Comparison

Leafmark vs yodaka

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

Head to head
About

Leafmark

A fast, calm EPUB reader that lets you highlight and take notes on your books. Export your annotations in Markdown format to use with other apps. Enjoy a private reading experience with no accounts or cloud lock-in.

Highlights
  • Reflowable EPUB rendering
  • Adjustable font and themes
  • Highlighting with notes
  • Markdown export
  • Reading statistics
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Leafmark is a calm, fast EPUB reader for people who read closely and take their notes with them. Buy it once. No subscription and no Leafmark account. Your library remains plain EPUB files under your control, while highlights, bookmarks, and reading positions can sync privately through your own iCloud when available. READ THE WAY YOU LIKE • Reflowable EPUB rendering with light, sepia and dark themes • Vertical Japanese text (tategaki) renders as the book declares it • Adjustable font, size, line height and margins • One or two columns, plus a scrolling mode — great on iPad in landscape • Full-text search, table of contents and a built-in dictionary lookup • Your reading position is remembered per book ANNOTATE AND KEEP YOUR NOTES • Highlight in four colors and attach notes • Export every highlight and note to Markdown — drop them straight into Obsidian, Notion or any plain-text vault • Reading statistics: time today, this week and all time, your streak, and time per book PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No Leafmark account and no sign-in • No tracking and no analytics • Highlights, bookmarks, and reading positions sync through your personal iCloud account, not a Leafmark server LEAFMARK PRO Reading is always free. Import your library, render any book and try the feel before you decide. You also get one free Markdown export, so you can see exactly what lands in your notes before paying. A single one-time purchase, Leafmark Pro, unlocks the full annotation workflow: unlimited highlights (the free tier keeps up to three per book), unlimited Markdown export, and reading statistics. Restore your purchase any time. GOOD TO KNOW • Import EPUBs straight from Files — iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or right off your device. • Works with DRM-free EPUB files. DRM-protected books and PDF are not supported. • Public-domain EPUBs are available from Public Domain Library and Standard Ebooks.

About

yodaka

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A reader for the classics of Japanese and world literature, drawn from Aozora Bunko and Project Gutenberg. Over 50,000 works in all. The idea behind yodaka is simple: turn your daily scrolling into an encounter with a great book. DISCOVER A feed of opening passages. Features on authors on the anniversaries of their deaths. Curated reading lists, published regularly. Even if you don't know where to start, you will find something. LAYOUT & TYPE Three ways to read, in vertical or horizontal writing. - Passage: one passage per screen. Swipe for the next. Read slowly, one sentence at a time. - Page: turn one page at a time. On iPad, a two-page spread. - Scroll: move freely through the text. MARKERS, NOTES, DICTIONARY Highlight what you want to keep. Write down what you think. Your highlights and notes collect on your shelf, ready to read back later. The dictionary is a tap away, which helps with the older works. English works are supported too, so the app works for language study. If you use the Dictionaries app by Monokakido, yodaka can hand off to it. READABILITY Text size, line height and letter spacing are all adjustable, so you can tune the page until it reads easily for you. The reading ruler helps if you lose your place or your eyes slide off the line. YODAKA PREMIUM Every work is free to read. Premium adds iCloud sync, the reading record, widgets, 12 themes, 10 fonts, 12 highlight colors and 8 app icons. A share of Premium revenue, after costs, is donated to Aozora Bunko (Fund for the Future of Books), to dyslexia support, and to barrier-free reading support. Terms of Use: https://yodaka.app/terms

Screenshots

Leafmark4 screens
yodaka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Leafmark at 17.0 against yodaka's 26.0. 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. Leafmark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and yodaka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leafmark ships an update every 4 days, yodaka every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Leafmark versus yodaka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafmarkyodaka
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB123 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAkira TaniwakiKnotsLab LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Leafmark

One-time1
  • Leafmark Pro$9.99
3 purchases

yodaka

Subscriptions2
  • yodaka Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • yodaka Premium (Yearly)$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • yodaka Premium$49.99

Questions

Is Leafmark free?
Leafmark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is yodaka free?
yodaka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leafmark or yodaka have ads?
Neither Leafmark nor yodaka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leafmark or yodaka?
Leafmark ships an update every 4 days, and yodaka every 6 days. Most recently, Leafmark was updated on October 25, 2026 and yodaka on October 18, 2026.

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