Comparison

Literari vs Marca

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

Head to head
About

Literari

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking your daily progress and encouraging you to reach your annual book goals. Log your pages, capture thoughts, and maintain a reading streak. Connect with friends to see what they're reading without social pressure.

Highlights
  • Build reading streaks
  • Log every page and capture thoughts
  • Set annual book reading goals
  • Read with friends privately
  • No social pressure or algorithms
Features
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Literari is the reading journal that keeps you accountable — one page, one day, one book at a time. Most readers don't have a reading problem. They have a consistency problem. You pick up a book, life gets in the way, and two weeks later you've lost the thread. Literari fixes that. BUILD A READING STREAK Read every day, keep the chain alive. Literari tracks your consecutive days and celebrates milestones so that opening a book stops feeling optional. LOG EVERY PAGE Mark your progress as you go. Capture thoughts, insights, and favourite lines while they're fresh — not weeks later when you've already forgotten them. SET YOUR ANNUAL GOAL Decide how many books you want to read this year. Watch the number climb. There's something quietly satisfying about a goal that's actually within reach. READ WITH FRIENDS See what the people you trust are reading right now. No feeds, no follower counts, no noise — just a nudge that someone you know is 200 pages into something great. Literari is built for readers who are serious about the habit — not the highlight reel. No algorithm. No social pressure. Just you, your books, and a streak worth protecting. This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Marca

Features
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Read more. Scroll less. Ten minutes a day adds up to about 9 books a year. Marca tracks every book, keeps your daily streak, and can lock the apps that eat your evenings until you've read. TRACK EVERY BOOK - Add a book in seconds: search, scan the barcode, or type it in - Shelves for your TBR, what you're reading, finished and set aside - Ratings, notes, and the quotes worth keeping - A yearly reading challenge - Home Screen widgets with the book you're reading BUILD THE HABIT - A tiny daily goal in minutes or pages (10 minutes to start) - A calm reading timer, with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen - A streak that forgives one missed day a week - One reminder a day, at the time you pick READ FIRST (APP BLOCKER) - Pick the apps that eat your evenings - They stay locked until you've met today's reading goal, then open until midnight - Something urgent? Two 5-minute passes a day - Free for 1 app. Marca+ locks as many as you like, and Strict mode removes the passes - Built on Apple's Screen Time: Marca never sees which apps you chose SEE YOUR READING - Books, pages, hours and streaks - How many days reading opened your apps - Your month in books, and a card for every finished book, ready to share MARCA+ Read First without limits, the full insights (genre, format, pace), every theme, unlimited quotes and a second daily goal. - Yearly: a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, then the yearly price shown in the app - Monthly, or pay once for lifetime access - Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Subscriptions, including after the free trial, renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No feed. No ads. Your reading stays on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://adabastudio.github.io/marca/privacy.html

Screenshots

Literari4 screens
Marca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Literari at 16.4 against Marca's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Literari sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Marca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Literari ships an update weekly, Marca every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Literari versus Marca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiterariMarca
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAdvyth AshokAdrien Guinard

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Literari

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Annual$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Marca

Subscriptions2
  • Marca+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Marca+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Marca+ Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Literari free?
Literari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marca free?
Marca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Literari or Marca have ads?
Neither Literari nor Marca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Literari or Marca?
Literari ships an update weekly, and Marca every 11 days. Most recently, Literari was updated on October 24, 2026 and Marca on October 31, 2026.

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