ReadingRate · What's new · 2026-10-30
Keep a journal with a sky for every book
The journal now opens on a shelf of the books you have written about, each drawn as a small constellation with a star for every night you logged. Open a book and its page shows your nights, the page you reached, your pages a night and about how many nights are left at that pace, with everything you wrote and kept along the way. On the website you can also search every note you have written and download a book's notes as one file.
Available on web and iOS.
The book you are reading comes first, then the rest by the day you finished them. A finished book's constellation runs the width of its plate; one you are still reading stops where you are.
Search covers your thoughts, the passages you kept, the questions you asked yourself and your answers after finishing. It ignores capitals and accents, matches the start of words, and shows each note whole.
The download is one Markdown file for the book, holding its nights, passages, questions, answers and saved quotes with their notes, with pages printed as the book prints them.
What it can't do
- Search and the download are on the website only. The iPhone has them built but not in the App Store release that is live today.
- Search matches words, not meaning. Every word you type has to be in the same note.
- A book has a constellation only once you have logged a night in it. Books you have notes on but never logged are listed under the shelf.
- The nights left are an estimate from your average night on that book, and need the book's length.
Questions people ask
- Can I search my reading journal?
- Yes, on the website. One field searches your thoughts, the passages you kept, your questions and your answers across every book, and shows each match whole.
- Can I download my notes on a book?
- Yes, on the website. Download notes on a book's journal page saves one Markdown file with everything you wrote and kept for that book.