About Pagehour

Pagehour is a reading tracker for iPhone and Android. You time a reading session, enter the page you stopped on, and see your pace, your streak and the date you'll finish the book. It is made by Rai Ansar and published by ACEFINA LLC.

What does the Pagehour app do?

You pick a book, press Start, read, then press Stop and type the page you reached. Pagehour shows the pages and minutes for that session and a finish date based on the last 14 days of your reading, rest days included, so the date stays realistic if you read every other day.

• Streaks with written rules. A day counts once it has pages read or at least one timed minute. Forgot the timer? Log today or yesterday afterwards, free.
• A library you control. Shelves for Reading, Want to read, Finished and Didn't finish. Find books by search or by scanning the ISBN barcode. Reaching the last page never marks a book finished for you.
• Your library stays on your phone. There is no account and no sign-in. Goodreads import and CSV or JSON export are free, and there are no ads.
• Eight languages. English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. The app follows your phone's language, or you can pick one under You → Language.

The app is free to download. Pagehour Pro costs $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $4.99 a month (US prices; the store shows yours). It adds stats beyond 30 days, logging missed days up to 60 days back (the first one is free) and streak freezes you earn. The iPhone app needs iOS 15 or later.

Why does Pagehour exist?

Most reading apps are catalogues. Pagehour is built around the reading itself. Before writing any code we read the one- and two-star reviews of other trackers, and the same complaints kept coming back: streaks that reset although the reader logged every day, books marked finished on their own, a Goodreads import that was missing or failed, full-screen ads before you could update your progress, and paywalls at every step. Each one has a rule in Pagehour. The app offers Pro on its own once, no earlier than your third day of reading and never during your first session.

What can I use on this site without the app?

• Reading speed testRead a 792-word short story written for the test and get your words per minute, with three questions to check you weren't skimming.
• Reading time calculatorPaste text or type a word count for the minutes it takes, silently or aloud. A book's pages and your speed give the hours and the date you'll finish, and a third form turns a yearly goal into pages a day.
• Export your Goodreads libraryThe steps on goodreads.com to download your library as a CSV file, then the import.
• Pagehour vs GoodreadsWhat changes if you switch, what you keep, and where Goodreads is still the better choice.
• Best book tracking appsSeven apps, including ours, with prices and trials checked on 15 October 2026.

The tools run in your browser and need no sign-up.

Who makes Pagehour?

Rai Ansar designs, builds and maintains the app and writes this site. He has worked as a software developer and DevOps engineer since May 2019. Pagehour is published by ACEFINA LLC, his software company, which is the seller you see on the App Store and Google Play. Acefina has delivered more than 300 software projects. Pagehour is independent: no publisher, bookshop or other reading app pays for it or has a say in what it does.

How are the pages on this site checked?

Pages about the app are written from the app's own code, so the rules described here are the rules the app follows. Every price, trial and feature of another app is checked on its official listing or website, and the page that names it shows the date it was checked. Reviewer quotes are copied word for word from public App Store reviews and named by app. Nothing on this site is a paid placement.

How do I contact you?

Found a fact that's out of date? Write to us and we'll correct the page and change its date. For help with the app, start with the support page: it covers purchases, backups, moving to a new phone and reminders.