Comparison

BookRecall vs YomuMark

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

Head to head
About

BookRecall

Features
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BookRecall helps you remember what you read. Capture meaningful passages from physical books, save the idea behind them, and let them return later when they are worth revisiting. Instead of collecting forgotten notes, BookRecall turns your reading into a personal memory you can search, organize, and ask questions about. Scan a page, choose the paragraph that matters, and save it with its book, tags, collection, and original photo. BookRecall can help detect book details, find covers, and organize your highlights into calm shelves. When you want to reflect, ask your reading memory: “What did I save about change?” “Show me the most important ideas from this book.” “What keeps returning around presence?” BookRecall answers from your saved highlights, so your books stay useful long after you close them. Features: • Scan physical book pages with OCR • Save highlights, notes, book details, and page photos • Automatically organize ideas with tags and collections • Revisit saved ideas with a gentle recall rhythm • Ask questions across your personal reading memory • Back up your highlights securely across devices • Keep books, insights, and collections in one calm library BookRecall is for readers who want more than a book tracker. It is for remembering ideas, connecting insights, and carrying your best reading into daily life.

About

YomuMark

Features
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Snap a page. Save what matters. YomuMark is a reading notes app that lets you save pages from print books and eBooks, then organize them with highlights, underlines, handwriting, notes, and tags. Use OCR to capture text from saved pages and keep the passages, ideas, and insights you want to remember—all organized by book. It’s also perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to write directly in a physical book. Keep your books clean while moving your highlights and notes into a digital space. With tags and search, you can quickly find what you saved later and turn your reading into a personal collection of notes and knowledge. 【What You Can Do with YomuMark】 ■ Organize Your Books Keep the books you’re reading and the ones you want to revisit together on your in-app bookshelf. ■ Save Pages That Matter Capture and save important pages, then organize them by book for easy access later. ■ Capture Text with OCR Use OCR to recognize text from saved pages and select the passages you want to keep. ■ Add Highlights and Underlines Mark important sentences and memorable passages just like you would in a physical book. ■ Write and Draw on Pages Add freehand notes with pens and markers. Use circles, rectangles, arrows, and more to visually mark important areas. Eraser, Undo, and Redo are also supported. ■ Save Your Thoughts and Notes Keep your own thoughts, interpretations, and ideas together with the passages that inspired them. ■ Organize with Tags Add tags by topic or purpose so your reading notes are easier to organize and revisit. ■ Search Books, Pages, and Notes Search across saved books, pages, OCR text, highlights, notes, and more to quickly find what you’re looking for. ■ Keep Pages Organized Sort pages by page number or date added, and switch between different views to organize them the way you prefer. 【YomuMark Is Perfect For You If You…】 ・Don’t want to highlight or write directly in your books ・Want to keep physical books clean ・Want to save passages that catch your attention ・Want to manage reading notes on your phone ・Want to save and search book content with OCR ・Want to organize highlights, underlines, and notes by book ・Want to keep important points from books used for study or work ・Want to turn reading insights into your own knowledge collection 【Don’t Just Read It. Keep What You Learn.】 “I want to read this sentence again later.” “I want to remember this idea.” “I want to save what I just realized while reading.” YomuMark helps you capture those small moments of insight as they happen. Save the pages that matter, then add highlights, underlines, handwriting, and notes. When you want to revisit them, find everything again through your bookshelf, tags, and search. YomuMark isn’t just about saving pages. It helps you turn what you read into knowledge you can keep and use. Snap a page. Save your thoughts. With YomuMark, make every book worth coming back to.

Screenshots

BookRecall4 screens
YomuMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookRecall at none against YomuMark's 1. BookRecall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. YomuMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BookRecall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookRecall ships an update daily, YomuMark every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BookRecall versus YomuMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookRecallYomuMark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrimoz CigojTsuyoshi Ninomiya

In-app purchases

None

BookRecall

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

YomuMark

One-time1
  • YomuMark Pro$9.99

Questions

Is BookRecall free?
BookRecall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YomuMark free?
YomuMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BookRecall or YomuMark have ads?
YomuMark shows ads; BookRecall does not.
Which is updated more often, BookRecall or YomuMark?
BookRecall ships an update daily, and YomuMark every 4 days. Most recently, BookRecall was updated on October 31, 2026 and YomuMark on October 31, 2026.

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