A digital reading journal that stays yours
Record what you read and what you thought: ratings, reviews, the quotes you loved, and how each book felt. It syncs through your own iCloud, so it is on every device you own and on none of ours. No account, no feed, free to download.
More than a list of titles
- Your words. Write a review, set a rating in half stars, and add sub-ratings for plot, characters, and quality.
- Quotes worth keeping. Save lines with a page and a note, then search them all in your quotes library.
- How it felt. Tag the mood and pace of each book and watch the patterns appear across your year.
- Honest dates. Record "2019" or "March 2021" when that is all you remember. No false precision.
A year of reading, in your own hand
Your journal becomes a year in books: what you finished, how you rated, the moods you reached for. Keep it to yourself or turn any of it into a card sized for your story, marked quietly as yours.
Paper journal or a digital one
The honest version, including the parts where paper wins.
| Feature | Paper journal | Endleaf |
|---|---|---|
| Costs nothing | A notebook, once | Free to download |
| Ratings in half stars | By hand, if you rule it | Half and quarter stars, built in |
| Quotes with page numbers | Yes, by copying them out | Saved, searchable, tagged |
| Finds a book from 2021 | If you remember the month | Search across everything |
| Counts your year | You count it | Counted as you read |
| Survives a spilled coffee | No | Backed up to your own iCloud |
| Private | Completely | No account, no feed, on your device |
Free to download, and the basics stay free: unlimited books, half stars, reviews, dates, the timer, and full export. Premium is $24.99 a year or $49.99 once, for advanced stats, the year in review, unlimited shelves, and the widgets pack. See what is in each tier.
Keep a better journal
Reading journal prompts
50 questions for while you read, the moment you finish, and the end of the year.
An aesthetic journal that lasts
How to make it beautiful without a two-hour setup you abandon in February.
Build a rating system
Half stars, quarter stars, and sub-ratings that keep your scores comparable.
Printable journal pages
A journal layout with fewer rows and room to write. Free to print.
Reading glossary
What TBR, DNF, ARC, spice, and tropes actually mean. Every term defined in plain language.
Reading journal questions
What is a reading journal?
A reading journal is a private place to record not just what you read but what you thought: your rating, your review, the quotes you loved, and how a book felt. Endleaf is a reading journal that also tracks your dates, pages, and stats.
What is the best reading journal app?
The one that keeps what you write private and hands it back when you ask. Endleaf keeps your journal on your iPhone with no account and no feed, rates in half and quarter stars, saves quotes with page numbers, and exports everything as JSON or CSV. If you would rather compare against the incumbents, our Goodreads, StoryGraph, Bookly, and Fable pages set them side by side.
How much does it cost?
Nothing to start, and the basics stay free forever: unlimited books, half stars, reviews, dates, the reading timer, and full import and export. Premium is 24.99 US dollars a year or 49.99 once for lifetime, and it adds advanced stats, year in review, unlimited shelves and tags, the quotes library beyond the free quota, premium share-card themes, and the widgets pack.
Paper journal or an app?
Paper is better for the parts that deserve ink and worse at everything countable. Plenty of readers keep both: quotes and the year-at-a-glance on paper, dates and ratings in the app. Our printable journal pages exist for exactly that split.
Is my reading journal private?
Completely. There is no account and no social feed. Your journal stays on your iPhone and syncs only through your own iCloud, so your notes are for you alone.
Can I save quotes and notes?
Yes. Save the lines worth keeping with a page number and a note, then browse and search every quote you have ever kept. Add a review and sub-ratings for enjoyment, characters, and plot.
Can I get my journal back out?
Always. Export everything as JSON or CSV whenever you want. Your reading journal is yours to keep and to move.
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