Dear Reader - Reading Journal
Daily sentences & reflections
Free
Save the sentence that stopped you, add your thought, and revisit it later. A quiet reading journal for remembering books by reflection, not pages.
Dear Reader is a quiet reading reflection journal for people who want to remember books by what they made them think, not by how many pages they finished.
You do not need to complete a book to keep something meaningful from it. One sentence that stopped you, and one thought in your own words, can be enough. Dear Reader helps you save that moment as a discovery and revisit it later.
■ One sentence, one thought
Save a sentence from a book and add the thought it sparked. The original sentence and your reflection stay together on one discovery card.
■ Reading without completion pressure
Dear Reader is not built around finished books, page counts, timers, or productivity goals. It is built around the small moments when a book makes you pause.
■ Prompts when the blank page feels hard
Gentle prompts and quick reaction chips help you begin your reflection. You can write a sentence, a paragraph, or just enough to remember why the moment mattered.
■ Revisit what you saved
A saved sentence can meet you again later. Return to past discoveries and notice how the same words feel different with time.
■ A bookshelf shaped by discoveries
Your bookshelf is not only a list of books. It quietly shows the thoughts and discoveries each book left behind.
■ Connect reflections across books
Use tags to find discoveries that share a theme, even when they came from different books. Over time, scattered sentences begin to show the shape of your thinking.
■ A private, local-first space
Dear Reader starts without an app account. Your sentences, thoughts, books, and settings are stored primarily on your device. There is no public feed, follower count, or reading competition.
Dear Reader is for readers who:
- save good sentences but rarely return to them
- want a reading journal without writing long entries every day
- care more about reflection than finishing more books
- want to keep book sentences and personal thoughts together
- prefer a calm private space over a social reading feed
Keep what books made you think.
One sentence and one thought can become a reading habit that lasts.
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• When you create a discovery from a photo, you now select the sentence right on the photo — no cropping.
• Other small fixes and polish.
The developer, Moonsun Yang, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
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- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
- Seller
- Moonsun Yang
- Size
- 52.7 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Korean
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
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