Inkive: Book Highlight Scanner
Quote Keeper & Reading Notes
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Capture the words you marked in a physical book—without manually selecting them.
Inkive uses an on-device AI OCR model to extract the exact text you’ve underlined, highlighted, or circled. Take a photo of the page, and Inkive automatically turns your natural reading marks into searchable book quotes and organized reading notes.
No manual text selection. No manual cropping. No cloud upload.
KEEP READING THE WAY YOU DO
When you mark a sentence in a paper book, you shouldn't have to recreate that action on your phone. Inkive acts as an intelligent book scanner that preserves your natural reading flow and removes the extra step of drawing a selection box around the text.
SMART BOOK SCANNER & OCR TEXT RECOGNITION
• Automatically detects underlines, highlighter marks, and circled passages
• Extracts complete book quotes and paragraphs instead of isolated lines
• Supports continuous batch scanning across multiple book pages
• Imports existing page photos from your camera roll for quick OCR extraction
• Supports English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese—including vertical text and complex layouts
PRIVATE & OFFLINE BY DESIGN
• 100% on-device AI text recognition—your photos and notes never leave your phone
• Works completely offline with no internet connection required
• No account, login, or subscription sign-up needed to start
ORGANIZE PAPER & EBOOK HIGHLIGHTS IN ONE PLACE
• Organize all your book highlights, quotes, and reading notes neatly by book
• Import and sync digital ebook highlights and notes from Kindle, Apple Books, WeRead, Reeden, and BOOX
• Build your reading library manually or via the built-in ISBN barcode scanner
• Keep the original page image snippet alongside each extracted quote
• Edit passages and add your own annotations, thoughts, and book summaries
• Instantly search across your entire personal library by book title, author, or text
EXPORT TO NOTION, OBSIDIAN & SHARE QUOTES
• Export your reading notes to Markdown, PDF, or HTML formats
• Copy passages cleanly to Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, and your favorite PKM or note-taking apps
• Create custom-styled Highlight Cards and shareable quote images for social media
• Share the book quotes and ideas that stayed with you
For everyone who still loves reading with a physical book in hand—and wants all their paper and digital reading notes in one place.
Mark the page. Capture what matters. Keep the ideas worth returning to.
Privacy Policy: https://stilive.app/inkive/privacy
Terms of Use: https://stilive.app/inkive/terms
Ratings & Reviews
Fixed a data compatibility issue when importing from WeRead.
The developer, Xuanwei Sheng, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Xuanwei Sheng
- Size
- 237.4 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Inkive Pro - Lifetime $19.99
- Inkive Pro - Yearly $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jiyee Sheng