Ocren: Bookshelf&Reading Notes
YenSense, Inc. Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Ocren: Bookshelf&Reading Notes is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by YenSense, Inc. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 18, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 117 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 18
- 2026 · v2.2
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About Ocren: Bookshelf&Reading Notes
A reading-notes app that keeps the passages that stayed with you, just by taking a photo. Tap Add and the camera opens right away. Photograph the page and select the part you want. Ocren recognizes Japanese (vertical or horizontal) and English text and saves it to your shelf. No retyping. ■ Photograph a page, keep a memo • Tap Add for the camera → select the area → the text is transcribed automatically • From the camera screen you can also pick a photo from your library or type instead • A passage that runs onto the next page: photograph the next page too and keep it as one memo • Several memos from one photo: select one area after another • The page number is read from the photo, too • The recognized text is kept as it is; whether to correct it is up to you • Add your thoughts (a note), the page number, and one of 7 colored flags to each memo ■ Recognition stays on your device • All text recognition runs on your iPhone • Neither your photos nor the recognized text are sent anywhere • Works without a connection, even in airplane mode ■ Your own bookshelf • Your covers stand on a wooden shelf, and you can see at a glance what you want to read, are reading, and have read • Add books by scanning the ISBN barcode or searching by title or author • Track each book as Want to read, Reading, or Read • Keep memos for each book, and search the memos inside ■ So you don't forget • Quote of the day brings back one of your memos at random • A daily reminder delivers a passage at the time you choose • Look back on books read, memos saved, and your progress over time in charts ■ From everyone's bookshelves • Rankings compiled from readers' bookshelves • See the most shelved books, the books with the most memos, the books most finished this month, and the most wanted books • Who added a book is never shown ■ Share • Turn a favorite passage into a quote card image and share it ■ Safe when you change phones • Sign in with Apple or Google • Your books and memos are saved to your account and carry over to a new phone Available in Japanese and English. Catch the moment a book moves you, right when it happens. • Ads are shown. Purchasing "Remove Ads" (monthly or yearly) hides them • Terms of Use: https://ocren.info/terms/ • Privacy Policy: https://ocren.info/privacy/
What’s new
Version 2.2 · Updated October 18, 2026
A fresh new look: your covers now stand on a wooden shelf, and you can see at a glance what you want to read, are reading, and have read. Tapping Add now opens the camera right away. From the camera you can also pick a photo from your library or type instead. A passage that runs onto the next page can now be kept as one memo: just photograph the next page too. You can now make several memos from one photo, selecting one area after another. "Passages" are now called "Memos", and your thoughts on each memo are a "Note". Settings now has a "How to use" guide, and our support site has moved to ocren.info. Fixed an issue where the daily Quote of the day reminder could stop arriving after a while. Other bug fixes.
App privacy
The developer, YenSense, Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- User Content: Other User Content
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, App Functionality
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