Comparison

ADHD Reader vs BookJot

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

Head to head
About

ADHD Reader

This app helps users overcome reading challenges by simplifying text presentation. It offers features like chunking paragraphs into smaller lines or words, highlighting one word at a time, and bolding leading letters to improve focus and comprehension. Import your EPUB books and enjoy a personalized reading experience.

Highlights
  • Chunk Reading for simplified paragraphs
  • Trace Reading with word highlighting
  • Anchor feature with bolded leading letters
  • EPUB import and library management
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Most people don't struggle to want to read, they struggle to keep going. A wall of text feels mentally heavy before you even start. Attention drifts mid-paragraph and you lose your place. Reading on a phone feels cramped and exhausting. And so the book you meant to finish sits unread. Readloom simplifies the page and guides you through it, so you can finally finish what you started. Chunk Reading — Daunting paragraphs are simplified into bite-sized lines or even individual words, making it easier to follow and finish. Trace Reading — One word lights up at a time while the rest stay dim, guiding your eyes forward. Anchor — Leading letters are bolded, making it easier to recognize words faster. Your library — Import any EPUB and pick up where you left off. Themes — Six themes and five fonts so every page feels like yours. Start the book you've been putting off and finish it today! You can import the first book for free. Importing subsequent books after that requires Premium. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://readloom.app/privacy-policy

About

BookJot

Features
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Ever bought the same book twice? Owned one as both an e-book and a paperback? Stood in front of your shelf, unsure whether you already have it? Or paid full price for a book you could have borrowed for free, legally? (Knowing first saves a lot.) Book Jot started with my own small problem. A while after I began reading e-books, I could no longer remember which app I had bought a book in, or where to open it. Every sale sign got me too, so I was buying faster than I could read, and paperbacks and e-books ended up in one big muddle. I started with a plain spreadsheet, but it felt lifeless (pretty covers really do make a difference). Then a proper database, which was still hard to open on the go, nothing like a phone app you open and there it is. So in the end I built the app for myself. Then I showed it off to friends in a book group. Turns out plenty of them wanted to try it, and plenty had the same problems. So I started building it for real (so for real that I now dream of quitting my job to do it full time~). Many ideas and features come from fellow readers who point me to them, or from scrolling through the problems people share in the group, plus the fun things I want to do with my own pile of books. If you have an idea, I would love to hear it. — BOOK PURCHASE TRACKER — • Record every purchase: price, shop, date and each book on the receipt • See what you spend on books each month and at each shop • Look up when you bought a book and how much it cost • Works for paperbacks and for e-books from Kindle, meb, Naiin, pinto and more — READING LOG — • Your own shelves: want to read, reading, finished • Log pages, reading time and your own reviews • Monthly and yearly reading summaries • Reading receipts to share, and ranking boards for your favourites — A TIDY LIBRARY — • Series in order, so you can see which volume you are missing • Your own collections and groups, private or shared • Note books you lend or borrow, and when they are due back • Scan an ISBN or barcode to add a book in seconds — PHONE AND WEB — • One account, the same library on every device • Open your library on the web too: search it and export it to CSV — FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PLANS — Book Jot is free, and everything you need to track your books stays free. If you want to support it, two optional plans, monthly or yearly: • Notetaker: no ads, every theme and look in the app, and editing tools on the web • Archivist: everything in Notetaker, plus the full web toolkit for big libraries: add records from the keyboard, edit many at once, import from KOReader Made by one person and a few cats. Every piece of feedback is read.

Screenshots

ADHD Reader4 screens
BookJot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookJot at none against ADHD Reader's 2. BookJot also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). ADHD Reader's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ADHD Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BookJot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADHD Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, BookJot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ADHD Reader versus BookJot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD ReaderBookJot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB62 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperRama Krishna PitchalaWatsamon Pongsupan

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ADHD Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
None

BookJot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADHD Reader free?
ADHD Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookJot free?
BookJot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ADHD Reader or BookJot have ads?
BookJot shows ads; ADHD Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, ADHD Reader or BookJot?
ADHD Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, and BookJot every 2 days. Most recently, ADHD Reader was updated on October 20, 2026 and BookJot on October 7, 2026.

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