Reading Journal - Booksum

Scan any page from a physical book and get an instant, private AI summary — right on your device. Booksum turns the passages you read into clear summaries and saved notes you'll actually come back to.

Your bookshelf, book tracker, and reading journal in one place — every quote, highlight, and summary saved to your library.

No typing. No cloud. No account. Just point your camera at a page, and Booksum's OCR captures the text and summarizes it in seconds — fully offline.


🔒 PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE
The AI runs entirely on your phone. Your books and notes never leave your device — no sign-up, no tracking, no servers.

📷 SCAN ANY BOOK PAGE
Point your phone at any page. Booksum reads the text instantly using OCR. Works with novels, textbooks, non-fiction — any printed book. Scan a barcode to find books automatically.

🤖 INSTANT AI SUMMARIES
Get the key idea of a passage with one tap — fully offline. Understand a chapter or quote in seconds, and listen to summaries read aloud.

🔖 SAVE WHAT MATTERS
Keep your favorite quotes, highlights, and passages with the book they came from. Add your own notes alongside each summary.

🔁 REVIEW & REMEMBER
Revisit your saved snippets anytime in the Review tab. Re-read summaries to lock in what you learned and build a collection of the best ideas from every book.

📚 STAY ORGANIZED
All your snippets sorted by book. Search across your entire library. Everything in one place.


PERFECT FOR
• Students capturing study notes and key passages from textbooks
• Readers saving quotes from novels and non-fiction
• Anyone who wants to remember more of what they read — privately

FREE TO START
Capture, scan, and summarize for free. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited scans and an ad-free experience.

Download Booksum and start turning the books you read into notes you'll never lose.

Recent changes:
Small fixes and polish.