Comparison

Rememberly vs BookNote

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

Head to head
About

Rememberly

Features
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Rememberly helps you save the best lines from physical books. Scan a page, select the text you want to keep, and organize your highlights by book on your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan a page and highlight the text you need • Add additional info like notes and page number • Search for a book to add details like title, book cover, and author name automatically • Manually add books by customizing cover color, title and author name • Organize highlights inside your personal book library • Share your highlights with your friends and colleagues • Works offline (other than book search) • Completely free to use

About

BookNote

Features
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BookNote keeps your reading notes alive — built for English print books. 【Snap & Translate】 Photograph any page. AI translates to fluent text with background context — deeper than a dictionary lookup. 【Pencil Annotations】 Mark up translated pages with Apple Pencil. Highlights and ink sync to page thumbnails. 【Deep Learning】 AI maps connections between your notes, cross-references in the book, and related works by the author. 【Spaced Review】 Vocabulary and notes enter a review queue on a forgetting-curve schedule. Active recall mode hides translations until you try. 【Reading Weekly】 Sunday summaries: pages read, new words, themes organized. 【iCloud Sync】 Capture on iPhone, continue on iPad. Library, notes, annotations, and review progress stay in sync. 【Organized Library】 One notebook per book. Full-text search and Markdown export. Privacy: Photos and notes stay in your iCloud. AI processes selected English text only — photos are never uploaded. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rememberly4 screens
BookNote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rememberly at none against BookNote's 2. Rememberly also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BookNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Rememberly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rememberly ships an update every 2 days, BookNote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Rememberly versus BookNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRememberlyBookNote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChandima Bandara海勇 叶

In-app purchases

None

Rememberly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BookNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Rememberly free?
Rememberly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookNote free?
BookNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rememberly or BookNote have ads?
Neither Rememberly nor BookNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rememberly or BookNote?
Rememberly ships an update every 2 days, and BookNote every 2 weeks. Most recently, Rememberly was updated on September 14, 2026 and BookNote on September 19, 2026.

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