Comparison

Blek App vs Marka

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

Head to head
About

Blek App

Features
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Do you feel like you read less than you'd like? Do you lose track of the books you've finished or wish you had someone to talk to about that novel that blew your mind? Blek is the solution. Blek is not just a book tracker — it's your personal library, your reading journal, and your virtual book club, all in one app designed to make you fall in love with reading again. Track your books, write reviews, set reading goals, discover new titles, and join book clubs with readers who share your taste. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited clubs and exclusive features. Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Marka

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Marka is a reading tracker for people who want to know what they read, how fast they read it, and which lines stayed with them. Now with a cozy pixel farm that grows while you read. No account, no ads, no subscription. Paperbacks, hardcovers, eBooks and audiobooks all work: track by page, by percentage, or by listening time. GROW A READING FARM • Every 5 minutes on the reading timer puts a drop of water in your well. Water your plots and watch tomatoes and carrots grow. • Read more and the farm opens up, clear the wild, till new plots, and welcome hens, ducks, a goat and a cow, an orchard, a barn and a greenhouse. • Free up to nine plots, with the hens and carrot seeds. The one-time unlock opens every reward after that, and Away Mode. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY IN MINUTES • Scan a whole stack of books, one barcode after another. Books already in your library are flagged, and "Add all" files the rest in one tap. • Search by title, author or ISBN. Cover, description, publisher, page count and genre are filled in for you. • Import a Goodreads or StoryGraph export with your shelves, ratings, and start and finish dates. TIME YOUR READING • A one-tap timer that keeps counting while you leave the app, with pause and resume. • Live Activity and Dynamic Island controls: check the time or finish a session without unlocking your phone. • Forgot to start it? Log a past session by date and time. • Marka works out your pages per hour, and how long is left in the book you are reading. NOTES WHILE YOU READ • Save a quote, thought, question or summary in the middle of a session. The timer pauses while you write. • Scan text straight from the page: photograph it, tap the first and last word, and the passage drops into your note. Recognition runs entirely on your device. • Search every note across every book, filter by kind, and keep your favourites together. • Turn any quote into a card and post it to your Instagram Story or save it to Photos. GOALS AND PACE • A daily reading-time goal, with a calendar that checks off every day you hit it. • A yearly book goal that fills with the covers of the books you finish. • See the days left in the year, whether you are ahead or behind, and the pace it would take to finish. STATISTICS • Total reading time, pages read, average speed, longest session, current and longest streak. • A chart of your reading speed over the last 7 days, 30 days or the whole year. • The genres you return to, and a calendar of covers showing what you read each day. YOUR BOOKCASE • Stand your books on a wooden bookcase, move the decorations around the shelves, and switch the string lights on. • Put the bookcase on your Home Screen as a widget and rearrange it from there. WHAT TO READ NEXT • Can't decide? Shake your phone and one book jumps out of your To Be Read pile. Toss the covers around, or shake again for another. • Recommendations drawn from the books you rated highly, each one showing why it was suggested. • Keep a wishlist of the books you want, apart from the library you own. SHARE YOUR READING • Cards for a finished book, a favorite quote, a month's reads, your year, your reading calendar, goal progress, your bookcase and your farm. • Post to Instagram Stories, save to Photos, or share anywhere. WIDGETS • Farm, Continue Reading, Currently Reading, Goal and Bookcase, on the Home Screen. The Goal widget also fits the Lock Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-up, no email, no password, no ads, no analytics. • Your library, sessions, notes and goals stay on your device and sync only through your own iCloud account. • Tracking, notes, goals and statistics work offline. A connection is only needed to look books up. Terms of Service: https://quitehillstudio.com/marka/terms Privacy Policy: https://quitehillstudio.com/marka/privacy

Screenshots

Blek App4 screens
Marka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Marka at none against Blek App's shown. Blek App's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blek App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Marka sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blek App ships an update every 11 days, Marka every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Blek App versus Marka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlek AppMarka
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustine PanartTedi Kurniadi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Blek App

Subscriptions2
  • Blek Premium Mensual$6.991 Month
  • Blek Premium Anual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
1 purchases

Marka

One-time1
  • Marka Supporter$39.99

Questions

Is Blek App free?
Blek App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marka free?
Marka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blek App or Marka have ads?
Blek App shows ads; Marka does not.
Which is updated more often, Blek App or Marka?
Blek App ships an update every 11 days, and Marka every 8 days. Most recently, Blek App was updated on October 31, 2026 and Marka on November 10, 2026.

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