Rubrica
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A cozy home for your reading.

Track every book, on paper, ebook or audio. Watch the hours add up while a little companion reads along.

Free. No ads. An account is optional. Or try it in your browser.

The Rubrica library: today's reading goal, the companion's Nook and the book you're reading
Every bookPaper, ebook, audio, library loans
Lock-screen timerAnd on your watch
No ads, no feedNothing tracks you
Your historyImport it from a CSV
Track

Every book counts, however you read it.

Add the book you're reading, tap to start a timer or jot down your minutes after. Paper, ebooks, audiobooks and library loans all land in one log, one streak, one set of stats.

  • A timer that keeps going on your lock screen
  • A daily goal, from ten minutes to an hour
  • Series, authors and what you want to read next
Stats: hours read, words, books finished and a year of reading days
A companion

A little buddy who reads with you.

Pick a cat, an owlet or a snail, with fifteen more waiting in gift boxes. It naps when you're busy and reads along when you're not. Fill its lamp and it wanders into your book overnight, then sends you a postcard.

Every book you finish leaves something for its Nook. Dress it up, decorate its room, send it to visit a friend. It never guilt-trips you.

Marmalade the cat in its Nook, with a postcard from last night
Read

A calm page for the ebooks you own.

Open the DRM-free EPUBs you bought from authors and indie shops. Comfortable fonts, highlights and notes, and nothing on the page but the book. Every reward waits until you close it.

No book handy? Thousands of free classics from Project Gutenberg are one tap away, with hand-picked trilogies to read as quests.

The reader: a page of Pride and Prejudice on warm paper
And a few more things

Small touches readers asked for.

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A reading log for school

"Read 30 minutes a night" homework, done. A week on one page with a line for a grown-up to sign.

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Bring your history

Import from a CSV export and your shelves, ratings and dates come with you. Covers fill themselves in.

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Zen Mode

Not into XP and streaks? One switch hides the whole game. Your reading still counts.

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Seals that level up

Fifteen wax seals that change colour as you go, red to green to blue to gold.

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Friends, no feed

Swap private codes and see how your people are reading. You pick what they see. No likes, no strangers.

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Your year in books

A shareable page of your reading year: hours, favourites, streaks and the books you finished.

Screens

Have a look around.

Library
The Nook
Stats
Reader
Trophy wall
Free classics
Rubrica Pro

Everything above is free. Pro makes it glow.

Pro is optional. It's decoration, deeper stats and something new every month, and it's how Rubrica pays for itself. Nothing you need to read or track is behind it.

Always free

  • Reading your own ebooks, with no limit
  • Tracking, timer, stats and the heatmap
  • Streaks, seals, quests and the trophy wall
  • Your companion, its Nook and gift boxes
  • Free classics and Friends

Pro adds

  • Animated auras for your companion
  • Pro colour schemes and reading pages
  • Moving Today bars and gemstone seals
  • Deeper stats and a spreadsheet of it all
  • A new aura and colour scheme every month
Monthly
$3.99 a month

Cancel whenever.

Yearly
$29.99 a year

A week free, then about $2.50 a month.

Founding Reader
$79 once

Pro for good, one payment.

Prices in US dollars; your store shows yours.

Questions

The quick answers.

Is it really free?

Yes. Tracking, the timer, stats, the companion, classics and friends are all free with no ads. Pro is an optional extra.

Do I need an account?

No. Everything works on your phone without one. An account only adds sync between devices and Friends.

Can it open books I bought on other stores?

Rubrica opens DRM-free ebooks, like the ones authors and indie shops sell directly. Books locked to another store's app can't be opened, but you can still log them and track your reading.

Where does my data go?

Your books and reading stay on your phone. If you make an account, a synced copy is kept so a new phone gets your library back. Book files never leave your phone. The privacy policy has the details.

Is it OK for kids?

Anyone can use it without an account, and nothing leaves the device. Accounts and Friends are for 13 and up.

More in Help.

Come read a little.

Ten quiet minutes a day adds up faster than you think.