Basmo is a reading tracker for iOS and Android that adds an AI layer called ChatBook. Readers can chat with an AI bot about the book they are reading, asking for extra detail or summaries, and the site pitches it as going beyond what reading meant before. The core app covers reading-time tracking and statistics, a digital reading journal with notes, page scanning and highlighting, emotion tracking and journaling, digital shelves, daily goals, reading streaks, Kindle highlight import and bookmarks.
The AI is the newer, more marketable part, and the tracker is the mature one. ChatBook is prominent throughout the site, with a web demo and App Store reviews praising it, and Apple’s Apps We Love and App of the Day laurels appear on the homepage. Chatting with a book raises the usual accuracy question: an AI’s account of a specific passage or plot point should be checked against the text, and summaries can flatten what makes a book worth reading. It works best for orientation, such as recalling characters and themes mid-book, rather than as a replacement for reading.
The app is free to download with a limited free tier; a review reports the free version allows two reading sessions a day with text scanning locked, and it includes 100-plus book summaries. Recent listings put the Pro subscription at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, while older reviews cite $8.99 and $59.99, so confirm the current price in the store.
