Leafli vs Chimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leafli
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Leafli is a calm, beautiful home for the lines worth keeping. Every book leaves a few sentences behind — the ones you underline, photograph, or want to remember. Leafli helps you collect them, organize them by book, and turn them into cards beautiful enough to share. Scan, don't type Point your camera at a page and Leafli turns the printed text into a quote. No retyping. Build your library Scan a book's ISBN to add it in seconds — cover and all — or enter it by hand. Beautiful quote cards Turn any excerpt into a designed card with multiple templates. Adjust the text size, then share it or save it to Photos. Keep it organized Every quote belongs to a book. Add page numbers and your own notes. Search across everything you've saved. Export your reading Export a whole book's quotes as Markdown or PDF — your notes, your way. Available in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, and 한국어. Leafli is quiet by design. No feeds, no noise — just you, your books, and the words you don't want to lose.
Chimer
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Time-teller is a simple spoken time app for work, exercise, reading, studying, driving, or staying focused. Key features: • Automatic announcements every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes • Custom intervals and exact-time announcements • Traditional Chinese and English voices • Background playback and Picture in Picture The free version only shows a banner ad at the bottom and does not interrupt operation. Make a one-time Remove Ads Forever purchase for a permanently ad-free experience. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leafli at none against Chimer's 1. Leafli also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Chimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Leafli asks for nothing beyond the download.
Leafli ships an update every 3 months, Chimer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leafli | Chimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 485 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 杭州引力网络技术有限公司 | PING HUA HSIEH |
In-app purchases
Leafli
No in-app purchases
Chimer
- 永久移除廣告$5.99









