Comparison

Lomo vs PlotLock

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

Head to head
About

Lomo

Track your reading with a private, offline journal. Log books, record reading sessions, and analyze your habits with detailed statistics. Set goals, save reviews, and share your reading journey.

Highlights
  • Add books with detailed information
  • Scan ISBN to auto-fill book details
  • Import libraries from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Reading session timer and history
  • Detailed reading statistics and recaps
  • Save reviews, quotes, and ratings
  • Set reading goals and reminders
  • Create shareable reading images
Features
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Lomo is your reading journal: track what you read, see your progress and build the library you always wanted, with every book on shelves you decorate. No accounts and no ads: everything lives on your phone. MY SHELF • All your books on shelves, like your real library • Drag them between shelves, stack them, lean them or show them face-out • Decorations, boards and backgrounds to make it yours • What you remove stays in the Trunk, ready to come back • Put it on your home screen with the shelf widget YOUR LIBRARY • Scan the ISBN and Lomo fills in the details and cover; add a photo of the spine • Paper, ebook or audiobook, each with its own unit • Create your own categories and filter with them • Import your library from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Bookmory • Reading by parts for anthologies, short stories and ongoing books • Rereads, pauses and abandoned books, each with its story READING SESSIONS • A timer that keeps going even if you close the app, with a Live Activity on your lock screen • Or log your sessions by hand STATS • Time, pages, speed, streaks and a reading calendar • Filter by genre, author or your categories • Your monthly and yearly reader recap EVERY BOOK'S SUMMARY • Build it with 20 blocks and 10 headers: journey, your time, versus your average and more • Share it as an image REVIEWS, QUOTES AND RANKING • Quarter or exact ratings, plus your own raters • Save quotes and impressions with their page • Your personal ranking, with a section per rating GOALS AND REMINDERS • Yearly, daily and per-book goals • Reminders so you don't break your streak YOUR STYLE • 14 light and dark themes, alternate icons and home screen widgets YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No account, no ads, no tracking • Sync and back up to iCloud, or to a file • Works offline Lomo is free with no limits. If it helps you, you can leave an optional tip; it never unlocks anything, because you already have it all. Made with love for people who love reading.

About

PlotLock

Features
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PlotLock is a reading companion for book clubs and reading partners. Add any book, track your progress by page or chapter, and leave margin notes as you read — shared with your group in real time. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Join a group with a simple code. You see everyone's progress, but notes written past where you are stay locked until you get there. Nobody has to read on a schedule, and nobody gets spoiled. MARGIN NOTES, NOT A CHAT Every note is pinned to a place in the book. Reach that page and it unlocks. It reads like borrowing a copy covered in a friend's handwriting, rather than scrolling a feed. AN ASSISTANT THAT WON'T SPOIL IT Ask about what you've read so far — a character you've lost track of, a thread you want to untangle. The assistant knows exactly how far along you are and will not discuss a single page beyond it. QUIET BY DESIGN No public profiles, no followers, no algorithm, no ads. Just you and the people you're reading with. FEATURES · Track progress by page or chapter · Margin notes that sync live with your group · Spoiler lock on every note and every AI answer · Share a journey with a link · Emoji reactions and threaded replies · Dark mode PlotLock was previously published as SamePage. Same app, same account, same books.

Screenshots

Lomo4 screens
PlotLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlotLock at none against Lomo's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Lomo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PlotLock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lomo ships an update every 8 days, PlotLock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lomo versus PlotLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLomoPlotLock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSEBASTIAN CASTANEDANicholas Figliolia

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lomo

One-time3
  • support$1.99
  • big support$4.99
  • super support$9.99
None

PlotLock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lomo free?
Lomo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlotLock free?
PlotLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lomo or PlotLock have ads?
Neither Lomo nor PlotLock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lomo or PlotLock?
Lomo ships an update every 8 days, and PlotLock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lomo was updated on November 10, 2026 and PlotLock on October 31, 2026.

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