BookDiary: Reading Journal

A private reading journal for readers who’d rather not share.
Snap a page to save the line that stayed with you, watch your reading days quietly fill a calendar, and keep every book on a shelf that’s yours alone. No accounts. No social feed.

◆ FEATURES

Five tabs: Shelf, Reading, To Read, Quotes and Records
Read from a photo: snap a page and the text becomes your quote. Snap the cover to fill in title and author. Text recognition runs on your device.
Reading calendar: days you added a book, logged a page, or saved a quote are marked
Monthly wrap: books finished, pages, reading days and a line from the month, on one card
A line for today: one of your saved quotes as a notification at the time you choose (optional)
First reads and rereads logged separately, so you can see how a book changes with you
Quote cards: save or share a passage as a washi-paper image
Reading progress: log today’s page and watch the bar fill
Personal reading awards: book of the year, most moving, most reread and more
Draw a book: can’t decide what’s next? Draw one from your TBR pile
Beautiful covers without photos: nine genres, each with its own washi-paper design. Using a photo? Pinch and drag to fit it to the frame.

◆ WHO IT’S FOR

Readers who want to read without other people’s ratings
Commonplace-book keepers moving from paper to phone
Rereaders who return to favorite books over the years
Anyone with a tall TBR pile
Lovers of dark academia and quiet design
People who avoid apps that require an account

◆ PRIVACY

No account required
Your books, quotes and notes are stored on your device only and never sent to a server
Photo text recognition happens on-device
No barcode lookups or external book services
No tracking, no analytics on your reading
To introduce our other apps, the app may load public App Store information (app names and icons). Your records are never sent.

◆ PRICING, PLAINLY
BookDiary is free to use. The free version includes:

Up to 50 books
Up to 3 quotes per book and 3 photos per reading log
2 personal award categories
Up to 5 entries per My Data category
5 photo text scans
Washi quote cards in square format
Reading calendar for the current month; monthly wrap viewable in the app
The Sumi shelf theme in cover view
Introductions to our other apps