The Seojae vs 읽기록
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Seojae
Track your reading habits, time spent, and favorite quotes. Discover readers with similar tastes and join a community to discuss books. Features include daily goals, reading streaks, and personalized book recommendations.
- Track reading time and set daily goals
- Shelve books (want to read, reading, finished, paused, dropped)
- Save and share favorite book quotes
- Discover readers with similar tastes
- View reading statistics and completion calendar
- Personalized daily book recommendations
- Join reading circles for shared reading experiences
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Keep every book you've read — and the ones you didn't finish. Track your reading time and meet readers who share your taste. The app is currently in Korean. An English interface is coming soon. ■ Five ways to shelve a book Want to read / Reading / Finished / Paused / Dropped Books you didn't finish count too. What you drop is part of your taste. ■ Book Run: watch your reading time add up Start the timer and your time to finish is saved as you go. · Daily goals and reading streaks · Minutes per page and how much is left · When you read most, and which books held you longest · Interval alarms while you read · Send cheers to people reading right now ■ Book Story: one line at a time Save a line that stayed with you and it becomes a card with the cover. Swipe through, like, and reply. ■ Book Feed Who finished what, and which lines they lingered on. A feed of books and sentences, not numbers. ■ Readers who share your taste People who stayed with the same book, or dropped similar ones. A small library community connected by what you read. ■ What your records show · Completion calendar filled with covers · Reading stats by genre, rating and month · Reading level that grows with consistency · Pin your all-time favorites and share your whole library with one QR code ■ What people are reading now Most-shelved books, this week's Top 10, trending titles, finishers' picks, the brick-book club, and books you can finish on the subway. ■ Today's book One pick each day based on the weather, the season and your shelf. Plus editor curations and reader-made collections. ■ Reading circles Small groups reading the same book together. A book you'd stall on alone is easier to finish together.
읽기록
This app allows users to meticulously record books they've read, adding quotes as they go and writing full reviews upon completion. It also lets you pre-catalog books you intend to read, building a personalized digital library. All data is stored locally on the device with backup and import/export options.
- Record read books
- Add quotes while reading
- Write book reviews
- Catalog books to read
- Build a personal library
- Local data storage
- Backup and export functionality
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읽은 책을 한 권씩 책장에 꽂아두는 독서 기록 앱입니다. 읽으면서 떠오른 한 줄을 가볍게 남기고, 다 읽고 나면 독후감 한 편으로 마무리합니다. 읽고 싶은 책도 미리 꽂아둘 수 있어요. 기록이 쌓일수록 나만의 서재가 채워집니다. 기록은 사용 중인 기기와 iCloud에 저장됩니다. 내보내기·불러오기 기능이 있어, 백업 파일 하나로 새 기기에 그대로 옮기거나 안전하게 보관해 둘 수 있습니다.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 읽기록 at 100% against The Seojae's 33%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Seojae ships an update every 3 days, 읽기록 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Seojae | 읽기록 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | the Seojae | Hyejin Cho |
Customer experience
The Seojae
읽기록
In-app purchases
The Seojae
No in-app purchases
읽기록
No in-app purchases









