Quoto: Quote Storage

A quote-keeping app for passages from books and articles. Add by typing, photo OCR, or voice; sort by author, source, or tag; connect on a mind map. iCloud sync.

Quoto is a quote-keeping app for passages collected from books, articles, and other reading. Add quotes by typing, photo OCR, or voice, and attach an author, source, page, URL, note, and tags.

— Adding quotes

• Keyboard input, photo OCR, or voice input
• Each quote can include author, source, page or location, URL, a note, and tags
• Tags can be renamed or deleted later from one place

— Library

• Filter by author, source, or tag
• Keyword search across quote text, author, source, and tags
• Sort by text, author, source, or date added
• Mark favourites to filter down to important quotes
• Export the entire library to CSV

— Home

• Shows a "today's passage" card with a shuffle button
• Displays counts for stored quotes, authors, and tags
• Lists recently added quotes

— Authors view

• Browse quotes grouped by author
• Search by author name

— Mind maps

• Create a mind map with a theme node at the centre
• Add quote, author, or free-text nodes
• Connect nodes with lines to show how they relate
• Pick node colours from a five-colour palette
• Pinch to zoom, double-tap to fit the whole board, minimap for navigation
• Delete mode for removing connections you no longer need

— Settings

• Three themes: Light, Sepia, Dark
• iCloud sync (opt-in)
• Interface available in Japanese and English

— Privacy

• Quotes are stored on your device
• iCloud sync is opt-in; when on, data is mirrored only across your own devices via your Apple ID
• OCR uses Apple's Vision framework; voice input uses Apple's Speech recognition

— Supported devices

• iPhone (portrait)
• iPad (portrait and landscape)