Polyglot Reader vs Spanish Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polyglot Reader
Read books in foreign languages and learn new vocabulary. Tap on unknown words for instant translations and save them to flashcards for later study. Supports various document formats and offers pronunciation practice and knowledge tests.
- Read books in multiple formats (PDF, EPUB, TXT)
- Translate unknown words and phrases instantly
- Create flashcards for vocabulary learning
- Pronunciation support for words and phrases
- Knowledge tests for vocabulary sets
- Scan and recognize text from documents
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Read books in any foreign language and turn every unknown word into a flashcard you'll actually remember. Now with an account and cloud sync: your books and flashcards go with you to every device. Polyglot Reader is your pocket library, dictionary and flashcard trainer in one app. Tap any word or phrase in a book, get an instant translation with transcription, hear the pronunciation, and save it to a deck to review later. Built for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a refined dark theme. — ACCOUNT & SYNC — • Sign in with Apple, Google or email • Books, card sets, flashcards and language pairs stay in sync across all your devices • Your own books are uploaded to the cloud together with their covers • New device? Sign in and your library and flashcards come right back — READ — • Completely redesigned reader, bookmarks, translation popup and settings • New System theme that follows iOS automatically, plus refined Light and Dark • Open books in PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF and TXT • Import from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or any file app • Scan a paper page — the app recognizes the text and saves it as a book • Highlights words you don't know yet, right inside the page • Vertical scrolling, comfortable type settings, picture zoom — LIBRARY — • Thousands of free books in 38+ languages, sorted into sections like Classics, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Horror & Mystery, Fairy Tales, Philosophy, Adventure • Adapted A2–B1 readers for German learners, plus original literature in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Greek and many more • New sorting, new sections and search inside every shelf • Filter to show only recent books • Difficulty level and tags shown right on each cover • Drag and drop books between shelves • New "Added manually" section for everything you imported yourself • Smoother search, scroll and sharing on iPad — LEARN — • Redesigned cards and study screens • Ready-made flashcard sets for English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese — verbs, nouns and themed categories • Smart virtual decks: All cards, Recent, Unknown — see progress at a glance • Quick preview and actions inside every deck • Pick a default deck for new words you save while reading • Per-card knowledge level with a colored progress bar (red → green as you master each word) • Three study modes: foreign only, foreign + native, native only • Hands-free mode — keep learning without touching the screen • Long-press context menu: mark as known or unknown in one gesture • Optional shuffled order during study • Filter to show only words you haven't learned yet • Pronunciation for both the word and its translation • Knowledge tests for every deck • Export and import cards in CSV — TRANSLATE — • 111 offline dictionaries — no internet, no quota • On-the-fly transcription for all popular languages • Speech-to-text: just say the word, get the translation • Add your own phrases and translations to any deck • Edit translations when you want a better wording • 90+ languages supported, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and many more — AND ALSO — • System, Light and Dark themes • Choose Google or Yandex as your online translator • Compact mode on iPhone, expanded card view on iPad • Notifications to bring you back to recent cards Whether you're reading Sherlock Holmes in English, Kafka in German, Don Quixote in Spanish or Dostoevsky in Russian — Polyglot Reader turns reading into vocabulary, one tap at a time. Questions or feedback: support@readandlearnapp.com
Spanish Reading
Learn languages by reading real books and articles. Tap any word for instant translation and save new vocabulary to your personal review system. Progress through graded readers from A1 to C1 or explore any website in your target language.
- In-app word and phrase translation
- Graded readers by level (A1-C1)
- Vocabulary saving and review
- Read any website content
- Progress tracking statistics
- Audiobook support
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Language readers for English, Spanish, French, German and Italian: read real books at your level and tap any word to see its translation right above it. ReadLingua turns reading into language practice. Pick a graded reader from A1 to C1, a classic novel or a short story, tap an unfamiliar word or a whole phrase, and keep reading. Every word you translate goes to your vocabulary, so you can review it later with flashcards and quick games. WHAT YOU CAN READ • Language readers by level, A1 to C1: easy stories, classics and full-length books in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian • Fresh articles picked for you from international news sites • Any website in the language you are learning: news, blogs, forums, encyclopedias • Audiobooks • Your own EPUB books (Premium) HOW IT WORKS • Tap a word to translate it in place, without leaving the page • Tap the first and last word of a phrase to translate the whole phrase at once • Translation runs on your device when the language pack is downloaded • Translated words are saved to your vocabulary: flashcards, a multiple-choice quiz and the Meteor Words game • Reading statistics show your progress day by day WHY LANGUAGE READERS WORK A graded language reader lets you finish a whole book at a level you can follow. You meet new words in context, see them again in the next chapter and remember them without drilling lists. Start with easy language readers and move up as reading gets comfortable. FREE AND PREMIUM • Free: 30 translations a day, the whole library of books and websites, basic reading statistics • Premium: unlimited translations, longer phrases, your own EPUB books and the multiple-choice vocabulary quiz SUBSCRIPTION Premium is available as an auto-renewable monthly or yearly subscription. Prices may vary by location and are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://readlingua.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://readlingua.com/privacy Support: support@readlingua.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spanish Reading at none against Polyglot Reader's shown. Spanish Reading also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Polyglot Reader's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 6) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Polyglot Reader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Spanish Reading sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spanish Reading holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polyglot Reader has 74 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Polyglot Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spanish Reading's.
Polyglot Reader ships an update every 5 weeks, Spanish Reading every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polyglot Reader | Spanish Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (74 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Anton Ivanov | Alisher Fayzullaev |
Customer experience
Polyglot Reader
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In-app purchases
Polyglot Reader
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
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- Annual subscription$22.991 Year
- Annual subscription$34.991 Year
- Annual subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Annual subscription$59.991 Year
- Upgrade from advanced to professional version$3.99
- Upgrade from Starter to Advanced version$15.99
- Full version$99.99
Spanish Reading
- Graded Readers Monthly$8.991 Month
- Bilingual Books Yearly1 Year trial$59.991 Year
- Lifetime access$99.00
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