Marginalis vs tome. Book & Reading Tracker

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.

Tome is a calm, private book tracker. Log pages and audiobook time, set a yearly reading challenge, and keep every shelf in order - without the noise of a social feed. Coming from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your library from a CSV export and pick up exactly where you left off - no re-typing, no lost history. YOUR BOOKSHELF, YOUR WAY Sort every book into Currently Reading, Want to Read (your TBR), Finished, and Did Not Finish. Order your shelves by date added, date read, author, title, release date, or rating. Your whole library, one tap away. A READING LOG THAT GETS USED Log the pages you read in print and ebooks, or your listening time for audiobooks, and watch progress build book by book. Tome keeps your full reading history, so your book log doubles as a reading journal you can look back through years later. SET A READING CHALLENGE Give yourself a yearly reading goal and let Tome keep score. Every book you finish is added to your active goal automatically - no spreadsheets, no manual counting. SEE HOW YOU READ Yearly stats for books, pages and formats. A reading activity heatmap that shows every day you picked up a book. And your Book Tower - every finished book stacked into one growing pile. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Search millions of books and authors, or scan a barcode to add any book on your shelf in seconds. Browse trending books, curated lists and upcoming releases, and follow the series you're working through. Anything you're not ready for goes straight onto your TBR list. NOTES, QUOTES AND RATINGS Keep notes on what you're reading and rate books as you finish them. Your thoughts stay attached to the book, right where you'll find them next time someone asks what you made of it. WEEKLY PICKS AND DAILY QUOTES Every week, a small curated selection of books worth your time. Every day, a line worth sitting with - from Between Lines, a hand-picked collection of literary quotes. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No feed. No follower counts. No algorithm deciding what you should read next. Tome is a private reading tracker: your bookshelf, your notes, your ratings, your pace. Your reading history lives on your device. TOME PREMIUM • Unlimited library • Automatic daily backup to iCloud Drive • Priority support • No upgrade prompts, anywhere in the app Choose an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Premium directly supports a one-person indie project and pays for the next round of features. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Books data powered by the amazing Hardcover.app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/