Based on my experience, it seems like the recommended software for android no longer has a free version. At least, not that I could find on their website.

Wasn’t able to use for free on Microsoft computer so unable to leave an accurate review. The preview looked great and I wanted to use it but oh well.

This is such a great tool, I'm excited to add to this throughout the year! Thanks for sharing this with the net galley community

an extremely helpful guide, and definitely beginner user friendly. i think it's a great guide for those just getting into reading journaling or just want more info on how it works. plus it's free!

This is a great guide of how to use the jornal. I was confused at the beginning of how to use it and I didn’t know about this guide. So imagine my surprise when I came across this lil guide. This guy is simple to follow.

Welcome to the NetGalley Reading Journal User Guide. Whether you’re a digital journaling newbie or simply new to this journal, we’ll be going over everything you need to get started!

This User Guide will introduce you to two of the note-taking apps that you can use to upload and begin customizing your Reading Journal.

In this guide you’ll learn how to:
— Import your journal to a recommended note-taking app
— Upload book covers and stickers
— Duplicate review pages
— Toggle between writing and viewing mode
— And more!

Using this and loving it so much 😍 I've been regularly updating my 2025 journal with all my netgalley tbr and it has been so useful to plan and rank all my reads!

thank you netgalley for this guide for the reading journal
it was really useful and i really appreciate it <3 <3 <3 <3

super useful thank you! so excited to start using my NetGalley reading journal. This will be my first year using one!

Very informative. I was semi confused what the Reading Journal was, this was informational and to the point. Thank you for this.

this was an amazing addition to the reading journal! I was struggling to figure out how to utilize the reading journal on my computer as I don't have Acrobat, and this gave me a great step by step on how to use goodnotes to use the journal as well as some other advice for adding book information and stickers. I am so excited to use the journal now!

I am new to digital notebooks so this guide was super helpful. In no time at all I was making cute journal entries to books I've read this week.

Really helpful guide to using the journal on a device. i do not find tech intuitive, but even I was able to follow this user guide without any help and get it into an app on my phone! Look forward to using it to track my reading this year.

As a first-time Netgalley reviewer, I’ve found this journal and it’s user guide to be super helpful! I am also new at using digital journaling, so this user guide was particularly helpful in getting it set up as well as being able to use it to produce completed reviews and keep track of what I’m reading. Just finished my first review on time! Thanks for providing this!

I haven't started using a Digital Reading Journal yet; however, I enjoyed learning how I could start with this helpful guide!

This guide includes iOS and Android tips and step-by-step instructions for setting it up with various apps.

I also appreciated the reminder to follow NetGalley on Social Media @NetGalley so I can stay up to speed on new material!

Thank you for including this helpful resource for our NetGalley community!

That’s actually very nice way to take nots as you are reading! I am currently trying to do less in Goodreads so definitely will be using this way of taking notes as im reading

That’s actually very nice way to take nots as you are reading! I am currently trying to do less in Goodreads so definitely will be using this way of taking notes as im reading

This was a very informative guide with clear instructions, perfect for beginners using the NetGalley reading journal.

Very helpful! I have wanted to keep a reading journal of sorts and this gave me a great starting point. I appreciate that NetGalley provided this resource to make journaling and recording all of my thoughts on books even easier!

I love the concept of a reading journal to be able to track your thoughts on a book as you’re reading. I did think that this was going to be that but it wasn’t (unless I’m mistaken). Concept is great, it would have been good to know that this booklet was not actually going to be a reading journal that i could read.