Reading Tracker, Planner: Leio 17+

So happy I found this app

I used to use ReadMore to log books as I read them and was so sad when it stopped being updated. I’ve tried MANY apps in search for a replacement but none lived up to my expectations.
I don’t know why it took me so long to find Leio but I’m really happy that I have. With Leio it’s easy to add the book you’re reading - a quick barcode scan or title / keyword search, book details are easy to edit, there’s a timer to record when you read, how many pages etc., interesting little stats are created from that information, I can add notes and set a plan for my reading and on top of this I find it’s simple design really pleasing.
The free version of the app only allows you to add one book at a time - I’m perfectly content doing this at the moment (there are other ways of recording the books I mean to read) but think that if the paid version had been maybe £4.99 then I probably wouldn’t have hesitated in buying it.
Each time I use the app I find something else about it that I like and I finally feel like I’ve found a reading app I’ll be sticking with.

Developer Response ,

Thank you! As a former user of ReadMore myself, that really means a lot. I really missed it too; that's what motivated me to try and make a replacement myself, and I learned how to program just to do it! :)

This really makes a difference to your reading

I love reading but I was struggling to get it done. I started using this app in August 2017 and it’s made a huge difference for me. You can scan the ISBN barcode to load up your books and then you slice and dice your reading plan any way you like - set a target date to finish (my preferred carrot), or the number of pages you can manage per day (why not increase that when you get into a rhythm) or the amount of time you have in a day. I now have about 4 books on the go at a time, track them all daily, and, best of all, watch my winning steak increase daily. So far, 31 this year (4 more nearing completion) and it’s only September. Previously I’d struggle to get to 20 in a year.

It tracks novels, non-fiction and work books. I even put magazines in there which keeps me honest to make sure I read the stuff I pay for in a month, although you have to type the data for the titles and so on by hand - no hardship.

And, since it’s September, I had a new phone and needed to port my data. Sent a query to Daniel the developer. Had a response in about 2 hours - easy to follow instructions to fix my problem - and off I go again. Great app, great service! Syncing would be a real cherry on top so I can track on iPad or iPhone depending on what’s to hand, but even that is not a distraction at present.

In summary, if you enjoy reading, buy this app! You will not regret it.

Developer Response ,

Thank you! 😊

Great app, needs polish

I love how this app helps me keep track of the books I am reading as well as those I have read.
It's also nice that you have all your notes about a book in the same place, even time-stamped with the day you read them. It has a "quote" feature, where you can take a picture of the page, crop it and it will turn it into a text note. Another great benefit is that you immediately know where to start reading from, as you enter the last page when you close the app.

There is an annoying bug you close the app (as in go to mission control and swipe the app away) while a session is in progress, you will lose the session and all notes and quotes you entered. This is silly and extremely frustrating when it happens. Should be an easy fix.

Other improvements:
- it would be nice if there could be a way to enter books you have read before downloading the app. At the moment, you can enter a book, and manually record a session in which you read the whole book, but this will skew the statistics
- sometimes, when I open the Plan calendar view, it jiggles like mad. I don't know what this is.