Yomiato: Reading Log, No Stars

Yomiato is a reading log with no star ratings.

What you keep isn't a score - it's the feeling after you finished: moved to tears, warm, or whatever fits. No ads. Your reading log stays on this device only.

- For readers who
- Want to remember what they read, without writing a review
- Don't want to rate books with stars
- Want their to-be-read pile treated gently, not as a guilt list
- Want a bookshelf that's just theirs, not a social feed

- What you can do
- Scan a barcode to add a book in seconds (book data comes from the public openBD database)
- Tag the feeling it left you with (moved to tears, made me laugh, warm... pick up to three of eight)
- Add how it felt to read (light, ordinary, heavy)
- Keep a favorite line as a quote, just as it was written
- Books with no cover get a mood-colored cover of their own
- Three shelves: want to read, reading, finished
- Re-reads are tracked too, with as many finish dates as you like
- A yearly summary looks back over everything you've read
- Export and import a backup, so switching phones is no trouble

- What this app doesn't do
- No stars, no rankings
- No reading quotas, no streaks pushing you along
- No ads
- Your reading log never leaves this device (the only thing sent anywhere is an ISBN, when you look up a book, to the public openBD database - never what you recorded)

- An example of how to use it
1. Scan the barcode on the back of the book, the top one starting with 978
2. If the barcode does not scan, type the ISBN (13 or 10 digits) to look it up
3. If a book cannot be found, add it by hand with just a title
4. When you finish a book, mark it as finished and enter the date
5. Choose up to three mood tags for how it felt
6. If a line stayed with you, keep it as a quote, just as it was written
7. To add several books in a row, use "add another"

- Keeping the feeling, not a score
- You choose from eight mood tags, such as moved to tears, made me laugh and warm
- You can add how it felt to read: light, ordinary or heavy
- The moods you felt most often can be looked back on later
- The same book can feel different each time, so re-reads are kept too

- How the shelves work
- Three shelves: want to read, reading and finished
- A to-be-read book is simply a book you want to read, with no guilt attached
- Books with no cover are lined up with a mood-colored cover of their own
- Author, page or position and notes are all optional

- Looking after your log
- Export a backup so that switching phones is no trouble
- Importing a backup again never creates duplicates
- Taking a book off the shelf asks you to confirm first
- Your reading log stays on this device only

- Frequently asked questions
Q. Are there star ratings or rankings?
A. No. Books are never rated with stars or ranked.
Q. Are there reading quotas or streaks?
A. No. Nothing in the app pushes you along.
Q. What if the barcode does not find the book?
A. Type the ISBN to look it up, or add it by hand with just a title.
Q. Is my reading log sent anywhere?
A. No. Only when you look up a book is its ISBN sent to the public openBD database. What you recorded is never sent.

We decided to call that feeling right after finishing a book "yomiato". May it quietly build up on your shelf.