BookCard vs Quotelog | Quote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
BookCard
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BookCard is the private, offline reading tracker that just works. No account. No ads. No 5-book paywall. Your shelf opens instantly and never leaves your phone unless you ask it to. OPENS INSTANTLY. WORKS OFFLINE. Your whole library lives on your device, so it loads in a blink β on a plane, in the subway, anywhere. No loading spinner, no server round-trip, no grey screen. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY. NO BOOK LIMIT. Track unlimited books free. No cap that forces you to pay after five or ten books. The free tier is the real app, not a demo. SCAN ANY BARCODE. ADD A BOOK IN 2 SECONDS. Point your camera at the back cover and the book lands on your shelf β title, author, cover, page count. Search and manual entry are always there too. HALF-STAR RATINGS. FIRST-CLASS DNF. Rate in half stars (4.5 is a real rating). Did-not-finish is a proper status, not a shame. Log pages, minutes, and notes as you read. STREAKS, YEARLY GOAL, MOOD CHARTS. Beautiful stats: books per month, reading streaks, your most-used moods, and a yearly reading goal with a progress ring. Set it, watch it fill. YOUR SHELF STAYS PRIVATE. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. No sign-in wall, no sponsored posts inside your own shelves, no feed, no social graph. Just your books. OPTIONAL PRO β ONE-TIME UNLOCK. Pay once, keep it forever: real iCloud sync (opt-in, Apple-only), custom shelves, Goodreads + StoryGraph import with merge and dedupe, and shareable BookCards. If your plan ever lapses, your books stay fully readable and exportable. WHAT TO READ NEXT β BASED ON YOUR RATINGS. A quiet, on-device suggestion from your own want-to-read pile. No AI, no cloud, just your data. BookCard is local-first. Your shelf, logging, and stats work fully offline; search and covers need a connection. Sync is opt-in and uses only your private Apple iCloud. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bookcard.uptrail.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://bookcard.uptrail.ai/privacy
Quotelog | Quote
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Quotelog is a quote-based reading notes app for saving the words that catch your eye β 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. β HOW IT WORKS β’ Capture text from an image β Photograph a page and trace the passage you want to quote. Turn it into text the instant it catches your eye. β’ Add comments and photos β Attach your own impressions, or related figures and images, to each quote. Your reading record grows one tap at a time. β’ Review your reading β Find any book or quote instantly with keyword search, and look back over your reading in a calendar-style activity log. β’ Export in bulk β Write out your quotes and book info as Markdown with a customizable format. Perfect for connecting to tools like Notion or Obsidian. β FEATURES β’ OCR text capture β Turn printed pages into editable text with a trace of your finger. β’ Continuous capture β Read smoothly across page after page. β’ Comments & images β Add as many note elements to a quote as you like. β’ Quote colors β Give quotes a color to make them stand out. β’ Barcode scanning β Auto-fill book info from the ISBN. β’ Cover images β Set a cover for each book for easy browsing. β’ Kindle import β Pull in your notes and highlights from Kindle in bulk. β’ Keyword search β Search across everything you've saved at once. β’ Activity log β See your reading tallied up in a calendar view. β’ Markdown export β Fine-tune exactly what your output contains. β’ Dark mode β A darker theme, perfect for reading at night. β’ Offline-first β Your library is stored locally on your device. No account, no sign-in. β About Supporters (Optional) We welcome your support as a supporter (auto-renewing subscription, starting at Β₯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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quotelog | Quote at every 5 days against BookCard's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BookCard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month 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.
BookCard ships an update every 6 weeks, Quotelog | Quote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookCard | Quotelog | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitaanshu Agarwal | Yusuke Kobayashi |
In-app purchases
BookCard
- BookCardReadingTrackerMonthly$2.991 Month
- BookCardReadingTrackerYearly$19.991 Year
- BookCard Pro Lifetime$19.99
Quotelog | Quote
- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ2 variants$0.991 Month
- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ$1.991 Month
- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ$2.991 Month
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- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ2 variants$3.991 Month
- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ$4.991 Month
- Quotelog γ΅γγΌγΏγΌ$5.991 Month









