LitList vs Crest

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LitList compared with Crest
Detail	LitList	Crest
What it does	Reading tracker with spice ratings and trope tagging built for romantasy and BookTok readers	Answer Claude Code approvals from your MacBook's notch
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	CA	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Paid
Pricing	Free forever: unlimited library, series tracking, reading timer, streaks, journal, quotes, spice ratings, trope tagging, friends, unlimited buddy reads, daily pick, and CSV export. LitList Plus: $5.99/month or $34.99/year for unlimited recommendation batches, mood and spice filters, all stats card t	Crest Pro: $14.99 once (use on 2 Macs, updates through Crest 7). Crest Cloud + Drop add-on: 50 GB for $4.99/month or $39.99/year; 200 GB for $7.99/month or $79.99/year. 7-day free trial of everything with no card required.
Key features	5-pepper spice scale for rating book steaminess 46 tropes searchable across your library Series tracker finds missing books in reading order Track physical books, ebooks and audiobooks together Unlimited buddy reads with spoiler protection Reading journal with mood tracking and quotes Shareable reading stats cards for social media Import libraries from other reading apps via CSV Family profiles to track children's reading	Display Claude Code permission prompts on the MacBook notch Answer with Allow or Deny with a single tap View full command details before approving Answer Claude's multiple-choice questions from the notch Support for Codex CLI Support for GitHub Copilot CLI Visible on any display, even over fullscreen apps Works with Claude Code's native hook system
What makes it different	Spice data only from readers, never scraped or AI-generated Private journal entries never used to train AI models Built by a single independent reader-developer in Canada	Shows prompts on the notch, visible over any fullscreen app or external display One-time purchase with no subscription required Uses native hooks instead of patching or injecting No API key or extra signup required
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	1 no change since last check	8 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	9
Citation Flow (Majestic)	15	31
Referring domains (Majestic)	4	107

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