Free
A genuine taste — no trial, no trickery.
$0 / forever
- One genre, unlimited swipes
- Unlimited bookmarks
- Daily quote at 8:00 AM
- Home-screen widget (1 style)
- Lock-screen widget
- All 6 seasonal themes
- Monthly reading cards
- Daily streak & milestones
BookTok, made swipeable
Feel the book
Feel the book
before you read it.
Canto is a swipeable quote library for readers. Thumb through the lines people underlined, bookmark the ones that hit, and find your next great read in the words that made it worth it.
Download on theApp Store
Free to download Pro from $9.99/mo · 7-day trial
- Quotes
- 14,320+
- Genres
- 10
- Curated
- weekly
The old loop
Every week, a book quietly disappears from your life.
- 01
You scroll.
- 02
A line stops you.
- 03
You screenshot.
- 04
You forget.
Canto turns that four-step forgetting loop into one gesture. Swipe. Save. The quote stays. The book comes next.
Swipe
Your next great read is one swipe away.
A TikTok-style feed, built for book lovers. Thumb through full passages — not two-line crops — and let a book's voice speak for itself before you open the first chapter.
- Full-screen vertical swipe
- Every quote links to its book
- Fresh quotes every day, no feed staleness
Save
Save every line that hits.
Tap the bookmark and the quote lives in your library, sorted by book. No screenshots. No forgetting. A commonplace book you actually open.
- One-tap save from the feed
- Auto-grouped by book and author
- Share a single line or a whole shelf
Glance
A quote on every screen.
Pick your favorite lines, then live with them. A home-screen widget greets you each morning; a lock-screen widget slides into the smallest corner of your day.
- Home-screen widget, three sizes
- Lock-screen quote, iOS 16 and up
- Tints to match the theme you choose
Share
Share the month your reading became a ritual.
At the end of every month, Canto stitches your saved quotes and book covers into a card worth posting. Your reading life, printable, shareable, felt.
- A card every month, automatically
- Dozens of backgrounds and layouts
- Sized for Stories, feeds, and tiles
Customize
Make Canto yours.
Six hand-crafted themes retune every color — background, accent, surface — across the feed, widget, and lock-screen quote, all in sync.
- Six Pro themes, two always free
- Full light and dark variants per theme
- Widget and lock-screen match automatically
Make it yours
Six themes. Two moods each.
Every Pro theme resets the entire palette — background, accent, surface — across the feed, widget, and lock-screen quote in one tap. Tap any card to flip between light and dark.
Library at Night
Walnut wood & lamp-light
Winter Fireside
Wine red & ember warmth
Autumn Literary
Burnt sienna & copper
Spring Bloom
Sage & soft blossom
Summer Beach Reads
Ocean teal & sand
Noir
Bright gold on charcoal
All themes available on Canto Pro. Library Light and Library Night always free.
Backgrounds
Set the scene
behind every quote.
Six curated scenes — each hand-picked to feel like a reading moment — sit behind your quote cards. Or open your photo library and make any image yours.
- Backgrounds sync with your chosen theme
- Swap any time — no restart needed
- Custom photo: pick any image from your library
All backgrounds available on Canto Pro.
Parchment
Warm aged paper
Library
Rows of shelved books
Reading Nook
Candlelit corner
Linen
Soft neutral texture
Rainy Day
Rain on glass
Coffee & Pages
Morning ritual
Your photo
Pick any image from your library
Pricing, written plainly
Free for the curious. Pro for the obsessed.
One subscription. One price. Cancel from the App Store in two taps. No ads, ever.
7-day free trial
Canto Pro
The full library, in every corner of your day.
$9.99 / month
or $44.99 / year save 50%
- All ten genres, blend freely
- Unlimited bookmarks, auto-grouped
- Custom daily quote schedule
- Home- and lock-screen widgets
- All 6 seasonal themes, light + dark
- Monthly reading cards, shareable
- Daily streak, milestones & freezes
- Custom card backgrounds
Download on theApp Store
Renews automatically. Cancel anytime.
Things readers ask
Answers, in one breath each.
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Is Canto free?
Yes. Canto is free to download, and the free plan includes one genre, unlimited bookmarks, and a daily quote at 8:00 AM. Canto Pro unlocks the full library, seasonal themes, lock-screen widget, custom schedules, and monthly reading cards — $9.99 a month or $44.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. -
Do I need an account to use Canto?
You can start swiping the moment you open the app. Sign in with Apple whenever you want to keep your bookmarks, themes, and reading history in sync across devices. No passwords to invent, no email to verify. -
Is Canto on Android?
Not yet. Canto launched on iOS first so we could ship the home-screen and lock-screen widgets the way they deserved. An Android version is on the roadmap — if you'd like to be notified, drop a note to [email protected]. -
Where do the quotes come from?
Every passage in Canto is hand-curated from published work — classics that have entered the public domain and widely-shared lines from contemporary books, credited to their author and linked to the book itself. The library grows weekly. If we surface a line you wrote or authored, tell us — we'll attribute, amend, or remove on request. -
Can I submit my own quotes?
Not in the first version. We wanted the feed to feel edited, not flooded, so every quote passes a curation pass before it ships. Reader-submitted quotes with light moderation are planned for a later release. -
How do I cancel Canto Pro?
Canto Pro is billed through your Apple ID. Open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions — you can cancel in two taps and keep Pro until the end of the billing period. Canceling during the 7-day free trial costs nothing. -
What about my privacy?
Canto doesn't run ads, doesn't sell data, and doesn't track you across apps. We store the bare minimum needed to sync your bookmarks and preferences — your Apple ID, the quotes you save, the themes you pick. Full details live on the Privacy page. -
Do the widgets really change with the theme?
Yes. Pick Winter Fireside in the app and your home-screen widget turns burgundy and ember; pick Spring Bloom and it shifts to sage and blossom. The lock-screen quote inherits the same palette, so the whole device feels like the theme you chose — not like a widget bolted on.
One last thing