LitList vs Emailyst

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LitList compared with Emailyst
Detail	LitList	Emailyst
What it does	Reading tracker with spice ratings and trope tagging built for romantasy and BookTok readers	Clean up Apple Mail on your Mac using built-in AI, nothing uploaded
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	CA	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
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	Free: up to 1,000 emails per mail account with full message grouping and review. Full version: $29 once, covering up to three Macs and all version 1 updates, with no email limit and automatic sorting on a schedule.
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	Groups emails by type: newsletters, promotions, notifications and other categories Local processing with no uploads using macOS built-in AI Reversible email moves with full history Works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and Fastmail Automatic scheduled sorting in full version Custom rules available Can process multiple mailboxes Learns from user preferences Supports up to three Macs with one licence
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	Runs entirely on your Mac with no email uploads to servers Never deletes emails, only moves them with reversible operations Uses macOS native language model, signed and notarized by Apple Free version with no account 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	3 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	14
Citation Flow (Majestic)	15	14
Referring domains (Majestic)	4	3

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