Marginalis vs Bookeep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marginalis
This app helps you capture and organize highlights from physical books. It allows you to save quotes, ideas, and summaries, and track your reading habits. Enjoy private AI-powered book summaries and share your favorite passages.
- Capture highlights with Live Text
- Organize books into custom lists
- Five types of notes (quote, idea, etc.)
- Share passages as image cards
- Reading activity insights
- On-device AI book summaries
- Home Screen widget for quotes
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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.
Bookeep
Capture important sentences from books instantly with your camera. Get AI-powered insights on your saved text and track your reading progress. Securely manage your notes with iCloud.
- Quick sentence saving via camera
- AI-powered insights on saved text
- Widget for sentence reminders
- Reading statistics
- Secure iCloud data management
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- Quick Sentence Saving Snap a photo of a book page with your camera and save the sentence in just 3 seconds. - Murphy's Thoughts (AI) Hear Murphy's thoughts on the sentences you've saved with Keep. - Widget The widget helps you remember your Keep sentences for longer. - Reading Stats See all the books you've read and your Keep sentences at a glance. - Data Manage your data securely through iCloud—no separate sign-up required. All features of Bookeep require an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.leebinlabo.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Marginalis at Free against Bookeep's $0.99. Marginalis also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Bookeep's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Marginalis is free to download; Bookeep costs $0.99 up front. Marginalis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bookeep sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marginalis ships an update every 5 weeks, Bookeep fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Marginalis | Bookeep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 221 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIAGO KHZOUZ SANCHEZ | Leebinlabo |
Customer experience
Marginalis
Bookeep
In-app purchases
Marginalis
- Marginalis Unlock$4.99
Bookeep
- Bookeep Membership$0.991 Month









