Reading notes for iPhone & iPad
Tap Add and the camera opens right away. Photograph the page, select the lines you want, and Ocren turns them into text on your shelf. Text recognition runs entirely on your iPhone: neither your photos nor the recognized text are sent anywhere.
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How it works
No retyping. Ocren reads vertical and horizontal Japanese text, and reads the page number from the photo too.
On a book’s page, tap Add. The camera opens at once. You can also pick a photo, such as an e-book screenshot, or type the memo yourself.
Drag over the lines you want to keep and tap Scan. Recognition runs on your device, even in airplane mode.
The text is kept exactly as read; whether to correct it is up to you. Add a note, the page, and one of 7 colored flags.
Capture
Select just the passage, or nothing at all to read the whole page. If Ocren isn’t sure about a result, it tells you why and lets you try again more carefully, select a different area, retake the photo, or edit the result. Nothing is thrown away.
New in 2.2
Library
Covers stand on the shelf, and a mark on each cover shows where you are with it. The shapes differ, so you don’t have to rely on color:
Add a book by scanning its ISBN barcode, by searching for the title or author, or by typing it in. A book without a cover image gets a cloth cover printed with its title. Switch to a numbered record view any time.
Memos, notes & flags
Each memo can carry a Note with your thoughts, the page number, and one of seven colored flags. Rename the flags to suit you: Important, Later, Insight, Quote, Question, Resonates, Favorite are just the defaults.
On each book’s page, search inside that book or filter its memos by flag. The Memos tab gathers everything: search by the words themselves, a note, or a book title, and sort by Newest or By book.
Reflect
Quote of the day brings back one of your memos at random; tap Another for a different one. A daily reminder can deliver a memo at the time you choose.
The Reading log counts books finished, memos saved, and books started, for all time, this year, this month, or this week, with a chart of your memos over time.
Ranking
Four rankings compiled from readers’ shelves and memos: Popular, Memos, Finished this month, and Want to read.
Only the title, author, cover, and counts are shown. Who added a book, and the text of anyone’s memos, are never shown.
Quote cards
From a memo, tap Share to make a card image on cream paper with the passage, the book’s title and author, and the Ocren wordmark. Your note and the page number stay private: they are not on the card.
On device
All text recognition happens on your iPhone or iPad. Neither your photos nor the recognized text are sent to a server, and photos are not saved.
It works without a connection, even in airplane mode.
The memos you save are stored in your account so they carry over to a new phone. See the Privacy Policy for details.
And also
Sign in with Apple or Google. Your books and memos are saved to your account and open on a new device.
Capturing, recognition, and saving and searching memos all work without a connection. Changes sync automatically when you’re back online.
For iPhone with iOS 17 or later and iPad with iPadOS 17 or later. In English or Japanese, in light or dark.
Pricing
The app
Free
Every feature included (with ads)
Remove Ads (Monthly)
¥100 / month
Cancel anytime
Remove Ads (Yearly)
¥1,000 / year
Costs less than paying monthly
Remove Ads turns off every banner and full-screen ad. Prices shown are for Japan; the App Store shows your local price. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
The guide walks through every screen, step by step, with pictures.
Support
For bug reports, questions, or feature requests, please email us. In the app: Settings ▸ Info ▸ Contact us.
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