Mriy vs Bookhand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Mriy
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Mriy is a simple, honest habit tracker with a Pomodoro timer. No social feeds, no ads, no subscriptions: just you, your habits and your focus. What Mriy can do: ⢠Add habits in seconds: pick from 10 template categories or create your own ⢠Pomodoro timer from 5 to 90 minutes, with automatic breaks and 1 to 6 rounds ⢠Streaks for daily, weekly and flexible schedules ⢠Detailed stats: history, records, and completion rates for 7 and 30 days ⢠Liquid Glass design with light and dark themes ⢠Pomodoro in a Live Activity on your Lock Screen ⢠Home Screen widgets ⢠Face ID / Touch ID protection ⢠Data export and import (JSON) ⢠Six languages: Ukrainian, English, Spanish, Italian, German, French Why Mriy: ā No annoying reminders: only when you turn them on ā No pressure: just you and your progress ā No tracking: your data stays on your device ā A little celebration every day: each completed habit is met with confetti Mriy is made for people who want to build habits without stress, focus without pressure and see their progress without the noise. Your rhythm. Your Mriy.
Bookhand
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Bookhand is a free app for writing little books: journals, notes, ideas, short stories, poetry, philosophical treatises or anything else you feel like writing. The idea is that your words live on something like actual paper. Your text is typeset onto real pages with proper margins and page numbers, the pages curl as you turn them, and every notebook gets its own paper size, typefaces, colors and a cover you design yourself. READING A notebook opens in Page Mode, laid out the way it would be set on printed paper, from pocket A6 up to A4. There's also a full-screen e-reader mode with the same page-turning, an outline for jumping to a chapter or section, in-book search, and a page grid for finding your place visually. WRITING Edit Mode is a full-screen, distraction-free editor for your award-winning novel, thrilling memoir or truly revolutionary shopping list, whichever the case may be. Paragraphs can be headings, body text or block quotes; add images and control how they sit on the page. A rearrange mode lets you move, copy and cut whole paragraphs at once. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seventeen carefully picked typefaces, set your paper size and margins, pick paper and ink colors, style the page numbers, then design the cover: board color, patterns, foil stamping, frames, flourishes and your own lettering. YOUR WORDS ARE YOURS Notebooks are stored on your device. There are no accounts, no servers and no database, and your text goes nowhere unless you want it to. Export to PDF, EPUB, Markdown or plain text, or as a .bookhand file for handing a notebook to someone else (or storing a backup for yourself). Import works too: bring in Markdown, plain text or EPUB. Notebooks can also be locked or hidden behind a PIN. FREE, REALLY Bookhand is made by one person as a personal project, so it's free, with no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions and no upsell pop-ups. I just wanted an app where it's fun to sit down and write little books. I imagine you do too, so here we are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bookhand at weekly against Mriy's every 2 months. Mriy's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mriy ships an update every 2 months, Bookhand weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mriy | Bookhand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 ā better | 26.5 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anatolii Kuralov | Bruno Takahashi Carvalhas de Oliveira |
In-app purchases
Mriy
No in-app purchases
Bookhand
No in-app purchases









