Must Read vs MargiNotes

Must Read is the book tracker that works without internet. Track your reading, time your sessions with Live Activity, import your own EPUBs, and explore 56,000+ classic eBooks & 16,000+ audiobooks. Build a reading habit, conquer your TBR pile, or discover your next favorite book. Your library stays on your device, syncs when you want, and never shares your data. TRACK YOUR BOOKS - Add books instantly with barcode scanner or search - Organize by status: Want to Read, Reading, Completed, DNF - Track pages read and reading progress - Write personal notes and reviews - Rate books with quarter-star precision - Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Must Read 2 (with dates, ratings and reviews) IMPORT YOUR OWN EPUBS - Bring your own EPUB files into your library - Import from Files, AirDrop or other apps - Cover art and metadata extracted automatically - Works without an account WIDGETS - Currently Reading widgets in every size, Small to Extra Large - Streak widget: your flame, this week's reading days, today's pages - Lock Screen widgets - Choose which books your widgets show, and in what order - Search and Scan buttons right on the widget READING TIMER & LIVE ACTIVITY - Start a timer when you sit down to read - Track reading speed and pages per session - See your timer on the Lock Screen with Live Activity - Build reading streaks and daily goals - On Apple Watch too: time reading from your wrist and log pages with the crown - Free: timer on 1 book · Pro: all books READING REMINDERS - Set a daily reading schedule to build your habit - Customize times for each day of the week READING STATS - Your Reading DNA: your reader archetype, favorite time of day, top genres and reading pace - Books read this year and all-time - Pages, hours and average reading speed - Reading Calendar with daily covers and streaks - Yearly reading goal with weekly progress DISCOVER BOOKS - Similar Books on every page, drawn from shared authors and genres - Browse 27 book genres - Tap genre and author chips on any book to explore - Curated reading lists for your country - Find books with your camera via Visual Intelligence (on iPhones with Apple Intelligence) - Search millions of titles by name, author or ISBN CLASSICS LIBRARY - 56,000+ public domain eBooks from Project Gutenberg - 16,000+ audiobooks from LibriVox - Built-in EPUB reader with customizable fonts, themes and bookmarks - Available in 15+ languages - Free: 1 eBook + 1 audiobook · Pro: full library CUSTOM LISTS - Create personal reading lists - Add regular books and classics together - Free: 1 list · Pro: unlimited SIRI & SHORTCUTS - Ask what you're reading, your top-rated books or your reading stats - Add, finish and rate books by voice - Works with Siri and the Shortcuts app SHARE YOUR READING - My Bookshelf: share your library as a wooden bookcase image - Share cards for any book in 3 themes: Colorful, Minimal, Dark - Share deep links to any book OFFLINE-FIRST - Your library is always available, even without internet - Data syncs automatically when you're back online FIND & BUY BOOKS - Links to Bookshop.org, Amazon, Apple Books and more - Support independent bookstores with every purchase --- Must Read Pro unlocks unlimited books, reading timer on all books, unlimited lists and the full classics library. - Monthly: $4.99/month - Yearly: $29.99/year (7-day free trial) - Lifetime: $79.99 (one-time purchase) - Family Sharing supported Free: 10 books, 1 custom list, timer on 1 book, 1 classic eBook, 1 audiobook, reading reminders, full search and explore. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://mustreadapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://mustreadapp.com/terms

MargiNotes is a calm reader and note-taking app for PDF, EPUB, and paper books. Its difference is simple: a note can keep a path back to the book it came from. Import a highlight from Kindle or Apple Books, or capture a quote from a printed page. If the matching PDF or EPUB is in your library, MargiNotes can search that book on your device and relink the note to its real place. No guessed links. If MargiNotes cannot find a reliable match, it says so clearly. READ AND CAPTURE • Read PDF and EPUB books with adjustable themes, typography, layout, and reading settings. • Highlight while you read and keep each note with its book. • Capture quotes from printed books with on-device OCR. • Scan a barcode to fill in a paper book's title, author, and cover. • Add comments, tags, and voice notes alongside what you read. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Search inside a book and your own notes appear first, next to the book's own sentences. Search quotes, comments, tags, and transcripts across your whole library, or find a note straight from iPhone search. Ask your notes a question and the answer is built only from them — and always shown with the notes it came from. Writing the answer needs Apple Intelligence; without it, MargiNotes still finds the notes closest to your question. YOUR NOTES, PORTABLE Create shareable quote cards, follow your reading with simple statistics and widgets, and export to Markdown, PDF, or an Obsidian vault where every note keeps its links. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account • No ads • No analytics • No cloud AI — text recognition, transcription, and answers run on your device • Sync only through your own iCloud The app never goes online by itself. The one exception is the barcode lookup you start yourself, which sends only the ISBN — and you can switch it off. Your books stay yours. MargiNotes is built to help you remember not only what you saved, but where it came from.