Comparison

Mriy vs Bookhand

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

Head to head
About

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: — No annoying reminders: only when you turn them on — No pressure: just you and your progress — No tracking: your data stays on your device — 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.

About

Bookhand

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Mriy4 screens
Bookhand4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mriy ships an update every 2 months, Bookhand weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Mriy versus Bookhand: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMriyBookhand
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnatolii KuralovBruno Takahashi Carvalhas de Oliveira

In-app purchases

None

Mriy

No in-app purchases

None

Bookhand

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mriy free?
Mriy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookhand free?
Bookhand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mriy or Bookhand have ads?
Neither Mriy nor Bookhand shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mriy or Bookhand?
Mriy ships an update every 2 months, and Bookhand weekly. Most recently, Mriy was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bookhand on October 24, 2026.

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