Comparison

Nous vs Readora

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

Head to head
About

Nous

This app helps you actively track your reading by taking notes, capturing highlights, and organizing your library. It offers features for reflection, goal setting, and seamless integration with other services to enhance your reading experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time reading notes and thoughts
  • Book library organization
  • Highlight capture via typing or OCR
  • Reading session reflection and summary
  • Goal setting and streak tracking
  • Sync with Obsidian and Kindle
  • Homescreen widgets
Features
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TRACK READING THOUGHTS IN REAL TIME • Read actively by taking notes and thoughts during a session • Type or dictate your session book notes, and capture mid-session thoughts without breaking flow • Add highlights and book quotes by typing or scanning the book with OCR • Struggle to remember what you read? Actively recall previous reading sessions to enhance memory YOUR LIBRARY • Organize your books: includes TBR, Next, Reading, Finished, Paused, and Did Not Finish (DNF) • Search by title or author, scan an ISBN, or library import from other apps • Track print by pages, ebooks by percentage location, audiobooks by listening time • Categorize books with personal tags • Sync your library on iCloud — access on all your devices • Connect to Kindle for seamless highlight capture DON'T JUST RECORD — REFLECT • Each book has a session history so you can see progress over time • Finishing a book opens a reflection: rate it, write a summary or book review, and see your reading pace charted over time • Half-star ratings supported • Weekly, monthly, and yearly views show what you've actually read • Search highlights and session notes to look back on your thinking ENHANCE MOTIVATION AND REACH YOUR READING GOALS • Keep your daily streak going — or don't — streaks are optional • Set daily or yearly reading goals: build a consistent habit and hit yearly book challenges • Track your focus and energy levels over time • Homescreen widgets: streaks, yearly reading, and reading goal INTEGRATE AND EXPORT YOUR NOTES • Sync with Obsidian to upload book notes, session summaries, and highlights to your vault • Export sessions immediately after they occur • Save all your sessions and export as a whole book, all your notes and reflections • Backup and restore: make sure your notes are always safe. Includes optional iCloud backup Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Readora

Features
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Readora is the beautifully designed reading tracker and book journal built for avid readers. Build your library, log every session, grow your streak, and crush your annual reading goal - all in one elegant app. BUILD YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY Add books instantly by scanning an ISBN barcode with your camera, entering an ISBN manually, or filling in details yourself. Readora auto-fetches titles, authors, page counts, and cover art - so growing your reading list is effortless. Organize books across genre shelves. LOG EVERY READING SESSION Start a timed reading session with one tap, read, then stop and record your ending page. Readora builds a precise reading log - tracking pages read and time spent per session. While you read, a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island displays your elapsed time so you stay in the zone without unlocking your phone. STREAKS AND STATS THAT MOTIVATE See your current daily reading streak, total pages read, and total hours invested for the year. A yearly activity dot grid shows every day you read at a glance. A weekly bar chart breaks down your minutes per day. Set an annual book goal and watch your progress ring fill as you finish books - the most satisfying reading challenge tracker around. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Three beautiful home screen widgets keep your reading habit front and center: - Continue Reading: your current book title and page progress - Reading Streak: your live daily streak count - Minutes This Week: a bar chart of daily reading minutes All three update automatically every time you log a session. DAILY READING REMINDERS Set a personalized daily reminder at any time of day to keep your streak alive. Choose your moment - morning coffee, lunch break, or bedtime - and let Readora nudge you back to your book. COVERS AND THEMES Choose from six elegant cover color themes or upload your own cover photo. Toggle typographic covers for a clean, minimal look. Customize your accent color and pick light, dark, or system appearance. READORA PREMIUM Unlock unlimited reading sessions with a monthly or yearly subscription. Premium removes the free-tier session cap and supports ongoing development of the app. Terms of Use (EULA): By downloading or using this app, you agree to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA) which can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nous4 screens
Readora4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nous and Readora are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Nous sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Readora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nous ships an update weekly, Readora every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nous versus Readora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNousReadora
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB11 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCaelan MitchellRoberto Sanchez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nous

Subscriptions2
  • Nous Plus — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Nous Plus — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Readora

Subscriptions2
  • Readora Premium$1.991 Month
  • Readora Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Nous free?
Nous is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readora free?
Readora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nous or Readora have ads?
Neither Nous nor Readora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nous or Readora?
Nous ships an update weekly, and Readora every 5 days. Most recently, Nous was updated on September 1, 2026 and Readora on September 13, 2026.

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