Comparison

ぬき書き vs Quotelog | Quote

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

Head to head
About

ぬき書き

Features
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A quiet excerpt journal for the one-line quotes from books, articles, lyrics, and films that moved you. Save a passage that struck you, and tomorrow morning Nukigaki will gently resurface an older one from your own archive. The line you wrote months ago might hit differently today. This is not a reading tracker. It does not count pages, time, or completion streaks. It is simply a quiet place for the words that stayed with you. ● Keep a passage Save the text with the book title, author, page, your own memo, an optional photo, and a tag. Display uses a calm Japanese book typeface. ● Today's revisit One excerpt per morning, prioritizing the ones you have not revisited in the longest. ● Browse by book Gather all excerpts from the same book for a quiet re-read. ● Share card A paper-and-seal share card auto-generated at 1080×1920. ● Offline-first Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking. For the lines that deserve to stay.

About

Quotelog | Quote

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Quotelog is a quote-based reading notes app for saving the words that catch your eye — the moment they do. Paper books or e-books: scan a page with your camera, trace the part you want to keep, and it's text in a snap. Then get right back to reading. ■ HOW IT WORKS • Capture text from an image — Photograph a page and trace the passage you want to quote. Turn it into text the instant it catches your eye. • Add comments and photos — Attach your own impressions, or related figures and images, to each quote. Your reading record grows one tap at a time. • Review your reading — Find any book or quote instantly with keyword search, and look back over your reading in a calendar-style activity log. • Export in bulk — Write out your quotes and book info as Markdown with a customizable format. Perfect for connecting to tools like Notion or Obsidian. ■ FEATURES • OCR text capture — Turn printed pages into editable text with a trace of your finger. • Continuous capture — Read smoothly across page after page. • Comments & images — Add as many note elements to a quote as you like. • Quote colors — Give quotes a color to make them stand out. • Barcode scanning — Auto-fill book info from the ISBN. • Cover images — Set a cover for each book for easy browsing. • Kindle import — Pull in your notes and highlights from Kindle in bulk. • Keyword search — Search across everything you've saved at once. • Activity log — See your reading tallied up in a calendar view. • Markdown export — Fine-tune exactly what your output contains. • Dark mode — A darker theme, perfect for reading at night. • Offline-first — Your library is stored locally on your device. No account, no sign-in. ■ About Supporters (Optional) We welcome your support as a supporter (auto-renewing subscription, starting at ¥120/month) to help keep the app running. Our policy is to offer most features for free and without limits, so it is not required for regular use. As a supporter, regardless of the amount, you will get some minor extra perks (such as additional colors and extra reading log displays). - Name: Quotelog Supporter / Period: 1 month (auto-renewing) / Price: eight monthly tiers; the price in your local currency is shown in the app. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account will be charged for renewal at the same amount. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your App Store Account Settings after purchase. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - App Terms of Use: https://quotelog.page/terms - Privacy Policy: https://quotelog.page/privacy

Screenshots

ぬき書き4 screens
Quotelog | Quote4 screens

Verdict

The call

ぬき書き and Quotelog | Quote 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. ぬき書き sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Quotelog | Quote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ぬき書き versus Quotelog | Quote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterぬき書きQuotelog | Quote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarcrown IncYusuke Kobayashi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ぬき書き

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$3.99
6 purchases

Quotelog | Quote

Subscriptions6
  • Quotelog サポーター2 variants$0.991 Month
  • Quotelog サポーター$1.991 Month
  • Quotelog サポーター$2.991 Month
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  • Quotelog サポーター2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Quotelog サポーター$4.991 Month
  • Quotelog サポーター$5.991 Month

Questions

Is ぬき書き free?
ぬき書き is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quotelog | Quote free?
Quotelog | Quote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ぬき書き or Quotelog | Quote have ads?
Neither ぬき書き nor Quotelog | Quote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ぬき書き or Quotelog | Quote?
ぬき書き ships an update every 5 days, and Quotelog | Quote every 5 days. Most recently, ぬき書き was updated on October 24, 2026 and Quotelog | Quote on October 28, 2026.

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