For readers who mark the page

BookQuotes

The book quote finder for physical books

A privacy-first quote reader and digital commonplace book. Photograph your underlines, margin notes, and highlights, review extracted passages, and search quotes from paper books whenever you need them.

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7-day free trial · Designed for iPhone & iPad

Read the method
BookQuotes library showing saved books and quotes
Four Thousand Weeks · p. 34Underline
“The world is already filled to the brim with things that are worthwhile and interesting... you’ll never get around to experiencing more than a microscopic fraction of them.”

Saved to personal library · #philosophy #habits

A first-party library screen and saved quote specimen. The page, not a drawn phone.

The reading dilemma

You underline sentences. You draw margin lines. You scribble notes. Then the book goes back on the shelf, and the line is trapped in the object you marked.

What gets lost

  • —Highlights stay trapped inside closed books
  • —Margin notes get forgotten over time
  • —You cannot search across your physical shelf
  • —Manual typing takes too long to keep up

What BookQuotes does

  • —Snap photos of any marked page in seconds
  • —Isolate marked lines and review before saving
  • —Search full text across your entire reading history
  • —Export clean notes to Obsidian, Notion, or Markdown

How it works

Three steps from a marked paper book to a quote you can find in seconds.

  1. 1

    Photograph marked pages

    Snap photos of pages with underlines, highlights, or margin notes. On-device quality assessment checks for blur and lighting before processing.

  2. 2

    Extract and review

    AI isolates the exact passages you marked and matches page context. Review, edit wording, or add custom notes before saving.

  3. 3

    Search, organize, and export

    Build your personal quote library. Search across every book you own, filter by custom tags, and export directly to Obsidian, Notion, Markdown, or JSON.

What you can do

Capture, correct, search, and export. A dedicated tool for readers who take paper notes seriously.

Multi-page session capture
Photograph multiple marked pages in a continuous reading session. Process immediately or keep them in an offline queue without breaking your reading flow.
Full-text library search
Search across every saved passage, margin note, author, and book title in your library. Find that half-remembered sentence instantly.
Custom annotation vocabulary
Define your own marking system. Single underlines, margin brackets, asterisks, and highlights—set custom definitions for how you read.
Review before saving
AI extraction provides an instant first draft. Inspect wording, refine page boundaries, and verify notes before text enters your permanent collection.
Private on-device library
Your reading history and saved quotes remain stored locally on your device in this release. No tracking, ads, or behavioral analytics.
Export to Obsidian and Notion
Take your quotes anywhere. Export your library to clean Markdown, Obsidian-formatted notes, Notion, plain text, or structured JSON.

Make your marked pages useful again

Practical answers for saving quotes, scanning underlined pages, and building a reading library you can actually revisit.

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Read, mark, remember

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Access

Start with a 7-day free trial on either plan. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled at any time through your Apple ID account settings.

Monthly

Flexible

Flexible month-to-month access for active readers

Set in App Store for your region

  • •7-day free trial included
  • •AI-assisted quote extraction
  • •Batch capture, search, tags, and collections
  • •Full export to Obsidian, Notion, Markdown, and JSON
  • •Cancel anytime in Apple ID settings

Yearly

Save 33%

Save 33% compared to monthly billing

Billed annually · Best value for committed readers

  • •7-day free trial included
  • •Everything in Monthly
  • •Lowest effective monthly cost
  • •Continuous feature updates and export formats
  • •Cancel anytime in Apple ID settings

Privacy-first architecture. Your library is stored locally on your device in this release.