Comparison

Ink Now vs Reading Goal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Set daily page goals
  • Log reading sessions
  • Track progress visually
  • Local data storage
  • No account required
Features
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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

Screenshots

Ink Now4 screens
Reading Goal4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ink Now versus Reading Goal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInk NowReading Goal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol SrivastavaLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

Customer experience

Ink Now

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Reading Goal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ink Now

No in-app purchases

None

Reading Goal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ink Now free?
Ink Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reading Goal free?
Reading Goal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ink Now or Reading Goal?
Ink Now is rated higher. Ink Now averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Reading Goal averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ink Now or Reading Goal have ads?
Neither Ink Now nor Reading Goal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ink Now or Reading Goal?
Ink Now ships an update every 5 weeks, and Reading Goal every 4 months. Most recently, Ink Now was updated on November 8, 2026 and Reading Goal on October 31, 2026.

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