Lumi vs Pagehour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Lumi
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Meet Lumi, a calm and private home for your reading life. Keep track of the books you want to read, follow your current progress, record focused reading sessions, save meaningful quotes, and see how your reading develops over time. No social feed. No public profile. No pressure. Just you, your books, and Lumiβthe friendly reading ghost keeping your place. KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED Add books by searching online, scanning their barcode, or entering them manually. Organize books as: β’ To Read β’ Reading β’ Finished β’ Did Not Finish Track physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks in one personal library. TRACK EVERY READING SESSION Start a reading timer whenever you pick up a book. Lumi records how long you read and lets you update your pages, percentage, or audiobook position when you finish. Pause, resume, or end your session directly from your Lock Screen with Live Activities. YOUR CURRENT BOOK, ALWAYS CLOSE Keep your current read visible with beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Depending on your widget, you can: β’ See your current book and progress β’ Start a reading session β’ Log pages quickly β’ Follow your daily reading goal β’ Display a favorite quote SAVE QUOTES WORTH REMEMBERING Collect quotes and highlights from every book you read. Add the page, chapter, or audiobook timestamp, mark favorites, and revisit them whenever you need a little inspiration. UNDERSTAND YOUR READING See useful insights without turning reading into a competition. Explore: β’ Books finished β’ Pages and minutes read β’ Current and longest streaks β’ Monthly reading activity β’ Favorite genres β’ Reading formats β’ Yearly goal progress FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK Lumi creates simple, explainable recommendations based on the authors and genres you already enjoy. Discover: β’ More from authors you love β’ Books related to your favorite genres β’ Suggestions from your own To Read list β’ Trending books and new releases TRACK REREADS PROPERLY Reading a favorite again? Start a new reading attempt while preserving your original dates, sessions, and statistics. Every read gets its own history. IMPORT YOUR EXISTING LIBRARY Bring your books with you by importing a Goodreads or StoryGraph CSV file. You can also export your entire Lumi library, reading history, and quotes whenever you choose. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Lumi requires no account. Your library is stored locally on your device. Lumi Pro users can optionally keep their data synchronized privately through iCloud. Your reading activity is never public. START FOR FREE Use Lumi free with up to 10 books, reading sessions, progress tracking, online search, barcode scanning, basic widgets, quotes, recommendations, and reading insights. Lumi Pro unlocks: β’ Unlimited books, quotes, and tags β’ All Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets β’ Interactive progress widgets β’ Live Activities β’ Private iCloud synchronization β’ Full reading insights β’ Complete personalized recommendations β’ Goodreads and StoryGraph imports β’ Additional themes and customization Your books deserve a quiet place of their own. Welcome to Lumi. --- Privacy Policy: https://www.ivantrj.com/app-privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pagehour
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Start a book. Read. Stop. Pagehour tells you your pace and your finish date before you put the phone down. Open your book, tap Start, read, tap Stop and enter the page you reached. That's the whole job. The moment you save, you see it: "31 pages Β· 23 min Β· finish Oct 9". STREAKS THAT DON'T CHEAT YOU A day counts as soon as it has real pages or a real minute of reading. Forgot to log? Add today or yesterday for free, any time. Sessions that run past midnight, daylight saving and time-zone travel are tested, not guessed at, so your streak never resets on its own. ONE SHELF FOR EVERYTHING YOU READ Reading, Want to read, Finished and Didn't finish. Search by title or author, or scan the barcode on the back of a book. Nothing found? Add it by hand. EVERY BOOK, ITS OWN NUMBERS Progress, time left and a finish date for each book. Notes, a session history you can edit, and a rating when you finish. Listening instead? Audiobook mode logs minutes instead of pages. YOU DECIDE WHEN A BOOK IS DONE Reaching the last page never marks a book finished for you. When you do finish, share a clean card of the book, your days and your pages to Stories or anywhere else. BRING YOUR GOODREADS SHELVES, FREE Export your library from Goodreads and import the file. Ratings, finish dates and your to-read pile come across in one go. It's duplicate-safe, so you can run it again later. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account and no sign-in. Your library lives on your phone, and you can export all of it as CSV or JSON whenever you like. No ads, ever. FREE FOREVER Logging, the timer, unlimited books, streaks, Goodreads import, export and the last 30 days of stats. PAGEHOUR PRO - Full stats beyond the last 30 days: minutes, pages and books by month and year - Streak repair: log a missed day from the last 60 days - Streak freezes: earn one for every 7 days you read, and bank up to 3 for busy days Pro is optional. It's mentioned once, on your third day of reading; after that you only see it when you open a Pro feature. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Pagehour Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: Pro Yearly (1 year, with a 1-week free trial) or Pro Monthly (1 month). Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://pagehour.com/terms (Apple's standard EULA also applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Privacy Policy: https://pagehour.com/privacy Support: support@pagehour.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumi at daily against Pagehour's every 3 days. Pagehour's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lumi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Pagehour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lumi ships an update daily, Pagehour every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumi | Pagehour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily β better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Trajanovski | ACEFINA LLC |
In-app purchases
Lumi
- Lumi Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Lumi Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
Pagehour
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









