Comparison

Literari vs Readiary Reading Journal

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

Readiary Reading Journal

Track your reading progress, save favorite quotes, and record memories associated with books. Set reading goals and generate a yearly review of your reading habits. Connect with friends to share recommendations and discuss titles.

Highlights
  • Add books via barcode scan or search
  • Track reading progress and set goals
  • Save and share book quotes
  • Attach memories to book entries
  • Generate Year in Review reports
  • Connect with friends for recommendations
  • Import libraries from Goodreads/StoryGraph
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Readiary is where your reading life lives — not just what you finished, but what it left with you. KEEP YOUR BOOKS Scan a barcode or search by title to add a book in seconds. Track what you're reading, what you've finished, what you want next, and what you set down. Set a page and watch the progress fill. KEEP THE LINES Photograph a passage and Readiary lifts the text off the page. Every quote you save collects in your Quote Book, ready to share as a card. KEEP THE MEMORY A book isn't only its pages — it's where you were when you read it. Attach a memory to any title and it stays there. SEE THE YEAR Reading goals, session logs, and a Year in Review that turns twelve months of reading into something worth looking at. READ WITH PEOPLE Add friends, recommend books, and talk about a title in a thread of its own. COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE Bring your library over from Goodreads or StoryGraph with a CSV. Covers fill in automatically. READIARY PLUS Everything above is free and stays free. Plus adds unlimited photo quotes, Year in Review every year, advanced reading stats, unlimited lists, and a founding member badge. Monthly or yearly, cancel any time in your App Store account. Readiary Plus is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getreadiary.com/privacy Designed and built by Musawir Raji — forgedbyraji.com

Screenshots

Literari4 screens
Readiary Reading Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readiary Reading Journal at 5.0 against Literari's 4.0. Readiary Reading Journal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Readiary Reading Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readiary Reading Journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readiary Reading Journal has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Literari ships an update weekly, Readiary Reading Journal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Literari versus Readiary Reading Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiterariReadiary Reading Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB116 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAdvyth AshokRachael Fleharty-Strevig

Customer experience

Literari

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readiary Reading Journal

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Literari

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Annual$49.991 Year
None

Readiary Reading Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Literari free?
Literari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readiary Reading Journal free?
Readiary Reading Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Literari or Readiary Reading Journal?
Readiary Reading Journal is rated higher. Literari averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Readiary Reading Journal averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Literari or Readiary Reading Journal have ads?
Neither Literari nor Readiary Reading Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Literari or Readiary Reading Journal?
Literari ships an update weekly, and Readiary Reading Journal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Literari was updated on October 8, 2026 and Readiary Reading Journal on October 15, 2026.

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