PageMate vs Iskander
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PageMate
This app helps you track your reading progress, log pages and time, and save important notes and quotes. It provides insights into your reading habits and offers tools to help you read more consistently.
- Book tracking and shelf management
- Page and time logging
- Note-taking with OCR
- Reading habit insights and stats
- Shareable reading summaries
- Reminders and focus tools
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Page Mate is a reading companion that brings your reading time, pages, and notes into one clear flow. Add books, log your progress, and keep the lines and thoughts you want to return to. As your reading builds over time, so does a clearer picture of your habits, rhythm, and progress. Key features - Search for books or add them manually to build a shelf that fits the way you read. - Log pages and reading time, and see how much to read today based on your target finish date. - Save memorable lines and thoughts as notes, and capture text faster with photos or OCR when needed. - Reflect on your reading rhythm with streaks, stats, and insights built from your sessions, pages, and memos. - Turn each month into a shareable wrap-up with record cards and reading summaries. - Use reminders and focus tools to make it easier to return to your book. When you want to read more consistently, remember more clearly, and see your reading life take shape over time, Page Mate helps keep that momentum going. Page Mate is free to download, with full access available through an auto-renewable subscription. Subscription details, including title, duration, and price, are shown before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://page-mate.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://page-mate.com/privacy/
Iskander
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Your personal library, reimagined for PDFs. Iskander turns any PDF into a properly organized book — cover, title, author, and category detected the moment you import it. Then it helps you actually finish what you start. IMPORT IN SECONDS • Add PDFs from Files, Mail, or Safari with "Open in Iskander" • Cover, title, author, and category detected automatically • Every book organized into a clean, browsable library READ YOUR WAY • Scroll or page-by-page reading modes • Picks up exactly where you left off — page and zoom remembered • Continue Reading shelf keeps your current books one tap away DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ • Describe what you're looking for in plain language — a topic, a problem, a mood • Get AI book recommendations with a match score and the reasoning behind it • Save picks to a Read Later wishlist • Find a PDF copy without leaving the app BUILD A READING HABIT • Set a daily page goal • Track pages read with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts • Keep your streak alive with an optional daily reminder YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR DEVICE Your PDFs, tags, and categories never leave your device. Only the text you type into Discover is sent to generate recommendations — nothing else. Iskander is the library for people who read PDFs, not just store them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Iskander at none against PageMate's 3. Iskander also leads on ads (none vs shown). PageMate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. PageMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Iskander asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PageMate | Iskander |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PeaceCode | Pierre Muller |
In-app purchases
PageMate
- Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
- Annual Plan$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$69.99
Iskander
No in-app purchases
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