Comparison

Embertale vs Bokmal

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

Head to head
About

Embertale

This reading app offers personalized book recommendations based on your reading history and preferences. It features an AI curator to help you find books, manage your reading list, and discover new titles. Visualize your reading habits with detailed statistics and track your progress with achievements.

Highlights
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • AI-powered book curator
  • Natural language search for books
  • Smart TBR management
  • Reading statistics and visualizations
  • Achievement-based goal setting
  • Private by default social features
Features
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Embertale is a fully free next-gen reading app. We are non-commercial, fully free, no ads, don't sell data, no subscriptions and no hidden costs. Everything is available for everyone, at zero cost. For readers, by readers. BUILT AROUND YOUR TASTE Every book you log sharpens your reading profile. Embertale learns the genres, moods, and pacing you love, then recommends books with a clear reason for every pick. EMBIE, YOUR CURATOR Find personalized recommendations, sort out your TBR, or chat about any book without spoilers. Ask for "a cozy mystery under 300 pages", tell it to add the top 10 hottest romantasy, talk through an ending of a book, or ask how to organize your shelves. Anything you can do manually in the app, Embie can do in a sentence. SEARCH LIKE YOU TALK, OR BY VIBE "Astronaut stranded on Mars." "Fantasy about an epic heist." "Easy reads under 250 pages." "Cozy winter reads". Describe the book you want and Embertale finds it. Turn any search into a smart collection that keeps itself up to date as your library grows. A TBR YOU CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE Beautiful shelves and collections, smart collections that fill themselves from rules you describe in simple language, and series tracking that knows every volume, even the ones not released yet. Want to select your own cover or edition for a book? No problem! Audiobooks supported, of course. DISCOVER YOUR TBR Our discovery features allow you to find new and trending releases, or just browsing by genre (filtered by era if wanted), but we also allow you to uncover what's already there in your TBR. "If you are in the mood for more existential Sci-Fi, try this book from your TBR", "If you loved the plot twists at the end of X, try Y", 10 complete personalized recommendations from the depths of your TBR, based on what you already finished, refreshed daily. YOUR READING LIFE VISUALIZED Reading heatmaps, genre mix, pages per day, complexity breakdowns, a timeline of every book you've read, a calendar month breakdown of your reads. These are just some of the graphs we have. Set goals at your own pace and earn tiered achievements from bronze to platinum. We work on a reward basis, not punishment basis. Lost your streak? If you want, you can log a day retroactively and restore it, we won't judge! LOVELY COMMUNITY, PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No leaderboards, and no public profile unless you turn one on. Follow friends if you like, or keep your reading life entirely to yourself. If you do follow your friends, you can track their reading activity in a beautiful feed. Want to highlight some shelves you are proud of? Let's do it. Want to showcase your full library, or hide anything? Also possible! Embertale lets you take full control over what you share. DEEP BOOK INSIGHTS Moods, accolades, reviews, a 10-dimensional review (worldbuilding, prose, emotional depth, narration, character growth, plot twists, pacing, and 2 tailored dimensions per book!), how familiar you are with this genre, a "feel & match" panel that lets you know whether this book would suit your known tastes or not and what to look out for, thematic and linguistic complexity, how long we expect you will need for this book based on your average velocity, books similar to this one, the list goes on. You can tag books with your own custom made tags as well. SWITCHING IS EASY Take a picture of your bookshelf or import your Goodreads or StoryGraph library in minutes, and export everything back whenever you want. We don't lock in your data, if you want to move somewhere else, that's fine. SO MUCH MORE There is so much more going on at Embertale that is too much to describe. We're crazy feature complete and deliver new features daily. Embertale is made by an indie team for the love of it. No ads, no data selling, no catch. We are not for profit. Don't like AI? It's easy to opt out.

About

Bokmal

Features
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Some words stay with you long after the book goes back on the shelf. Bokmal is where you keep them. Build your personal library in one warm, beautiful place — the books you're reading, the ones you own, the ones you've finished and the ones you're wishing for. Then save the passages that moved you: photograph the page, and Bokmal turns it into clean, searchable text you can return to whenever you need it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a book in seconds — scan its barcode, photograph the cover, or search by title. 2. While you read, capture the lines that stop you: snap the page or write them down. 3. Tag each passage with how it made you feel — joyful, comforting, thought-provoking. 4. Come back anytime. Rediscover shows you the right words at the right moment. YOUR LIBRARY, ON REAL SHELVES - Four simple shelves: Currently reading, My collection, Finished, Wishlist - Add books by barcode scan, cover photo or search — details fill in automatically - Hold and drag a book from shelf to shelf, and celebrate every finish - Ratings, bookmarks and private notes for every book HIGHLIGHTS THAT FEEL ALIVE - Photograph a page and get clean text back — no retyping - Organize passages by moods and feelings, not folders - Turn any passage into a beautiful quote card and share it - Search every line you've ever saved, by word or by mood REDISCOVER WHAT MOVED YOU A highlight to revisit greets you on your home screen every day. Choose the moods you want to see more of, and let your own library surprise you. ASK THE BOOK EXPERT A built-in AI companion who knows books. Ask for your next read, what a passage means, or anything about the book in your hand. YOUR WORDS, STRICTLY YOURS Your books and passages live on your device. Export everything anytime as a file you own. No account required. MADE FOR YOUR LANGUAGE Available in 32 languages — your shelves greet you in the language you choose. WHO IT'S FOR Readers who underline. Collectors who want their shelves in their pocket. Anyone who has ever photographed a page just to keep a sentence — and then lost it in their camera roll. START FREE Your first book and first highlight are on us, no signup required. Premium unlocks unlimited highlights, beautiful shareable quote cards, widget moods & rediscovery, and full data export. Subscription & In-App Purchase Information 6.99$/week (or local equivalent) 69.99$/yearly (or local equivalent) 89.99$ lifetime (or local equivalent) Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy & Terms - Privacy Policy: https://www.revenueberry.com/privacy - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions? Contact us at hi@revenueberry.com THE WORDS THAT STAYED WITH YOU.

Screenshots

Embertale4 screens
Bokmal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Embertale at none against Bokmal's 3. Bokmal's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Bokmal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Embertale asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Embertale ships an update every 3 days, Bokmal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Embertale versus Bokmal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbertaleBokmal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB49 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHorjus IT Solutions BVMeenakshi Mishra

In-app purchases

None

Embertale

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bokmal

Subscriptions2
  • Bokmalweekly$6.997 Days
  • BokmalYearly$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • BokmalLifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Embertale free?
Embertale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bokmal free?
Bokmal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Embertale or Bokmal have ads?
Neither Embertale nor Bokmal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Embertale or Bokmal?
Embertale ships an update every 3 days, and Bokmal every 5 days. Most recently, Embertale was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bokmal on October 29, 2026.

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