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Rubrica is a cozy reading tracker with a little companion: log every book, on paper, ebook or audio, and watch the hours add up.

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Rubrica is a reading log and ebook reader for iPhone, iPad and Android. Readers add any book they're reading and sit down to read with a small companion: a cat, an owlet, a snail and fifteen more. It opens its own book, a lamp fills while the timer runs on the lock screen, and there's rain, a stream or a fireplace to read to. Between sittings it potters around a room that keeps the reader's hours and seasons, sends postcards from the books they read, and levels up from 1 to 50, learning tricks and earning new rooms as it goes. After a sitting it plays hide and seek. Each companion has its own temper, remembers the reader's book and keeps a diary of the days they read. Along the way readers build up stats, streaks and wax seals that change color as they level up. Three small quests a day, surprise finds, a weekly chest, a free event every month and a Sunday recap give readers a reason to pick the book back up, and none of it can be bought. Rubrica also opens DRM-free ebooks with a calm, distraction-free reader, offers thousands of free classics, and has a one-page weekly reading log for school homework. It's free with no ads; an optional Pro subscription adds cosmetics, deeper stats and a new drop every month.

Facts

Made by Nicholas Thompson, an independent developer in Northern California
Launching fall 2026 on the App Store and Google Play
Free, no ads, no tracking; Rubrica Pro from $3.99 a month
The name comes from the rubricator, who painted the red initials in medieval manuscripts
18 companions to collect, each drawn with its own details and leveling up on its own to 50
Every game reward is earned by reading; nothing random is ever sold