lamplit or Lecturameter?
Lamplit ships an update every 3 months, and Lecturameter every 2 days. Most recently, Lamplit was updated on November 13, 2026 and Lecturameter on November 10, 2026.

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