Ink Now vs Reading Goal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ink Now
This app combines a powerful word processor with a book design studio. Draft, format, and publish your book to various stores, all from one application. It offers a distraction-free writing environment and professional design tools.
- Distraction-free writing modes
- Full word processing capabilities
- Professional book design tools
- Export to EPUB 3 and print PDF
- Real-time collaboration
- Cross-device syncing via iCloud
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Ink Now is a full-power word processor and a book-design studio in one. Draft with everything your old word processor gave you, format with a designer's eye, and publish to every store — without leaving your desk. NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PAGE - Focus Mode dims everything but the line you're writing - Typewriter scrolling keeps your sentence at eye level - Sprints and daily goals with a live word count - Read Aloud, for when your eyes need a rest - Corkboard and outline views for structure - Snapshots, so no draft is ever lost RETIRE YOUR WORD PROCESSOR - Open and save real .docx, .doc, .odt and .rtf — formatting intact - Track Changes with author-colored edits and comments - Footnotes, cross-references and a live table of contents - Citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA or Chicago - Styles gallery, ruler and tabs, tables, restrict editing - Compare Documents, side by side EVERY BOOK DESERVES A DESIGNER - Twelve designer styles typeset the entire book at once - Drop caps, ornaments, running heads and page numbers, set with care - Widow and orphan control for even, book-quality paragraphs - Custom paper sizes, margins and bleed YOUR BOOK, LIVE ON EVERY DEVICE Format once. Ink renders a true-to-life preview on phones, tablets, e-readers and every print trim — Trade 6×9, Digest 5.5×8.5, Mass Market and Large Format — updating as you type, so the finished page is always in view. ONE EXPORT, EVERY DESTINATION - Validated EPUB 3 - Press-ready print PDF - Clean .docx - Cover image, metadata and ISBN handled - Nothing to fix after upload YOUR STUDIO, IN YOUR POCKET - iCloud keeps every device in sync to the word - Real-time collaboration - Handoff from Mac to iPhone, mid-sentence - AirPlay presenter mode - Home Screen widget for your streak and daily count EVERYTHING ELSE, CONSIDERED Regex find and replace across the whole project. Spelling and grammar in 20+ languages. Smart typography — curly quotes, true dashes, real ellipses. Ligatures, small caps and old-style figures. Index generation. Manuscript and book-layout templates. Paper, sepia and true dark themes. Shortcuts support and deep keyboard control. Auto-save and recoverable versions. ONE APP, THREE DEVICES Ink Now is a single universal app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. No account. No ads. Your files stay yours. Requires macOS 26 or later.
Reading Goal
This app helps users establish a consistent reading routine by setting daily page goals and logging reading sessions. It visually tracks progress towards daily and weekly targets, encouraging a regular habit. Data is stored locally without requiring an account or synchronization.
- Set daily page goals
- Log reading sessions
- Track progress visually
- Local data storage
- No account required
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PREMIUM — PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Set a daily pages goal and actually hit it. ReadGoal is a private, goal-first reading tracker built around one number: the pages you read today. Log each session, watch the ring close, and keep a streak alive that makes skipping a day feel expensive. Most book apps are shelves with a social feed attached. ReadGoal is the opposite. It cares about today's pages, your average pace, and the exact date you'll finish the book on your nightstand — not what strangers rated it. WHAT YOU GET • A daily page goal with a progress ring that closes as you log — one glance tells you whether today is done • A reading streak that counts every day you hit your goal, and survives until midnight so mornings never greet you with a zero • Your real pace: average pages per day over the last two weeks, computed from actual logs, not guesses • An estimated finish date for every unfinished book — "done by March 3" turns a 600-page doorstop into a plan • A shelf of every book you're reading, each with its own progress bar and its own daily page target • A 30-day chart with your goal line drawn across it, so a weak week is visible before it becomes a lost month PERFECT FOR • Readers who set a "30 pages a day" rule and want it enforced • Anyone juggling two or three books at once and losing the thread of all of them • Habit builders who need the streak to survive a busy Tuesday • Students and book-club readers working against a deadline WHY NOT JUST GOODREADS? Goodreads tells you what the internet thinks of a book. It doesn't know you are 40 pages behind pace, and it won't tell you which date you'll finish at your current speed. ReadGoal tracks the only number that finishes books: pages read today. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entire log lives on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no feed, no followers — the app works fully offline. An optional daily reminder at a time you choose is the only nudge it ever sends. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) ReadGoal requires Full Access, available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Full Access unlocks unlimited books on the shelf, the 30-day chart with goal line, pace and finish-date estimates, and per-book daily goals. Log tonight's pages and start the streak. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ink Now at 3.0 against Reading Goal's 1.0. Ink Now also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ink Now holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Ink Now ships an update every 5 weeks, Reading Goal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ink Now | Reading Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amol Srivastava | LEAN ASIA CO., LTD |
Customer experience
Ink Now
Reading Goal
In-app purchases
Ink Now
No in-app purchases
Reading Goal
No in-app purchases









